Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1862-12-05

tons Of advantage in this age for ipeope. wha
ever they might have been 10 former ages. Steam an
iel,gfa hs Ia intelligence have brought these to be
advantageous combination for united people
Ia the inaugural address briefly pointed the tots
inadCquacy Of dsunun as a remedy for the difference
between the people Of the two sections. did In Ian
suasc whion cannot improve aud which Therefore bel
10 repeat
ought to be extended while the other believe II wrou
and ought not 10 be extended This is the only subsan
ta dispute. The fugitive slave clause Of the Coustiiu
1u aud the laws for the suppression VI The African sav
Ade are each a. we'll enforced perhaps any law cat
ever De in community where the moral Of thl
people impcriecuy support the las itself
The gteat body Of the people abide by the legal obi
Raion u both cases, aud few break over In each. Thu
mink cannot he perfectly cured, and il would be
~ o'h cases. after The separation Of the sections thar
rne foreign slave trade now imperfec,ly suppressed
would be ultimately receive without rcsinafon in un,
str 300, surlr M tive tlts 81. i1,t uy rafntu o rfeu
utttdi "ou4 NOS be surrendered at all by The ,thefs
SEPARATION tsrossnLE.
physically speaking. we cannot separate. We can
not remove respective sections frUm each other MOI
build au mpsssable wall between A husband and VIII,
may De divorced 80 Out Of the presence and beyond
the reach OF each other, but the dit rent parts OF
country cannot do hs-they but remain face "a
face and intercourse. either Nmcablc or hostile must
continue between them lst possible then 10 make that
intercourse more advantageous mote satisfactory after
stpa ati1n than before Can aliens make treaties easie
thau icnds cau make laTsf Can treaties be more faith
taliJ enforced between aliens than laws be among
friends
suppose you 20 t. war, you cannot eight always and
when after mucn los ou both sides and no gain either
you cease lighting, the identical old question
90 iu.ef.oursc are ufiin upon you There " no line
sit ht or crocscd suabie i3t amat1na boundary upon
winch no divide.
Trace through from the East 90 the West upon the
Hue tween Che hee slave country aud We sh s hud
ha iide more than one hfd Of its length are rivers
eAsf 90 be crossed and populated, hicky, upon both
sidcs sAe neatly all its remaining enz IN merely
,u',y % hhe'' over which people may walls back aud
fJuh without, am consciousness % their pieseuce.
NO part ui ula noe can bee made any more difficult 90
pass by whiting dowu On paper or parchment az ma
nluai boundary The fact VI sepsrau1n, Il it comes,
gives uun the part OF The sectional obi aous upon Tie
seeded section Of the fugitive slave clause along
all Other constitutional obligation from the section se.
oeded from, while should expect NJ treaty stipulation
would ever BE- made to take It's place But there an
other difficulty the great interior req ~ bounded east
BY the Aeghanies north by the BRUSH dominions west
ol he hoeky Mountains, aud south By the line along
when the culture OF corn and cotton meets aud viii IA
includes part Of Virginia part Of Tennessee, all of Ken
lucky, Oulo, Indiana, Micnisan, Wisconsin, Illinois,
Missouri hansts, Iswa, Minnesota Aid the Territories
OF Dacotah Nebraska, and Of Colorado, has above
ten millions ofpeopie and will have fty mill IN within
Nifty years hnot prevented by ATTY political folly ns-
taAe IL contains more tnAu thifd Of the country
owned by toe United states--ceftainy more than one
mui'n of square miles one naf as populous Masst
'husea already is or would have more than seventy
niliiIns OF people glance AZ the map shows that,
efoltouty speaking 10 is the great body Of The republic
lHe other pArts are but marginal BORDERS 80 H.
The magnificent region soping west from me Rocky
Mountains 10 the Pacific being the deepest and as0 the
lcnct n developed resources in the production Il proc
svns. grains, grasses, aud ala which pfoeeel from them
This great interior region is naturally ~ The most
important 10 the world Ascertain from the statistic,
De small proportion Of the region which has as vet been
Hough into cultivation, and also the lafge and hdy
ctehsug amount " It's products aud We sha he over
"helned with the magnitude VI the prospect presented
and yet tbs region has uo coast aud touches no
uceau anywhere.
