The Greensborough patriot [November 13, 1862]

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! VOL. XXIV. GREENSBOROUGH, N. C, NOVEMBER 13, 1862. NO. 1,224.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY, BY
j M. S. SHERWOOD,
! EDITOR AND PKOFKIETOK.
Alpiionsu W. IngohJ, Assistant Editor.
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j In- iti-llisli Chancellor of the
exchequer on American Allalrn.
rhe following in a full report of Mr.
«, adston's speech, on American affai-s, at
Newcastle, England :
I, for one, said the right honorable gen-in,
exercising my own poor faculties
. - best J could, have never lelt that Bng-
; bad any reason connected with bor
civil interests for desiring the disrup-
• ion of the American Union, lean under-i
those who say tbat it isfo-tho gen-eraI
inter, sts of nations tbat no State t-hould
• ; to the dimension of a continent. I
understand those who say—and 1
■ it to be my own opinion—that it is
,tly for the interest of the negro race
v -I ould have to do with their own
■†††• alone, and not—is has hiihcrto
been the cast—with their own roasters
ked by the whole power of the Federal
iovernment of the United States. [Cheers.]
Be :ause, pray observe, that has been the
v. ate of tilings that bas subsisted hereto
1 to whirh some, J think, mistaken
|y in the interest oftbo negro, have thought
,t desirable to return. The laws by whic'.
the Blaves have been governed have be<-jU
laws made not by the Federal Govern menfl
but by tlie owners of those slave s; but thT
enforcement of the laws made by the own-i"-.
of the slaves has not rested in the hands
•wnersoitbe slave alone. They
bave had a right—a constitutional right
Litntion of tb< United States—
I • supported against tneir own slaves in
I eexecntion of the laws that the slave
have made I>y the whole power of
American Union. I can, therefore,
, ii understand the argument of
ise who think it is particularly to be
I in the interest of the negrc ract
itbat the American Union should be rceon-
Bl ructod.
Hut ! must confess, for reason that 1 need
now explain, that 1 do not think that
England has hud any interc.it in the dis-i
upturn of that Union; my own private
opinion is that it was rather the interest ol
Kngland that the Union should continue.
1 know that it is not an opinion generally
v tared; but at any rate, gentlemen, what-ever
view we may take of that, I think we
*l feel that the course which her Majesty's
II ■■■† is have endeavored to pr.rsuc—
icly, that of maintaining a strict neu-trality
under all circumstances that have
retoibro passed—has been a lightful
, has been the expression of the gen-nse
cf the community, [(.'beers.]
There is, and there can be no doubt, that
re two parties ate in groat exasperation
.- not at all unlikely til it he who o iservcs
strict neutrality will offend both;
mse, in point of fact, the state of mind
•. which his conduct is likely to be judged
the moment by cither disputant is
;i state uf mind in which it is fair that
u'd expect from them perfectly
i artial conclusions. Bat what we may
naturally expect is this, that an honest,
of neutrality, 1 mean which we have
] ir«ned up to this day will he recognized
. • this unhappy struggle has passed
uwaj and when the circumstances shall be
i miy viewed. But 1 must confers it
i ppears to mo tbat if either party bave a
find fault with us it is the Confed-erate
rather than t e Federal party. [Hear
1 mean this i! we have deviated at
from neutrality our deviation has been j
ist the Confederate rather than the j
parly.
The c lurse wo have taken has been this.
nave preserved a perfect neutrality but
we have permitted the export of arms and
warlike stores—we have permitted it to
parties—to the Confederates all of
wins p rts were blockaded by the North-ern
fleet ; arid to the Federals who have
had perfect powet* to import whatever
arms an t Stores they pleased. I think
i mrso has boen the right and just
but I thick the very statement of
vos that at any rate we have
not displayed a bias unfavorable to the
the Northern States. [Cheers.]
But in) .v gentlemen I would for a moment
make an appeal to yon on behalf of the
pie of the Northern States—I mean so
a regards their appreciation of their
Greater allowances are to be
r heat and exasperation in the state
iplnion in tbat country under
1 circumstaux -than perhaps could
. rly be claimed by any other nation.
usidorwhat their private history
They have never drank the bit-p
of misfortune, disappointment and
.:ion They had bnt to will that
•uld bo done. Their course has
irseof prosperity and ftdvanco-
. without example and without a
a break. Well gentlemen it is not in
tuinan nature that a people who have been
ted to an experience so dalteringso
ng to human self-love, should at once
i perfect good grace to accotno-submit
its.-li t > the necessities of
uuaii condition. [Hear, hear.]
