Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-03-12
s5s,ial Message Of e President

Washington. March 6-f'ne President
to-day transmitted 10 Congress the iouow-
in.s IN ,s>sl-e
Fttto'e Citizens IF the Senate and Hons
Of HeprcSentatjreS
recommend the adoption of q Joint
Resoiut on by Nour honorable bodies
which shall be substantially as iol oss:
Rss9i7eE That the United states ought % coon rate
Win any State sl;ce i''y adonJ srs.U4l alvl.hugnt
used ny SIagr - IS discretion. - c-iu e,.te flr
fhe lcouN eiCce pi.4c 54 private. imposed iY, 81, ii
caause OF systems
/. the proposition contained IN the rcso-
1 luton does not meet the approval OF Con-
greSs ami the Couury, there Is an end,
Tut II IL does command sucn approval, |
deem II OF Importance that the states and
people immediately interested, should be
AT once distinctly notified OF the Tact. 81
that they lay be -In 70 consider whether
10 accept or reject II.
/ ne redtrai Government would find it,
h!gAest interest IN su-n a measure rs one
OF the most efficient measure, OF sell pres
eryatIon. The leaders oI the eXIstInr IN
surrectIun, entertain the hope that the
Government VIII ultimately be forced to
acknowledge the independence OF some
part OF the dISLilected region, a nj THAI all
slave States north such parts wall then
say, " the Untun Tor when we have stru5-
gIcd being already gone, we now choose
to 20 with them 10 deprive them 0.
this hope, Substantially ends the rebel
lion. AND the initiation OF emancipation
completely deprlyes them of it. Is 70 all
the states IuitIItInE it The point is not
that ali tue states toIcratInL slavery would
very soon, II at all, initiate emancipation.
! but that While the offer IS ca idIiv III lIc u
all, the more Northern sham ~ >ucn mi
tIht,on make II certain 20 the more SOU IN
ern, tnlt III no event shall the former loIn
the latter III their proposed Conicder4cv
1 say imitation, brcaU,e. IN M ind .Inent
gradual and not sddjen emAnc. patton Is
/ better for All.
In tue mere financial or pccuuiary view
any member III Congress with the Census
tables and the Treasury reports before
him, can readily see tor himself how very
sDol the eurreu5 expenditures Of the w.,r
would purchase at a iaIr valuation All the
slaves III any named state. such IL pro
position on the pro OF the General Gov
ernmen5 sets up no claims or right by
Federal author " 10 interfere with slavery
within the lint, OF any state, re erin :
/ as II does the absolute cunlrUl OF the suo-
Ject III each case to the state and Its peo-
PIE hmm .tlttely interested. lCis proposed
is !, IN after OF perfect an1 free choice VITA
them.
In the annu i message Of last December
| thou int lit 10 say "Iue Union must be
preserved AMI hence all nIisptnsihIe
means must be employed said tbs,
| noe hastily but deliberately. War ha,
been and continues to be the undispenS Ole.
means to this cad. \ practical acknowI
edSement OF the national authority wou.d
render lae war unnecessary and It 4. ouId
1T once ease. ii, .ioweter, resist N {
continues, tue war mast also continue. anu
ItIs impossible to .oresee ali he incidents
which IN y ,.,iend and all the in winch
may tu.4OH- >ucI me- ms ~ my seem IN
dspcnsibIe, or N " obviously promise Grca,
e.ncienay towards ending thc strI -gie mus
and VIII be used
A. to the proposition now made thousl
unoilicialiy, nope, it may be esteemed no
ohenae 10 ask whe' her the pecuniary con
s!dcratIun rendered would not be 90 more
va;uc 10 the States and private persons
concerned than are tue Institutions q.
slavery ard property ia it.
In tn present aspect Q. affairs. while it
i true tIit the adoption % the rrvpO--u
resolution would be merely inititllve ANA
not w.t"In ltoeii, :, practical measure, it j.
recommended IN the hope that it would
sooner lead 10 important results. In fun
view OF my great respoIs .bilIty to u God
and to my country / earnestly. be- the 1T
tention Of Congress a d the people to the
subject
Signed ABRAHAM LINCOLN