The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-03-12

LEGATION OF rag UNITED STATES
LuNDuS feuruar-y 4 1872

OrkinSmeh Of Manchester.
LEGATION oF rag UxrrEp SrArEs.J
.-..--. -oADoS. -febru4ry 8, 1853.
SIR:-I have the hunor to trsnsm;
10 y"u i,t the halsls or Mr. Moran, th
lAssisla,a Ss,creiars Of tina Lrgalion
"a letter "i the President vi the Unite.
Statts, addressed 10 you as Chairman
ut the meeting Of woukinsni.ii, held Il
Manchester, "i The 3lst Of December
and In acknowledgment vi The address
AhIch ] had Tile rlcasure To torwar.
IiunI that meeting. Eilnff
1 an, sir. your obedent servant I
| Sssr ChAnLEo FRANCIS ADAMS.
ABEL HAYWOOD, Esq, Chairnan
d., Manchester. "a ..-,s,rs -.
ExkcUllvE MANSION, Washington
| Jan. 10, 4S63. stfseiis- -ssisisiI fis
10 tie Vi kins nien of Manchester:
/ have the homer 10 acknowledge tht
receipt at the address and resolutiolI.
which You acht " me Oh the eve Of ths
new year.
" hen came on the 4th day oi
March, 1861, through free and con
>iituti"ilal eiecti"n Ia. preside in ih,
G".ci nment of the United States, the
country WAS found at The verge of civi
war. Whatever might have, been III,
cause, or whosoevcr tho fault, ons
duty, paramount to all others, was be
fore me, namely, To maintain and prc.
serve al once the Constitution and in.
tegriiy of the Federal Republic. A
c"nscIcntious purpose To perform thi.
duty is the key To all the measures q!
administration which have been, aud
Ia all which will hereafter be pursued.
Under our form "t Govcrninent, and
my official oath, could not depart
from this purpose it would. Itis no,
III the .'owrr OF Governments to en.
large or restrict the scope of moral re-
suits, which follow the policies thai
they may deem it necessary, for the
public safely, from time To time L.
adopt. aitT asa msT7 Easfs..
have understood well tha, the duty
"f Sell preservation rests solely with
The American people. But have AT
The some iime been aware that favor or
iisia,"r of foreign nations might have
ii material influence in enlarging and
rr"l"nging the struggle with dislnyal
men in which the country is engaged.
a fair examination OF history has
seemed Ia anth"Iize a belief that the
past action and influences of the United
States We're generally regarded an hav-
ing been beneficial toward mankind.
have, therefore, reckobcd upon the
.'I Ihrarance of nations. Circulmstan
crs, 10 some of which you kindly alIudr,
induced me especially To expect that il
Justice and =, o,l faith should be prac
liced by the United States, they would
rncuuntpr no hostile Influence on the
part at Great Britain. 1t is now a
pleasant duty la acknowledge the dem
onsIrail"n y"u have given of your de
>lr. that Spirit of peace and amity to
aard this country may prevail in HI,
councils of Your Queen, who is re.
Sprctel and esteemed IN yuur owl,
country only more than she j. by tn,
kindred naiIun which has its home Oh
'his side OF the Atlantic. '2.'st
! know and deeply deplore The suf
terlngs ahich the w"rki,umen of Man
ch, sirr, and in all Europe, are called
IL endure in this crisis. II has otter
and siudionsly represented that the a,
teinrt to overthrow this Government
which was built upon the foundation OF
human rights, aud To substitute for j,
one which should rrst cxclusi, ely on.
The b:i>is "f human Slavery, was lik,l,
+" obtain the favor of Enr"pp. Thrn'
he action of"ur disloyal citizens, the
w.sknen "t' Europe have been sui
jcrt.d I" a :. we're trial, for the rurpos.
f f"rcin. their sanction to. that al
tempt. Under these circumstances, I
cannot but regard your decisive utter
incr upon thu question as an instanc.-
at sublime Christian heroism which
has NOT been surpassed in any ageUr IN
my country. .1Gc ai8p ~ eslf
1t is indeed an energetic and re In
spring assurance of tn, Inherent power.
of truth, and of the ultimate and mi
Vel sal triumph "f justice, humanity and
freedom. ] la not d..ubt that the sen.
,i,neniS yon have expressed will be sus
tanned by yonr great nation and, on
Tie other hand, | have no hesitation in
assurin. you that they will excite admi
ration, esteem, and the most reciprocal
ttellngs"f friendships among the Amer
lean people. hail this interchange If
therefore, as an augury that,
whatever else may happen, whatever
misfortune may brfall your country or
my own, the peace AMI friendship
which now exist between The iw o ma
ri"ns will be, "a it shall be my desire to
make them perpetual.
~ ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
C.cro, ~, H., ,raj;na1 ,,,o,, - r.