By for us to suffer. We have sul-
We have gone through tho
.ies ol this dismemberment
- which the Northern people of the
States are now straggling. We
'hrough it we know that it was
a had thing after all. [Hear.] But
av< i.ot gone through it; and all 1
can say is, let us bear with them all we
can. Let us keep towards them a kindly
temper: let as not allow ourselves to be
adversely criticised on that side of the
water ; let us be verj' cautious of adverse
criticisms upon them from this side of the
water. .Depend upon it, that course.
Steadily pursued, will bring its reward, and
it is the course which they have a right
upon every ground of good will, courtesy
and Christian feeling, to expect that we
should pursue. [Cheers.] Why gentle-men,
'hey are our kin ; they were, at any
rate, if they are not now, our customers,
and we hope they will be our customers
again. But t''oy have shown also that,
under all circumstances, when their good
feelings could have fair play, they have
warm affectinos towards Kngland. Never
let us forget, whatever momentary irrita-tion
may cross tho minds of that people—
never let us forget the reception of the
Prince of Wales. [Cheers]
Let every Englishman engrave upon the
tablet of his heart tho recollection of thai
memorable day ; and if occasionally he may
be tempted to anger at seeing his country
misappreheuded, or even misrepresented, j
lot bim calm his tendency to excited sen-timent
by rccolection. [Cheers.] And
gentlemen, it is the more necessary that
we should do 'his, because 1 think that we
a-o pretty much one mind as to what is to
come We know quite well that people—
1 mean the people of the Northern States—
have not yet drank of the cup; they are!
still endeavoring to hold it far from their
lips; they have not yet drank of the cup
which, notwithstanding, all the rest of the
world sees they must do. [Hear, hear.]
We may have our own opinions about sla-very;
we may be for the South, or against
the South, but there is no doubt, 1 think-about
this—Jefferson Davis, and tho other
leaders of the South, have made an army ;
tbey are making, it appears, a navy ; and >
they have made what is more than either
they have made a nation. [En'husiastic
cheering, which was prolonged for some
time.]
I cannot say I, for one, have viewed
with any regret their failore to establish
themselves in .Maryland. It appears to
me too probable that if they had been able I
to establish themselvos in Maryland, the
consequences of their military success in
an aggressive movement would have been
that a political part}-, favorable to them,
WOuld liMVe hi *^n t'nrmail In »K.. C4A«* tk«»t
they would have contracted actual or vir-tual
engagements wP.h tbat political party, |
and tbat tbe existence of these engage-ments,
hampering them in their negotia-tions
with the Northern States, might
have formed a now obstacle to peace.—
Gentlemen, from the bottom of our hearts,
we should desire that no new obstacle to
peace my be formed. [Hear, hear, and
cheers.] Wc may anticipate with certain-ty
the success of tho Southern States, so
Jar as regard? effecting their separation
from tho North. 1, for my own part can-not
but believe that event is as certain as
any event yet luturc and contingent can
be. [Cheers.] But it from feeling that
the great event is likely to arise, and that
the North will have to suffer that mortifica-tion,
that I earnestly hope that England
will do nothing to inflict additional shame,
sorrow or pain upon those who have already
suffered much, and, who will probably have
to suffer more. [Cheers.] it may he that
a timo might arrive when it would bo the
duly ol Europe to offer a word of expostu-lation,
or of friendly aid towards compo-sing
the quarrel. If it bo even possible
that sueii a time as that may arrive, how
important it is that when that word comes,
it should adress itself to minds which are
not cmbittert d by the recollection that un-kind
things have been said and dono to-wards
them in Europe, the country which
however, they may find fault with it from
time to lino, we know holds the highest
place in their admiration and respect.—
[Enthusiasticand prolonged cheers.]
