Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1862-03-14

The Fs2efsl Gosernmens would Gnd rs
highest interest ia such mo4sure as one of
Tie most efficient aeaUs of self-preseTgatiop.
The leaders OF the existing ifsurreetIon entei-
tain tbs hope that tie GaverBmeni will ulti-
matelg be forcea 10 ackpowledge the indepea-
denoe of some part OF tie disaifected region,
aud that all the Slave States norsb Of such
paris viii tban say, The Union for which We
have struggled being alrosdy gone, We uow
choose 70 20 with the Southern sectien.2
To deprive them Of this bope, substar tally
ends the rebellion, and tie initiation DC eluan-
oipAtian completely depfives them of H. A.
to ell the States toleraling Slavery, would very
soon, Il at all, initiate emancipation, but thai,
while the offer is equally made to all, fhe more
Southern, that 10 DO event will the former
ever join the latter in their proposed Coptedcr-
acy.
/ say einitiation,' because, ia my Judge,
mert, gradual, and not sudden, emancipation
is better for all In the mere financial or PEI
cupiary view, any Member Of Congress, with
ooncus tables and The Treasury reports before
hin, can readily see foI himself bow very soon
The current expenditures Of this war would
purchase, at a fair valuation, all the slaves in
any named State. Such proposition on the
part Of tue General Government se,a up 20
claim Of right, by Federal authority, 10 IN
terfefe with Slavery within State limits, refer
r NJ, as j Z ef, the absolutc control of the sui
jeet IN each case to the State aQd It's people im-
mediaiely interested.
Il is proposed as matter Of perfectly free
choice with then,. Ia the Annual Message,
last December, thought 6t to say: "The Ua-
ion uasl be preserved; and hence al iudispens
s4lle means sonst be employed" ] said this
ret hastily but deliberately. War hss been
md eeutiuues t. be, an Indispensable means 10
his end. ) practical rsaeknou cement Of
iho aatlonal authority voa.5 reader The war
unnecessary, aud il would at once cease
ii, however, resisi-bce continues, the WI
must also eon:iepr, aud il IS impossible to fore
SEQ ail The iIcideuls which maj uttsud, aud 81
lhe ipia which may follow il. such rs may
seem indisEensable, or may obviously premse
great ,fisisuey toward ealiog the struggle,
must aod aitAeose.
The proposition noW made, though an 1T
only, hope it may 0s esteemed 40 of.Lss to
ask @heiber the peeuniary consideration ten
dvsed Bauld tot 5e u more value t. III. Statss
ala private pefsods euueerned, than the 10
ssitution sao properly il IT. IN 'he present as
ptct OF al stIs
Wbie il is true tha, tie adoption 9f lhe
proposed resoiHt.on mautd be merely lu:ratoIy,
snd not wi3bin Itself pr4etieal measure, Il is
recommended il tbe hope that il would soon
lead 10 .ap9ftsat results. lR fun yiew of my
great resi- possibility to by God and to NY Ccug-
ny, 4 earnestly beg the attention Of Cougress
AID the reoplo 10 tbe subieci.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
TIE Presidents Message excited desp infer
esl in tbs House t0alag. 1t was evilent that
a doeuaeu. Of such no important character
VAS not generally Anticipated. The reading
was called for BY Mr. Stevens OF Pean9lea
uia, aud on bis motion referred to the cam-
uitoe of tie Whole % the State Of the Uuion,
in WHICH il viii be discussed
Some Of the membaIs, apparently not fully
unIers tanding ii as pronounced frOm the desk,
pu,sued tie manuscript at their seats. The
subject therein discussed forms to nighta ihsms
OF earnest conversations. The Message Of
similar character Transmitted to tie Senate was
MT read.