The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1862-12-11

ITefFiioEies, pf Dakota NsbIaska. aDd q
parLo Of cploEato, al,eady has, above tan
Millions Of people, and will haze Fly
millions Hilhia ,6fLI years. if not ,preyen,.
ed by shy political Jolly gOE DlslAkes, Il
contains more than ops-thifA Of thsaeoph-
Ivy owned by,the sCpilsd States--i certain
y more thaD.ope million OF sguaFe emlles
Ops balf as POpulggs nas Massachusetts
already Is, it would hare more. sthanlSeEi
spty five pllliops Of psapIa.ad A JgJSbce
at The map shprs Ihsl, t,rriiorislly speak:
ing. it ls Tie gtesl body Of thsirepSblic.
The ether parts ar, but marginal borders
70 il, The magp 6cephreElop slopipg west
from the Rocky M uDtsiDs TO tie Pacific,
being The .dsfPsst, sHd aIAlh the lrichssI.in
pndsysioped resou ces sIp4hei product
Ion Of preyi,ipns. grains grasses, and all
which proceed from them, this rgreatih-
lerior region is nalpTallynDei Of The most
important in ,he world, Ascertain from
the statistics the small proper,iOn ,oi .tlg.
region which has as yet brought into eul.
hva,ior. and also lbe large and rapidIy
ircreasiipg amOrnt Of It's products, and
we shall be oyerwhelDed with the mag.
nituds Of The prospect presented. AAd
ysl this region has NO sea coast, touches
no. ocean anyyhere. As p,rt Of enc pa.
tiop. its people now find and may forever
6nd, their way 10 Europe by New York,
10 South america and Africa BY New
Orleans. and TO Asia, by SAT, Fl nciseo.
But separate our common fouutry into
two nations. as deS gped by ibe, Preent
rebellion, and every maO ofthis great in
terioI region is thereby cut Of from some
one or more Of these oud.is-no', pei
haps, by a physical tarrier. Lht by em-
bairassiog ard onerons trade regulations.
And this is true wherever dividing or
boundary line may bs fixed Place lite
tween the now fTeefand slave country. or
place it south OF Krutucky. or north Of
Ohio, and still the tr1th remains, that
none. south OF il can trade 70 any port or
place north Of it. and nons north OF ii,
can trade TO any port, D. place south Of It,
texcep! upon terms dictated b. Govern
ment foreign to them. These outlets.
EAST, west and south, are indispensable 10
the welt being of the people intabitipg,
pnd 10 inhsbit, tbisvast interior region.
Which of the tlir,e may be the best, y no
proper question 1eAIl are better than ei
ther; and al, Of right, belong to tha. peo-
pie, and to their successors forever. True
to ihemselycs. they will not ask phers 4
1iue of ssparation shall be- but will vow :,
rather, that there shall be no such line.
Norare the marginal regiorsn less inter-
,ested in these Communications 10 and
through them TO the great outside world
They too, snd Zach Of them. must have
access to, this Egypt Of the West, without
paying toll at The crossing Of any nation
al boupdary. H a1s aoy 10 -Ecs isff 81
Our Da,ior al strife syringe not from
our permanent. part; nor from the land
W. ipbabit; not from our national home
stead. There is no possible 81 vering of
this 6ut would multiply, and not mitigate
evils alsong, Us. ! La all iIs adapls,ions
and apti,udes it demands union, aud ab
hors7.e par.liOn. IN fact it would, ere
lcng, y i0rceo reunion. however much OF
blond and treasure the separation might
have cost. .., ,-f.u,t 5 81 .beoid 10 81
Our sFife pertains to ourselYss--ito the.
passing generations Of men; end il can
withOut coDyulsiOn, bs . hushed forever
with the passing Of one generaions -.
10 this view ! recommend the adoption
Of ,he following resolution and articles
amendalpry to- the Constitution ofdhe
United States; vIiboars "a 10 .gin;s,,
"Re.olpsd by M Stratsphd House of
Representatives Of tie United Stafts of
dmerica il Congress assemb!rd, (rwo ;
thirds Of both Houses sconcurring.) That
The following articles be proposed 10, the
Legislatures TOR cos sehtious) of rbs sew.
eraE States. as, amend ments 10 the Consii-
futon OF the Upiied States. all Or any Of
which aIticl5s, when ratified by thee
fourlhs of the said legislatures. (or, con,
Veniions) 10 be valid as part or parts Of
said Constitution, viz; ...a .-.,s t-.ts.
H. .o,.;g -r,,.'" "ARrIcLE-.sosgt.. t.. yoI's'-
20 "Ey, ry State, Wherein Slavery now
exists, which shall abolish The same lheIss
in. at any lime, or Zines, before thu first
day OF January, in the year Of our Lord
one thousand and uioe, hundr, d.ishnll
receivs, compensation from The Usitsd
States as lolloEs toIWit:s,s. ,sl: ei .fcret
'Tbsl President 0fiatbs Unitsd Slaes
shall deliver to .everyesuch tate, bonds
of the United staies, bsarwg interest o at
the rate OF -----T7- per- cent perAnHun,
TO an amount equal TO, the aggregate sun
OF 1900 for each SLAVE, shown to have
been therein, by'ths sigbth census oil The
Uunited States, said touds 10 be delivered
10 such. Slato BY iustailmeuts, or in one
pai Gel, at the pevmpleuon of tue abo lish {,
men,r accordingly aS ths same shall have
been gradual. or al ens ,time. within such
State; and interest shall begin. to srap
upon, any such bond. only from the pro
per time of It's delivery IS laforesaid.--
Any Slate having received tonds as
aforesaid, and aiterward reinIodueing OF
! tolera!ing Slavery therein, shall reipnd Ia
Ethe Unitvd States the bonds 30 received,
OF the value thereof, apd all in, crest pa q
thereon. y ,fsi 5aitw ..ar-s. ltoog 90
H. ....s,,.-g "ARTIcLE FOO, assh 81
"All slaves who shall have enjoyed
actual freedom by The chances Of !bs war,
a. any time before .he end OF the rebel,
ion. shall be forever Tree, but all owners
oi such, who shall not have been disloyal
shall be compensated Tor them, at the
same, rates as is ,proyi'ed for States
adopting abolisbment Of Slavery, but ig
,Ispch way that no slave shall be twice &C
counted for. s,siasih 0i iag,N ysiaaea
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