St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1861-08-15
A Plan Of Settlement.

n 1I5u Vi 0ctICniNnS'
The New York Journal of Commerce
puts forward the following plan ofscttlemcn.:
To return. 70 the question IF our interro-
gator; Witho,l knowing or being partic-
ularly anxious io know what was his OBJ.
ject in asking il, wc ''oa" devise way by
which Our trouhl.s can be settled without
more bloo.l.hed = y way, ton, which W"
deem f,r more polite and humane. tia
this Wholesale butchery of brethren anu
kindred, unlcr the plea Of enforcing the
laws. Il Is q follows:
l. Let an armistice ne agreed on be-
tween the two bclligerents for three
months.
2. Let the Executives of the two DOW
crs, By means Of EEyoys, arrange for a
Convention Of delegates from each Of the
thirty-four States now or lately composing
the American Union, said Convention to
he held at Louisville. Ky. ut such date as
may be agreed ON; it being understood
THAT the election and s.sltding Of such dele
gates shall in nn way pr. isliice the claims
of either If the h..lliges.nts, in case the
Convention should fail to come to any
peaceful arrangement.
g. The business of the Convention
should he tn dcvises If practicable. some
plan of reunion under modified constitu-
ton. such AS they may agree upon. where
by all the thirty-four States eau cooperate
with each other for the common defence
against foreign invaders for mutual free
trade between thenselves.- fnfa uniform
duties upon imports from foreign countries,
for common post Office and mail sys-
tenn, &c, &c.
1. If ! reconstruction should be found
impossible, then arrange for a peaceable
separation and pro rI'a division Of the
common property. with reciprocal treaties
of an,ity, commerce, mails. &c.
s. In case Of a reconstruction, We take
it for granted tina, the individual States.
as such, must have more rights AMI ia
munitics than thcy have und"r III present
! Constitution. They must at lea,t Dc H.
dependent of each other ~ tn III i.cal IT,
situations aud interests, especially iu the
matter of slavery. NJ those points where
the prcscnt machinery chafcs, there must
be an easing off. 50 that it may run moro
smoothly hereafter.
g. 1'hs. sam end might he answered
, BY having two S,ctishns in each If the tw,
! Houses of Congress me t. bc called tho
Northern Section. and the other the South
erm aud no hill t. brco,nc law unless
concurrel in by majority Of each Sectio,
of both Houses. This woull rctarl leg:
tlation on some subjects, bat il would afford
the South (Which is decided minority rs
compared with the North. ami will becomo
more SO from year to year,. a guarantee
that their peculiar interests would not 10
sacrificed tn sectional prcjn,lices or f.nati-
cism. Perhaps it might I've sufficient to
! have Northern and n Southern Section
in only one House, leaving the other as it
is ut present.
I. Whatever plan, either Of rcconstruc-
ton or separation, might be adopted by
the Convention. SHOULD only become bind
ing upon the States. after being rati6.d
by three-fourths ofthc eleven Confedcrates
States and threc-fo urths Of the twenty
three United States.
g. The suppression Of hostilIties Sor
three months, and the turning Of mems
thoughts to plans for mutual benefit instead
Of mutual destruction. woull be almost
sure 70 open the eyes Of both sectious Of
the country to the enormous wickeduess
Of the war, Oh one sids or ou both, and to
result in it's speedy termination. This
alone would be great point gained, and
woull probably lead to satisfactory AZ
rangement of the lEain question ut no dis
tant day.
TROUBLE WITH FoREtGx PowERs.-The
Washington correspondent Of the Phila-
d-lphia Inquirer writes telegraphcd to
yon last night that Lord Lyons had laid
before the President a written statement
of the number anil names of the vessels
that had passed the blockade Of tile South
ern ports, with the declaration that Eng
land could not regard as effcctual block
ado conducted in such Il manucr. npv
learn that the French Minister joined with
Lord Lyons in the communication; and
that it was, indeed, joint paper. in the
nature of protest, on the part 81 the rep
resentatives Of France and England. again
such an Intellectual att euipt TO blockade the
Southern ports. 1t Cannot be denied that
this matter has now assumed . very grave
aspect. The presence OH our coast OF
powerful English and French feet, shows
that these nations are in earnest in the mat
ter; and is in itself an insult that We would
not submit to in ordinary times. Its idle
to doubt any longer the hostile intentions
Of these two powers. England sees 10 tho
present distracted condition ofthe country.
the opportunity she has loug waited for. to
humble our national pride and the French
Emperor viii join hands with her in tho
attempt, for the reasons indicated in
former letter.
-. The facts contained in the communities
ton Of the English Minister cannot Be De"
, MED. The blockade has been notorious
y ineffective and therefore no bloekadeat AL.
GENERAL BEAUEEGARn % CANADIAN
DEsOENr.-The Courier de fSSaski Of