Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-12-04

Nv" .mpstoo.y suppressed. would be ultimate.
y.m ievsI W'n0ut restriction In one seolion.
"nlle iugltlVe slaves, now only pasusIIs -.
rendered would not bc surrendered Al aii =
] other. -ssn ~ we
] physically speaking, we cannot separate. "a
csnno. remove our respective sections iron ON
, eleh ot6er, nor build an impassabIe Wall ne
s"een Ihem A husband and wife NAV ha m.
yorced, and 90 out OF the presence. and b. ayond
tos reach o. esch other; but the different parte
OF our country cannot do this. They oannot
Dut remain face 20 face; and intercourse. eliher
an'caois cr hostile, must continue between
snem. ar possible, then, TO make that inter
e9 m'.o Aovantageous, or more satisfacto-
ry' GjteT separation than before? Can si;.ns
MAKE treaties, easier than fienda can maj.
: laWsf Gao treaties be more faithiuIly enforcef
between aliene' than laws can among fslends5
suppose you go 10 war, you can not hebt al.
ways; and when, after much loss on hotn sid-.
and no gain on either, you cease fobting' IN.
Identical old questions, as TO terms OF ints,.
course, are again upon you" ''-'''
Inero Is no line, straight or crooked, suitable
rDr TOT q nsuohai boundary, upon which to divide.
liaco through, from east to west, upon the line
sbS,, Ga Sne mes re. ana slave country, and Hs
isn.th u ara m.ue more than one third of ito
,eug.h Ho nVefs, easy TO be crossed. and nonr
eted, or soon to be populated. tbjokls naon ~
6idesi while nearly all lie iemaiaipr isns,b
eFe merely surveyors lines, over which peoSl,
may Walk back aud forth vithout hny oonsn;,,ass
cess OF tneir presence. No part Of thla liza
can 90 made any moIs 6ificuit Ia nasa h.
Wfiuug IL uo"n on paper, or pa-ohment. as
nAtIonal boundary. The fact of sepera,io,n5 n
comes, gives up, on tho part Of .he secedin0
SIS'UI' n.t ane ias..iVe slave clause, along via
. Sn o'nel cons'itutionai obligations upon tae
oosOI sso', Teoeoea from, while 6hould expect 10
its place SsAN1e :" saAV
bGi there Is another difficulty. The gran.
interior region, bounded east by the Al,soSs.
mes; nogth py the British dominions. Wsse by
sIe nocky mountains, and south by the line
aShs "n'cn the culture o? corn and co,,o,,
meew, snd which inoludes Dart of Viroinia
pars Oh tennessee, all of Kentucky. Obie IL
1,ans, michigan, Wisconsin, IllinoIs' Missou,;
-, TI,, rs.h, io-S, Minnesota, and ths TerritorIes
saaSo %S NeoEaska, and part of Colorado, All
iii Ia' sooVe ten mitlions Of people. and
NO. n,o,er,u mlllions ui;hin Atty years, N
~ canso, sTon'ea oy any political folly or mistake
oonsalno more than one-third Of the connt,v
oaned oy the United States-ca,ts;oi". Io.eoy @
thsu ol5 million Of square miles. on. hsff
as Iopulous as Massachusetts aIreadS i. I,
"ouia nsVe more than eevents.fye miiiiona -
people, glance at the map sbovs ths, ,e..,' -
sonsny speaking, 1t is the great bodv ot H. -
Pupho. Inc other parts arc but ma,s;,sI -
uers 70 u, the magnificent reelon sIoo,s.
wss' LON tne Rocky mtu 1.sins 10 the paes
DI,us sue deepest, and also The riebe.t. q
unas,n;;OPeu teaources. In the produotion of
po, paO,ss' s.n' grains, grasses, and all which n,o-
nstu,"li0 tuem' tnis great interior region IL
, hAutAhy cle Of the most imonrt,n, r. ~.
world Ascertain from the sta,is.ics ~. - ,i
proportion OF the region, which bss' a. ,s.
psen Drought into cultivation. and a. ,sc
lMge ana rapidly increAslag amount of ia nra-
uue,s' ana We snail be overwhelmed vi,h ,h.
mssntude OF the prospect present.S A.
yes lnis region has no sea COST. touobss ~
, oceSl ahyThere. As part of one na.ion Ts
Peope now md, and may forever Am, tbs;r
way 70 Europe BY New York, TO South Ansr,cs
snu hsIlca oy New Orleans, and to A ia b.
eau rEInclsco' Hut sepsrate our common
n,sssny, n.J no,, Two nationa. as designed By the
> tats,,o. n, s, snS every man of THE great
INFERIOR region Ia thereby cut of from soms
l one or more OF these outlets. not ns,Ssa, sS1s
payslca, barrier, but By emb ,rraasins and oner.
