The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1862-12-03


free and slave country, and we shall find little
more than onehrl of its longth are rivers
casy TO bc crossed, aud populated, or soon to
he populated, thickly upon both sides while
in nearly all its remaining length, are merely
surveyor . lines, over which people may walk
back and forth without any consciousness "i
their presence. no part of this line can be
made any more difficult to pass by writing IT /,
down on paper or parchment as a national
boundary.
The iact of separation, If it Gomez. gives up
on the part Of the seeding section the fugitive
slave clause, along with all other constitutional
obligations upon the section seeded from
while shonld expect no treaty stipulation
would ever be made to take its place.
But there IL another dficulty The great interior
region bounded east by the A-gharies. north by the
Brit,h domnions, west by the Rocky Moustains, and
south by the line along which the cultivation ct corn
and meets aud which includes part OF Virgin
In. part Of tennessee. all Of Kentucky, OHIO, Nlchi-
gan WISCONSIN, Illinois, Missouri. Kansas, Iowa. Min
nesota and errit cries of Dacotah, Nebraska. ana
part of Colorado, has above ten million Of people,
and will have fifty millions within fifty wears. not
prevented BY any poli' ical fsH mistake 1t con-
tans more than one-third Of the country owned by
the revoted ,-certsinly more than one mill
ion Of surface miles Onehalf a. poruions as Nass
ions Of people. glance at the map shows that, ter
rtorally speaking. it T. the great body Of the Rerub
lie. The other parts arc but marginal BORDERS 10 H'
The magnificent region sloping west from the Rocky
Noun tans TO The Pacific being the deepest and al
the richest in undereloped resources in the rr"duc-
ton OF provisions, grains grasses and all which pro-
coed. from them Thi great interior region Is natur
ally OF the most important in the world. Asc-r
tain from the statistics the small proportion Of the
rego which has yet been brought into cultivation,
and also the large and ra"idiy increasing amount OF
It's products. and sh be overwhelmed with the
magnitude OF the prospect preserved; ana yet TINS
region has no sea coast-touches n" ocean anywhere:
As part Of one nation. its people now may ind ana
may forever and their way to Europe by New York;
to south America ana Africa by New orleans; ana 70
A IN by san Francisco. But separate our common
country with nations, designed BY the present rebel
hon, ana everv man IN TINS great interior region Is
thereby eat n" from some one or more 81 these out
et-.-not perhaps BY physical barrier, nut oy EN-.
bnrrassing and onerons trade regulations and this
| true WHEREVER dividing or boundary line msy be
xea--piace between the now free and slave conn
try. or place south OF Kentucky, Or north Of Ohio
ard still the truth remains that none south Of cal
trade TO any port or place nertn OF II; ana none
north OF can trade to any port or plaza 'outh OF
except upon terms dictated to government foreign
to tnem
These outlets East. West. ana south. are indisCen.
sibe 10 the well being ofthe people nhabng and tn
nhalt this vast Interior region. Which OF the three
may DE the best Il no proper que'ti'n All are bet
ter than either, and all Of right belong to that people
and to their successors forever True to thcme
they will not ask where line of sepa alton shall be,
bst will vow rather that there hall be no such line
Nor are the marginal regions less int in these
comm unicat"ns to and through them to the great
outside world. The do, and each one of them must
nave access I" inc hsypt OF ne est without paying
Our national strife spring. from our permanen
Part--hot from the iand' We nhahit- not from our
na'"ha' h''n,>' mere no P"Ssne swrrv'ngs OF
this but would multiply. and not mitigate. the evils
alnorguR In oil its atons and attributes IL
demand union. ana aohors separation. In TACT II
wou'u ere lohg Iotee reunion however much OF bool
pertains to Ourselves, to the passing generations Of
men, and it cannot, without CONFUSION, be hu>hcd
forever WIN me passing - one generation
| WIN TINS view recommend the following rcsolu
uon anu arNcies anlehaa'ory 70 the constitution d
| the U. 5:
Resolved by the Senate and House Of Representa-
t'es ~ the Uni'ed states OF America in Congress
semheI, two thirds OF both houses concurrins. Thai
tue following articles be proposed to the legislature.
or CO INVENTIONS OF the several states as amendment
TO the constitution OF tn" U. s. All. any of which
tc'es, when ratified by three ourthS az the sai.
eg laure conventions lie valid as part or mart
| OF the said constitutions namely :
| "ARrICLE Every sta'e wherein slavery now OK
lists which shall abolish the same therein at any tim
times before the first day OF January in the wear
Our Lord 1907 shall receive conformation from the
| 5. in bonds bearing interest at the rate Of fo
each slave shown 10 have been therein by the eiyb
cen OF the u. S. said bonds to be delivered (,
such states nv install ents or in ono marcel at In
completion Of the aholi> hpent accordingly "a tb,
same shall have hcen gradual or at one time withir
sicl .tae and interest shall begin to run upon an,
such bonds only trem the sro err time of its deliver,
aforesaid and afterwards. Any state having received
bonds aforesaid and nfterward. introducing or toll
Grating slavery therein shall refund 10 the s. tho
bonds so received or the value thereof and all inter
| ct paid thereon
| "AnricLR- All slave. who shall have epioycd nc.
tual r.edon nv the cl OF war; Mt any time be-
fore he end of the rebellion shall he forever free
hut al owners Of sue who hall not have been dis
loyal shall be comrens atcd for them At the same
ms provided for states ndoptpg Establishment of sa.
yery but in such n way that no slave, shall he twic.
accounted for.
| "ART,cLE- Cameras, ,,ov .n,ro,r;.to ,no,.v or
otherwise ovide for coOhizg free colored par
with their consent, place or places wi hin
| the u s." -. "
beg Indulgence TO discuss these prorosed articles
at some length Without .,oxerv tie r.be hon won,d
| never have ex.tc5 Wi,bout slavery n con,d not
continue Amazing tho fre,d. rs tb. I,,;o, ,hera I. a
great diversity of SEM mont and nocy in re,ard "a
slavery and the Arr..n rac. AMONGST ~. some w,,i
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