Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1862-12-02

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, as yet, bean brought INTO cultiva-
ton, and also the large and rapidly increasing
| amount oi ills products, and we shall be over
whelmed with the magnitude vi the prospect
presented And yet this region has no sea
coast, touches NO ocean anywhere. As part OF
une nation, its people now hnd, and may for
ever ind their 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 nations, as de
signed by the present rebellion, ana every man
Ur this great interior region is thereby cut OH
IRON some one OF more oI these outlets, mol,
perhaps, by physical barrier, but by embar-
rilssing and Olerous trade regulations.
And this is true, HteTeDeT "A dividing, OF
boundary line, may be liked. Place IT between
the now tree and slave country, or place 1t
south ot kentucky, or noIth oi Ohio, and still
| the truth remains, that none south OF it, can
| trade To any port OF place north ot 1t, and none
north of it trade u any port or place south
ot it, except upon terms dictated BY govern
ment foreign To them. These outlets, east
west and south, are Indispensable To the well
being oi the people inhabiting, aud to iniiabit,
all this vast interior region. Which OF the
All, are better than either and ali, OF hight,
belong to the people, and to their SUCCESSORS
forever. True to themselves, they viii not ash
oAeTe "A liue oi separation shall be, but will vow,
rather, that there shall bc such line Nor
are the marginal Regions less Interested Ia these
communications To, aud through them, tO the
great outside world. They too, and each oi
them, must have access 10 this Egypt ot the
West, without paying tolls at the crossing oi
any national boundary.
Our national strife springs not from our per
manent part; mol IruIn the land We inhabit: not
from our national homestead. There Is 10 pos
oible seveTIug ot this, but would multiply, and
not mitigate, evils among us. In all It's adap
tations aud aptitude, 1t demands union, and
aDnois separation. la TACT, 1t would ere lOug,
foIce reunion, however much ot blood aud
treasure the separation might have cost.
Our slriie pert ANS to ourselves to the pass
IN, generations vi men, aud it can, without
cuuyulsloIs, be hushed IUTever With the pass
ing oI one generation.
In tins View, 4 recommend the adoption Of
the following RESOLUTION and articles aa.enda-
tory to the Constitution ot the United Stles.
hesoiped By u.e Senate and House Of heprese.td-
ttues Of The U,a.3 Sides ot .in.ericd Congress as
seraJled, two tuids ut boih houses concairiug,
Thai tue following articles be proposed 10 the
leg IslatuTts lur eOnNentiOnsb uf tue several
states as amendments To the Constitution oi
the United States, all OF any vi which articles
when iatibed uy threeiourths vi the SAID ie-
gislaiures (or cunven iuns) To To valid as par
OF parIs vi tho ssid Constitution, viz.
"ARTICLk.-. livery State, wherein slavery
now exists, which shall abolish the same there
III, at any time, or times, before the inst day
Of JANUARY, in the year Ot our Lord one thou
sand and uine hundred, shall receive com pen-
sation from the United states as follows, To
wit
"lhe President of the United States shall
deliver to every state, bonds of the United
States, bearing interest at the rate vi - per
cent per aunuul, to au amount equal to the az
gregaIe sum OF -- ioT each slave shown To
have been therein, by the eighth CELSIUS of the
United States, said bonds " be delivered to
such State by insualmen.s, VI i'll one parcel, at
the COM letion of the aUUiishment, accordingly
as the same shall have been gradual, or at one
time wIlhn such State; and Interest shall be
gin to run upon any such bond only flom the
pIOper time oi its delivery rs Aforesaid. ANY
state having received bonds as aforesaid, and
afterwards relntrOduCing or tOlerating slavery
therein, shall refund tO the United States the
bonds So received, oT the value thereof, and all
interest paid thereon.
.'ARTiCLE.-. ALI slaves who shall have en-
lOyed actual freedom by The Chances vi the WAL
at any time before the end of the rebellion,
shall be forever free but all owners of such, who
shall not have been dIsloyal g.. all be compen
sated tor them, at the rates as Is provided
iur oLAles adopting adjustment of slavery, but
such way, that no slave shall be twice ac-
counted tOr.
ARTICLE. Congress may appropriate mo
uey, and otherwise provide, Tor coionizng
free colured persons, with their own CONSENT,
at any place oT places without the United
States
beg Indulgence u discuss these proposed
articles at some length, Without slavery, the
rebellion could never have existed without
slavery it could not continue
Among the friends OF the Union there is great
diversity oi sentiment, and oi policy iii regard
To slavery, and the African Tace among us,
Some would perpetuate slavery, some would
abolish il suddenly, and without compensation;
some would abolish it gradually, and with
compensation ; some would remove the freed
people from us, and some would retain them
with Ills and there are yet other minor diversi
Ties. because Of these diverslries, We waste
much strength in struggles among ourselves.
BY mutual concession should harmonic,
ana act together. This would be conpromso
but il would be compromise among the friends,
and not with the euemies of the Union these
articles ale intended to embody plan OF such
mutual concessions Ii lheplan shall be adopted,
it is assumed that emancipation will follow, al
least in several of the States.
As to the first article, the main points are:
first, the emancipation, secondly, the length OF
time for consummatng it-thiTty seven years
and thirdly, the compensation.
The emancipation will be unsatisfactory to
the advocates of perpetual slavery but the
length of time should greatly mitigate their
The time spares both races
from the evils of sudden derangement-in tact,
from the necessity OF any derange ement-whlle
most of those whose babituai course Of thought
will be disturbed by the measure, will have
passed away before its oonsummatlon They
will never see it. Another class will nail the
prospect OF emancipation, but will deprecate the
length of time ihey will feel that it gives too