Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-06-27

On previous occasion he pledged himself to
not war upun this principle" lie sid:
Applied "a tsovernnlef4t. this principle would
Toe tat the General Gov eminent shsl 80 al lho~e
things which pertain 20 Il. aud all the local Gov
crsIIse1It- shall de- prec5selF they pes-e a.
spect - thy~e matters which exclusively concern
them- | understand that thi- Cos eminent OF the
Unisei States. under which We live. is based upon
this principle; aud | am misunderstood ii il j.
supposed that have any was TO make upon that
principle"
On the 9th of February, 1850 Mr.. Lincoln
delivered an address on national politics at the
Cooper Institute. New York. when be said:
"Republican doctrines and declarations are &C
companied with continual protest against any
Interference whatever with your slaves, or with
you about your slaves"
Aud further on:
''Mr Jefferson did not mean TO say, nor do l.,
that the power of emancipation j. ia the Feeral
Government He spoke OF Virginia: and a, To- the
power OF emancipation, speak OF the slavehold
ing States only
And stil again:
But YOU will break up the Union rather than
submit 10 a denial OF your Constitutional rights.
That has somewhat reckless sound; hut il would
he palated, it not fully justified, we're We pro-
posing, by the mere force OF numbers. To deprive
YOU Ut some right plainly written down in the
Constitution But We are proposing no such
thing"
Here is anotherr remark:
Wrong as We think slavery is. we can yet af
ford let il alone where il IS because that much
IS due TO the necessity arising from its actual
presence in the nation
Ia his inaugural address lie said:
Ill by the mere force of numbers majority
should deprive minority of any clearly written
constitutional right, it might. in moral point of
yieS, justify revolution; it certainly would, it
such right were n vital one"
! Aud after the war commenced he sad
"li Is now my purpose To pursue the course
marked out in the inaugural address
I Again. in his message tc Congress on its as
senbng in July lo6l, are TO be found the fol
( lowing words:
Lest there should be some uneasiness in the
minds OF candid men as to what will be the course
ct the Government towards The Southern States
alter the rebellion shall have been suppressed, the
executive deems il proper say t will be his
duty thin, ever, IN he guided by the Constitu
+ ton and the laws. and that he will probably have
no different understanding OF tile powers and du
! ties OF the Federal Government relatively % the
rights OF the States aud the people under the
Constitution thnn that expressed In the inaugu-
raj adde's. lie desires u preserve the Govern
ment that it may he administered for all as it WIS
administered by the men who made II. Loyal
cit zens everywhere have the right To claim this
OF their Government ard the Government, has no
light 10 withhold it,.
Over and over again has he said that he was
opposed To the emancipation OF slaves in the Dis
trict of Columbia, unless it should be done grad
ually, and with the consent OF the owners, and
upon AN honorable basis, recognizing all the
lights OF the cl izen.
All these ftc.S are true as well rs those Stlted
by the Tribune at the opening at these remarks.
lie las emancIpated snmmarily, and without the
consent OF owners OF the slaves of the District
He has voluntarily introduced the slavery ques
ton into Congress. He has proclaimed To the
South that they must liberate voluntarily. or it
should be done by force in certain events which
were certain to happen. This is the construction
put upon it by his party supporters. Let the
Tribune copy the extracts which we have given
Let the entire history 60 together, and see how il
must be viewed by the world. A conhscaton
bill has passed the House and is now in the Sen
ate, with strong probability OF passing. Should
it be vetoed, the ''reservel' power OF the Presi-
dent will become the topic OF the day. 1t IS to
he hope,i that the Union may he restored without
recourse To measures which may render the Union
worthless.-Spriaqfeld Repub