Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1862-12-11
NUMBER 50.

WHICH 10 OWneQ, HUu iUudDtteu Oy t0o peOpio
of the United States, is well adapted to be
the home Of one national family; and it is
not well adapted for two or more. Its vast
extent, and its variety Of climate and pro-
ductions, are of advantage, in this age, for
one people, whatever they might lgaye been
in former ages. Steam, telegranhs and in
telligence, have brought these, to be an ad-
| fautagous combination, for one united peo=
pie.
In the Managerial address briefly pointed
out the total inadequacy of disunion. as
remedy for the differences between the peo-
| pie of the two sections. did so in lam
| guage which cannot improve; and which,
therefore, beg to repeat.
zone section of our country believes sla-
very is right, and ought to be extended,
| while the other believes it is aorong, and
ought not to be extended. This is the only
substantial dispute. The fugitise slave
clause of the Constitution, and the law. for
the suppression of the foreign slave trade,
/ are each as well enforced, perhaps, as any
law can ever be in community where q
moral sense Of the people imperfectly sup
! ports the law itself. The great body of the
people abide by the dry legal obligation in
both cases, and few break over in each, -
This, think, cannot be perfectly cured and
it would be worse in both cases after tho
separation of the sections, than before. The
foreign slave trade, now imperfecty suppress
ed, would be ultimately revived without re-
striction IN one sections while fugitive slaves,
now only partially surrendered, would not
be surrendered at all by the other.
Physically speaking, we cannot seperate,
we cannos remove our respective section
from each other, nor build an impossible
wall between them. A husband and wife
may be divorced, and go cut of the presence
and b,yond the reach of each other; bit the
different parts of our country can net do
this. They cannot but remain face to face
aud intercourse, amicable or hostile, must
| continue between them.
Is it possible, then, to make that inter-
course more advantageous, or more satisfac-
tory, after separation than 6efores Can a.
liens mako treaties easier than friend. can
make laws? Can treaties be more faithfully
enforced between aliens, than laws among
friends? Suppose you go to war. you can
not fight always; aud when, after much 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" a-l. t.
There is no line straight OF crooked, suit.
able for national botrndary, upon which
to divide. Trace through from East to
West, upon the line between the free and
slave country. and we shall find little moro
than one third Of its length ara rivers, easy
to be crossed. and populated, or soon to be
populated, thickly on both sides; while near
ly all its remaining length, are merely sur
veyo-s' lines over which people may walk
back and forth without any Consciousness Of
their presence. No part of this line can be
made any more difficult to pass, by writing
it down cn paper or parchment, asa nations
al boundary. The fact of separation If it
comes, gives up, on the part Of tine seeding
section, TIE fugitive slave clat:se, along with
all other constitutional obligations upon the
gecton seeded from, while should expect
no treaty stipulation would ever be made to
take its place.
But there is another difficulty. The great
interior region, bounded east by the Allie
shanies, north by the British domipions.
west by the Rocky mountains, and south by
the line along which the culture of corn and
cotton meets, and which includes Part OF
Virginia. part of Tennessee, all of Kentucky.
Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iii
nois, Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Minnesota,
and the territories of Dakota, Nebraska, and
part OF Colorado, already has above tor
millions of people, and will have fifty mil
lions within fifty years, if not prevented BY
any political folly or mistake. It contains
more thar, ope-third of the cot.ntry owned
by the United States--certainly more than
one million Of square miles. Once half as
populous as Massachusetts, already is, it
would have more than severty-fve millions
of people. A glance at the map shows that
territorially speaking, it is the great body OF
the Republic. The other parts are but
margina! borders to it, the magnificent re-
gion sloping west from the rocky mountains
to the Pacific. being the deepest also the
richest, ip nndeyeloped resources. In the pros
dnction Of provisions. grains, grasses, and
all which proceed from them, this great in
terror region is naturally one of tho most
impertant in the world.
! Ascertain from the statistics the small pro-
portion of the region which has. as We. been
brought into cultivation, and also the largo
I and rapidly increasing amount of its pro-
ducts, and we shall be overwhelmed with the
magnitude Of the prospect presented. Aud
/ yet this region has no sca-coast. touches n,
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 Msw Orleans. and to
Asia by San FRANCISCO: But separate our
common country into two nations, as design
ed by the present rebellion, and etery nsar
of this great interior region is thereby cui III
off from some one or more Of tho outlets,
not, perhaps, by physical barrier. but )
embarrassing and onerous trade regulate
IND this is true, ,,vherever a'dividinr ora g
dary line may be fixed. Place /. bel 9
now free and slave country,or place u
Kentucky, or north OF Ohio and stils
remains, that none south of it,can
port or place north OF il, and rs
can trade TO any port OF pJs ~
.cept upon terms dictated
eign TO them. These
south; are indispens
! The people nhabis. S
interior regtgf II *
! the best. il :.
ter thaps
er, that there ss>s-<sl5
the marginal regions lass nhrereo,
communications to, and through TIE.