Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-12-04

part of the seeding section, tic fugitive slave +
clause, along with all other constitutional obj /
cations upon tie section sesedcd from, while
should expect no treaty stipulation would ever
be made 10 take It's place.
But there i another difficulty. The great in
terror region, bounded east by the Ale.hanies,
north by the British dominions, wvet by the
Rocky Mountains, and south by the line along
which the culture of corn and cotton meets. and
which includes part Of Virginia, part of Tcnnes-
see, all o Kentucky. Ohio Indiana, Michigan,
Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Iowa,
Minnesota, and the Territories of Dakota Ne
braska. and part of Colorado, already has above
ten millions of people, and will have fifty mil
lions within fifty years, if not prevented by any
political folly or mistake. Ii contains more than
one-third Of the country owned by the United
States-certainly more than one million oil
square miles. One half as populous as Massa-
chusetts already i, il would have more than sew
enty-five millions of people. A glance at the
map shows that, terTitorially speaking, 1t Is the
great body of the Republic. The other parts
are but marginal borders to il, the magnificent
region sloping ives; from the Rocky Mountains
TO the Pacific, being the deepest, and also the
richest in undeveloped resources. In the pro-
duction OF provisions, grains, grasses, and all
which proceed from them. this great interior re-
gion is naturally one of the most important IN
the world. Ascertain from the statistics the
small proportion of the region which has, as yer,
been brought into cultivation, and also the large
and rapidly increasing amount of its products,
and we shall be overwhelmed with the magni-
tudc of the prospect presented. And vet this
region has no sea-coast touches no ocean any
where. As part OF one nation, It's people now
find, aud may forever find. their way to Europe
by New York, to South America and Africa by
New Orleans and 10 Asia by San Francisco.
But separate our common country into two ma
tons, As designed by the present rebellion, and
every man of this great interior region is thereby
cut off from some one more of these outlets,
not, perhaps, by physical barrier, but by en-
barraSsing and onerous trade regulations.
Aud this l. true. uhererer "A dividing or ooun
dairy line NAV he fixed Place il between the
now free and slave country, or place It south oil
Kentucky. north OF Ohio and still the truth re
mains, that none south OF it can trade to any port
or place north of IL. and none north OF II can
trade to any part place south OF u, except oy a
Government foreign to them These outlets,
east " est north aud south are Indispensable To
the well being OF the people inhahitlnS. and to
! nhabit this vast interior region Hhich oil the
! three may be best Is no proper question. All
are better than either: and all OF right, belong to
that people and To their successors forever.
! True 10 themselves. they will not ask rchere a
! line of separation shall be but will vow, rath T,
| that there shall be no such line Nor are the
| marginal regions less inere ed in these commu-
nicatons to, and through them, 10 the great
| side world They TOO, and each OF them. must
| have access To this Egypt of the West, without
paving toll at the crossing of any national boun-
\ dary
Our national strife springs not from our per
manent part; not from the land we inhabir; not
from our national homestead. There is no pos
-il,ix xariu, off hur ipl al
mitigate. evils among us In all ia adaptations
| and aptitudes it demands union, and abhor> sen
| ar,tion La fact it would. ere long. force re-
union. however much of blood and treasure the
separation mi sht have cost
Our strife pertains TO ourselves-tO the passing
generations OF men; and it can, without convul
sion be huShed forever with the passing of one
| generation.
In this view | recommend the adoption Of the
| following resolution ana articles amendatOry u
the Constitution of the United States:
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS IN BEHALF or TIKI
/ NEGRO.
Resolred Gy the Senate and House ~ * presept1tire,
ofte United Nttss of Anl@ricd IN CayrtsS fssen led
(twot Tia rds of both houses ooncurring. That follow
ing articles be proposed To h Legislatures Tor COW
On> If the states amendments 10 the Const
when ratified by rhreefoufihs Of the said Legislature
(or conventions to be valid part parts OF tie sa'
sAsToLg- Every State, wherein slavery ex'sts
which an abolish the same therein, at any time. %
me-, BET re the lrst day Of Jsnpary The year Of ca
L-. ole thous and ana n.ns uualrtf. II receirf ccn
pesspon fron. the Nutec st.tes a. follows, t. wit
every s2ch state BONDS OF TIE tnieo >a'e>, hearing in
or-t the rate OF per cent pen amman. IN amount
equal to the aggregate sum OF 49, io ;h sla.s shown
TO have been thel IN, IS the q h'l ct> # the
States aid bonds be delivered 10 state bv install
mens, in parcel the completion Of the abolish
men accordingly the same shall have been gradual
linn -t4rlN hall.
gin 10 run upon any such bond, only from the prope
time Of a delivery. aforesaid ANY State having
ceved bonds aforesaid and afterwards re-niroducin
olerang slavery Their in, shall refund to the Unite,
States the bonds received, or the value thereof,
all interest paid thereon.
'AErIcIE =. n slaves who shall have enjoyed actua
freedom by he chances of the war, auv tine befor
the end of the REBEL shall be ree but all
.s of such who shall not have been di>loyal shall b.
c0mpen, afed for them al the as i provide,
States adopting Adjustment of slavery in suc
"a way that Slave shall be twice accounted for.
ARTICLE Congress may appropriate maney an
oe wise provid. for coonzing free coored persons
with their consent, at any piece places withou
the United States.
THE NEGRO ISSUE ELUCIDATED ONCE MORE.
| beg indulgence tn discuss these proposed ar
ticles at some length Without slavery the re
bellion could never have existed; without SLAYER
il could not continue.
Among the friends of the Union there is grea
diversity of sentiment and OF policy in regaru Il
slavery and the African race among SOm
would perpetuate slavery: some would abolish i
suddenly. and without compensation: some woul,
abolish il gradually, and with compensation
some would remove the freed people from Us
and some would retain them with n: and her
are vet other minor diver>ities Because of thes
J diversties we waste much strength in struggle
: among ourselves BY mutual concession VI
should harmonze and act together. This woul'
be compromise but it would he comprOmi>
among the friends. and not with the enemies
of the Union These articles are intended 4
embody plan of such mutual concessions. |
the plan shall he adopted, il is assumed tina
emancipation will follow, at least in several o
The States
A. 10 the first article the main points are
first. the emancipation: secondly. the length q
time tor conSummating lt-thirty seven years
and thirdly. the COMPENSATION
MORE ABOUT COMPENSATED EMAScIPArioS.
The emancipation bill will be unsatisfactory L
: the advocate Of perpetual slavery: bat the engt
of time should greatly mitigate their d-sitistac
ton The time spares both races from the evil
of sudden derangenent-in fact, from the nece-
sity OF any derangement-while most of thos
!, whose nlbitual course of thought will be disturb
ed by the measure will have passed away belor
! its contamination. They will never see it, An
other class will hail the prospect of emancipation
but will deprecate the length OF time They wi
feel that gives little the living sla We,
) But it really gives them much. IL saves ther
' from the vagrau, restitution which must largel
e attend immediate emancip ttion in localities her
!, their numbers are very great aud il give- the ia
spring ihat their posteriiy shall be fre
: forever. The plan leaves Ia esch State. chOosin
u To act under IT, O. abolish SLAYER, now or ~ tl
end ot the century, or at auy intermediate time