Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-12-04

00llcJp1ttOu6 ~ 49, sssO0s r"s'Bu'" s'SouS,
and tecome the fruitful source Of advan.
tage to all our people.
rns PROCLAMATION or SEPT. 22p.
On the 22d day OF September last, .
proclamation was issued BY the Execu.
iive-a copy Of which 10 herewith sub
mitted. 10 accordance 9th the pur
pose expressed 10 the second paragraph
Of that paper, nov respectfully recall
your attention to what may be called
compensated emancipation. A natiot
may be said 10 consist of its territory
its people and It's laws. Tho tcrri,or,
10 the only part which is Of certain do
rabnli.y. zone generation passetf
away, and another generation comctb
but the earth abideth forever" II is o
the first Importance to duly considc'
and climate this ever enduring part.
raR UxIos ONE AND INsxPARABLE.
That portion Of the earth's surfac'
which 10 owned and inhabited by th'
people OF the United States, 10 wei
adapted to be the home Of one patioua
family. 1t is not well adapted for two
or more. lis vas: extent, and its v.ric
" Of climate and productions. are o
advantage in the age Of one people
whatever they might have been IN for
mer ages. Steam. and ielegraphs and
Intelligence, have brought these to be an
I'd yantageous combination for one uni
ted people.
THE FOLLY OF DIsUHroN.
10 the Inaugural Address l briefly
pointed out the total inadeq ,acy Of dis.
union ~ q remedy for difficulties be.
tween the people Of the two sections
! did 50 in language which l cannot i'm.
prove, and which, therefore, beg Ia
repeat.
THE NATTER IN A NUTSHELL.
One section Of our country believe
slavery is right and ought 10 be extend
ed, while the other believes it to be
wrong and ought not to be extended
This is the only substantial dispute
The fugitive slave clause or the Con
stitution and the law for the .uppres.
sion OF the African slave trade, arc eac h
As well enforced, perhaps, rs any law
can ever be in community where the
moral sense of the people lmperiectly
support the law .ssu. The great BODY
of the peop.e abide by the legal ohliga
tions in both csses, and few break
over each. This, think, cannot bt
perfectly cured, aud it would be worse
in both INSTANCES after the separation 0
the sections than before. The foreigr
slave trade, nov imperiectly suppressed
would be, ultimately, revived withou
restriction in one section, while tugi,ivei
now only partially surrendered, would
not be surrendered at ali 10 the other
THE PHYSICAL ARGUMENTS AGAINST DIS
UNION.
Physically speaking, We cannot sepa-
rate; We cannot remove our respective
sections from each other, nor build ar
impossible wall between them. A bus
band and wife may be divorced and &c
out OF the presence and beyond The
reach OF each other; but the different
parts OF our country cannot do this.-
They cannot bat remain face to face
aud intercourse either amicabe or hes
tile must continue between them. II
it possible then to make that intercourse
more advantageous or more satisfactory
after separation than bsfores Cn
aliens make treuties easier Man friend.
can make id,cs? Can treaties be more
faithfully enforced between aliens thar
laws among friends! Suppose you &c
TO war, you c~nnot fight always, and
when, after much loss on both sides, and
no gain on either, you cease fighting
the identical old gu :s.ions as to term.
OF intercourse are again upon you
There is no line, straight or crooked
suitable for q national boundary upon
which TO divide. Trace through from
East to West, upon the line between
the free and slave country, and we shall
find little more than one third Of its
length are rivers easy TO be crossed,
and p pulated, or soon to be populated
thickIy, upon both sides. while in near.
~ all It's remaining len,th are rely
surveyors lines, over which people may
walk back and forth without any con-
seriousness Of their presence. No par,
Of this line can be made any more diff.
cult to pass by writing it down on pa
per or parchment, ~ a national bound
airy.
WHAT SECESSION suRRENDERs.
Tie fact OF separation, it it comes
gives ~, on the part of the seeding
section, the fugitive slave clause, along
with I'LL other Constitutional obl'ga ion,
upon the section seeded from, while
should expect no treaty stipula ior
would ever be made to take it's place.
THE GREAT BODY OF THE RgruBLlC'
But there is another difficulty. The
great interior region bounded east bv the
Alleghanies, moth by the British Do
minions. west by the Rocky Mountains
and south by the line along which tho
cultivation of corn and cotton meets, anc
which includes part OF Virginia, part OF
Tennessee, all of Kentucky, Ohio, Michi
gan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri, Kan
sas. Iowa, Minnesota, aud the territorie
Of Dacotah, Nebraska, and a part of Col
orado have above ten millions of people
and will have fifty millions within lift,
years, if not prevented bv any politica
folly or mistake. 1t contains more tia,
one third of the country owned by tb,
revolted Statcs-certainly, more than on,
million OF surface miles, one half as pop
nlcns as Massachusetts already is. /
would have more than sevnetyfivc million
OF people. A glance at the map show
that territorially speaking it is the grea
body ofthe Republic. The other part
are but marginal borders of it. Tn