The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-12-12

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I by any political folly by mistake. II
I sUntans more than onc-third Of the
country owned by the United State, Ger.
taihly more than one million OF square
miles. II half as populuus as Missachu.
T sets already is, Il would have more thsn
scyenty.fve millions OF people. A glance
ut the map shows that ,crri,orialy
I speaking. it is the great body OF the Re
public. The other parts are hLt murgi-
nal borders tu il, the mapiinccnt region
sloping west from the Rocky Mountains
To- the Pacific being the deepest and ul.
80 the richest in undcvcluped rtsunfcrs.
In the production ct provisions, grains
. grasses, and all which proceed from
them, this great Interior region is notur-
ally one of the most important in the
world. As certain from tho statistics
the small proportion of the region which
has as yet been brought into cultiya-
tiou, aud also the largo and rapidly in
csCasing amount OF It's products, aud
we shall be overwhelmed with the mag
iitudo of the prospect presented and
yet this region has ITO spa-cus,, touches
10 ocean anywhere. As part ol ono ma
tiOp, its people now find, aud may forcy-
cr find their way TO Europe by Nuw.lerk
TO South America and Africa by New.
/ Orleans, aud 10 Asia by San Francisco.
Cut separate cur c, mmCn country into
two nations, as designed by the p.tsc,t
rebellion, aud tv,ry man OF this rrrut
interior region is thereby cut uir from
some one or more of these outlets, net
perhaps, by physical barrier, bit by cm-
barraSsiug aud UncrCus trade regulations.
] As this is true wherever the dividing ~
boundary lino may be fxei. plac, {
between the now free and 81 W country
or place il south ol Kentucky, ur north
of Ohio, aud still the truth remains that
none south of II can trade to any purt
or place south OF II except, upon terms
dictated by government, foreign to
them. These outlets, cast, west, and
south, are Indispensable to tho well BE-
iug Of the people iubahilaling and 10
inhabit this vast interior region. Which
OF the throc may he the best, is 40 pre-.
| per question. All are better than eth
er, and all OF right belong u that People
aud TO their successors forever. True
TO Themselves they wi not ask whcr. a
line Of separation shOll be, but will y,w
rather that there shall be no such line.
NUr are the marginal r,gions less inter
estcd in these communicate. to AZ d
Through them 10 the great outside World.
They, too, aud each Of them. inIst have
acccss to this Egypt Of the West, with.
out paying toll ut the crossing of any
nstonal tundury. Our national strife
springs not ircm our pcfmanent mart.
not from the laad we inhabit, not from
cur national homcstlGd, There is 10
poss'hl lc scvcring oi this, but would mul.
iliply, aud not mitigate, evils umorr tis.
In al its adaptations and uptitudss, il
demands uuiuh, and ubhors scpurntiDn.
In fact, 1t would ere long force reunion
however much of blood and treasure tho
separation might have cost. onr .,eiis
pertains to ourselves, to the passing gcn-
eratiuns Of men, aud it cannot, with ut
convulslon, be hushcd forever with the
passing of one generation.
| In this view, ! recommend thc adop-
ton ol the following resolution and arti-
cles nmcndatoiy Of the Constitution of
the u United States:
Resolved. BY the Senate and House of
Representatives. Of the United States of
America, in Congress assembled two
thirds Of both II ue concurrinp TINT The
following Articles be proposed TO the
Legislatures or Conventions of The sey-
eral Sites, ts Amendments t. the Cor
stitutton Of the United States, all or aly
of which Articlcs, when ratified Ly three
luurhs of the said Legislator OF Con-
ycntiors, to be valid as a part or paris Il
the said Constitution, viz
| ARTICLE Every State wherein SIa-
very now exists which shall abolish the
same therein ut any time or times before
the first duy Of January, in the year OF
our Lord ono thousand nine hundred,
shall receive compensation from thc
United States, us follows to witt
The President of the Unit d Statcs
shall deliver TO every such State bonds
of the United States bearing interest AT
the rate 0l--!or each slave shown 10
hive been therein 10y the Ei.t'i Censi.s
OF the United States said bonds to be
delivered TO sudh State by installmcnts
or In one parcel, at the completion of
the adjustment, accordingly as tn: same
shull have been gradual or at one time
within such State aud interest shall
lpNE w Ahi bpbH tOIu UtIIN
from the proper time of It's delivery MS
aforesaid and ailerward. Any State hay-
| ing received bonds as aforesaid and af.
tcrwurd introducing or toleratlns Shy-
cry therein, shall +, fund to the Unit 4
States the bonds 80 received or the val.
ue thereof and all interest paid thereon.
hRTIoLE-All slaves who sh II have
enjoyed actual freedom, by the chances
OF the war, ut any time before the end of
the Rebellion, shall be forever free Lut
all owners Of sncl who shall have been
dsloyal, shull be compensated for IN IN
at the some rates as is provided for
States adopting abolishmcnt of Slavery
but in such WY that no slave shall
be twice accounted her. a 4
ARTIcLE-Congress may appropriate
money aud otherwise provide for colon
izing tree colored persons with their own
consent, at any place places without the.
United States.
! beg indulgence to discuss these pro-
posed articles at some length.
Without Slavery, the rebellion could I
never have existed without Slavery, IL |
could not continue. Among the friends /
OF the Union there is great diversity Of |
sentiment and OF policy in regard to
Slavery and the African race among us.
Some would abolish it suddenly, and
with great compensation some would
abolish it gradually and with compensa-
ton some would remove the freed peo-
pie from us, and some would retain them
with us and there are yet other minor
diversities. Because of thes7 divers;ties
we waste much strength in struggles
among ourselves by mutual concession |
we would harmCnize and act together, |
This would be compromise among the !
friends and not with the enemies OF the