The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1862-12-12

at tho crossing Of any national boundary
Our national strife springs not from our
permanent part not from tho lands we in.
habit, not from our national homestead
There is no possible sworving of this bu.
would multiply and not mitigate owls
among US. Ia all It's adaptations and atti.
tudcs, 1t demands UuiOn aud aShors sopa.
ration. In fact. II would. Gro long, fnrco
reunion, however much OF blood and troas.
ure the separation might havo cost. Our
strife pertains to ourselves, to the passing
generations Of mon, and il cannot without
conyulsion DO hushed forever. with tho
passing of one goueration. With this Wow
recommend the following resolution aud
articles amendatory TO the Constitution of
tho United States
Resolved, BY tho Senate and House Of
Representatives of tho United States Of
America. in Congress assembled, two-thirds
OF both Houses concurriDg, that the follow.
ing Articles BIO proposed to the Legislatures
or Conventions of tho several States, as
amendments to tho Constitution of tho
United Statos, all or any Of which articles
when ratified 10y thrco.fourths Of the said
Legislatures or Conventions. to DO valid as
part or parts of the said Constitution,
namely:
Artce.-Every State wbororn slavery
now exists, which shall abolish tho same
thoroin, at any limo or times before the
irst day OF January, in tho year of our
Lord 1900, shall receive compensation from
the United States as follows, to wits The
President of the United States shall deliver
TO evory such State bonds of tho United
States, beating interest ut the rate of----
for each slave shown to have hoen therein
by the eighth census of tho United States,
said bonds to DO delivered to said Statos by
instsliments, or in ono parcel at the com-
plotion of the adjustment, accordingly as
the same shall have been gradual or at ono
time, within such State and interest shall
begin to run upon any such bonds only
from tho proper time of its delivery and
afterwards. Any State having received
bonds as aforesaid, and afterwards. introdu.
cling or tolcrating slavery therein. shalt ro.
fund to the Unitod States tho bonds SO re-
ceivod. or tho value thereof, and all interest
paid thereon. .l
Articlc.-All slaves who shall have enjoyed
ctual freedom by the chances of tho war,
at any tImc before tho end Of tho rebellion,
shall be forever free, but all owners OF such,
who shall not have beon disloya, shall be
compensated for thom at ths same rates as
is provided for States adopting abolishment
of slavery, but in such "a way that no slave
shall bo twco accounted for.
Articlo.-Congross may appropriate mon.
ey, or otherwise provide for colonizing Fl go
c0lorcd persons with their own consent, at
any place or places within tho United States
beg indulgence to discuss these proposed
| articles at somo length. Without slavery
tho rebellion should never have existed
Without slavery it could not continue.-
| Among the friends Of the Union there is
great diversity OF sentiment and policy il
regard to slavery and tho African race
amongst us. Some would abolish It sud
denly and without compensation. Some
would abolish it gradually and with CON
pcnsaiion. Some would remove tho free
people from us, and some would retain
! them with US. and there are yet othor minor
| diversites. Because of these diversities we
waste much strength in struggles nmongs,
! ourselves. By mutual concession We should
harmonize and act together This would
be compromise among tho friends and
| not with the enemies of tho Union.
These articles are intended to ombody a
plan of such mutual concession. If th,
plan shalt be adopted it is assumed tha
emancipation will follow, at least, in severa
of tho States H.......
| In the frst article the main points aro-
FIRST. tho emancipation second, the lcpgtl
of time for consunmating-37 years AM
third, tho compensation. Tho emancipa
lion will be unsatisfactory TO tho advocate
of perpotua! slavery bnt tho length o
time should greatly mitigate their dissatis
faction. The time saves both races from
the evils of sudden doraDgemout- in fact
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whilo most Of those whose habilual course
! of thought will be disturbed by tho measure
will have passed away before it's consunima
ton--lhey will mover SEQ it. Another clasI
will hail tho prospect of emancipation. bu
will deprecato tho length Of time. The,
will feel that il gives too little TO the nov
living slaves but really gives them much
1t saves them from the vsgrant destitutior
which must largely attend immediate eman
cipation, in localities where their uumber
are worry great, and it gives tho inspiring
assurance that their posterity shall be fro,
forever. The plan leaves TO each Stat'
choosing to act under it, to abolish SLAYER,
now or at tho end of the century or at an,
intermediate time, or by degrees extending
over the whole or any part of that period
and it obliges 20 two States TO proceed alike
1t also provides for compensation, and gon
orally the mode of making il. This j
would seem, must further mitigate the dis
satisfaction of those who favor perpOtua
slavery, especially those who are to receive
compensation. Doubtless some of thos,
} who are to pay and not to receive will OBJ
iect. Yet that the measure is both just auC
economical is certain. The liberation of th
} slaves is tho destruction of property no
} quired by descent and by purchase, tn
same as any other property. IL is no los
true for having been often said, that tn
, people of tho South are no more responsible
r Tor the introduction of this property thai
J are the people of the North, aud when it
remembered how unhesitatingly We all US
cotton and sugar, and share the profits o
, dealing in thom, it may not be quite safe L
/ say that tho South has been more responsi
/. Bile than the North for Its continuance. l
0 then, for a common object, this property !
: Il not Just that it be done at common
, charge And il with less money, or none
) more easily paid, we can preserve the bone
. fits Of the Union by this means than we ca
' by the war aloue, is it not economical to d.
{ iii Let US consider it then. Let us ascsT
0 tain tho sum We have expended in the wal
1 since compensated emancipation was pre-
posed last March, aud consider vhether
+ that measure had been promptly accepte
By even some of the slave States, the sam
0 sum would not have done more to close tn
: war than has been otherwise done. II 81