Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-12-13

q each other, nor build an iTnpassable wall bstwee
t them. A husband and wife msy be divorce,
I. and 60 out of the presence, and beyond th
e reach Of each other; but the different parts d
Y our country cannot do this They esnuot bU
: remain face 10 face aa intercourse, either amiG
I able seT hostile, mHst eoatiaEe between then
{ Is it-posslbls, then, to make that intercours
0 more advantageous, or more satisfactory, ate
: separation than belors7 Can aliens max
treaties easier than friends can make laws
: Can treaties be more faithfully enforced between
T aliens than laws can among frieRds2 Sappos
, you 90 TO war, you cannot fight always, so,
, when, after much loss on botk sides, and III
gain on either, you cease fighting, tho ideniiea
old questions as to terms of intercourse, ar
again upon you
There is no line, straightior crooked. suitabI
Tor national boundary, upon which to divide
Trace through, from East to West, upon tbe linc
between the free and slave country, and Wa
shall fin1 q little more than oHelthird Of it'
length srs rivers, easy t. be crossed. GL9 p0pu
listed, or soon to be populated, thiel1ly upon
both sides; while nearly al its remaining leAgth
are merely surveyors lines, over which people
may walk back and forth without any CON
seiousness OF their presencs- No part OF this
line can be made any more difIeult te pass By
| writing it down on paper or parchment, as a
national boundary. The fact of separation, Il
it comes, gives up on the part Of the seeding
section, the fugitive slsve clause, along with all
! ether constitutional obligations upon TIE section
seeded from, whils should expect nc treaty
/ stipulation woUldeysr be made TO take IFS place.
! Bat there is another difficulty. The great in
terrier regioa, bounded east by the Allegbanes,
north by the British dOmiaioug, west by the
Rocky mountaiRs and south By the line along
which the culture Of corn and eotton meelz, aud
which inclHdes part OF Virginia, part Of Tan
nessss, all of Kentucky, Ohio Indiana, MieAi-
gan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri Kansas
| Iowa, Minnesota, Gud the Territories OF Dsss-
| bah, Nebraska sRd part Of Colorado, already
has s5oYe ten millions Of people, and will have
fty millions within fifty years, il not prevented
BY any political fslly mistake. 1t esntaiDc
more than one-third Of the country owned 81
the United S!ates-eertainly more than enc nsil-
lion Of square miles Ones half as pspulous as
Massachusetts, already is, II weuld have more
than seventy Ave millions Of people 4 elaneo
at ths map shows that, territorially speaking, it
is the great body of the republic. Tas ether
parts are but marginal berdors to il, the Rag
AifceAt region sloping west rom iks Rssky
mountains to the Pacific, being the deepest, and
also the richest, in undevelepsd resources. 10
be production OF provisions, gFEEs, grasses,
and all which proceed from them, this great IL
terror region is naturally one Of the most impor
tant in the world. Ascertain from the statistics
the small proportion Of the region which has as
yet been brought into cultivation, aad alss the
large and rapidly Increasing amount Of its pro-
ducts, and we shall be overwhelmed with tbs
magnitude Of the prospect presented. Aad yet
this region has No seacCast, touching % ocean
anywhere. As part Of one nstisn, its people now
find, and may forever find thsir way to Europe
by New York to South America and Africa by
New Orleans, and to Asia by San Francisco
But separate our common country into two ma
A.. ! III L Al H.rT.-
every man Of this great interior region is thereby
cat of from some one or more of tkese outlets,
aot. perhaps, by physical barrier bat By su-
barressing andsonerous trade regulations
And this is true, lctcrc0or dividing or bound
airy line may be fzsd Plac. it betwooa the
new free and slave csEa'ry, or place it south Of
Kentucky, or nsrth Of OAie, aad still the truth
remains that Rons seHth Of it saA trade 70 any
pert or place north Of it, aAd mere Bsrth Of it
trade TO any pert or place soUih Of it, except
upon terms dictated by government foreiTR to
them. These outlets, east, wsst aad south SFe
Indispensable 10 the wsll being Of the people |
iuhsbitinF, and to inhsbit, this vsst interior
region. 'fAich Of ika three may bs beat, is no
proper qusstisa All sEo batter shGR sitksr, and
all, of right, bslong t. shat people, sod to their
sueesssions, forever. True to tssutelTes, they
viii net ask sokere liEe Of separates shall Be-
bat will VOW, rather, that there sdal be 40 sash
line Nor are the nbrgisal rsgioAs less iHtsr-
estc1 in these ss@musieAtions ta, and through
tssR, 10 ths great outside wsrld. They, tso. |
Rad each Of them, mast have esssns 10 this
Egypt OF the Wsst, W thout tell at tss crossing |
Of any natiossl boundary.
