New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1862-03-14
MESSAGE FROM TIE PRES
lDENT.
WASHINGTON. March 6.


The President to-day transmitted to Con-
greSs the following message:
-Felow- Citizens of the Sen ate and House
of Representatives
Il recommend the adoption of = Joint reso
luton by your honorable bodies, which shall
be substantially as follows
"Rtsotrea, That the United States ought to
co oseratc with any State which may adopt
:, gradual aholishnens of slavery. giving TO
such States pccnniary AID, to be used ny
such State in its discretion to compensate for
the Inconvenience, public aud private, pro-
iucei by such change of SYSTEM
'Ifthe proposition contained in the rcsolu-
ton does not meet the approval OF Congress
and the country. there is the end but. fit
does command snch approval, deem it Of I'M
porta ace that the States and people immedi-
atelv Interested should be at once distinctly
notified of the fact. so that they may begin to
consider whether to accept or re- ect it.
The Federal government weusd find its
highest interest IN such measure as one Of
the most efficient measures of selcprcscrNa-
ton. The leaders Of the existing lnSurrect,
ion entertain the hope that the government
will ultimately he forced to acknowledge the
independence Of scme parts Of the disatfected
region and that all the slave State. north Of
such carts will then say. The Union for
which we have struggled being already gone.
Wa now choose to 90 with them To deprive
them of this hope substantially ends the re-
bellion. and the initiation Of emancipation
completely deprves them Oft as to all the
States initiating, The point mot that all
the States tolerating slavery weuld very soon
if at all initiate emancipation. but that while
the offer is equally made to all, the more
northern shall Ivy such initiation make it
certain to the more southern that in no event
shall the former join the later in their pro-
posed Confedcracy,
u say initiation. bee ause in NY judgment
gradual md not sudden emancipation is bet
ter for all. In the mere financial or pecuni-
airy view any isombcr nS Congress- with the
census tables and TIE Treasury reports be
fore him. can readily see for himself how very
soon the current expenditures Of the war
would purchase at fair valuation all the
slaves in any named State.
"Such a proposition on the part Of the gen
eral government sets up no claim or right by
Federal authority to interfere with slavery
within State limits, referring, as it does the
absolute control of the subject. in each case
to the State and its people imm ediate!y in
terested. 1t is proposed as a matter of per-
fectly free choice with them.
an the annual message last December
thought fit to say the Union must be preserv-
ed and hence all indispensable means must
be employed said this not hastily, but de-
liberatelv. War has been and continues to
be an Indispensable means to this end. A
practical ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS of the national
authority would reader the war unnecessary
and it would at once cease. If however, re-
sistance continues, the war must also
continue and it is impossible to {oresee all
the incidents which may attend ard all the
ruin which may follow. Such measures as
may seem Indispensable, or may obviously
promise great efficiency towards ending the
struggle, must and will come.
The proposition now made though an offer
only: hope it may be esteeraed no offence to
ask whether the pecuniary consideration ten.
dered would not be of more value to the
States and private persons concerned than
are the institution and property in it in the
present aspect of affairs. While it is true
that the adoption of the proposed resolution
would be merely initiatory, and not within
itself tactical measure it is recon mcnded
in the hope that it would sooner lead to i'm
portant results.
I'm full view of my great responsibility to
my God and to my country [ earnestly beg
the attention of Congress and the people to
the subject.
(Signcdj ABRAHAM LINCOLN"
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