Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-12-10

THE GREAT BODY OF THE REPUBLIC"
But there is another difficulty The
great interior region bounded east by the
Alleghanies, north by the British Domin-
ions, west by the Rocky Mountains, and
south by the line along which the cultiva-
ton of corn and cotton meets, and which
includes part of Virginia, part of Tennes-
see, all of Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan,
Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, To-
wa, Minnesota, and the territories of Da-
cotah, Nebraska and Il part of Colorado
have above ten millions of people, and
will have fifty millions within fifty years
if not prevented by any political folly or
mistake. 1t contains more than one third
of the country owned by the reyolted
States-certainly, more than one million
of surface miles, one-half as populous as
Massachusetts already Is. 1t would have
more than seven5y-fiye millions of people.
glance at the map shows trait territori-
ally speaking it is the great body of the
Republic. The other parts are bat mar
ginal borders to it. The magnificent re-
gion sloping west from the Rocky Nom
tains 10 the Pacific being the deepest and
also the richest undeveloped resources in
the production Of provisions, grains, grass
es, and all which proceed from them
GREAT INTERIOR REGION.
This great interior region is naturally
one OF the most important in the world,
ascertain from the statistics the small
proportion of the region which has az vet
been brought into cultivation, and also the
large ana rapidly increasing amount OF It's
products, and we shall be overwhelmed
with the magnitude Of the prospect pre-
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coast and touches no ocean any where
IT'S NATURAL OUTLETS.
As part OF one nation, its people ROW
may find and may forever find their way
to Europe by New York, to South Amer
lea and Africa by New Orleans, and to
Asia by San Francisco. But Separate our
common country into nations, as designed
by the present rebellion, and every man
in this great interior region is thereby euo
off from some one or more of these outlets
not perhaps By a physical barrier. but by
embarrassing and onerouS t1ade rerula-
tions, and this is true wherever dividing
or boundary lire may be fixed. Place it
between the now free and slave country,
or place it south OF kentucky, or North
of Ohio, and still tie truth remains that
none south Of it can trade to any pert or
place north Of it, and none north Of it can
Grade to any port or place south Of it, OK
cept upon terms dictated by Govern
ment foreign to them. These outlets East,
West and South, are indispensable to the
wellbeing of the people inhabiting, and
to inhabit this vast interior region
Which of the three may be the best is
no proper question All are better than
either, and all of right belong to hat peo-
pie aud their successors forever True 20
themselves, they will not ask where line
of separation shall be, bat will vow rather
that there shall be no such line.
A COMMON INTEREST.
Nor are tie marginal regions less inter
ested in these communications to and
through them to the great outside world
They do and each of them must have ac-
cess to the Egypt of the West withoutpay-
ing toll at the crossing of our national
boundery.
SOURCES OF OUR NATIONAL EXISTENCE.
Our national life springs not from orr
permanent past, not from the lands we
inhabit not from cur national homestead
There is no possible sweryin@ Of this but
would multiply and not instigate evils a
mong US. In all It's applications and .ttti
tudes it demands union, and abhors scpa-
ration In fact it ould ere long force
reunion however much of blood and treas
ure the separation might have cost Our
strife pertains to ourselves, to the passing
generations of men and it cannot without
CONFUSION be hushed forever, with the
passing Of one generation.
AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION.
With this view ! recommend the follow
ing resolution and articles amendatory to
the Constitution of the United States:
Resolred, By the Senate and House Of
Representatives of the United States Of
America in Congress assembled, two
thirds of both Houses c0ncurring, that the
following articles be proposed by the leg
islatures of conventions Of the several
States as amendments to the Constitution
of the United States, all, or any of which
articles when ratified by three-iourths Of
the said legislatures or conventions to be
valid as part or parts of the said Constitu
ton, namely:
Compensated Emancipation
ARTICLE-Every State wherein slavery
now exists, which shall abolish the same
therein at any time or times before the
first of January, in the year Of eur Lord
1868, shall receive compensation from
the United States, bearing interest at the
rate of -, for each slave shown to have
been therein by the eighth census Of the
United States, said bonds to be delivered
to such States, by installments, or in one
parcel, at the completion Of the abolish
ment, accordingly as the same shall have
been gradual or at one time within such
State, and interest shall begin to run up
on any such bond only from the proper
time of its delivery as aforesaid and af-
forwards.
Any State having received bonds as
aforesaid, and afterwards introducing or
slavery therein shall refund to
the United States the bonds so received
Or the vaiue thereof, and ali interest paid
thereon.
Or SHARES Freed by the Var.
ARTICIE-All slaxes who saall have en-
ioyed actual freedom by the chances OF
war at any time before the end of the re-