Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-03-21
MESSAGR ERON LLNC0LN.

WASHINGTON, March 1.-THE ProsidsaL To-.
day rem'ttod 10 Congress the following Mcs-
sage:
fsttoD citizens Of the Senate and Maas ~
Representatives II recommend the adoption
oil a joint resolution by your honorable bodies
which shall be substantially as follows:
"Resnlvod, That Lhs United States ought to
Cooperate With u3y State which ln.Y aiop1
gradual lhol!st.rnaut Of slavery, giving to suca
State pecunisry =id 10 ne used by such State
IN It's dIscTetir5, To compensate Tor the incnn.
Venle"ces, pni'lic and private, produced by
siich Change OF sys.em-"
II Tue proncsitian contained III tho resolution
dohs not mens tho approval o. Congress and
tl'e %countT::', there is the cad hu! II j: dGea
command such approval, deem it Of ifa par
TANGO that The States and psCrie itnine;iia:ai?
interested hhonla h4 az onc:, distinctly Hoiiti-:i
Of the faat, s5 tna. they lnag Begin Is ~c"Gaitis.
whether 10 accept or rcjact ii. the; FrGaiai
Government would liud lis highest ~in;eras. in
such 6 measure, Is one IF !hp most tiiirl.n:
means ct sci: preservation. Tho leaders y: IL ,
sS!st:ng iusurrection entertain tho hcn3 ti,.:
THIS Government vii! bo;furced to acknowledge
tie Independence Of sono part ~! tbs dis2f:c.
ted region, and that al ihe slsTr States North
OF. such parts will thun sgy-tha Uhio:; Tor
which no have atcuggl:A being already .3nc,
We now eaoo7e 20 60 Gith The :Sint!:eTa sec.
ton.
To deprive them OF this hope Substantially
ends the rebellion, and the Initiation q! elusn-
cipstion completely danrives lhcln NJ il ts to
ali the States initiating it. TITO point ia not
that all the States tolerstirG sia7er; would
very soon, il at all, initiate euianci oltiop: but
ttrt Uhila tho 0t.r ii rrt1ail,- mad. "a oil al,
more Northern shall, by SUCH lni!istiun, naks
it certain to the mofe Southern that, in no
evelt, will tic former over juia The latter in
thsiT proposed Danieaeracy. say initiation.
because, in ny Judgment, gradual and not sud
den emancipation is better for all. 10 The
mere financial or pcciiniarY vicat, anr nlen. Der
of CongTess, ui.L- cry su,;Hnr IsG,-r--.- ,,vu-
s,T7 reports before Elm, can readily SEQ for
hlll5sl! hG@ very s0oa lhe current eEpQndi.
turc5 Of this war would purchase, ut ia:r VAL
uatiol, ali the s!aves in any named State.
Such a proposition on the part Of the gon-
cral Government sets up no r'aim ola right,
by Fedora! authority, - iuteriara with slavery
within State limits, referring, as it dos. tie
absolute control of tho auujcc. in cauH. CASE to
tho Sttta anl its people i'm Immediately interest.
cd. II is P%r6nosad IS q matter oi perfectly
~ fOiS nv z tup i'Iud tESS-
sage, last December, I thought fl; 10 say:-.l
The Union must 10 preserved, and hencs all
indispensable means must BIO employed. !
said this not hastily, but deliberately. War
has hacn made, and continues to bs al inIis- |
pCpsabie means 10 this and. a practical re-
acknowledgment Of the national authority
would render the war laneccassiry. and Il
would a: 6ncs cUage.
II, however, resistance continues, tho war
must also contiIuc, and it is impossible to |
loresee al the incidents which mag sitsnd |
and oil the ruin which mag follow ii. Such, |
as may seem Indispensable, or insy obviously
promise great efficiency towards ending Inc |
struggle, mua: and 1iIl come. The r7sp3ai. !
ti9n How made is an otfcr only. | h;pe il lnay |
DO o~s!eoined 10 "iEsnce 70 SIX w!:aiher the
peculiarly consideration rendered would not
be OF more value to the States and private por.
sou2 concerned, than are tho institution and
property in it, in Tie prtsart aspect OF :lr.irs.
While il is trno that the adoption CT tbs pro
posed resolution woulI be Iuerely initiatoTy,
and not within iiaclf 6 practice! 1leasure, il
il Recommended in the hope thai il would
soon lead 10 important p~raciicai .tRuiis. In
full 7iew or srrnt responsibility 10 my iiod
and TO uny coa:,try, | =arnuatiy h-g Inc ut.
lenlian Of CnhgEcaz and the psoFis to the
(Signsd,J ABRAHAM LlHCoLs.