Maryland free press., 1862-12-05

anficipations of its most sanguine friends, and
become the fruitful source Of advantage to all
our people.
The favorite hoppy of his ExceIlency
compensated emancipation" is next taken
up and discussed. We give this part of the
document in full.
On the 22d of September last proclama-
ton was issued by the Executive, copy OF
which is herewith submitted.
In accordance with the purpose expressed
in the second paragraph of that paper, now
respectfully call your attention to what may
be called compensated emancipation"
A nation may be said to consist of its terri
tory, its people, and its laws. The territory
is the only part which is certain Of durability.
"One generation passeth away, and another
cometh, but the earth abideth forever" 1t is
of the first importance to duly consider and
estimate this ever-enduring part. That por-
ton of the earth's surface which is owned and
inhabited by the people of the United States,
is well adapted to be the home of one nation
al family, and it is not well adapted for two
or more, Its vast extent, and its variety OF
climate and productions, are of advantage, III
this age, for one people, whatever they may
have been in former ages Steam, telegraphs
and intelligence, have brought these to be an
advantageous combination for one united peo-
pie.
In the inaugural address briefly pointed
out. the total inadequacy of disunion as reme-
dy for the differences between the people oi
the two sections. l did so in language which
1 cannot improve, and which, therefore, beg
TO repeat
"Onc section of our country believes slavery
is right, and ought to be extended, while the
other believes it is wrong, and ought not to be
extended. This is the only substantial dis
pute. The fugitive slave clause of the Con-
stitution, and the law for the suppression Of
the foreign slave trade, are each as well en-
forced, perhaps, as any law can ever be in a
community where the moral sense of the peo-
Pile imperfectly support the law itself. The
great body of the people abide by the dry legal
obligation in both cases, and few break over
cured and it would be worse in both cases
after the separation of the sections, than be-
fore. The foreign slave trade, now imperfect
ly suppressed, would be ultimately revived
without restriction in one section while fugi-
tive slaves, now only partially surrendered,
would not be surrendered at all by the other.
Physically speaking, we cannot separate
We cannot remove our respective sections
from each other, nor build an impossible wall
between them. A husband and wife may be
divorced, and go out of the presence, and be-
yond the reach of each other: but the differ
ent parts of our country cannot do this. They
course, either amicable or hostile, must con.
tinue between them. Is it possible, then, to
make that intercourse moro advantageous OF
more satisfactory after separation than beforef
Can aliens mako treatico ocsior tho,a friends
can make laws /? Can treaties be more faith
fully enforced between aliens than laws can
among friends Suppose you 60 to war, you
cannot fight always and 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.
There is no line, straight or crooked, suita-
BILE for national boundary, upon which to di-
vide. 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 be crossed, and
populated, or soon to be populated, thickly
upon both sides; while nearly all its remain
ing length are merely surveyors lines, over
which people may walk back and forth without
any consciousness of their presence. No part
of this line can be made more difficult to pass,
by writing it down on paper or parchment, as
a national boundary. The fact of separation,
if it comes, gives up, on the part of the sue
ceeding section, the fugitive slave clause,
along with oil other constitutional obligations
upon the section seccded from, while should
expect no treaty stipulation would ever be
made to take its place. r
But there is another difficulty. The great
interior region, bounded east by tho Alleghe;
nies, north by the British dominions. west by
the Rocky Mount aims, 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, In
diana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Missou'
! ri, Kansas, Iowa, Minnesota, and the Terrific
rics of Dakota, Nebraska, and part of colora
do, already has above ten miiii5ns of people
and will have fifty millions within fifty years
ii not prevented by any political folly or mis-
take. It contains moro than one-third Of the
country owned by the United States->certain
j ly more than one miIlien Of square miles,
] Once half as populoIs as Mass alread,
is, it would have more than seventy We mil
lions of people. A glance at the map shows
/ that, territorially speaking, 1t Is the gfea
body Of the Republic. A glance ut the maj
| shows that, territorially speaking, It 10 thu
great body Of the Republic The other part.
are but marginal border to It. the magnifcen
i region sloping west from the Rocky Noun
tains to the Pacific being tho deepest aud alss
the richest in undeveloped resources. In tht
production Of provisions, grains. grasses apt
all which proceed from them. this great intcri
OF region il naturally one Of the most 'tmpor
tant in the world. Ascertain from the stats
f;cd fhe small nroporfion of the reoiou yvh;c1