Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1862-12-06

nation hs people now NAV find, and may
fc,ever iud their way t. Europe by Ne@
York. 10 s julh Amer,ca and Africa bv
New Orleans, and to Asia by San Franescn.
But separate our mnu,n country into two
nations ~ designed by the present rebel.
hon, aud every msn Va this great interior
region is thereby cut off fron soms one
ur more Of these outlets, not perhaps by
ply cal barrier, but by embarrassing and
onerous trade regulations aud thus is true
wherever dividing or boundary line may
be fixed. PiAcs IL between the nnw free Il
slave country, or place il south uf kentucky
or nnrth Of Ohio. and st,ll the truth remains
thai none south Of 1t eau trala vt any port
north Of il, and none north oft can trade
At any port or place south Of IT, except
uron terms dictated by a government
foreiyn 10 them. These outlets, east,
west and south ate indispensable To the
we'll being Of the people iuhab irg
and to inhab,t this vast N rem
region. Winch OF the three may he
the test is no pruper question: all are better
than e,ther. anh all ot right belong 10 thai
people and To- theit Successors fr-ver. True
{, thpmSe YES they will MT ask whore a lie
Of separation shall be, but will now rather
that there hall no such limo. Nor are the
marginal regions less interested in these
COMMUNICATIONS and through them 10 the
great outside word. They do. and each
one uf them must have access to their
Rgyut Of lbe west, without paying toll At
the crossing nf any rati"na bouudary-
Our nali"iaI slrile springs not from our
ermaneni part, not from The lands we in
habit not from our national Homestead. =.
Th,re is no possible sweJYlng Of this but
would multiply and not mriIa,e evils
among us. In all ts'adaptailons and att.
tud.s, it demands Uui aud abhOrs sci ara-
ton. In fact, NV ud. ere hong, ttce re-
UNION, however much "f blood aud trensur'
the separation might have cost. Our strife
pertains 10 ourselves, to the passing gene
rntions &C men, and 1t cannot without ~
lson be hLshrd for ever, with the pass
ing cf one generation. Nuh tins view
=, cnumerd the following resolution and pr
tc'es amerdatory to the Co sulutiun Of the
Unu.d States.
Resolred. BY tie S. nate and Eousc Of Repre-
Crugnss Assembled. iuu-tluris Of both Huust 5
copcurrtIg <. HAT he fellow ing Articles he pro-
IuS,d 10 tie Legislatures nr Convrutrnps at the
several States as amendments lu the Constitution
al the United States, all ur any OF Which aiici'S
when ratified 10y threr- ourthS of The SAID LrgI--
laures ur onypn,lpnS, 10 be valid a part or
parts ur HE said Cnn~tutIon. namclN
Article Every State Wherein S avery now
exists. VII ca ~hal abolish the Zane ihereu. at
any unr" trnis ruie u & fireI day al J,ruary
~ lie year uI our lid lgt0 shall ICcrNe com.
Iruha,iuB ~ m llt Uul,d SiHi-s. n f. How :, TO-
VII: TIE President ct lh. Unred Sh's shal
drlHer to tvrIy - ch Slnie. l"ndS uftl r UTIted
STATES, h'aIrg interest ot tie laie d.. to'
ch slave 81 uvn Ia ! ave lt.p iltri-h lN iIi
eighth census ofihe United Sites, said hon {
u be drlIytttd 10 shch SlidpS lie iBsiallrnrHl-
or in parcel at the c"mI lriInn ut the NJ sh-
menI. nCcnrdinVl, rs Il @ same shall have n
gradual ur nj Uue iinr, wlihln such Stat; aHd
Ipiprrsl shall htgln Ia inn up'n any such bond
Only ir"u the proper time OF lis delivery NJ
aforesaid. AID afterwards Introducing ar t"lrrn-
tIrg slavery ilrrrIP. shall refund 10 the United
S aes tie hrud~ received, or The value thereof
and all Interest pad thereon.
Arliclp-Al slaves whh shall have al IL, :
ed Hc,ual freedom hv the chance ofiha WIZ
ut any time b, fore the end Of the REBELLION
shall be forever free, but all owners cf such
who shsll not have been disloyal, shall b..
conn enSsipd frr them at The same rates ~
is provided FOR Starrs ad"pirg "bnliskmerr
Of slavery, tut III such way that no siavr
shall he TWICE arc' united e,T.
Ar cle.- Congress may appropriate mon
ey or otherwise provide t"r cololzog fee
coIored persons With their own consent AT
any place or paces Withp thr U. 5.
beg indulgence tn discuss IN so pro-
posed sruc,cs st sCme length Wdh'uI
sIa, cry he Tt bellicn should never have ex-
ist,d. Without slavery it could not c"nilr ne
Among The f'ierds Of The Uuiru there Is
great diversity Of sec'iHent ard r"Icy u
rrgarl TO slavery, and the African r"c'
amongst ia. Some would Hh"nsh u snd'
deoIl AID Wirhnut COM er,shtion. Srm'
wru 4 remove the free people from Us, and
soue would retain II en- wuh us, ard thrr,
! are yet other minor dIv-rklues BecsuS.
If these dlrersitieS We waste much strength
III struggles amongst uTspI'rs By muua
c,,ncessl"n aIn"g z The friends ard not with
The enrrnles of the Uui2n. These articles
ARE intended To ornbody phn of such mu
iua c. ncessi'n. l. the Tisn shall be- adopt
el is Is y, sumo that 81 ancip" on will foI
TOW, NJ least, IN s'v-raI of the S.atps
Ia tho irSt srlce the main points are
first, tbe eu'ShcII alton; s. couI, lhe lengtl
ui tim" ter c. psu narHg-3 81 NeaIs: an
thlrd, the c'ml ensNt'on. The -ma, c,pari IN
win bo uusatlolactoy to the advocates of per
pelual slavery; but The lenght ofurne shout,
greatly mitigate Their dlssAii.fscuon. Th
time sa>e es b'Ih rsca, from tie evils of sud
den deraI gemenI, N f. c., from The u, Cess,
~ ut auy dera' g"nrni; while most q
InUse whose bsbiuAl curse nf though
VIII DO disturbed 10y the measure, will hav.
pa'sed away before It's cnnsummatinn-
theJ wlil never rec 1t. Another class will
hal the prospect Of emancipation. but vii
d'Prrc"le the length Of time They vii
ee that II gives too lutle to The now iyInl
slaves; but II really gives them much. l
saves lheIn from the vagrant drsliluuoI
winch mu,L largely attend immediate eman
clpaIiuh, III |, caIIles here their numh4r
are very great, aud II gives the inspiring
AsSursuco tL"t Their puorerity shall be fire.
lure'er.- Tne plnn leaves To each Sat
choosing 10 act under IT, t. abrllsh shaver
nnw or at the end uf the c. injury, or nj an
iutenned'Hte time, or 10y degrees eA4ndin,
over the "hole Or any part Of that period
aud II obiigrs no two states 70 pr 'ces,
aike. 1t aisu provides fJr clmp.nSatinn