SPEECH OF SIR JOHN PAKINOTON, M, P., EOT.,
UN DEB SECRETARY OF THE ADMIRARITT
At a dinner of the Worce tershiro Agri-cultural
Association, held on tho Sth in-stant,
at Worcester,
Sir John Pakington, after explaining
that he thought the rule excluding politics
applied merely to parly politics, spoke on
American affairs. 11 ■• lid not believe, he
said, that in Europe there was any one who
had a head to think and a heart to fe«l who
had not been filled with horror at the man-ner
in which human blood was being shed,
human misery being created, and every
element of national prosperity being des-troyed
it that aimless and profitless war,
| with recklessness which caused feelings of
, the deepost disapprobation in Europe. He
• believed that those feeling? were universal
1 and ho mnintained that ho was not viola-i
ting their role, that ho was not touching
upon party matters when, as an avowed
opponent of the present government, he
' said that he was perfectly willing to give
it credit for the caution with which they
acted in this delicate matter, lie imputed
; no blame to tlietn ; he acknowledged the
[ great difficulty "I the question which they
had to decide; but, on the other hand,
the}- had alia right to think for themselves
and he spoke for himself alone when he
said that he considered tbat the time was
now come when some effort should be
made by tho great Powers of Europe to
put and end to that fearful struggle, lie
thought the time was come when not
Kngland alone, but England in conjunction
with France, and possibly with Russia,
ought to offer mediation in America, of
course on the basis of separation, and on
the clear understanding that if mediation
was not accepted, recognition must follow.
He could not help expressing a hope, after
reading what was reported to have fallen
from Mr. Gladstone at Newcastle, on the
prcceeding evening, thai Mr. Jefferson
Davis had created a nation in the Southern
States ol America. These words, as dom-ing
from the lips of a Cabinet Minister,
were words of grave significance, and he
did hope he was not too sanguine in draw-ing
from that the inference that the presenf
feeling other Majesty's government did
not differ very widely from that feeling
which he had taken the liberty of express-ing-
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From the Jack9on Mississippian.
New Iberia Salt Mines.
Editor Mississippian :—A few facts con-nected
with these mines may possibly be of
interest and advantage to your readers.—
Business, a few days since, took mo to
Franklin, La., where I mej with Col Rob-inson,
of .Madison county, who had just ar-rived
from Richmond with authority to
seize the mines, or so much of them as to
warrant a full supply of salt for the army
and the people. I accepted the invitation
oftho Colonel and Maj. Broadwell, Gov-ernment
agent at Franklin, to accompany
them upon a visit to tbe works, some fifty
miles distant from Franklin by Bayou Tecbe
certainly one of the most beautiful of all the
bayous of Louisiana. Reaching Iberia, or
Newton, as it is called by the natives, we
tjok a carriage for tho island of salt. Our
route lay for nine miles across a prairie
upon v/hieh large herds of fine cattle were
grazing, until we came to the marsh and
Bayou Petit Ansis, which separates Salt
Island from the mainland. Tho marsh is
crossed by a causeway and drawbridge,
affording a dry, hard road fo- salt Wagons
during the dry season, but it must be almost
impassable after the fall rains set in. Tbe
island has an elevation of some 75 or 100
feet from Vermillion Bay, and has a rdlling
surface, reminding one of Newport Island,
E. 1. There are two plantations on the
island, one owned by Mr. Marob, and the
Other by Judge Avory. The mines are
upon the latter, though the vein extends
under the whole island. That now being
worked is in a deep basin upon the south
side. Though this invaluable mine was
discovered last May, wo found that it is
only at this late day beginning to be work-ed
with some energy—only about 500,000
pounds have been taken out in about five
months! Seventy five or eighty negroes'
are now at work, sinking now shafts. All
the salt heretofore furnished has been sap-plied
from one small shaft, 24 by 24 feet, I
and two or three kettles. Two new shafts j
having been completed the day before our 1
arrival, in which blasting had commenced.
SHAFTING FOR SALT.—The salt lies from |
fifteen to eighteen feet under the surface
in the basin. The dirt is removed by the
same process that collars are dug in our
cities—carried out by carls so long as the |
depth will admit of it, and then thrown !
upon stagings. Owing to a stratum of
quicksand, the shafts have to be curbed
up, and the deep water, from time to time,
thrown out. The dirt removed, a floor of
tho purest salt presents itself, of, as yet,
unknown thickness. Tho salt is blasted
and drawn out by windlasses, and weighed
into the waiting wagons that come supplied
with goods boxes an I flour barrels—sacks
are unnecessary, as the salt is solid and
dry, and without the least drip carried any
distance. Tho shafts, finished and unfin-ished
at the time ot our visit aro as follows,
viz:
Xo. 1, old one enlarged from 24 to 48 by
24 ft.
