Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-07-30

kstrike the balance yourself, dear reader!
! We find upon inquiry at the proper Office
that this AGENT of BRoUGH's paid into tn,
Treasury, on the 1st of June, the sum o
$llO, for the collection of which he received
/ $3.50 32. Who wouldn't be an Allotmen
Agent or an Abolition office-holder?
Lincoln's Position ON the Peace
Question.
/ From The New York world.l II.
I The personal agency by which a great
! subject has been brought to the considera-
! ton of the American people is of little con-
sequence. The essential fact which looms
up above the mirage of this .fGsco is, that
! the President of the United States has de-
| fined his position on the most vital question
of the time. He has declared, in the face
of the world, ito whom it may concern"
| that he will listen to no proposition Tor the
return of the Southern States to their al
legiance which does not include the aban-
donment of slavery. Now, if Mr.. Lincoln
does not know, the people OF the loyal
States will teach him, that they will not
supply men and treasure to prosecute war
in the interest of the black race. He has
no right to continue the war day for that
purpose, nor will the people sustain him in
90, .o st;tut;onoiIv Jenose hin, from office
In,, s tta ant of sntInritv 70 reom;re tho
ahol;t;on of SIaverv as a c9nJit;on Of nesce
e. niaorI,, ~ and str9n@Iy stoteJ In a docno
'.,o,,t ",t; 81, W ;S Lnn,xp - bave reco;ved b;s
1@n;oI sannt;or In the ;nstruct;ons to Mr.
navtoo o,,r m;n;cter to Paris occnr these
passages: ...e.-...
'.The trainers of our government there
- ou piu .So .nJ ;St;nr, bo'nnJ tho oontroi n3 ,f
tbe Eedaroi antborifies hy leay;ng r. to - re- o.
mo;n Suh;ect to tha eyclns;ve mana oement
and d;SnnS;t;on of tho scyeraI States them
selves and fortitiod II there with q nroyis-
ion for tbe return of fnoitives from labor
and serv;ce and another Occurring an allow
ance of three- -fiftbs of snch persons in fiy-
inc the bas;s of direct tayation and renre-
sentation"
..Tbe condition of slavery in the several
StotaS will remain inst tbe same whether
Il Tho raholI;onI succeed or fail There Is
NOT even nretext for tbe comnlaint hat
the disaffrcfed States are to he conquered
hv the limited States If the revolution fail:
f9r tbe r;nbts of tbe ,Stotes and he con6t;on n
e,,e,n ore 6,nsnn beino in tbem ,r;u remain sub;ect
N esactl, The same Io,rs and forms of nd,ninis
yrofion. 1rbetber the yepoIvtio,l ab1U succeed M
,nbetber Il shall fail. In the one case the
States would be federally connected with
the new confederacv: in the other. thev
would. as now. be members of the limited
States: but their constitutions and laws.
customs. habits and institutions i'm either
case will remain the same.
at is hardly necessary TO add TO this in
confest0ble stoten,ent the further fact that
the new President as well as tbe citizens
tbrouoh whose SURFACES he has come into
tbe administration. has ALWAYS renudiated
all desions whatever and wherever imnu-
ted TO him and them of disturbing the sys-
fem of slavery as IL is existing Under the
Constitution and laws. the cnse. bo,ceyor
,oou1I NOR he flII, presented If ,Sere 10 o,o;t
n sa1 thar ami such g efort on his mart ,sou,G he
yncogst stitu,joynI and nil bis 0ctions in tbot III.
rect;or, ,ro,,Id he grerented b,, he ;uciol mr.
t6oy;tm erem tbonoh thev areye nssenfed m bv
Connrees and The geon1en N "
This .incontestable statement, as Mr.
Seward called it. of the relations of slavery
to tbe Federal Government, if too clear for
.disnnte in the first wear of the Rebellion.
must he eouallv true now. inasmucb as the
Constitntion has NOT been amended in the
Intervening period. But the pretense is.
that slavery must be abolished TO prevent
remote and hypOthetical danger TO con-