, 1861-07-12

OICAaluAd41t y A4aA Ii AEs11A W say 1ts
"the South 60. Let us separate and STOP
"the war. The country is large enough
"for two nations. Let there be peace
Such persons have not reflected On the dif.
fculies which environ such p1vpusiiun.
Il it BE- good policy to choose the least of
two evils, then the war must go on, for
separation would entail evils Of far greater
magnitude than the prosecution Of hostili-
ties,
u us~ American people were lease
holders tor a few ,e-rs, or werr fated to
live On this continent but for brief period,
a dissolution ofthe Union and an acknowl-
edgement Of the independence Of the rebels
might be the easiestan best disposition OF
the contest. But as the race is destined to
dwell in this land for scores Of centuries,
according to human probabilities, pres
ent surrender Of half the territory of the
nation to the rebel Shareholder, would en-
tail inuunerable woea upon our posterity.
And after brief and fretful truce hostili.
tics between the two sections, would again
break o1t. Separation now, means bloody
and exhausting wars hereafter. Let nc
one DOUBT that the great and decisive
struggle between Freedom and Despotism
is now upon Us, and the destiny of the
Anglo SAxsu race awaits the issue. For
thirty years the storm clouds have been
gathering. Two civilizations have crap,
pied for the mastery. It is victory or death
with them, and the fall Of either combatant
will resound around the world.
The vast country stretching from the
Atlantic and the Gulf to the Rocky Noun.
tains must be inhabited by one people and
ruled by one Government. The confgur-
ation Of the continent, with the identity oi
race, language, customs and religion forbid
separation. The establishment Of two OF
more riyal nations would be to wage wal
against nature, interest and reason.
There are no natural boundaries to mark
the line Of demarcation. No impossible
mountain range stretches transversely
across the continent. No arid desert sepa.
rates the land Of corn from that of cotton.
No in1and sens roll their waves between the
sections. Not even does great river mark
boundary line which would give q pre-
text for division. The Allegheny noun
tains fromV Vermont to Alabama bind the At
lantir States together as with an iron cable.
While the. vast interior basin from the
Rocky Mountains to The AlIeghanles Is
traversed from North to South By the Great
River, whose mighty arms reach out in all
directions to embrace the wealth and assist
the enterprise Of a Homogeneous people
that dwell within its iunum merable and fer.
tile valleys~ s-A =.
The Allegheny range carries down from
northeast to southwest for 1900 miles q
broad back bone Of rugged territory, cool
in7igorating, covered with forests and fill
ed with coal and iron, offering much t
enterprise, but nothing to Incidence. Apt
from one end Of: this great mountair
range free labor practically prevails. 4
glAnce at the map: shows that the western
portions Of, Maryland, Virginia, and Nortt
Carolina, the eastern paris Of Kentucky
and Tennessee and the northern: SECTIONS
Of Georgia and Alabama are all crossed
BY this long range and its adiuncts,
and converted into hill ~and mountain
country, which is the natural home of q
free labor and frcedom1oying people,
Slavery crawls in the valleys, while liberty