The Washington herald., 1909-02-07
ONLY ono Aprrored.

A. LlNtuLN. Ms.
ouIy One Approved.
The hrst OF the three resolutions named
was 70 amend the Constitution BY pro-
viding that no future amendment should
be made giving Congress power 10 inter
fere. with slavery in the States where Il
existed by law The second was for a
Law OF Congress providing that fugitive
slaves captured should have a jury trial.
The third recommended that the North
ern States should review their per-
sOnsl liberty laws. Only the FIRST one
met the approval OF the committee TO
which it was referred Il passed both
Houses by twO-thirds majority
Springfield, IL. Dec. a IsSo,
Hon. Lyman TrumbuIl-
Nv Dear Sir: I eIpect 20 be able n oss- Mr.
Blair = place in the Cabinet. but cannot as ret
Be committed the matter 20 any extent What
ever
Dispatches hsve osme here two dsvs in sle-
cess.on that the fcrts n South Car0lins VII he
surrendered by order. or consent at least. Of the
President. ] can scsrcely believe this. but II II
prove true VII. ]! our friends n Washington COT
cur. announce Erblicly A. once that thsy are 70 be
Tetaksn sisT the Inauguration. This SiIl EiTe the
Union men 5 rsliyiuS cy. and rTepsrstions vii
proceed somewhat on this SIDE ss vel the
other. Yours ever,
a. LINCOLN. Ms.
Lincoln had communicated his views TO
Seward both BY letter and through Thur
low Weed. and II seemed probable that
Seward was thus restrained from follow
ing Weed in support OF the Crittenden
plan 70 restore and extend the Missouri
compromise line. Stewards idea, as ex-
planned in his speech Of January 81, 1851,
was that liberty was no longer in danger.
because. as he said, there were only
twenty-four slaves In the whole territory
south of the line Of IS degrees 30 min
utes. and west OF the Missouri boundary.
embracing more than 1.O00.o0e square
miles. although. under the Dred-Scott de-
cision. all United States territory was
slave territory II anybody wished 10 take
slaves thither. Three and a half years
had passed since that decision was rem
dered and they had availed themselves
Of their opportunities only TO the extent
Of one slave 10 every A. 0D8 square miles !
Therefore he did not consider the ques-
ton Of slavery IN the Territories any
longer a practical one. His logic was
defective, however. since the Republican I
party, during these three and a half
Dred-ScOtt decision. Il had stood as a /
sptcAdLt tACMdlc dEdAASL tie iILEDQuC- !
ton Of slaves into the region south of Ss
degrees 30 minutes. The practical ques-
ton was: What would happen IL the par !
~ should now withdraw its opposition TO 4
slavery there's Mr. Seward did not ad- 4
dress himself 10 this branch OF the sub
iect- The effect OF his speech. however. 4
was TO convince many newspapers and 4
people that he would vote for the Crit 1
tenden measure in the end. That he did /
not vote on Il at all must be sscrfbed to 1
The fact that he knew that no compro-
mise on the territorial question would be !
considered by Lincoln.
On the Brink of War.
The pages Of the Congressional Globe
1f 1SSo-6l make the two most intensely
Interesting political volumes IN our coun-
try's history. They embrace the last
words that the North and South had TO
5ay to each other before the doors Of the
temple Of Janus were thrown open to the
,fvil war. As the moment OF parting ap-
preached the language became palmer.
md its most marked characteristic was
hot anger. not hatred between the dis
but failure 10 understand each
'ther. IL was as though the men on
.ither side were looking AT an object
through glasses OF different color. or
'rguing in different languages. or wor-
slipping different gods. Typical Of the
hsPutaDts were Jefferson Davis and Ly- 1,