The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1862-12-10

Que sectl0n, Hnlle Iugltlye slaves now
only partially surrendered, would not be
surrendered at all BY the other Phys
ically speaking, we cahhot separate; @s
cannot remove our respective Sections
from each other, nor build an impassabls
wall between them. A husband and wife
may be divorced, and go out of the pres.
snce and beyond the reach of each other,
but the different parts of our country
cannot do this. They cannot but remain
face to face, and intercourse, either aunt
cable or hostile, must continue between
them. Is it possible, then, to make thai
Intercourse more advantageous or more
satisfactory after separation than before
Can aliens make treaties easier than
friends can make laws? Can treaties be
more faithfully enforced bet ween aliehs
than laws are among friends i? Suppose
you go to war, you cannot Eight always
and when, after much loss o1 both sides;
and no gain on either, you ease fighting;
the identical old questions as to tefna uf
Intercourse arc again upon you"
There is no line, straight or crooked,
suitable for national boundary upon
which to divide. Trace through from
east to west, upon the line between the
free and slave country; and " e shall find
little more than one.third Of it's length
are rivers easy to be cdo ossed, aud
populated, or soon to bd populated
thickly upon both sides, while nearly all
its remaining length are mere surveyors
lines, over which people ma walk back
and forth without any conss siousness of
their presence. No part of this line can
be made any more difficult to pass by
writing it down on paper or parchment
as national boundary. The fact of sep:
aration, if it comes, gives up bn the part
of the sectional obligations upon the &C.
ceding section the Fugitive lave clause:
along with all other constitutional obi.
cation upon the section seed @ded from;
while l should expect no tre4 4ty stipula-
tion would ever be made to tai ke its place:
But there is another difficulty. The
greet interior region bounded east BY the
Alleghanies, north by the Brit ish doihin=
ions, west by the Rocky Mouu tains, and
south by the line along which the culture
of corn and cotton meets; and which in
cludes part of Virginia, part of II lennesses,
all of Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana b, Michi-
gan, Wisconsin. Illinois, Missouri, Kan
sas, Iowa, Minnesota, and the Territories
Of Dakotah, Nebraska, and part Of Colo.
rado, has about ten millions bE beoble.
and will have fifty millions within ffty
years, if not prevented by any political
folly or mistake. 1t contains m@re that
one-third of the country owned by the
United States, certainly more than ons
million of square miles. If half as pop-
ulous as Massachusetts already ia, it
would have mole thah seventy We mil
lions of people. A glance at tn map
shows that, territorially speaking 1t Is
the great body of the Republic. The
other parts are but marginal borders to
it, the magnificent region sloping west
from the Rocky Mountains to the PAeihe
being the deepest and also the richie st id
undeveloped resources. In the proHbes
tion of provisions, grains, grasses; and
all which proceed from them, this e rsat
interior region is naturally the most i'm.
portant in the world, Ascertain fl rom
the statistics the small proportion of The
region which has as yet been brou kht
into cultivation, and also the large and
rapidly increasing amount of its products,
and we shall be overwhelmed with the
magnitude of the prospect presented;
and yet this region has 10 sea-coak kt,
touches no ocean anywhere. AS part of
one nation, its people now find, and IND y
forever find, their way to Europe Nv
New York, to South America and Afrea
BY New Orleans, and to Asia by Sd d
Francisco. But separate our commd
country into two nations, as designed b v
the present rebellion, and everv man df
this great interior region is thereby cut
off from some one or more of these Out :
lets; not, perhaps, by physical barrier
but by embarrassing and oueruus trade
regulations. And, this is true wherevet
the dividing or boundary line may bS
fixed. Place it between tho now fred
and slave country, or place it south Of
Kentucky, or north of Ohio, and still thd
truth remains that none south Of il can
trade to any place north of it, and none
north of it can trade to any port or place
south of it, except upon terms dictated
by government, foreign to them. These
outlets, east, west, and south, are indis4
pensable to tho well.being of the peopld
lnhabiting and to inhabit the vast interior
region. Which of the three may be the
best, is no proper question. All are bet
ter than either, and al Of right belong 20
that people aud to their successors for
erer. True to themselves, they will not
ask where line of separation shall be,
but will VOW rather that there shall be