Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1862-12-05

Sides and no gam on either, you cease hight
ing, the identical old questions as to termsiof
intercourse are again upon you"
SEPARATION IMPOSSIBLE.
There Is no line, straight or crooked, suit
able for national boundary upon which to
divide.
Trace through from East to West
| upon ,he line between the free ami slave
country and We shall find that little more
/ that one third of its length are rivers easy to
! be crossed and populated, or soon to be pop
/ uated, thickly upon both sides, while nearly
all its remaining length are merely survey
oEs' 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 on paper
or parchment as national boundary. The
fact of separation, il it CONES. gives up on
the part OF the seeding sac
tion Of the fugitive slave clause,
along with all other nstitu-
tional Obligations upon the section seeded
from. wnile | should expect no treaty stipula-
ton would ever be made to take its place
But there is another difficulty the great
interior region, bounded east by the Ale
ghanies, north by the British dcminiOns,
west 10y 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, lii
nois, Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Minnesota and
the Territories Of Dacotah Nebraska and
part of Colorado, has above ten millions Of
people and will have fifty millions within
fifty years, il not prevented by any political
folly or mistake. 1t contains more than one
third of the country owned by the United
Substantially more than one million of
square miles one half as populous as Mas
sachusetts already il, it would have more
than seventy five millions Of peoplI.
A glance at the map shows that, terrific
rally speaking, it is the great BODY Of the
Republic. The ether parts are but margin
al borders to it.
| The magnificent region slipping west from
the Rocky Mountains &c the Pacific, being
the deepest and the richest in undevelopei
resources in the production of provisions,
grains, grasses, and all which proceed from
| them.
Thi> great Interior region is naturally one
| OF the most important in the world. AsceT-
tain from the statistics the small proportion
! Of the region which has as yet been brought
mo cultivation, and alsJ the large and rap
idly increasing amount OF It's products, and
we shall be overwhelmed with the magnitude
Of the prospect presented, and Yet this re-
gion has no sea coast, - touches no OCEAN
anywhere.
As part Of one nation, It's people now fad
| and may forever find their way 10 Europe By
New York. to South America and Africa By
New Orleans, and 20 Asia By San Francisco.
But separate our common country into two
nations, as designed By the present rebellion,
and every man OF this great interior region
is thereby Gu. OF from some one OF more Of
these outlets, not perhaps by physical bar
rior, but by embarrassing and oner0us trada
regulations and this Is true wherever ii-
vidiug OF boundary line may be fixed. Place
It between the now free and slave clUntry,1r
place it south Of Kentucky, ar north Of Ohio,
and still the truth remains that none south
Of it can trade 70 any part OF place north Of
it, AMI none north # It can trade to any
place south Of it, except On terms dictated
BY government foreign to them. T-ese
outlets, east, west anu south, are indispen-
sable to the well being of the people inlab-
iting and u inhabIt this vast interior region. |
W hIch OF ,le three may De best is no proper |
question all axe better than either, and all |
Of right belong 70 that people and to .heir |
suce ssors forever. True . themselves. they |.
Will ul- ask where line Of separation shall |
be. bat viii vow rather tlat there shall De
10 such line.
Nor are the marginal regions
less interested in these cJmmunicati ms u
ami through them 70 the great outside world.
They too and each Of them must have &C
cess to this Egypt Of the West without pay
ing toll at the crossing If any national b0un-
dairy. Our national strife springs not from
our permanent part, not from the land We
inhabit, not from our national homestead Il
There is no possible saverins Of this but
would multiply and not mitigate evils among
Us. 10 all It's adaptations AMI artituies It
demands Union and abhors separation in
fact it would ere long force reunion, however
much Of blood and treasure the separation
might have cost. Our strife pertains to lur-
selves to the passing generations Of men ami
it cannot without CONFUSION BE- hu.hei
forever with the Passing of one generation.
AMENDMENT OF TIE CONSTITUTION.
In this view recommend the adoption Of
the following resolution and articles amenda-
tory to the Constitution Of the United States:
''RcS0lued, By the Senate and House Of Rep
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-
yentions Of the several States, as amendments
to the Constitution Of the United States. all
or any Of which articles, when ratified by
three-fourths of SAID Legi>l tture- or Conven-
tiOus, to be valid a part or parts Of the -aid
Constitution, VIZ
Article -. Every state wherein slavery
now exists, which >nal abolish the sane
therein at any time teurr the first day Of
January 10 the year u our Lord, one thou
sand nine hundred, shall receive c0mpensa-
ton from the United States ~ follows, u wit
The President Of the United States shall de-
liver to every such State bonds II the United
States, bearing interest, at the rate IF -
for each slave shown tu have been therein
by the eighth census Of the United States,
said bonds 10 be delivered 10 such State BY
nstallments Or IN one parcel at the compile
non OF the adjustment. accordingly as the
anne shall have been gradual or at one time
within such State, and interest shall begin
% run upon any such bond only from the
proper time of Its delivery as Aforesaid and
t'erwhri. Any State having received bonds
Is Aforesaid and a.teEwart introducing OF to- ,
rating slavery therein shall refund - the |
nlted States the bonds 81 received OF the
aiue thereof and all interest paid thereon. [
''ArTotc -. All slaves who shall have en-. :
Dyed actual freedom bV the chances OF the
var az any time before the end Of the rebel
ION, shall be forever free. but ali owners Of )
lch who shall not have been dsloyal shall L
e compensated Tor them at the same rates I
: IS provided for States adopting abolish .
.ent Of slavery, but in such way that no .
ave shall be twice accounted iot.
"Artiole -. Congress may appropriate D
loney and otherwise provide tor cJionizing d
zee cJlored rereUus with their own consent. o.
any place OF places without the United fo
tates
beg nee 70 discuss the-e rroposed
rticles length. without slavery f
he rebe. Juld never have existed. With. u
1t slavery 1t could not continue. Among i
lie friends oi the Union there is great al. n