Anu Inis ls tsue. ichNtper a diyid,no, ~,
oouuuary lne may be fixed Pace IL hatessn
tne nov mee and slave country. ar niaoa i,
sou'n Oh Kentucky, or north of Ohio. and s,ii,
!as uuth remains, that noae south of h. can,
naae 20 aoy port or place north Of il, and noue
n9t.n VI ~, can trade to any port or place oOuth
", 'Soep. upon terms dictated BY q governs
! wast e snd dsu 20 tnem. These cutless, east.
SSss, aSu soa1n, are Indispensable 20 the Well,
oeiDg oL tne people inhabiting, and TO inhabit.
0 this VAST interior region. Which Of the th,es
q may De the best, is no proper question. All.
: are better than either; and ali, Of rioh.. he.
long 70 Inat people, and to their successors fot
eyer. i.ue 70 themselves, they will not AL
!; Wa5e me OF separation shall be, bat will yov
rather that there shall be no sucb line M,
9 are the marginal regions less ipterested in
.Hese eon nnunica.ions to, and through then.
.Ie great outside world. They TOO, and each
Oh .uem. must have access to this Egypt OF ,bs,
i national boundary. e''-s :. 'H'
d Oar national strife sprinOs not f,o,, o,
d mAnent part; not from The Iand we inhshit, No,
from ous national Homestead. Thera"is M
u possible seVerlng of this, but would nultpIv.
J y ana nos mitigate, evils among Us. Ia ali i,a
, s6apsetlons and spsiludes,, it demands union,
j. and aonord separation. In faos, is would. fsa
= ioog, t0Eoe reunion, however much of blood
70 ssd treasure the separation might have cost,
&c tOus sTlie pertaina 10 ourselves--so the o asS-
T. lag genesatlons OF men; and it can, withou,
l. eohVulsion' be hushed forever With the D, ssin
OF one generation.
y 10 this view, recommend the adoption Of
y sne following resolution and articles amenda
" soiy 20 .he Constitution OF the United States
=. hesoloea 6y me Senate and Hoass or R1pfe
IN ssh1ap'oes cf ne Unitea Sfates or Amsyies I,
q Oongrese AssembIsd (two thirds os both housel
IL oolcurring), That the foEcsing at3irles b,
proposed to the leglsatures{of coaventions) d
10 the several States az amendments 20 the Can
~ stitutlon OF She United States, all or spy oI
le which articles, when ratified by three fourth,
"a OF the said Legislatures tor conven.ons) 10 IS
~ !. valid as part or parts Of the said Coast.tu
~ ton, viz: -~ ."
~ ARTICLE - . .
;" every sia!e, wherein slavery now exts,s
a, which shall abolish the same therein. A, an,
a tine' or times, before the frat day OF January
In the year OF our Lord one thousand and min,
hundred shall receive compensation from th,
10 United States Gs follows, to Wit; M
w The Resident of the United States shsl
y deliver 20 every such State, bonds Of ~,
!, United Statess hearing interest at the rad
a OF - per cent. per anuum, TO en- amodE
~ equal 20 the aggregate enm of ------ ior eaei
slave shown to have been therein. by che eighni
u census OF the United States,I said bonds % n
e =. delivered to euoh State by inssalmeuts, or
Y one parcel, as the complexion of che aholiah
y. ~ ment, accordingly as the same shall hRse bee
s gradual, or at one tnei within auokI State. an
le interest shall begin to run upon any snch bond
=, only from the proper time Of itsi delivery 4
~ aforesaid Any State having received bond
u as aforesaid, and afterWard sreintroduolhR q
y tolerating slavery therein, shall ytefnnd 10 III
y United States the bonds 90 received, or n
value thereof, and all interest paid thereon. 8 q
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