The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1863-09-11

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Or what man of common sense OF
common candOr can for moment
doubt that his purpose is and has been
to emharrass and defect the restora.
ton Of "thc Union as it was" and To
compel the Acknowledgement of wha;
he and the rebels call the Confederate
States. w.
President Lincoln's Springfield Letter.
We invite every voter in Hancock
County, to give the following letter =
v"""fiil reading:
Executive MANSION, WAsnNGrox.I
August 26.
Hon. j. G. CoNKLtN-Dear Sir -
Your letter, inviting me to attend Il
mass meeting oS unconditional Union
men, to be held at the Capital of ] III
nois, on the 81 day OF September. has
been received. 1t would bc very
agreeable TO me thus TO meet my old
friends at my old homo, but / cannot
Just now he absent from this city. 50
lorp rs visit there world require.
The meeting j. TO he of all those who
maintain unconditional devotion to
the mon. ! an sure that my old
political friends will thank me for ten
dering Us do, the nations gratitude
to those other noble men whom no
partisan malice or PARTISAN hope can
uolSc foi-c ~ tue rnt;"','r lif~. ph-iy
are those who are dissatisfied with
Inc. To such ! would say, 'yuu de
sire peace, and You IIame me that We
do not have it, Bat how can we ut
tain It
There are but thrcc conceivable
ways. First, to suppresHthe rebellion
by force of arms. This | am trying
To do. Are YOU for it? IF you are,
so far we are agreed. If you are not
for it, second way is to give mp the
onion ] am against this, II You
are, you should say 80 pl,iuly. II
You are not for force, nor vet for dis
solution, there only remains someim-
aginahle compromise. ! do not he,
licre that any compromise embracing
the maintenance of the Onion, is now
possible. All that learn lead. to n
directly opposite belief. The strength
of the rebellion is It's military, It's ar-
my, That army dominates all the
country and al the reoplc within it.
range. Any offer OF terms, made by
man or men within that range, IN op
position to that army, is simply uotA.
ing for the present, because sueh mon
or men have no opowcr whatever to CT
force their side of n compromise, Il
one were made with them. To illl5,
trate: suppose refugees OF the South
and peace men Of the North meet to-
gether in convention and frame Gnd
proclaim compromise, embracing {
restoration of the Union, in what way
can that compromise lie uscd to kepL
Gen. Lees army out OF Pcaa sylvan.
ia5 General Meade's army can kcol
Gen. Lees army out oC Penn8ylyauia,
and think can ultimately driN, il
out Of existence But no paper com
promise, to which the controllers ot
Gen. Lees army are not agreed, ear
at ali affect that army.
In an effort TO make such comuro
mise we would waste time. which tn,
enemy would improve 10 our disad
vantage. and that would he all.
compromise, to be effective, must l.
made either with those who contro
the rebel army, or with the people
first liberated from the domination O
that army by the success Of our army
at1Fs- Now, allow me to assure you tha
no word or intim1tion from the role
army, or from any Of the men con
trolling it, in relation TO any pcae
compromise has ever come TO IN,
knowledge or belief All charges on,
iintimations to the contrary arc decep
tive and g"oWdle,s, and | prolnis,
yon that il any such proposition 5hal
hereafter coAe, it shall not BE- reject
ed and kept secret from YOU. ..sFT
freely acknowledge myself to he til,
servant Of the people, according t
the bond Of the service. the Cohltitu
ton, and that rs such I am rcgronsi
be to them. But 10 he plain you ar
dissatisfied with me about the negro
Quite likely there is n difference o
opinion between you and myself upol
that subject. certainly wish TINT nj
men could be free. while you, I sup
pose, do not. Yet, | have neithe
adopted nor proposed any measur
which is not consistent with even YOU
view, provided that you are for tn
Union. na
! | suggested compensated emaucI
lpation, to which you replied that yo
wished not to betaYed to buy negroes
But | had not asked you to he take
9 to buy negroes, except in such way I