Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-07-24
IMPORTANT ConREsPON DENCE.
The Prcsiacnrs Appeal tn the Bor.
der states.

The Representatives and Senators of tue Dor
der%slsvehotilng States having. by special invi.
tstlon ot tie President. been uvened "a the TX
ecupve Mansion on Saturday mornisg. last week
Mr. Lincoln addressed them as follows from a
written paper held Ia bis hands:
GESrLtNEN: After the adjournment of Con.
pte-s. nov near. | shall have 40 opportunity
81 seeing YOU Tor several months Believing
TINT ,uu oi the border States hold mote power
D., -ood than ANY other equ, number OF mem
bss-. ieel u a duty which | eau not justiiably
waive. q mike tins appeal IA You
intend ia feproach or complaint when | ~
you that. 10 my opinion. u YOU all had voted
ior The resolution IA the gradual emancipation
message Of list VI ,rch. the war would now be
substantially ended And the plan therein pro
posed i yet ole OF tAe most potent and swift
means OF ending H. Let the States which are IN
rebellion see definitely and certainly that in NO
event will the States You Represent ever JON
thea proposed Consistency. and they eau not
much longer maintain che contest. But yon can
not diseSt them ol their hope 10 ultimately have
YOU with them - long YOU show a de:ermd1
tiou 10 perpetuste The In-tlfation within yonr own
States. Beat them At elections, you have
Overwhelmingly oone AN. nothing dauntet, they
sgsll claim you o. their own You aud know
What the lever at their power = Break that lie
yer before their faces, ANA they eau shake YOU tao
more forever.
Mot Of YOU have treated me ~ith kindness aud
consideration, atg Trust YOU Will not think
| mpgvlerly touch what l. exclusively your own
when. Tor tie sake OF tie country, | Ak ''can
you. tor your State. de- better than To take the
course urgry' Descending panefllo and max
inns adapted 10 more manageable times, and look
ing only 10 the unprecedentedly stern FACTS of our
case. can YOU do better IN any possible eseuly
You prefer that the constitutional relation OF the
States Ia the nation shall be practically restored
without disturbance OF the Institution. and. J. tins
were done. my Whole duty IN this les. ct. uuGer
the Constitution sad NV oath OF Office. would be
performed BUTT j. not done. and irving
IL accomplish il By var. The incidents oi the
can not be avoided. IL the war continues
long. a Il must Il the object b. not sooner At
tslned the institution IA YOUR States nil be ex-
tinguishei by mere friction aud rasol-bN the
mere incidents OF the war. IL sill be gone and
you xill have nothing valuable ~ lieu 0i il Much
OF IT. value is gone already How much better
for you and your people 10 take the step which
shortens the war aud secures substantial compen-
saroD for that which j. sure 10 be wholly lost in
any other event How much better % thus save
the money which else sink forever IN the war
How much better 10 do IL while can. lot the
war ere long render peculiarly unable to do IL
How much better tor you. az seile.. and the IA.
ton. ss buyer, 10 seil oct and bay out that with
out which the wsr could never have been. than "a
slak both the thing 10 be sold and The price Of il
ia cutting one sDo,hers thrOats.