New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-05-11

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,.h an extept O. seriously TO disturb 'hs pesce OF tho
,;on Ard impair the regular aud efficient sc'ion oil the GOV
eminent within tho sphere Of lie constitutional powers ana
Hh,,so, Tho Legislature Of the State Of Kentucky has
made application tn Congress to cav ".
po.ins amendments TO the Constitution OF 'ne ohou Sa'
,,.o, 1t A believed to be the opinion Of tho psopl, Of
other States that smtrd nents to tho ere %
bscme necessary to to the people OF The utep o
~ ey. section the ui and equal Enjoyment Of h' nsht'
aud Liberties lar the same may depend or ihe. ec"
and protection tho grant to or withheld rom 'na
0e.sra Government In pursuance OF the natoa purposes
for which /, was ordained and established;
Jhu Conference e. hsrsfre recommend 10 me 'erHoi
Stats % IN ein Ksnves her applieatn 70 Conon
cal Conrenfon fer popoos spendns ats 70 'ns
Al h, States or Conventions therein for rsiihcs
dop a. the ore or the other mode Of rucson be pro-
R RHis. . Il sV " IL. cou..iiutio""
This most comprehensive and efficient
L" Peace" overture was sustained BY the Re.
publican delegations from eight States, but voted
down by the compact strength Of every Pro-
Slavery delegation present, that Of Kentucky
included. 1t was subsequently renewed BY the
Hon. Amos Tuck of New Hampshire, in q
shape SO pacific and inviting as to secure for
it the approval Of one Pro-Siavery delegation;
but the Slave States still opposed it, and it
was voted dowu-nine States Yea; eleven
States Nay. The Slave States represented
would assent to nothing that did not involve
q consent by the Republicans to the Extension
Of Slavery over half the Federal Terrltories-a
consent which they were precluded from giving
not merely by thsir convictions, principles, and
pledges, but by their solemn and unanimous
affirmation in the Chicago Platform that there
was no porsr in our Government to legalize
Slavery in the Territories.
III. On the 4th OF March then ensuing Dir.
Lincoln vas inaugurated President, and his
Inaugural Address was one continuous. be-
seechiug appeal for Peace-Peace. Aware
that the Southern People had been deceived
into belief that his election and administra-
ton menaced the security of their domest's
institutions, he commenced us follows:
Approximations to sIist among the people o. tho
Soatosp ste, that by tho accession Of hepuohcsn Ao
uisrsou their property ami their peace AID personal
security be endangered There has never been any
Reasonable for such apprehension Indeed the mos,
ample evidence to the contrary has all the while e1eo snd
seen open 10 their inspection 10 found In nesy all the
public speeehs, Of him who now addresses you do but
quote nom Of those speeches when declare mat nave
10 poTpv,s directly OF Indirectly rf,Ie with the inu
tion Of Slavery in the States where exists or.v'
lawful right TO do and have no Inclination 10 90
% Those and elected did with tie ul'
edge that had nude this and msoy similar dscai
and had Ieesnt.d them And more thai TIN. trey
placed IN tie Platform. for my sccePiancr AID law to
tbeees and to tue, the clear and emphatic resolution
@Ro1si Thst the msn,en.-ee nv.ea. Of the rights o. III
sate. and Q, ne nst % dsn S,s %
e.sy essential 10 that balance Of power on whoh me lrFfse
poen lie ss. ;, sa,d any State
Territory mates under ~hs, S'e,e1t among the ssVe'' Of
II now r,fes,s the,e senrien'si and IN doing 90 only
upon the public attention tho conclusive evidence
security Of In ssywo endangered BY the
now iaeomi.a Admini.uaa'n.
Prom beginning to end, that Inaugural
was q constant entreaty to the Slave States
not to rush into Rebellion and thereby create
The peril to their peculiar institution which
" oud have no existence if they would BIO per.
suaded to abide in loyalty aud put their trust
in the Constitution and laws He did not even
point them to the necessary, inevitable elect
Of Rebellion in creating the very danger for
which il was presented rs an antidote, know
ing that this would be construed and resented
az n menace. but concluded as he had begun
with a dcp.y,.s.-.. IS Wa cd a prayer for
Peace. Never on earth before did the EIecu-
tive of Nation so plead and entrcat that the
country be spared the horrors of Civil War
that conflicting pretensions md claims be arb.
traied at the ballot-boI, not BY the sword.
Nod he continued to act in this spirit for
weeks, in full view of the fact that the Fed
era Revenue in nearly half the ports Of the
Union was being collected for hostile Gov
ernment tho public moneys 10 che Southern
sub.treasures confscated to the use of that
Government, the arms, munitions and foriresses
of the Republic converted to the uses of de-
FAINT treason, and the greater part Of the sol
diers of the Union surrendered by their own
officers to BIO prisoners Of war to Rebels who
pretended to be at peace with us. 1t was not
till those Rebels had repealed lis civil request
to be allowed to send food to the furnishing
garrison of Fort Sumter that the President
decided to send the food anyhow, and gave the
Rebels notice Of his intentlon--and this, they
sny initiated the wnr
Ill. Fort Sumter having been bombarded
ard taken, the Rebel Secretary Of War pro-
claimed in speech at Montgomery that they
would have Washington within month. They
rushed North Carolina and Virginia into the
Rebellion and, before they had removed the
injunction of sccresy on the vote OF the Viz
GINA Convention, they made steadily spring
ut the Norfolk Navy-Yard, took it, and robbed
the Union of two thousand cannon, beside
ships Of war and an enormous quantity of mu.
utions and supplies. They tried TO do the
same at Harper's Ferry, but the officer in
command there was neither traitor nor an
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