The New York herald., 1862-04-06
NEW YORK HERALD. SUNDAY, APRIL s, 1852.

the states proposed ss Ct the most efficient
means OF self preservation" He avows that ms mime
dmte aim Is 10 the border States TO the mon
MI Lincoln seems TO convey that he docs not osu se
tu.f States in mrch He wen that
they eonnot exist as separate nation without the uor
der States that their poverty and weakness would
pose them TO general contempt and make separate exist
ence ntoerabe. And although he will not permit them
on that account 10 secede, and gise fotcod 70 Gnc.-
togs and intriguing European Pocers, he IL not nuch
concerned about their opinion Of his scheme ii the
federal Congress assents and the border States adopt it,
drery Worth Arrtcd is doored and the Gulf states
may be eft 70 10 their Whenever they DO
so the fodeIa government will assist them ia getting rid
OF a curse.
Mr. Lncons proposition appears to have startled the
American pubic by It's comprehensveDess and we shll
have To TO learn what impress on il viii make on
the country The extracts we give fro the New fork
papers tell little. IL is natu al for accustomed
10 learn the state Of public opinion in the var
countries OF Europe from journals published IN cap
tails where government and pubic life is cenrazed 10
study the opinions published IN great American Guy,
aud take them for those Of the onion This error has
led us astray thousand times during the last twelve
months But IN truth there IS country IN the world
where all that belongs to government so completely
decentra1ed the United States. In looking at tho
probabilities of the situation must remember that MI
Lincoln propounds rather aim than plan.
Should Congress adopt this resolution will proclaim
policy and assume duty but the IN ans and mode OF It's
execution viii be left open to deliberation. we DO not
gather from the Presidents words that is part or his
plan that the federal government should assume the bur-
den OF tho compensation 10 be paid TO slave owners on
the emancipation Of their slaves but rather that the
federal government should cooperate for that purpose
with the governments Of the states The President inti-
mates gently but plainly that the slave owners OF the
border States may fare they refuse his PROPOSE
tion. The IS has been and will be, for the pre-
servaton OF the Union but it impossible to carry war
slave State without deprociatng property nslayes
When the in trouble the blacks run away or
become Improbable frn the interruption Of industry.
Such is the fair, n,od rate and magnanmoaS policy Of
the government Of the United States in the hour OF sue
cess what the leaders of secession doingY In
the face Ut Mr. Davis admission that the confederacy
attempted more than il could carry out when il under
took force secession the border States 1t has
passed a resolution declaring that the honor OF the
government imperatively demands that the existing
be prosecuted until the enemy shall have been ex
PEELED from every foot OF soil within each aud every
Of the Confederate States and proposition OF peace
shall be considered which conemplates, however re-
motely, the REIMBURSEMENT by this government of any
portion Of any of the States Of the confederacy" Mr.
Lsccln message and The resolution Of the Confederate
Senate apy distinguish the character and circumstances of
the ttco g0rernaieat.