The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1862-04-02

luton does not meet the approval Of Con-
gre's and the country, there Is the end but
u It does command such approval. I deem il
OF Importance that the States and neonle
immediately interested should be Al once
distinctly notified of the fact, 50 Thar thew
may begin to consider whether 10 accent n
rejec' it The Federal Government would
find its highest interest in such a measure.
as one OF the most efficient means Of self-ure-
sersatn The leaders of the existing in
'urfectton entertain tie hope that This Gov.
eminent will be forced to acknowledge the
indepeaiea, ot some part Of the dlsaifected
REGION, and that all the slave States North
ol such parts will then say-the Union for
winch we have Struggled being already gone,
we now choose to 90 with the Southern Sec
ton.
II deprive them Of this hope substantially
ends the rebellion, and the initiation Of en-
anclpafion completely deprives them of it as
TO all the States initiating it. The point is
not that all the States toleratng slavery
would very soon. if at all, initiate emanci-
pstion but that while the offer is equally
made to all, the more Northern shall, by
such initiation, make il certain TO the more
Southern that, in no event, will the former
ever join the latter in their proposed Con-
ieieracy. ! say initiation, because in my
judgment, gradual and not sudden emanci-
patton is better for all. In the mere fnan-
clal or pecuniary view, any member Of
Congress, with the census tables and trea-
sury reports before him, can readily see
fir himself how very soon the current ex-
penditures Of this war would purchase, at
fair valuation, all the slaves 10 any named
State.
Such proposition on the part Of the gen.
erai Government sets up no claim Of right,
BY Federal authority, to interfere with sla-
very within State limits, referring, as it
does, the absolute control of the subject in
each case to The State and its people imme-
diately interested. II is proposed as mat
ter of perfectly free choice with them. In
the annual message, last December, thought
fit 10 say The Union must be preserved,
aud hence all indispensable means must be
employed. said this not hastily, but de-
lberaiely. War has been made, and con-
side sde e Ii r@saRs ts this
national authority would render the war un-
necessary anu IL NUutu dl oHIt IcdsCs
II, however, resistance continues, the war
mus also continue, and it is impossible to
foresee all the incidents which may attend
aud all the ruin which may follow if. Such
a< NAV seem indispensable, or may obvious
IL promise great efficiency towards ending
The struggle, must and will come. The pro-
position n made IS an offer only. hope
II NAV be esteemed no oif.nce TO ask wheth-
er the pecuniary consideration rendered
would NOT be Of more value to the States
and private persons concerned, than are the
institution and property in il, in the pre-
4 .en, aspect 1t affairs. While il is true that
The ad ption of the proposed resolution
would be merely initidiory. aud mot with
in itself a practical measure, it is recon.
mended in the hope that il would soon lead
to important practical results. Ia full view
of lhr great responsibility TO my God and
To nv country, earnestly beg the atten-
tion Of Congress and the people to The sub.
ject.