The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1863-09-23
From Forney,s ,press, Aboli,io7n,. .

From FoTney'ssPre Abolition.
9.ctter from the Prestacht--fze e
Discus a Recon- sfruCiiOn No
Fence - positions from south
Grn Le.deIs=-Peace to he mae e
Wharf.-The Gi0 FiOus. Condition "a
OF the Republic.
CHICAGO, Sept. The following ls Pres
dent Lincoln's letter to the Springfield Mass
Meeting; -u,r ars .e4r4 sIf q5 ss.g
-lsE B a0t a. ExEcuTIvE MANSION.
a3 "a WASHINGTON, Aug. rs, 1885
.27ort. james O. Conklns. o. '2.,, I.
Ny DEAR SIa; " onr letter inviting me
TO attend mass meeting Of unconditional
Union men, to be held at the Capi al OF lii.
1ois on the Sd day Of September, has been
received
II would be very agreeable to me thus to
meet my old friends at my own home, but |
cannot Just now be absent from this city so
long as visit there would require. The
pIeeiing is to be of all those who maintain
unconditional devotion to the Union. and
am sure that my old political trends will
thank me for rendering, as | do, the nation s
gratitude to those other noble men whom no
partizan malice or partizan hope can make
false to the nations life.
There are those who are dissatisfied with
me. To such would say, You desire peace
and you blame me that we do not have it
But how can we attainit? There are but
three conceivable ways: First. To suppress
the rebellion by force Of arms This am
trying 10 do. Are you for it? Il you are so
far We-afe agreed. II you are not 1T, we
are not agreed. A second way is 10 give up
the Union. am against this. Il you are,
you should say SO plainly. IT, you are not
for force, nor yet for dissolution, there only
reluains some imaginary compromise. | do
not believe that any compromise embracing
the maintainence OF the Union is now possi>
ble. All that | learn leads to a directly op
posIte belief. The strength OF the rebellion
is IFS military--its army. That army dom
mates all the country and all the people
within it's range. Any offer o. terms made
by any man or men within that range, III
opposition to that army, is simply nothing
Tor the present, because such man or men
have no tower whatever to enforce their side
Of compromise it one were made with
them. To illustrate---suppose a refugee
from the South and the Peace men OF the
North get together in Convention and frame
and proclaim compromise embracing res
torsiion Of the Union, IN what way can that
keep General Lees army out ol Pennsylya>
nia2 Gen. Meade's army can keep Lees ar
my out Of Pennsylvania, and think can ul-
timately drive il out Of existence; but no
paper compromise, to which the, controllers
oi General Lees army are not agreed, can at
all effect that army Ia m effort at such
compromise we would wsste the time which
thelenemy would improve to our dlsaGvsn
tage, and that would be all.
A compromise, to be effective, must be
made either with those who control the rebel
army, or with the people, first libeated from
the aonination Of thatarmy by the success
cf our army. se4 Mfa9at 4's "a
Aoo, allog me b asstys yos that no word
or sfGpiqtion from lie yebsl army or fran any
foj. dic men, controlling IL in relation 10 any
geaos comp,Omise, has eUer come to my kao,oi
ss'gs or bssfg. AN charges and iatimmtms 70