The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1862-12-11

"N''0t" WV uONVtOpSuttHb VI a CDfTeCt
knowledge ofrecent i'm provoments
agriculture, in the iatroduction Of new
products, and in the collection of tBs
agricultural statistics of tie several
States. A Iso, that il = will soon be
prepared TO distribute largely seeds,
cereals, plants and cuttings, and has all
ready published aSd literally diffdsef
much valuable information ia ahtieinss
ton OF more elaborate report, which
will in due time be furnished embracing
some valuable tests in chemical science
now in progressi 0 the elaborutory. T6o
creation of this Department was for itho
more immediate benefit ofa larseo eIass
of our most valuable citizens, and sqI
trust that theliberal basis upon which
it has been Organizodl jwilI mot ouly
meet your appreciation ,abut that it will
realize at no distantrday ALI the fondest
anticipatious of its most asahGuine
friends, and become the fruitful SOURCE
OF advantage to all our people. Of noinsr
ION the 22d day ofSeptember ,lnst,5a
proclamation was issued by the Exect.
tive, copy of whichis sh ereEitln osub-
mitted.r 1n accordance with the pnri
pose expressedin tho.second paragraph
of that paper, Ihow respectfully rccaN
your attention to what may rbe called
"Compensated Emancipation" ;" .Alina.
tion may be said to consist of it's terri.
tory, its people, and its laws. The ter
ritory is the only part which is of Ger.
tain durability. One generation pass.
eth away and another generation eometh.
but the earth abideth forever 1t isisof
the first Importance to duly consider
aud estimate this ever enduring part.
That portion of the earth's surface which
is owned and inhabited byluthe poople
of the United States is we'll adapted TO
be the home of one national family, and
it is not well adapted for two or morn
ltsvast extent and its variety of climate
and production are of advantage in this
age for one people, whatever they might
have been in former ages Steam and
telegraphs, in intelligence, haye5brought
these to be an advantageous combina.
ton for one united people.r -rr.~ rra
In my Inaugural Address, briefly
pointed out the total inadequacv of
disunion as a remedy for the difference
between the people of the two sections.
| did so in language which [ cannot
improve, and which, therefore, / beg to
repeat: "One section of our country
believes slavery is right and ought to Bo
extended, while the other boligves Il is
wrong and ought not to be extended.
This is the only substan tal dispute.1-
The Fugitive Slave clause of the. Gohsti
tuition and the law for Suppression of tho
African slave trade are each as we'll en-
forced, perhaps, as any law can ever be
in community whers the moral sense
of the people imperfectly supports the
law itself. The great body Of the poo
pie abide by the dry, legal obligations
in both eases, and = few break over
each. This, | think, cannot-be perfect
ly cured, aud it would be worse in both
cases after the separation of tho Soc
tions than belore.g The foreign slave
trade, now imporlaclly suppressed,
would be ultimately revived without re.
striction in one section, while fugitive
slaves, now only partially surrendered,
would not be surrendered at all by tue
other Physically speaking, We cauuot
remove our respective sections, from
each other nor build an, impassablo
wall between them. a husband and
I wife may be diyorcod, aud go out oftbo
presence and beyond the reach of each
lother, but the dfferept parts OF our
country eanDot do this, They. cannot
but remain face to face, aud Intercourse
, either anlicabJe or hostile, must contin-
, ue between them, Is It possible, then.
!, to make that Intercourse advantageous
or more satisfactory after separation
than bcfore? Can aliens make treaties
easier than friends can make laws?
Can treaties be more faithfully enforced
between aliens than laws are among
3 friends? Suppose you 60 to war, you
cannot fight always, and when. after
much loss on both sides, aud no gain ON
either, you cease Fighting the identical
! old questions as to terms of intercourse
are again upon you. d aae ''s'sa ass' v1s',
ID 'ai There is 40 liae, straight Or crooked,
G suitable for a ahstional boundaryoa upon
). which. to divide. Trace through from
! East to West, upon the line bstween tho
free and slave country, and we shalt
4 fnd little more than one. third ! Of its
) lenstb rivers easy 10 % crossed and
= populated AhiOkly upon both iSideS,
while nearly all its remaining length
h .are.Werely surveyors, lines, over WHICH
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