The New York herald., 1862-04-06

the purchase eve. Of the three-quarers of mhoa Of
negroes 90 be found in the border states. psotAo
which oblissd pay in paper for every article wnen
its army requires which cannot obtain loan IN any
European market, and which now In The desI craze
nope r.'sing rsvrnuI svr SsaIsh,ed Country has
abolished likely TO fancy an additional expenditure
Of hundreds Of millions of dollars to transform
horde negroes into citizens Nor can we conceive
that border States likely, except under the pres
Of military occupation, TO abolish slavery WITHIN
their limits Nor do beliere that IL toil shake the
soluiior of the South The of conflict b!osen The co
lie mach Deeper than the question of free and Stare labor.
jealousy Of the 9roong pTeonderdnce g me Norh IN Con-
sTes-a prpodernnce caused BY the tide Of Immigration
which Foiued into the States of temperate eedhdS
now deened into an anpasy hich orercOne all eons'de-
But there is one light in which the Presidents mes
sage may be favorably viewed As proposition which
may ,esbiy lead 10 the cessation Of this frtfl eoa'c,
II will be worthy of discussion though think there IS
little advantage in adopting II in its present form Tho
President truly said that the expenses OF the war would
buy the slaves in any given State. II this has any
meaning. it is that the money devoted keeping
the four armies Of the North might be more advan-
tageousy devoted to the extinction Of slavery IN
those regions which are inconestably IN its
power. But II is impossible for tho North
TO spend tho same money on lighting and on
emancipation II the people Of the Northern states wish
to make any real progress ia the settlement OF the slave
question, they will give up the policy o! burdenng them
selves and their Children with European debt pay ing
American interest Another year of such war viii make
it impossible for them 20 buy negro liberty even in
Maryland. If they content to keep the slave States
which have not seeded and to try the plan of emancl
patton and compensation them they may, if they
really in earnest, accomplish after time great work
But with an expenditure Of two million dollars day.
and with nothing but " shinpasters' for money, the
plan of attaching wayering slave owners by compensa
ton must follow the fate Of go many other attempts at
compromise.
THE PLAN is "PuERILE'' AND SYMPTOM OF
UNION WEAKNESS.
From the london Post government organ) March 21
Tho message OF President Lincoln 10 Congress, which
this day give length proves tha, the federal CO.
vernmen hare tgun 10 despair OF "crushng the rebel
lion by Of powder and shot. The acs OF diplo-
macy T. be put in practice, and enemies who
cannot be subdusd by force Of arms be bough,
with money. In no country in the world is "he
dollar" worshipped with more real than in America; go
it is not surprising that - grave political exigency the
Chief Of the state should call in tho aid OF the fayorite
idol The is expensive one 10 both sides. Both
North and South creating for themselves burdens
of which pos;erity may succeed in getting
rid. Commerce is stagnant-trade at stand
still. The national honor, however, of one of
the bellgerents at stake, and the independence.
of the other and the war must consequently pro-
ceed till either party is subdued Such being the appa
prospect OF affairs Mr. Lincoln suddenly starts for
ward and proposes by one and the same stroke OF policy
put end 10 the war, relieve the country of the pre-
sent drain on S resources reconcile Ae oo d,tded par
tons Of he Americda nation ABOLISH sldrag and put
money in his enemies pockets IN American parlance, the
North assures the South that it do good thing
by dscontnuing hostiios and returning to the Union
whilst, the time, the federal government tries
enlist the sympathy Of the of the world by its
generous oler to purchase with lard silver The emanc
patton of millions OF slaves. Such in fact is the
proposal which has emanated from Mr. Lgeoln govern
ment and has been submitted for the consideration OF
has created no little " sensation in New York. and has,
are assured, taken all parties by surprise.
