Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1862-12-15
LrscoLN's MrssAGr.-The Richmond pa

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pets publish in full the message of Lincoln
to the yankee Congress which met on the
1st. We agree with the Fayetteville ooser-
yer in saying, that the propriety of such .
publication, considering the character OF
much of its matter, may well be questioned.
It is proper to state, however, briefly, that !.
he proposes an amendment of the Constltu
ton of the United States, to authorize the
purchase of the slaves of every State that may
assent thereto before the year 1900, at
dollars each, payable in bonds of the o. S.
Said slaves to be c~olonized in Liberia, Hayti, |
or some other foreign country, or in some
part of the U. S., or to be left where they
are.
This isthe substance Of a scheme which he
urges at great length, and as if he really be-
lieycd that it would be available to bring the
war to an end and restore the Southern States
to the old defunct and dsspised Union. We
can scarcely suppose that he is sincere in the
expression Of such a belief. But whether ne
is or not, nothing could be further from the
mind of ANY true sensible Southern man than
to entertain such a proposition for a moment
In the first place, nc. reliance whatever could
be placed on any constitution, or amendment
to a constitution, of people who have open
II and palpably violated the most important
provision of a constitution already existing
and as binding as any one could be. Sec
anI1u 4hn Co,4Ior, 49, nil nauor oOnconf
to buy and pay for their own slaves, as they
would have to do in great part if the bargain
| should be made and conditions performed.
Thirdly, they will not consent that their
yankee enemies shall legislate them out of
, their property. Fourthly, the two races,
!, both free, cannot exist together. Andfnally,
the South can never consent to live in union
I with a people who have treated them so vile
ly and barbarously as these ssndish yankees
have done wherever they have had the pow
er. While at peace, they swindled the South
b in a quiet way. At war, they rob, and burn,
c and wantonly destroy, and murder defence
less men and insult unprotected women
May Heaven preserve US from association or
bargain with the swindling, savage race.
The proposition is made, doubtless, not
with any expectation that the South will as
sent 10 it, but for effect among the Democrats
at the North, and upon Europe.
/ Lincoln admits that the occasion is piled
re high with difficulty" He does not once al
n Jude to any idea of conquering a peace, nor
As to any of the events Of the war, nor to any
y prospects for the future, except by the above
OF Compromise as he calls (which may
$, be called buying a peace, and taking care to
y pay for it out ofhis enemy's money more than
To- his own.
AS to foreign nations, the following passage
~ shows that he has been negotiating with SOME
" of them, and failed in his object because o
" Temporary reverses'' which befell his ar
7A mics !:
In the month of June last there wer'
some grounds to expect that the MARITIME
to powers which, at the beginning of our do
th nestle difficulties, so unwisely and unneces
nd sarily, as we think, recognized the insurgent
as a belligerent, would soon reeede from tina
u position, which has proved only less injuri
IN Gus to themselves than to. our own country
ac- But the temporary reverses which afterward
befell the national arms, and which were ez
agserated by our own disloyal citizens abroad
= have hitherto de aged that act Of simple jus
,m-1 tice.'' /.
The report of the Adjutant General, whic
Il accompanies the message, shows that ther
'th- .ra .ho,+. 600 ooo so,d;.rs - .ho so1d ;,
not ov.r 1on mo :, +bo hoa,o
:. AS to finance, Lincoln states the expend
lures of the year ending the 30th of Jur
last as $474, 744, IT'S -16. They have SIM
been, with a larger and more expensive arm,
and deprecated currency, at least $500
- s000, 900 more, to say nothing of the va
amount of,unpaid claims. 1t is beyond que
ton, therefore, that the yankee debt is no
at least 81, OOO, O00, 600. The receipts in t
Treasury, apart from loans, amounted
! or $51, 841, TO 76. So that the whole yea
hen receipts are not enough to pay the intere
rc.s on the public debt.
t to @
that Observation-Disclosures RENTING us mo
sun ey will please not sendus County Certificat
WED or individual shinplasters. They are wort
COM less here, and consequently we can make
8 us. use OF them. And we cannot afford to p
this ten cents postage and return them to the 81
ders. SO hereafter whoevA shall send
such money will not receive the paper, I