The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1862-12-05

a proclamation was Issued by tho
Executive, copy Of which is here
with eubmitied. In sccordarc ce|
with the purpose expressed in the
st coDd paragraph of that paper, J
row respectfully recall your atten
ton TO what may be called "com'
pcnsated emancipation" A nation
may be said to consist cf iis terrific.
! ~, It's people, its laws. The terri
'ory is the only part OF which is OF
certain durability. "One gcnerar
t on passe,h away and another gen.
Grafton cometh. but the earth abid-
eth forever" IL is Of the fret i'm
portance to duly coDsid,r aud csti,
mate tbis never ending part. That
portion of the esrth's surface which
: owned end inhabited by the roo
10 OF the United States, Is vel.
adapted to the home OF one nationl
al family, and is not well adapted
tor Two or more. Its vast extent
and it's variety Of climate and pro-
ductions, are of advantage in the
'ge OF one people, whatever they
might have been in former ages =
Steam, telegraphs and intelligence
have brought these to be an advan
tageous combination for one united
people.
In the Inaugural Address ! brief
ly pointed ont the total inadt 1uacy
uf diaunion as remedy Tor differ
cnces between TIC people OF the twc
ccii ns. did so in langusg,
which therefore, beg TO repeat.
One ction Of our country be
lIieves slavery is riehttnd ought no
to be ,xten1td, while tie other be
leyce il g wrcng and ought not t,
e cxtt ndcd. This is the only sub
slantisI dispute.
! The fugitive slave clause Of tb,
Constitution end The law for th,
Suppression of the African eIav,
trade, are each ss wtIl enforced
Iperhsps, as any law can ever be in
la community where the mora
sense of the people imperiectly sup
ports the law itself. The great DO
dy OF tie people abide by the lega
obligations in both cases. and q lev
break over efch. This, Think, can
mot be perfectly cured, and it woulc
be worse in both instances after sep
aration OF The sccions than before,
Tho foreign slave trade, now i'm
perfectly suppressed, would be ul.
tima,ely rcvivtd without restriction
lin one section, while fugitives, nov
only partially surrendered, woulC
not be surrendered at oil by The 9th
Ier. Physically speaking, we can
not separate. We cannot r,mov,
our respective sections from eacl
other nor build an impossible wal
between them A husband al
wife may he divorcsd and go ont o
tie presence and beyond the rcael
Of each Other, hut The different part
cf our country cannot do this.
4 They cannot but remain face [,
face, and intercourse, either amica
BILE or hostile. must continue be
tween thtm. Is il possible then t,
make that intercourse more advan
,tagcous or more satisfactory alte
8, paration than before? Can alien
make II; aties easier thfn friend
can make laws? Can treaties b
more faithfully enforced betwcel
aliens than laws can among friends
Suppose you 20 to war, you csnno
light always, and when after mucI
less on both sidea. and ne gain OF
either. you cease fighting, the idcn
'ical old questions as to terms OF in
lercourse are again upon you.
! There is no line, Straight or crook
cd, suitable tor a national bounda
Try, upon which TO divide. Trac
through from Est to West, upol
The line between the free and slav
country, and we shall find littl
mtre than one third OF its lengtI
are rivers easy TO be crossed, an,
populated, or soon to be populated
thickly npon both sides, while il
nearly all it's r naming length ar
mere ly surveyors lines, over whic'
people may walk back and fort
without any CONSCIOUSNESS OF thei
presence. No part OF this line cal
be made any more difficult to pass
by writing it down on paper o
parchment as national boundary.
The fact of separation. il it comes
gives upon the part Of the succeed
ing St ction the fugitive slave clause
along with all other constitutions
obligations upon the section secede
from, while ehould expect no trea
~ stipulation would ever be mad
to take lie place.
\ But there is another difficulty. =
The great interior region hounde
East by the Alleghanies. North b
The British Gominions. West ny tn
Rocky mountains, and South by tn
line along which the cultivation {
cora and cotton meets. and whic
includes part of Virginia, part ,
Tunnesse, a!l OF kentucky, OliC
Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois. Mi,
sonrl, Kansas, Iowa and Mnneeot,
and the TERRITORIES OF Dacotat
/ Nebraska, and part OF Colorado