Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1862-03-14

mEssAeE FROM TmB PnESEDENF.
WAsHrNoroN March e.--Tbe President
to-day transmitted 10 Congress the follesN
leg message:
Fellov Citizens ofAs Senatt bad Hohss
!, Of Representatives:
Z recommend thesdoPtiOn, Of joint feso.
Nation by your honorable bodies, which
shall be substantially as follows:
! Resolved, That the United States ought
10 cooperate with any State which may
adopt gradual Abolishtnent q slavery, CIV
Jog 20 such State pecuniasy aid, 10 he used
BY such Staten its discretion tocompensate
for the inconvenience, public and private,
produced by such change Of system.
I 1.-THE proposition contained ia the reso.
latioh does not meet the approval Of Con-
gress and The coontry, there Is The end; but
Iif IL does cotnmRDd such approval, deem
I Il Of impouance that the States and people
imnediatelyu iatefestcd sho1ld be al once
distinctly notified Of the fact so that they
may begin to consider whether 70 accept Or
lfeiect it:n % h2fius1l 8vfd oi if1g4a o.
The Federal Government would find ils
lbigbest interest IN such a measure as ono Of
the most efficient measures Of selfpreserva-
tion. The loadsrs Of the existing ihsurrec.
tiou ehteTtain tho hope that disbursement
will ultimately be fotcedto acknowledge
the Independence of soune part of the dis
affected region, andt that all the slave Statcs
north Of such paFss will then say, 'Hhe I'm
ion, for which we have struggled, being al
ready gone, We now choose 70 20 with them"
4 To deprive ihees Of this hope substantially
ends the rebellion, and che initiation Of
emancipation completely deptiSes them
! of it eaa8 iii31I-9 lo 1dIi-7a7h Son ID .za.
As TO al the States initiating Il, The
point is not that hll the States loleratine'
slsveryiwould very soon, Il at al, initiate
emancipation; but that willie the ofTef is
made equally to all, the more northern
shall, BY such initiation, make IL certain to
the moro southern that ID no event shall
the former join the latter 10 their proposed
confederacy. ] say initiation, because 10
my Judgment gradual, if not sudden, eman-
cipalion is better for ell. Inth mere flo.
aocial oE peoaniary view, auy member Of
Congress, with the census tables and Treas
ury report before him, can readily see for
himself how very soon the current expendi-
lures Of the war would purchase, at a fair
valuation, all the slaves in any named
} State. Such proposition on the part
4 Of the General Government sets up no claim
!, or right by Federal authority TO interfere
with slavery within State limits, referring,
as it does, the absolute control of the object
in each case TO the State and its people
Immediately interested 1t is proposed
as matter Of perfectly free choice with
them. ll Isi8r -lsTGq s1iyGl7ta I'd .1e
10 the annual message last December /
thoughtf ft to say that the Union must be
preserved, and hence all indispensable
means must be employed. I said this not
hastily but deliberately. War has been and
continues to be an Indispensable means TO
this end.i A practical acknowledgment Of
the national authority would render the war
unnecessary aud il would At once cease II,
however resistance continues the war must
also continue, and tits impossible to forsee
all the incidents which may attend and all
4 the ruin which may follow. Such as may
seem indispensable, or may obviously prom
Use great efficiency towards ending the strug-
u gle must and will come. Tho proposition
now made, though an offer only, hope il
may be esteemed no offence 10 ask whether
I the pecuniary consideration rendered would
not be Of more value to the States and pri
: vate persons concerned than are the institu
r ton and property in 1t in the present aspec
] Of affairs While il is true that the adopt
= ion Of the proposed resolution would b,
. merely initiatory and not within itself
practical measure, it is recommended 10 tb,
hope that it would soon lead to importan
results. Ih full veiw. of my great RESPONSE
bhity to my God aud to my country,
earnestly beg the attention Of Congress ant
the people to the subject (Signed,)
j eI'19 0lo1l dABRAHAML LINCOLN
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