No. 2, 28 by 18 ft.
3, kettles that yield 8 or 10 bushels of
the finest table salt wo ever saw.
Unfinished shafts:—
No. 1, 50 by 25 feet.
No. 2, GO bv 50 "
No. 8, 180 by 80"
Two of these, aro by this time under blast,
if so, thero is a surface of salt 176 by 137
feet now being worked. I doubt not by this
timo all who take tL-eir teams there are
supplied without delay.
PRICE.—These shafts are worked by
individuals or companies, who pay Judge
Avery 3i cents per pound for what they
mine, and arc not allowed lo sell it for
more than 4J conts, the Judge making 3J
cents clear on all that his own shafts do
not produce ! Already a man of wealth, at
this tariff upon salt, it tho blockade contin-ues,
ho will soon be the richest man in the
Southern Confederacy—or the continent
itself. His son who discovered the mine,
(by sinking deeper an old salt well) in-formed
me that he could sell the salt at 75
cents per sack and make S15 per day on
each hand! and yet 4i cents per pound is
charged tor so indispcnsiblo an article at
tho mine! and Judge Avory cuuld not
afford to permit the Government to mine
it for the army for less than 2* cents per
pound ! '.
Satisfied that the vein was extensive
enough for tho Government and all the
Stales, Col. Robinson, much to the delight
of Judge Aver/ decided not to interfere
with individual enterprise and seized only
so much as might subserve the purposes ol
tho Government.
It is the present iutcntion of Colonel
Robinson to work at least 1000 hands and
furnish salt, not by the IOOIbs.. but by the
1000 tons per day, and if tho Government
will permit it, furnish one half of wbat he
produces to the people at one or two conts,
per lb. One miil per lb., would bcaband-soino
compensation to tho proprietor, and
yield him a princely revenue. Colonel,
Robinson, so soon as he communicates
with the Government, will let it be known
if he can furnish the people at reduced
rates. One thing is certain, the price of
salt is bound to come down, lor if the Gov-ernment
supplies itself at this price, the
large amounts of salt produced by private
enterprise here and supplied by Virginia
will be thrown into the market and spec-ulation
cannot monopolize it.
We are aware that Col. Robinson in his
z .'alto serve his Government, exposes him-self
to tho charge of private speculation in
salt, as have the Messrs. Bradwell &
Payne, Government Agents, who purchase
sugar and beef for the Army. 1 am happy
in being able to say in advance, that Col.
Robinson is possessed of the most ample
fortune, and not only makes a grataity of
his services to the Government, but
defrays his own expenses. He i* the right
man in the right place. He now designs
at an early day, to construct a horse rail-road
to ihe Petit Ansis, so that salt can be
delivered at all points between there and
Vicksburg by water.
Will you allow me a word in vindication
of our Government Agents at Franklin,
Messrs. Broadwell & Payne. Private
speculators in sugar represent these men,
throughout tbe Confederacy, as undoubt-edly
carrying on a underhanded game of
private speculation; and under cover of
their official position making enormous
fortunes. It is alleged tbat tbey purchase
sugar by the thousands of hogsheads, and
that the army cannot use it all—and some
of it crushed at that! It may not be known
that our army, before the conscript law
was passed, required 100 hogshead per
day of brown, and the hospitals ten or
fiftee l hogsheads of crushed or refined
sugar, and both several hundreds of bar-rels
of molasses per day. So far as I can
learn, they having not been able ever- to
deliver this amount per day on an average
the year round. Tho sugar region is now
open to us, and it becomes them to move
out tho last hogshead they can get trans-portation
to move it with, for within one
month, we may be cut off from it; for so
soon as the river rises, unless we have
gunboats and rams afloat, the enemy will
doubtless occupy tho sugar country. I
found Maj. Broadwell a courteous gentle-man,
doing five times more work than any
government official 1 am acquainted with,
and suffering ten times more abuse. Be-fore
he is condemed let facts to sustain a
charge be submitted.