Our national strife springs net frtR ear por-
naReHt part net frou The lard We iRkASit |
net from eur Astisnsl homestead Fhsrs is 40 |
possible ssvsriHg Of this, but wsull Auliply, |
4 -y.st; n
adaptations and sptitUdss il demands unisa, SRd |
abhers separation. In fact, it Weuld, ere leng, |
fsree reunion, however much Of blosd and |
treasure the separation might hsVs scst
Our strife pertains to OuTselVss--ts the p8Es- |
lag generations of men; and it San, without |
SsnVplsioR, bs husksd forever with the passing |
Of enc EsnsrssiOa.
In this Visw rssoz usnd ths adspHsa Of |
the following resolution and articles amsndstsry |
to the Constitution Of the United sGstss:
g RssSLVsa By The Ssasfs EBS Noise of Repre- !
ssRtatisss st the United States Of Aa,srioa iR Goa
gross assembled, (iws-thIds Of betk Hsuses |
eoncurrisg,) That The following artslea be pro |
posed to ths Legislatures Cor sonvSnhsns) Of the
several States as ansndRentS to the Censtitu- |
tien Of the United States all or any of which /
articles when ratified by three fourths Of the |
said legislatures Cor eOnvtntiens) to be valid as
part or parts of the said Constitution, viz:
' Article -. Every State, wherein slavery !
now exists, which shall abolish the same therein
st any time, or times, before the FIRST day Of
January, in the year OF eur Lord ose thousand |
nina hundred, shall receive compensation from |
the uAitsd States, as follows, to-wit:
q The President of the United States shall de-
liver to every such State, bonds Of the United |
States, bearing interest ct the rate Of - per !
cent. per snnum to an amount equal to the as- |
gregate sum Of -,---- for each slave shown |
to have bean therein, by the eighth espsus Of |
the United States, said bends 10 be deliver
cd to such State by instalmsnts or in enc |
parcel, at the completion Of the abolishment /
accordingly as the Same shall have beea gradual |
or at one tins, within guch State, and interest |
shall begin to run upon any such bonds snly |
from the proper time Of its delivery ss aforesaid /
Any State having received bonds as aforesaid, |
and afterWsrd reintroducing or tolersting |
slavery therein, shall refund to the United /
States the bonds sOTeeeivsd, or the value thereof
and all interest paid thereon.
Article -. All slaves who shall have en-
jOysd aOtHal freedom by the chances Of the war,
at any time before the end of the rebellion shall
be forever free +; bat al'the owners Of such who /
shall not have been disloyal, shall be eSmpen-
ssted for them, at the same rates as ID provided |
for States adopting adjustment Of slavery, but
in such way, that no slave shall be twice ae-
counted fox.
Article =. Congress may appropriate money, |
and otherwise proyids for eolonizing free col
orSd persons, with their own consent at any
place or places without the United States.
beg indulgence TO discuss these proposed ar
teles, at some length. Without slavery the
rebellion could never have existed without
slavery it could not continue.
Among the friends of the Union thers is
great diversity of sentiment and of policy in re-
gard to slavery and the African race amongst US.
Some would perpetuate slavery; some would
abolish it suddenly, sRd without compensation;
some would abolish it gradually, and viii coln-
pensatien; some would move the free people
from among us, and some would retain them
with us, and there are yet other minor diversi-