AZ part OF nation it, people now fad and NAV f,r-
ever mud their way 10 Europe by New Iurk 20 south
America aud Africa by New reans, and 20 Asia by San
Francisco. But separate our comm c0uury INTO two
nations as designed by the present rebellion, and every
nau Of this at interior region sincerely II from
some one or more OF these outlets, not perhaps by
ply sca banter but by embarrassing aud ouerUu, trade
boundary line may be fixed. Place IL between the nov
Tree ana slave county or place % slutn OF Kentucky
Aottu 90 ONO and s the truth remains that south
pt 10 can trade 20 any part place north Of IT, and none
uofn oi trade any part place south u IT, cx.
eept upon terms dictated by government foreign TO
htm lhcse outlets, cast, west and sJuh are iudapan-
sable the Tell being Of the people iuha1iung aud 20
uha1t tAs vast interior regi which Vt the three
De pest D. NO proper question All are better than eler
tul all ui nghi Jeuug 20 that people aud o. tatir
cessIrs forever True Co themselves, they wilt ask
where line OF separation shall be- but will rather
fhat there shall be no such tne Nor the marginal
regions less interested 10 these communication 90 and
nrouln them to the great outside world they too and
zach ui them must have sooess % this Egypt OF the West
Sthout paying toll AT me crossing VI any national b0und
part not fiom the land We inhaDt from naunsl
homestead There is no possible seyeriug Of this but
It's adaptations aud amputudes it demands Union and
nhots separation acti would long force reunion
however much Of blood and treasure the separation NIGH
aNe cost Our STRIFE pertains 20 ourselves 20 the
ing generations OF men, aud cannot without cJuvuson
oe rushed forever win tue passing Of one generation
AMEsDMbNT % THE CoNsrrUTIoN
la this view iminend the ado 9uon the follow
ing esoluu1n aud articles amtndatJry the Consttu
uon u he United states
Res9lrei, By tue Senate and House OF Representa-.
uyes Of the United state, Of America in Congress
senuled twugnitds Of both Houses ecncurng that
folio sing articles be proposed to the Legi,lturss
Conventions Of tue several States amendments the
Constitution OF the United States an any Of whch
articles, when ratified by fouTths OF the said Leg
isatre OF Conventions, TO be valid part parts VI
Che said Constitution. VIZ;
Araec-- Every State wherein slavery now exists
whlc shall abolish the therein any time before
the nr't diy Of January in the year of our Lord
thousand nine hundred, shall receive compensation
ifou tle lniied states as follows % wit; The Pres-
dent o the United states shall deliver every State
oouds 0 thc Cuied states be ring interest the
1i-or each slave shown 10 have been therein b. the
eighth census OF the United states, said bonds be de-
'ercd % such state by instruments or IN one parcel
the completion of the adjustment, accordingly the
same sha have been gradual or at one ne wihn such
State, aud interest shall begin 90 run upon any such
ooud ony from che proper time Of its delivery air,-
stid aud aterwaru Any State having received bonds
As Aforesaid aud aferward Introducing or toleauus
slavery therein shall refund 20 the United States the
bonds 50 received or the value thereof and all interest
Artieie-. An slaves who shall have enjoyed actual
freedom by the chances Of the any time before the
u such who shall not have nren disloyal, shall be CON
1ruS4ted for them the is provided for
States adopting Adjustment Of slavery, uut 10 such
way itat mo- slave shall be twice accounted for.
i0'icls- Congress may appropriate money and 9TH
.rNIac provide for cullu1ng tree coured persons with
heir own consent, at any place OF places without the
Jnted States.
beg Indulgence 20 discuss these proposed article, a.
'uuv length. without slavery the rebellion could
re- have existed wi hout slavery IL could continue
Among t1e friends OF tue Union thee is great dWerc ~
ii sentiment aud OF policy regard % slavery and the
African race among US. Some would abolish IL sudden
f! and Without Compensation, s0me would abolish IL
gradually and With compensation, some would remove
zoe freed people itum as aud some would retain them
sh U.s. aud there are Yet other minor diyersties Be
'au-e Of these dyoreiues waste much strength in
ho aid haGmouize aud act together. This would be a
ompromise among the friend, and not with the enemies
II the Union.
The articles are intended TO embody a plan Of such
mutual Concessions. II the plan shan he adopted il is
assumed that emancipation Wh folow least in
a Of the States.
As 10 the first article the main points
First, the emancipation second, the length of time
'onsommating (thrty-seyen years and thirdly, The
compensation.
The emancipation will be unsatisfactory to the advo-
ates Of perpetual slavery but ,beeaugth of time should
.reuly mitigate their dissatisfaction The time spares
10 races from me evils OF sudden arrangements in
Act frum the necessity OF any derangemcnt, while
n those whose habitua course OF thought will be dis
utbed by the tfe, will have passed away before It's
They will never see IT, Another class
win hail The prospect OF he emancipation but will depre-
the length Of time They will feel that it gives too
ittle q the now living slaves, but 10 really ri them
much. II saves their from the yagrant destuton
which must LARGELY attend immediate pmauciDat0n