That surprise will be shared by all who are made
acquainted with the Presidents message on this Side of
the Atlantic II is far from easy enter into exami
nation OF its merits, 1t appears 50 utterly prpoerous II
is assumed and indeed expressly stated, that " the
continues 10 be Indispensable means for The resora
ton Of the Union;N yet at the time scheme is
projected which would require for realization ap
preparation OF the moneys at present expended the
1t is difficult, therefore, in the presence Of these
contradictory assumptions, TO understand from uhM
D.. g.r~rso
project of The federal gorernn.eHt. But dismssing
from consideration this matter, let us see in what
the project itself really consists. The President
to have opened his eyes to the possibility OF teing
obliged ct so time or other 10 recognize the Independence
Of the Southern coTJeerdcy. or some portion Of it, and
accordingly makes that possibility or at least the hopes
entertained OF il by the seeded states the ground for
his proposal. so long the continues 90 long will
these hopes be entertained the South should they
be realized it President Lincoln that it is by
improbable that some Of the border States
might then elect to join the Southern confederacy
Of the Union In order to blight these hopes for
the allegiance cf those States and at the time
put end to the rebellion, there is but step
sary-nameiy, the emancipation, or, as it is modesy
expressed, the initiation Of the emancipation Of the
slaves.
The manner in which this operation be effected is
not communicated 10 u.s. We are left 10 guess q: the de-
tails As far understand the scheme OF Mr..
Lincoln 1t suggests that the Northern States should pro-
% Obs sP b m tho M e s,es ssn
sideration. The federal government would not, how.
claim right 20 interfere with slavery within the
accept REJECT the proposal. No suggestion is made
OF any intention the part Of the North to abolish
slavery and the only difference which would be detected
between the United States they would be newly
stitued, and what they were, would consist IN
the constant readiness Of the free states TO buy up
the freedom of those held in servtude IN the slave
States. On the question Of the probable expense
Of carrying out these phanhropic designs rather
loosely informed that the current expenditure OF the
would very soon purchase all the slaves 10 any
named Sate but as II is absolutely impossible divine
for what length Of time the expenditure should
be continued with this object the information s
Yaueies. 1t is not an;icipasa that all the savehodpg
satss would promptly, . ever avail themselves OF the
generous tna. or he federal government but It is cx
and thus Demonstrate to the states Of the tTtroGa s
how groundiess the hopes entcrtaped hy them of
their Joining remaining attached to me souihern co.,
fedei dc;. Thus Eays Nr. lincoln will the lower Of the
Southern confederacy be weakened thus will it's expec
tatioas be blghted and thus will the great civil war be
brought to a close.
long since predc,d that tie bcee, The N5rh and tie
Syt lgould III imatly b. concluded, not by one ofhe b
crens Ous1DJcering ne other, ba ty Of them tsng
ma ale or ,yisg supply e funds nece,sary for pro
Iqagnq Tie contest That the southern confedcracy was
NOT likely 70 be the first to yield was apparent wksh i
WIS borne in mind that object desnion but
ience and that President n very properly
put it, Nothing could be verse than dcfsst Ibis te
log So what arc y" 70 think OF proposal which
the possibility of a people who have never been
taxed, and who now ior the FIRST time fnd them
selves saddled with national debt, voluntarily
submitting TO a System Of taxation which would
national nohor the national INDEPENDENCE, but the
Iteration from slavery OF class TO which, perhaps,
NOR. bd, dny oer people il the worid, they entertain ne
,rsuiet antijdth There MAY be found in Europe many
cho rsgrrd South Carolina sare as ma. and brother,
though fear that ne nao'ber IS tm smdu rto ,coud sio
srs idrgeiy 10 g'ec his hbtrdtson But the notion OF
finding in Philadelphia, or Boston, or New York, any
who would submit the slightest pecuniary sacrifice to
grant him freedom utterly absurd that is impos
sibe toentertan IL seriously The means Of defrayng
the expenses Of in which the sympathiss
Of the whole Of the Northern population arc
strongly enlisted have not yet been discovered;
aud vet it is grsvely proposed that an expen-
diture equal 10 tho present war expenditure should
be eiecting object to which they are not
only Indifferent. but ia nay respects decidedly hostile.
But evenupposng Congress assented 10 the proposton
u the President, what guarantee would be Afforded 10
the southern states that II would be carried out Nj
LII coin admits only the initiative in emancipation can at
present he efectedY II this initiative Is TO have the
effect Of terminating the what IL there 10
suppose that II will be succeeded by complete emancpa
ong Auoethr Tie scheme Is 50 puere, The ho g rhich Il
e,o,,d ~ Of sepcng from. The Souen confed>Iacy tie
Border ram, G1t Us submission 10 COngress by the
f,eral qo5mel onig be accounted for Icing TIE
of ,ctich feels thai en0rqed