The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-05-29

ousrrslline over The authorship Of Hontsf's
order. urotp which We infsr that the OensraA
is mar Of small intellectual calibfeJ sne
Journal Of Cena1ss attTtbuting - to Ooneesor
Barney and his associates IN the Ne~ 1oIn
t,uetom House, while the Herald asserts tnns
Mr.. Pierce. Secretary Ohases agent ~ <ors
Royal, "is the man who stirred mp this m uss.
We need nay nothing more Of Lincoin's Wnin'
,ns appeal 70 the Southern people than thss
they have too much spirit TO bow the snss on
tas solemn and GRACIOUS" terms proposal :
whereas, there appears In the putl Prin .
VIVA. rurports to bs proclamation OF mnJM
0ensrs al Hunter. In words ana nguFss to''o"
ing, 70 wit
HnApa'Rs DsP'f or TIE SoUfH.
Hilton Head. s. o., May 9Th. 1854.
4EHRaAL OnDSRs, Ne. IL
'.'hs three States Of 0s,rgia. Florida. ana
south Carolina. com prlsips the Military DE.
par lsnspt of the South, having dsfDera teiy
declared them sely es NO longer under the pro-
tection Of the United States Of America, and
having taken mp arms sSelas' nS ssH on ~ sS
clare thsn under marital law. This was no
oOrdingly done ON the 70 D day Of April, 1854.
Slavery and martial law In free country are
these three Ssstes, 0sorgia. Florida. and Sou Il
Carolina, heretofore held az sl6vss. are Tiers.
fore declared forever free.
(On1cialD DAVID h0HTER.
Major. General Commanding.
Ed ". Smith, A. A. A. q
And. whereas, the same IL producing SOM
excitement and misu ndsrs landing
Therefore, !, Abraham Lincoln, President
Of the United States, proclaim and declare.
tia. the Govern msnt Of the Unite States had
Eo knowledge or belief cG al Intention On the
par. Of Gen Hunter to Issue such pTocla-
nation. nor has as Yet any authentic infor-
nation that tne document 10 genuine and,
further mat neither General Hunter, nor
hspg al III lar has hoGf
thor'zei by the Government 81 the United
States to make proclamation declaring tbs
slaves of any State frse. and that the supposed
proclamation now IN question, whether gen
uine or falss. Is aitoge,nsr void. so far al re-.
spa IS uch declaration.
further make known that, whether 1t be
competent Tor me as Commander In .Dhief Of
the army and navy, TO declare the slavee OF
any State or States free, and whether at any
time, or in any case, 1t shall have become q
necessity indispensable to the maintenance II
ths Govern ment TO exercise such supposed
power, are questions which under my respon
sbility. reserve to myself, and which I can
not feel ius.ifled In eavinG to the decision Of
the ccmmaL dsrs in the field. These are totally
different questions from those Of police regu
lati0ns IN armies and camps.
On the q day OF March last, by special
message, I ecomm ended 70 Congress the adop
ton OF joint rssoluttOn, 10 he substantially
a. follows:
Resolved That the United state ought to
GO operate with any State which may adopt
gradual abolishment of slavery. giving TO
such State pecuniary aid, to be used by suoh
State In Its discretion to compensate for the
inconvsnien cas. pu bile and private. produced
by gu en- change OF system
The resolution, 10 the language above quot.
I'd, was adopted by large majorities In both
branches OF Congress, ana now stands au au.
thehtic definite, ana solemn proposal Of the
patton to the States afld people most immsdi
ately In tor ted In the subject matter. To the
people Of these States no y earnestly appeal
7 do not arg ue 1 beseech you to make the
arEumeu IS for yourselves. You cannot, IL you
would, Ds blind to the signs of the times
beg OF you a calm and enlarged constdeYa ton
Of them, ranging. Il may be. far above per
sonal AID partisan politics. This proposal
makes common ctLuss for common OF j9ct,
casting 10 Teproaches upon say. Il acts NOT
the Pharisee TDe change 1t contemp!ates
wonld coms gently as the dsws OF Heaven
no! rendiuE or Wi eeking anythtnE.s viii
you no embrace ttf SO much good has not
been done by one effort In all past time. as, ia
the Providence NJ God, it 10 now your high
privilege to 90. May the vast fuo0re have no,
to lament that you nave neglected 1t.
In witness whereof have hereun to set my
hand and caused the sa II OF the United States
to be af1xsd.
Done at the Ulty vi Washins ton this lSta
day of May. in theyear Of our Lord one thou
sand eiEht hundred an sixty.tWo, and Of th6
Independence az the Uni ted States the Gig d ~
sixth. AR2AExa LISGoLE.
BY the President.
H~ II. s.mara. s;e'i -tsty VI state.