Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-12-05

Which. of the three may be the best h no
proper QUESTION. All arc better than tIther,
xnd all Of right sbelong to that people and
Itheir SUCCESSORS f0Tevcr. True to themselves
they will not ask where line OF separation
shall BE-, but will vow rather, that there Shall
be no such line.
i A COMMON INTEREST.
Nor are the marginal regions less interest
ed in these communic;sti0nss =, ana through
them to the great outside world. They ask
and each one of them must have ACCESS 70
their Egypt of the West without paying toll
at the crossing of our national boundary.
SOURCES OF OUR NATISoSAL EXISTENCE.
Our national life springs not from our per.
manent past, not from the lands we lnhahlt,
not from our national homestead. Their is
no possible swerving of this hut would null
tiply and not instigate.evils, among us. In
ali its applications and attitudes it demands
union. and abhors separation. In fact II
! would ere long force reunion however much
of blood and treasure the separation might
have cost Our strife pertains to ourselves,
to the passing generations Of lnen, and ii
ca, not without convusion be hushed forev-
err, with the,passing of one generation,
I AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION.
With this view recommend the following
resolution and articles amendatory to, the
Constitution Of the United States. =
= Resolved, by the Senate and House Of Rep.
rescntativcs OF the United States Of America
in Congress assembled, two-thirds of both
houses concurring, That the following ,arti,
cles be proposed to the legislatures or con.
| of haS Stnf.,S ut.pf :
to the Constitution of the United States all
or any of which ARTICLES, when ratified by
three-tourths of the said legislatures, or con-
ventions, to be valid as part or parts OF the
said Constitution. namely:
- COMPENSATED EMANCIPATION.
Article.-Every State wherein Slavery now
exists, which shall abolish the same therein
at any time or times before the first of Jan
uary, in the year of our Lord 1900, shall re-
ceive com ,ensaton from the United States,
bearing interest at the rate Of, for each
slave shown to have been therein by the
eighth census of the United States said bonds
to be delivered to such States by installlnen Is
or in one parcel, at the, completion of the
adjustment, accordingly as the same shall
have been gradual or at any one time within
such State. aud interest shall begin to run
upon any such bond only from the proper
time Of its delivery as, aforesaid and after
wards.
Any State having received bonds as afore-
said, and afterwards introducing or toera-
| ting slavery therein, shall refund to the
| United States the bonds so received or the
value thereof. and all interest paid thereon.
OF SLAVES FREED BY THE WAR.
Article All slaves who shall have enjoy
ed actual freedom by the chances of war ut
any time before the end Of the rebellion shall
be forever free but all owners Of such who
shall not have been disloyal, shall be com
pensated for them at the same rates AS is
provided for states adopting abolishment of
slavery, but in such way thatno slave shall
be twice accounted for. ~ 'v' .t~
VOLUNTARY COLONIZATION IN THE UNITED STATES
ArtiCe.-Congress may appropriate mon
! ey or otherwise provide for colonzing freeco
| orcd persons with their own consent at anr
place OF places within the United States
EMANCIPATION WOULD ENHANCE WHITE LABOR.
| Enamel patton, even without deportation,
! would probably enchance the wagts of white
! labor, and, very surely. would not red e
them. Thus the customary amount Of labor
would still have to br perInrm-d Th freed
people would surely not do more than tn Il
old proportion OF it. andy ~ probably for a
| time. would do less leaving al increased part
to white MISUNDERSTANDING Their lab into
greater demand. sad, consequently, enhsn,-
ing the value Of it, With deportation, even
! to = limited @sxtsnt, enhancing wages to
White labor is msthenAtcslly certain. Lab
or is like any other commodity in tins raark-
ct Increase the demand FOR il and you in
crease the price OF it. -. ~ a.
Reduce the supply Of black labor by col
OnZng the black aborer out Of the country
and, by precisely SO much, you will increase
! the demand for wages tor White labor. :"
!" THE ARGUMENTS THEREFOR
beg indulgence to discuss these proposed
articles at some length. Without slavery the
| rebellion never could have existed; wlthout
slavery il could not continue. Among the
iriellds Of the CuioE there is great dl. ersitS
Of sentiment tlId policy iHaresard 10 slavery
| and the African race amongst U.s. 3otlie
would abolish II suddenly end WITHOUT coln
| pensaton and some would abolish it gradu
| ally and with compensation. Some would
remove the free people from us, some would
retain them with US, and there are yet other
minor div rsities. Because Of these divers
| ties We waste much strength in struggling
amongst ourselves. By mutual concession,
we should harmonic and act together This
would be compromise among the friends
and not with the enemies Of the Union. -
These articles are intended to enbody plan
| of such mutual concession. Ii the plan shall
! be adopted, it is assumed tina, emancipation
will follow, at least in several of the States.
HARAoSizING DIFFERENCES.
In the first article the main points are -
! First, The Emancipation. Second, The
length OF time for concentrating, i'll years
! and Third, The compensation. .... -...f..
The emancipation will be unsatisfactory to
the advocates OF perpetual slavery, but the
length of tinio should greatly mitigate their
dissatisfaction. The time saves bod, races
from the evils Of sudden cerangement, while
| most OF those whose habitual course of
thought will be disturbed by the measure,
will have passed away before its consumma-
ton. y They will never, see, it. Anotherclass
will hail the prospect Of emancipation but
will deprecate the ti.ne. They will feel that
it goes for little to the nor living slaves, but
it really gives them much. 1t saves them
\ fl ON the vagrant destituti0n which must