Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-12-29
NUMBER 100.
ssFs1a 1855. ~ VI GeEBE
A HIEssins Pr0cfaUxuszouz-Syart-
- ling Diacl0nura

vsIJI ne communlcatl0n which We print
below, contains most remarkable
f, statement, which cannot fail to create
marked sensation The writer Of it is
o&ell known 20 and lestsemedzb dhs, and
we have every condolences in1 this kelia-
ID cbility of his statement:
The New York San yentilates q state
msnts by E. A. Pollerd; of the,se ex-
istence of confidential records of the
SO may be- readily believed, and that
they will ultimately be discovered is
equally probable. But this mere state
ment and belief is NOT my purpose. I
desire to call attention 30 other1s missing
Z records from the archieyes sof. the Gov
ernment of the United States; or. if they
be not missingst to the fact that the pub
: lie seems to have no knowledge of them,
and am but too well convicted that the
!, statement / am about to make viii, in
some quarters. awake smile Of .incred-
ulity; in others, a fear Of further disclo-
.sures, while the general public VIII. give
neither thought nor attention to it.
= 1t will be Remembered chat on tie in
auguration of Mr.. Lincol6,s South Caro-
lima deputed three .eonlinissionsfs to ne
gotiate' 1toDbe coneise) terus1 of separa-
tion, and settle up the businssss6f the
spartnership,6as far 1aS that State was
yconcernedssaOf rreaurse,soMr. Seward
sought to, gain time for theo new Ad-
ministration,-an refused to seeror ac-
knowledge them officially. &c, but still
luredi them to remain. At last they dis
patched to the Executive Of their State
belief in the utter hopelessness of peace
full solution, and announced their pur-
pose to leave the capital. This resolve
was not executed, simply because Judge
Campbell was authorized to say that If
their departure wasasdelayed results
might be obtained they little hoped for.
lon this hint they fingered, but only to
be disappointed, and then toolkfhe de-
vparture.l Il .5asisrsq y EaxaT3 A
ssu If the reader has noticed the overture
of Judge Campbell to, delay the COM
missioners, he will suppose that gentle
man had some ground for, his opinion,
and had reasonable assurances that a
happy, issue, in his judgment, would
grow out of the delay he crayed. What
those grounds and assurances were can
only. be conjectured; but they must
have proceeded from high official sources;
and, viewed In the light Of what 7 am
about to say. and which is true as DEM
onstratiou, makes conjecture reality.
IS Shortly after the breaking off Of effort
to avert the dire catastrophe of war, a
gentleman having ffeas access. .toathe pri-
vate Office of President Lincolns repaired
to the ebcapital of South Oarolinasa and de-
posted with high leficial Of that State
a manuscript proclamation by ysPresident
Lincoln, duly prepared and ready for his
signature, announcing to the American
people that, rather than plunge the coun-
try in civil war, the Executive Govern
ment of the United States aequipsced in
the dismemberment of the Union. With
|. this was column editorial, in slip form,
| with corrections, supposed to be Mr..
Lincoln S, reciting freely the words Of the
instrument, .vindicating the Executive
act, and challenging for it the approval
of the American people. Ii1ga ziiF
IS This is my statement of the missing
record. That it was not issued was due
1 toithes intense feeling envolved by the
! firing on the Star of the Vest sa
A few questions, and have done
! 10 s1st. Wassthe knowledge of the prep
aration OF this document the foundation
Of the request of Judge Campbell that
the, commissioners should not depart?
I'd. Does the State Department pre-
serve evidence of the existence of this
paper, or has all trace disappeared, save
only in the mind of the Secretary2
Sd. Who prepared the editorial de-
Tense of the proposed proclamation?
| / will not defy contradiction of the
statement herein made, but from personal
inspection of both documents, and cer-
tain earmarks inherent in the second,
affirm their genuineness as confidently
as belief in tho existence of my being.
/ 5d 81 @ Yours, PACoLET.