Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-12-08
DECEMBER 8, 1862.

faithfully enforced between aliens than laws can
among friends! Suppose you 60 TO war, you
cannot fight always; and when, after much loss
on both sides, and no gain on either, you cease
fighting the identical old questions, as to terms
of intercourse, are again upon you"
THE NEGRO AeAIS-DIvIDING LINES DIS
cUssED.
There is no line, straight or crooked, suitable
for 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 than one-third of its length are
rivers, easy TO be crossed, and populated, soon
to be populated, thickly upon both sides; while
nearly all its remaining length are merely sur
veyors' lines, over which people may walk back
and forth without any consciousness of their
presence. No part of this line can be made any
more difficult to pass by writing it down on pa
per, or parchment, as a national boundary. The
fact os separation, if it comes, gives up, on the
part of the seeding section, the fugitive slave
clause, along with all other constitutional obi
cations upon the section seeded FROM while
should expect no treaty stipulation would ever
be made to take its place.
But there is another difficulty. The great in
terror region, bounded east by the Alleghanies,
north by the British dominions, west by the
Rockey Mountains, and south by the line along
which the culture of corn and cotton meets, and
which includes part of Virginia, part of Tennes-
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 viii have fifty mil
lions within fifty years, if not prevented by any
political folly or mistake. 1t contains more than
one-third of the country owned by the United
States-certainly more than one million of
square miles, One half as populous as Massa-
chusetts already is, it would have more than sew
enty-five millions of people. A glance at the
map shows that, territorially speaking, it is the
great body of the Republic. The other parts
are but marginal borders to il, the magnificent
region soping west 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 vet,
been brought into cultivation, and also the large
and rapidly increasing amount of its products,
and we shall be overwhelmed with the magni-
tude of the prospect presented. And yet this
region has no sea-eoast, touches no ocean any
where. AS part of one nation, its people now
find, and may forever find, 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
every man of this great interior region is thereby
cut off from some one or more of these outlets,
not, perhaps, by physical barrier, but by en-
barrassing and onerous trade regulations.
Aud this i true, lchercrer "A dividing or boun.
Diary line may be fixed Place it between the
now free and slave country, or place it south of
Kentucky, or north of Ohio and still the truth re-
MAINS that nOue south of il can trade To any port
or place north OF it. and none north Of il can
trade to any part or place south OF it, except by
Government foreign to them These outlets,
east, vest, north aud south, are indispensable to
the well-beng of the people nhabiting. and to
inhabit, this vast interior region. Which of 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 to themselves. they will not ask lchere
line of separation hall he. but will VOW, rather
that there shalt be no such line Nor are the
marginal regions less interested in these commu-
nicatiOns to, and through them, to the great out
side world. They too and each Of them. must
have access to this Egypt of the West, without
paying toll at the crossing OF any national boun-
Diary.
Our national strife springs not from our per-
manent part; not from the land we inhabit; not
from our national homestead. There is no pos
sible seyerng of this but would multiply, and not
mitigate. evils among US In all its adaptations
and aptitudeS. 1t demands union, aud abhOrs sep
a.
union. however much of blood and treasure the
separation might have cost.
Our strife pertains TO Ourselves-to the passing
generations OF men, and il can. without convul
sion. he huShed forever with the passing Of
generation.
In this view. recommend the adoption of the
following resolution and articles amendatory to
the Constitution of the United States:
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS IN BEHALF or THE
NEGRO.
ReSolUed by TIE Ste and House oT Rspresenf nfqfires
oftte Uaited &tes 0f Dlsricd ia CDagress assembled
(two-thrds OF both houses concurring That follow
ing articles be proposed 10 th Legislatures (or cunv,n-
tons) of the sevcr States amendments the Cors
tuition Of the United States all any of which articles
when ratified by three-ouJths Of the said Legislatures
or convtnuon TO be va Hs part or parts Of the said
Constitution: viz
.'AEncLr- Every State wherein slavery now exists
which all abolish the Sme therein, any time.
times, bef the first day f Januay in the year Of
Lord one thousand and nine hundred sha receive
pensanon from. the United States follows, to wit:
The President Of the United Stats shall deliver to
every such State bods OF the United States bearing
teres at the rate Of cent per annum. to amount
been therein bS eighth census Of the United
States said bonds 10 be delivered 10 such state by install
mentS In one parcel al the completion Of the abolish
ment, accordingly the shall have been gradual
at time, within such State; and interest shall be-
gin to rul upon any such bond only from the proper
time Of ita delivery, aforesaid Any State having
ceived bonds aforesaid, and afterwards rentroducng
or toerang slavery therein shall refund TO the United
| all interest paid thereon.
'AErlcIE = al slaves who shall have enjoyed actual
freedom by The chances Of the war, any time before
the end OF the REBEL shall be forever ee but all
OF such, who shall not have been disoyal shall be
compen ated for them at the ties provided
for States adopting ahoshment Of slavery but in such
away that no slave shall be twice accounted for.
/ ARTICLE Congress may appropriate money, and
otherwise provd, for cclonizng free coored persons,
with their own consent, at any piece places without
the United States"
| THE NEGRO ISSUE ELUcIDATED ONCE MORE.
| beg indulgence TO discuss these proposed ar
ticles at some length. Without slavery the re-
bellion could never have existed: without slavery
| il could not continue
Among the friends of the Union there is great
diversity Of sentiment and of policy in regard to
slavery and the African race 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 Us; and there
are yet other minor diversites Becauseof these
diversities we waste much strength in struggles
among ourselves BY mutual concession we
should harmonize and act together. This would
be compromise. but il would be compromise
among the friends, and not with the enemies.
of the Unor. These articles are intended to
embody plan of such mutual concessions. II
the plan shall be adopted, it Is assumed that
emancipation will follow, at least in several OF
the States.
As to the first article the main points are,
first, the emancipation; secondly, the length OF
time for consummating t-thrty seven years;
and thirdly, the compensation.
MORE ABOUT COMPENSATED EMANCIPATION.
The emancipation bill will be unsatisfactory to
the advocate of perpetual slavery; but the length
of time should greatly mitigate their dssatisfac