The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1865-02-15

extended to include North Carolina His hesdqusr-
tiers at present are Al Hilton Head
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PRESIDENT LSCokN's .ULTfMATUM.
The following is the passsee in President Lincons
message 10 the Congress Of The United ssatas, refer.
ned to in the repor, Of the Pesce Commissioner. pub
ished in las, weeks Recorder, as conlainicg the
only terms and mode Of proceeLas. ~ which peace
may be secured BY the people, q. a. present All sed,
any extended truce Or armislice would Be grantsJ.'
Pie public purpose to re>establish and
maM,ain the national Authority Is ustlisng-
ed, and, as We believe uuchang Fable. HE
manner OF eon,isuing the egurt rrms,ns 10
choose. On careful consideration Of all
the evidence accessible. il seems to me
that no attempt a. Hegotiation villa the 10
surgsani leader could ressh in aas good.
He weald accept Of nothing short Of the
severance Of the Uuisn. HIS declarations
10 this effect are explicit aud Oft repeated.
lie does net attempt TO deceive ". lie
offers Us no excuse to deceive ourselves.
Wacahnct voluntarily Yield il. Betresn
him and us the issue i distinct. sIsple AID
inilexible. |. i an issue which can orly
be tried BY war, and decided by victory.
Il We yield We are beaten. Ii the South
ern people fail him he is beaten either
Say il would be the victory and def,at lSI.
lowing war. WHAT is true, hsxever. Of MIA
who heads the inscrgent cause. is nat ne
.cessarily true Of those who follow. AL
thcnrh 10 rannaf - .~c.ns ~. Tfut.n ~. =
can. Seine Of them we know ALREADY de.
sire peace and reunion. The nvaber Of
sueh nay increase. They cah a, am ne.
ment have peace simply by layisg dswn
their arms aHd subaiitihg to the natinpai
authority under the Constitution. Alter
% mach the government could net, II j,
would, MAINTAIN sar against them. The
iloyal people would not sustain Or ails~ il.
/ If ques,isns sh4asss remain, We wsult al.
Just them by the Peaeefsl means of legs.
lAtlea, conferences. courts and votes. Upe
rating opiy 10 con4titstional and Lawful
iChsanels. seine certain and slher psssibl,
Questions are and would TO beyond ne *,
seutisc power 10 adjust. - fsr ins,aaee. ID,
admission OF members into Ceugrsss. sat
Whsttser might require the spprspflalisI
el money. The executive pUssr iissI
would be greatly diminished By Ik. e,s,s
ton Of actual var. Pardoss anil renis
sishs Of forfeiture, hswsv.r, would still +,
within Executive control. In rhat spiSli
and temper this csntrol would be exrrsIs
"a. can be fairly judged Of By the past. 4
rear are, general pardsn and amnesty. up
on specific terms, were offered to al sr
espt certain designated classes. and it va
at the same time made knows that the az
lcep,ed classes were still ni,hin esats . pla
tlss Of special clsmsney. DvriRg the yea
May awaited themselves Of the gsssra
provision, And many ssrs wesld, ssly tha
the sigps Of bad faith 10 some led 70 sue
precautionary measures 40 rendered th
practical process lsss easy and certain
Daripg the sslae time. slss. special pardsn
have been granted 10 Individuals Of sIcep,
Cd classes. and 40 yslsniary application
have been denied.
TaUs practically The door has seea Tor
/. full year opsn 70 sll. except ssch ~ Ger
.lusl ia eonditsn 10 nsks free choice, tbs
: IS, such AZ were 10 ouGsdy or uadsr Ger
, slra,Bt. X is still 50 open 70 al, but Il
!ti@e may esnt, probably shl cons, uAs
D public dpiy shall demand ,sat IL shall
4 leisssd, 40 that in tee, mere sigsscs
asass.es thEp herrtsfere siiasl BE adoptst