The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1862-12-12


graph of that paper, now respectfully re-
call you, attention to what may be called
" Compensated Emanci pat. ,n,' "A nation
NAV be said to consist Of its territory, lis
people, and lis laws. st
The territory is the only part which IS
of certain durability.
One generation passeth away and ano.h-
er generation cometh, but the earth ahid~
eth forever. Ii is of the first imporIan ance
10 duty 20 consider and estimate this never
ending part. That portion Of the earth's
surface which is owned and Inhabited hy
the people Of the United States, is we'll
al apted TO be the home OF one national
family, and it is not we'll adapted for Two
or more. rs vast extent, and its variety
of climate aud productions, are Of advanl-
age in tie age, for one people. whatever
they might have been in folInef ages
Steam and telegrsphs, in intelligence, have
brought these to be an advantageous com
binaiion for one united people.
In tie Inaugural Address bri.tly point
ed on. the total insaequacy OF dlsunlon As
a remedy for the differences. between the
people Uf the two sections. did SO, in
nguams which | cannot imp,oye, aud
which, therefore. beg to repeat. : One
section of our country believes slavery is
right, and ought..to be extended, white ths
other believes it is wrong and ought not
to be extended" 81 lis il the only sub
stantial dispute. The fugitive s!ays clause
of The Constitution and the law for the
suppression Of the African slave trade sre
escIls.s well enforced perhaps as any law
can sever te in Community where the
moral sense of the people inPerfectly sup
ports the Law itself. The great body of
the people abide By the dsy legal obliga-
ton in Both cases, aud few break over in
each. This | think cannot ba perfectly
cured, aud it would be worse in both cases
after ,ha separation of the sections than
5efure. The foreign slave trade, now i'm
perfectly suppressed, would be ultimately
revived without restriction in ono section,
while fugitive slaves nov only partially
surrendered would not b9 surrendered at
all hy TIE Others. Physically, speaking,
we.cannot separate We cannot remove
our respective sections from .c-ch other,
nor build an impossible wal between
thep. A husband and wife may be diyor-
ced AMI go out of the presence and beyond
th, reach cf each other. Ut. tho di-l>reni
parts OF cut country cannot de this. They
cannot but remain face to face, end inter
course either amicable or hostile must con-
tiuue between them. Is it possible, then,
to make that intercourse moia ..dyaEtage-
GUS or more satisfactory after separation
tEaG before? Can aliens make treaties
easier than friends ca make l."s Can
treaties bo- o-mo.o faithfully e..orced be-
tween aliens thaa AIS can among friends 7
Suppose yon 60 70 var, yo2 cannot Egit
always; and ahsr, a',or nusa loss on
both si;..s, al 10 Cail ol either, you
cease lighting, lie Identical Old questions
as to terms Of ;utc-co,~se are again upon
you.
There is no line straiaht or crooked
suitabls for : Eationa! boundary upon
w..;ah to diyi1o. Trace through from
east 10 "--t uloA :1a ..a2 5a:"een the
frcs and z!a7e country, ana IS sail fnt
li...Is ,1o.e thai occ-t-ic3 = T. length
ara rivers sassy to % cl052od .ad popula.-
ed, G, soon TO be'pos ul@tci t-io...ly upon
both sides, while nearly n. is .s:aainlpg
Isnotb ara mer5ly sarveyor'a Eaes. over
which naonIa ~. vor, - Cd Frorth
without any consciousness : n nres-
erca No mart Of Ills E,a can ba made
any mora djficnl. % rass ~ ,,,;tiDa it
down on rsg2r q, ,,,rcb,.,a:,:s : 1ation-
a! boundary. TIE fact OF secarat:on, if it
co,aes, gives az on tie pa: Of tie sec>
tional obligatious upon tie secoairr sec
ton, the fugitive slave clause, l,c2g with
all .olher constitutional Obligations upon
| the section seeded from, Vile ! should
ekpect no treaty stimulation would ever
be made to take its place.
But there is another difficulty. Tho
great interior region bounded east 10y the
Alleghanies, north by the British Gomn
ions, west by the Eocky Mount.;ne, and
uth by the line along which tlo culture
Of corn and cotton meets, aaI which in,
cludes part of Virginia, var: Of Tennessee,
all of kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan,
Wisconsin, lli;rois, Missouri, Kansas,
Iowa, Minnesota and the territories Of Da.
kotah, Nebraska and part of Colorado,
has above ten millions Of people, and will
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