J. R. GRAVES.
P. S.—Those wishing a supply of salt
from Iberia, and to secure themselves
against delay, will do well to write to Judga
Avory, Newtown, La., and state the amount
tbey want, and learn from him when their
wagons can be loaded. I would advise all
to send before the rains set in. Distance
from Summit to Red River Landing is 90
miles, from R. R. Landing is 160 miles, and
a fine road.
Tho salt (1 send you a specimen) has been
analyzed, and found to be the purest article
known, containing 99.88 pure salt, and 12
gypscm. I'arnco going A/i HUH auu carry-ing
powder, will be first served and obtain
a good price for it.
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DEATH FROM A SPIDER PITE.—The Fred-ericksburg
Herald has the following notice
elicited by tho singular death of Captain
Williams of North Carolina:
How uncertain tho tenure of man ; how
varied tho causes of death. Man may es-cape
the desolating cannon, the fire of mus-ketry
the thrust and cut of the sword and
yet iall a victim to the bite of a tiny insect!
In glancing at the obituary of Capt. B. R.
Williams, Co. C. 2d N. C. battalion wo
observe that the gallant soldier died from
the bite of a spider even while surrounded
with all the formidable death-dealing instru-ments
of warfare ! Whilst putting on his
boots (at Drewry's Bluff whore he was
stationed), Capt. W. unfortunately shut up
a spider in one of them which by frequent
Btinjtings inlused sufficient poison into his
system to produce death within eighteen
hours despito all the efforts of surgeons to
counteract it.
d I:N I.KAI. Jon.N H. MORGAN HANGS THE
FEDERAL PROVOST MARSHAL or LEXINGTON.
WO have it. upon what we deem very re-liable
authority, that after our army foil
back from Perryville, General John H.
Morgan dashed into Lexington and hung,
in the stret, the Provost Marshal of that
city. It seems that this dirty tool of Lin-coln
had notified tho mother of General
Morgan that she must leave Kentucky, and,
in the event of her fail ng to do BO, would
resort to some severe measures to make her
go. Her noble son, learning this, resolved
that he would lako his life at all hazards.
This ho did, as reported to us by truthful
Kentucky gentlemen, in gallant style.—
Knoxville Register.
INDIFFERENCE TO DEATH DURING BAT-TLE.—
A Soldier who was in all the battles
beforo Richmond remarks that "it is aston.
ishing how indifferent to danger a man
becomes in action after being in a short time.
While supporting a battery some of oar
men lay down on tbe ground and slept
soundly utterly regardless of the shells that
were bursting around tnem. If I bad not
seen this 1 certainly never would have be-lieved
it."
STINGS OF INSECTS.—Thero are many
cures for Btings but frequently tbey are not
at hand when wanted. Every housewife
has in'hcr garden a superior remedy, which
should be known to »II. Take a portion of
onion, either top or root, brusied and apply
for a few minutes to the wound. If applied
immediately, it prevents future soreness
and inflamation, and gives immediate re-lief.
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We take the following from the Cincin-nati
Times :—"Vallandigham, though his
district in the new apportionment was
arranged especially to defeat him, is barely
defeated, and that is all In bisold district,
where, a year ago, he scarcely daro attempt
to addres's a popular assemblage, he has a
majority of about seven hundred, and is
defeated only from the fact that a very
strong Republican county has been added
to the district. These facts are given as
an illustration of the political revolution
that has undoubtedly began in the Northern
States."
For the Patriot.
Honor !• Wbom Honor Is Due.
Messrs. Editors:—I notice in your col-amns
among the soldiers advertised as
deserters from the 22nd N. C. Regiment
the name of Sergt. M. T. Mitchell, of co. H.
The object of this letter is to explain
the conduct of Sergt. Mitchell, and to do
justice to bim as an honor ible and devoted
patriot and soldier. Ho was severely
wounded in the battle of Seven Pines, and
came home on furlough sometime in the
latter part of June. He remained at home
about three months, reporting three times
by a surgeon's certificate, and rejoined his
Regiment in the latter part of September,
over a month before tho advertisement
appeared.
I make this brief statement in order to
relieve Sergt. Mitchell's name of the odium
that is very justly attached to a deserter.
His friends are very well satisfied that his
conduct as a soldier during the eighteen
months that he has been in tho service, is
very praiseworthy and commendablo, but
I fear tho same cannot be said of all his
comrades. JUSTICE.
