The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1862-12-10

NulNNN SthuSttCd VI tue ulUcrcnt states.
! Also, that il viii soon he prepared to dis
tribute largely seeds, cereals, plants, and
cuttings, and has already published and lib.
orally difiused much valuable information
in anticipation Of more elaborate report
which will in due time be furnished, en-
bracing some valuable tests in chemical
science now in progress in the laboratory.
The creation ot this Department was for the
more immcd ate benefit of large class of
our most valuable citizens, and | trust that
the liberal basis upon which il has been or
ganized will not only meet your appruha.
ton, but that it will realize at no distant
day all the iondest anticipations of it's most
sanguine friends, and becoms the fruitful
source of advantage to all our people,
On the 92d day of September last. pro.
clamation was issued by the Executive, n
copy of which is herewith submitted. In
accordance with the purpose expressed in
the second paragraph Of that paper, now
respectfully recall your attention to what
may be called Compensated Emancipation. "
A nation may he said TO consist of its terri
tory, its people, and its laws, The terri
tory is the only part which IL of certain
durability. One generation passeth away
and another generation cometh, but the
| earth abidcth forever 1t is of the first i'm.
| pun W NuiN NbHhNtI anu tSlllltlt llllh
ever.cnduring part. That portion of the
earth's surface which is owned and inhabit-
ed by the people ot the United States is
well adapted to be the homo of one national
family, and it is not well adapted for two or
more, Its vast cXtont and its variety of eli
mate and production are of advantage in
this age for one people, whatever they
| might have been i'll former ages. Steam
aud tclcgraphs, in intelligence, have brought
| these to be an advantageous combination
for one united people.
In my Inaugural Address, briefly point
ed out the total iuadequacy of disuuion as
remedy for the differences botwccn the peo-
pie of the two sections. | did so in lam
guago which cannot improve, and which,
therefore, beg to repeat:
One section Of our country believes
slavery is right and ought to DO extended
while the other believes it is wrong and
ought not to be extended This is the
only substantial dispute. The Fugitive
Slave clause of the Constitution and the
law Tor the suppression OF the African
sIavc-trade are each rs well enful oed. per-
haps, rs any law cEn ever be In Il communi-
ty where the moral sense of the people inn
perfectly supports the law itself. The
great body of the people abide by the dry
legal obligation in both cases, and II few
break over in each This, | think, cannot
he perfectly cured, and it would bo worse
in both cases after the separation of the
sections than before. The foreign slave
trade, now imperIcctly suppressed. would
be ultimately revived without restriction in
one section, while fugitive slaves now only
partially surrendered, would not he surrond-
cred at all 10y the other. Physically speak
ing, we cannot separate we cannot remove
our respective sections from each other,
nor build an impassable wall between them.
A husband and wife may be divorced, and
go out of the presence and beyond the reach
OF each other, but the different parts of our
country cannot do this, They cannot but
remain face To face, and intercourse, either
amiCable or hostile, must continue between
; them Is il possible, then, to make that in
tercOurso more advantageous or more salts
factory after separation than before? q? Can
aliens make treaties easier than friends can
make laws? Can treaties be more faithfully
enforced between aliens than laws are
among hiendsY Suppose you go to war,
you cannot fight always; and when, after
mnch 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"
There is no line, straight or crooked, suit
able Tor a 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 more than
one-third of its length are rivers easy to bo
crossed, and populated. or soon to be pop
ulated, thickly upon hoth sides, while
nearly all its remaining length are merely
surveyors lines, over which people may
walk back and forth without any conscious
ness of their presence. No part of this
line can be made any more difficult to pass
by writing il down on paper or parchment
as national boundary The fact of sepa-
ration, If 1t comes, gives mp ON the part of
the sectional obligations upon the seeding
section the Fugitive Slave CLAUSE, along
with all other constitutional obligations
upon the section seeded from, while
should expect no treaty stipulation would
ever be made to take it's place,
But there is anather difficulty. The
great interior region bounded east by the
Allcghanies, north by the British domin
ions, west by the Rocky mountains, aud
south by the line along which the culture
of corn and cotton meets, and which in-
cludes part of Virginia, part of Tennessee,
all Of Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan,
Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Iowa,
Minnesota, and the Territories of Dacotah,
Nebraska and part of Colorado, has about
ten millions of people and will have fifty
millions within fifty years, if not prevented
by any political folly or mistake. 1t con-
tains more than one-third Of the country
owned by the United States-certauly more
! than one million of square miles. If half
) as populous as Massachusetts already is,
} it would have more than seventy-fve mil
| lions of npoDlp glance at the man
shows that, territorially speaking, il is the
great hody of the Republic. The other
parts are but marginal borders to 1.-THE
} magnificent region sopinG west from the
Rocky mountains to the Pacific being the
deepest aud also the richest in undeveloped
resources. In the production of provis
ions, grains, grasses, and all which pro-
ceed from them, this great interior region
is naturally one OF the most Important in
the world. Ascertain from the statistics
the small proportion of the region which
has as yet been brought into cultivation,
and also the large and rapidly increasing
amount OF its products, and we shall be
overwhelmed with the magnitude of the
prospect presented and yet this region
has no seacoast-touches 10 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 nations, as designed by
l the present rebellion and every man of this
great interior region is thereby cut of
from some Que or more of these outlets,
not, perhaps, by physical barrier, but by
: embarrassing and Onerous trade regula-
tions. And this is true, wherever the bound