New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-03-18
Further from 1ir. Potts.

70 Ms EdtIr u The y. j. Tribune.
SIR: have read the full and explicit reply which
ron have given to my nots OF the Ash and now beg o. you
20 .ow n space for ew ns thereon And h''tet
.poosre cor tho dscourtssy aud want OF charity "hoh 20"
have found in my and which, seT eaefalIe'
zs,dns have failed 20 disoOye in it. hi's'atnsto me- 10
sud charged aud assure you that If nave oeen as
eour.sops II was entirely uninenona wrote note to
Won unds, the impulse OF strong feooE not asking you 10
publish my note but merely to explain remark and 10 give
opipon with regard to the position Of the Admnisra
zion wrote over my for am responsible ''I
NV views You bavs replied and thsnk you.
After tecitng the resolution passed by the House In July
1851 and s.ng the purpose Of The Government in TINS war
~ he the Iessabshmen, Of the Union you continue VINO
asserts or the contrary virtual ally OF Jen
D.v. and yaa (aeie dishonest one" Whether or not you
,nppose nc % be such do no, kpo" po ''Dce
have be sh before the public viii take the hOey 10
state that Know such to be tie PaPess oil the
in wsgins this war that have never aser ed he contrary
and that in ts, purpose with the Government heart ana
soul and expsct be until the end believe win you
Chat Slavery was the and also believe with
YOU that the war will be the death Of Slavery But do no.
believe With you shat those emancp-ted under the fIesl,
dents Proclamation eau be returned to Slavery nor can
believe hst ssch is the position Of the Administration
When you say suppose tie Rebels should ley down te'
arms and the States should rearm and reenaet the Ia"
under which slaves he'd by them respectively what
u TO override aud subvet these laws within the sphere OF
their legitimate sction7" sivng query upon the ground
covered by tie phrase the sphere Of their legitimate se-
ton the OF the President the chief e1scu-
tive OF GER OF the nation and Comusndei'inChiefo the
Army OF tie United Safes in time of peace wei as in
sine Of var Whether those States could ree'tsbsh Slavery
do not pow oquire Wast 10 say is this that the Com
rlsndeiir hef 10y vue Of power undeniGby vested in
him has for the more speedy and eecus overthrow Of the
Rebellion decsed freedom ihoss in bonds at the tine his
Proclamation Issued aud pledged the power of the Gov
srnent property represented in him. to make that freedom
substantial aud peInauen; verify. II the President had
power 1uisr the Conttu0 to eanepate the slaves in the
IeOei Salessna have head uuccndItionay loyal fsa
assert She copsryhe ccsiu has aO power to make that
Emancipation vital ANY Of construction would maize the
Proclamation mockery and irapl upon those tue Union
- whom bound TO project aud the Naturalization
which should attempt to &C, in the manner which IL sus'
tesed wou be prepared 20 buy allies with tho pce o.
living ,o.!o uk itself with an that is insInou" There
w When the could have avoided the action Of
he PRECEDENT BE them the fall period Of bundled
day. 70 consider and decide Had they accepted the prof
r made Leu they woud have been relieved from the en-
eore.msui Of tie measure. They did not accept tie 1t O.
January cauo aid the die was cast.
taking up much In your columns
accept ng heartfelt synqby Tor In your dees ara
efforts or tho freedom Of all aud the upport Of the Govern
est believe be solely acuaod ~ the feeling that
20 victory can be victory God peace which
il not founded upon sheous confederation Of the Gains Of
I'll, Whether OF the proud or Of the humble
Ns0. T0rk. March IL, 1888 WILLIAM fOIis'
I'VE do not see that the above calls for fur
ther remark. We have at all times declined
10 discuss tho conditions on which our Govern
ernmen. ought to make Peace with the Rebels;
but we insist that the Proclamation OF Free
dom has uowise fettercd or limited the Presi-
dents action in the premises. II was true
before that was issued that Slavery fomented
the Rebellion and ought to die with it; it wac
true then that the revOlted States ought for
their own sakes TO desire and contribute to
this result; ii was true that the exGrpation of
Slavery from her soil is the only possible com
pensation b our country for the agonies and
deyastations of this terrible War-and all theHe
are true to-day: but the Proclamation OF Free
dom has made no change in the premises ex-
cept in 80 tar as slaves may have accepted Its
prOflers and thereuPon rendered service, or
rendered il, 10 aid Of tho National cause. ID.
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