ALABAMA.—The Legislature of Alabama
convened in extra session at Montgomery
last week. Gov. Shorter in his message
traces out the cause of this unjust snd cruel
war, and asserts the cause of the retreat ol
our army from Corinth to be tbe withdraw-al
of our troops from Pensacola; yet ho prom-ises
Alabama will respond to every requisi-tion
made on bor for the common defence,
lie recommends that a tax of twenty five
per cent be levied on tho State tax for the
support of the families and widows and or-phans
of poor soldiers.
Tbe gallant Mayor Monroe of New
Orleans having heen imprisoned on Ship
Island by order of brote Butler has died
of the hardships and exposures to which he
has been subjected. If the devil don't get
Butler we might as well have no devil and
if he don't put him in tho bottomless pit
there is no use in having a pit.
WEN. URAGU.—A Do statement circulated
in some of tho southern papers that Gen.
Bragg is to be superseded in his command
in the West by Gen. Joseph E. Johnston is
pronounced wholly without foundation. It
is stated that his explanations of his cam
paign in Kentucky are entirely satisfactory
to the President Gen. B. has left Rich
mond to resume the command of his
troops.
The Postmaster General has established
a post office in Wake county by the name
of Var.co Hill, and appointed Mr. James
Hunicutt Postmaster.
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From the Fayetteville Observei.
The Border States TrlcUed
Our roadors will recollect that on the 6th
of March last, Lincoln soiit a message to
his Congress proposing to that body to
pass a resolution inviting tho border Slave
States to get rid of their slaves in consider-ation
of compensation to bo paid them out
of tbe public treasury. The idea was
variously received by even these to whom
it was addressed many of whom considered
it as a distinguished assault upon their
rights in tho institution and proporty guar- I
antood to them by tho Constitution. The1
measure consequently being likely to fail,
it appears that Lincoln solicited an inter-view
with the members of Congress from '
thoso border States. And now, for tho
first timo, what passed at that interview is (
disclosed to the public—brought forward
by tho very men whom Lincoln endeavored
to cheat by declarations of respect for their
rights and intorests which bo has openly
repudiated by his recent proclamation.
These men were deceived for the time by
these declarations, and now that they
have discovered tho deception, tbey come ',
forward to let the world know of it. Wo
copy in another column the material parts
oftho certified memorandum.
It i6 apparant from this paper, tbat Lin-coln,
in March last, either believed that be
had no right, under the Constitution which
he had sworn to, support, to do any act in
violation of the rights of property in slaves 1
of the people in any State, or that in that
conversation he deliberately undertook to
deceive his boarers. If ho had no such
right then, be has no such right now : and
therefore by his late proclamation confesses
himself perjured He is sworn to support
the constitution of the United Stales : He
admitted in the conversation last March j
that the subject "was exclusively under the
control of the States." Yet now, six months
later, he claims the right himself lo do
wbat only the Sutes can do. No wondei
that these poor creatures, who disgraced
thoms^os by representing their Stales
in the Lincoln Congress, now feel that they
were basely deceived and betrayed. As
to them, the following remark- of the Kch-mond
Enquirer are pertinent :—
"Perhaps the annals of deception do not
eny where present acaseot falser faith than
has been practised by tbe Lincoln Dynasty
towards the border Statr-J. The most
solemn promises made under the most im-posing
circumstances, were made but to be
brokeu, and now those whose interests
were with the South, but who gave Lin-coln
their faith, find themselves decieved,
betrayed, adandoned, hatniliated, disgraced,
and prescribed, with no power to help
themselves, and without even the privilege
of complaint, save in the light of Fort
Warren !
One of the most striking of these in-stances
of moral perjury, of which the
Border State men who adkered to Lincoln
have been the victims, is presonted in
today*8 Enquirer. It is a memorandum of
a conversation held between Lincoln and
the Border State Congressmen, at tbe
request of the former, and for the purpose
of relieving their anxieties and confirming
them in their adhesion to the North*+n
Confederacy. Under such circamstanoes,
to such an assemblage so convened, the
President of the United States made
declarations of irrevocable purpose, which
have been totally falsified. He got the
considerations for which the promise was
made, in tho continued support of the
persons whose support he was seeking.
Having got them in his power, as he hopes
—having used them against themselves as
long as they were useful, he deliberately
violates bis engagements, and proclaims
them to the world as dupes and viotims.
The course which these deceived men
will now pursue, is scarcely matter of any
speculation. They feel, indeed, tho sting
and the shame of their present position.
It is this that has caused their present
paper for tho first time to be brought to
light. It is a certain degree of resentment
which has indnced them to publish a state-ment
that certainly puts Mr. Lincoln in a
most disgraceful position. "And now Ho!
for Fort Warren!" Even the National
Intelligencer ventures at the end of a half
column ot preface, to explain bow itself has
shared the lot of the deceived ones, to
express a courtly "surprise" that Mr. Lin-coln
should bave done so.
But nothing further than this it to be
expected of them. The present resent-ment
is but tho lingeiing remains of a man-hood
that they have sacrificed on tbe altar
of Lineoindom. When tbey declared
themselves for the Union wilhrat condi-tions,
they declared themselves alavea.
They invited Lincoln to do with them as
he liked, and Lincoln has bat done it.
Tho citizens of the Confederate Stales
have abundant reason to felicitate them-selves
that they listened not to Lincoln as
.j. onun .w .-uppum mu Luimutiinun WHICH
he was elected to dishonor. They H;H «.„II
to put no trust in promises which were
made but to hind them until escape should
be impossible. In the light of the experi-ence
of the Border Stato Congressmen, as
developed in their statement, it is now
clearly seen that it would have been noth-ing
short of ruin itself to put tho least
confidence in any promise whic1. Lincoln
might have made, and which it was in his
power to falsify. He was to be dealt with
only at arm's length, and sword in band.
Wo have escaped bis snares ; wo will dis-appoint
bis aims."
A SECRET DOCUSIENT DISCLOSED.
Memorandum of a C'oneertulion between Pretxdtnt
Lincoln and the Jiepretentalivet from the Border
Siatei.
The Louisville Democrat publishes, and
tho Northern papers copy, tho following
memorandum of a conversation between
Lincoln and tho Representatives of the
Border States on the subject of emancipa-tion,
about the timo that measure was bo
fore Congess. Tho Louisvillo Democrat
says it had a mauuscript copy of it for some
time, and discloses it only lo show how
completely Lincoln has changed his opin-ion
and yielded to the radicals of his party:
MEMORANDUM Of CONVERSATION.
"Dear Sir :—I called, at the request of
tho President, lo ask you to come to the
White Houso to morrow morning at nine
o'clock, and bring such of your colleagues
as are in town."
WASHINGTON, March 10, 1862.
^ esterday, on my return Irom church, I
found Mr. Postmaster General Blair in my
room, writing tho above note, which he
immediately suspended and verbally com-municated
the President's invitation; and
stated that the Pres.dor.t's purpose was to
have somo conversation with the delegates
ol Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland, \ irgi-nia
and Deleware in oxplana,;on of his
message of the 6th inst.
This morning theso delegations, or such
of them as were in town, assembled at tho
White Houso at the appointed time and
after some little delay were admitted to an
aadienee.
After theusaal salutations and wo were
scaled, the President said, in substance,
tbat he had invited us to meet him to have
some conversation with us in explanation
of his message of tho «th ; that since he had
sent it in several of the gentlemen then
present had visited him, but had avoided
any allusion to the message, and he there-fore
inferred thntthe import of the mes-
B had been misunderstood, and regarded
as inimical to the interests wo represented,
and he had resolved ho would talk with
| us and disabuse our minds of that errone-
' OUH opinion.
I Tho President then disclaimed any
Intent to injure the interests or wound tbe
•snsibilitiesof the slave States. On the
^ntrary, his purpose was to protect the
one and rL-sp-ct thcoihor; that we were
engaged in a terrible wasting and tedious
war ^immense armies were in field, as long
as the war lasts, that these armies must, ot
necessity,be br.aght into contact with
mavesin the States we represented, and
in other stales as they advanced; that
slaves would come to the camps and con-tinual
irritation was kept np ; that be was
constantly annoyed by conflicting and
antagonistic complaints : on the one i-ide
a certain clas- cmplamed if the the slaves
w, re not protected by the army ; persons
, were frequently found, who, participating