The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1862-12-11

each, This think cannot be perfectly
cured and il would be worse in both
cases srter the separations Of the sections
than before The foreign slave trade,
now imperlactlv suppressed, would be
ultimately revived without restriction in
one section; while fugitive slaves, now
only partially surrendered, would not be
Surrendered at all by the other.
physically speaking. we cannot sepN.
rate, WeoOnnot remove our respective
sections from each other, nor build an
impossible wall between. A husbSnd
and vile may be divorced, and 90 out OF
the presence and beyond the reach Of
onch other; but the different parts OF our
country cannot do this. They cannot
hut remain face to fNce. and intercourse,
either amicablo or hostile, must cOntin.
ue between them. ISiIpossible then, to
mNkeEthat intercourse more advHnln
reous. or more satisfactory, after sepaR-
ton than Jei5rep Can aliens make trca-
ties easier than friends can mske laws9
Can treaties 5e more faithfully enforced
between nhens than laws can among
triendSH Suppose you go to war, you
cannot fight always; anil when, a0er
much loss on both sides, and no gain
on either YOU ceasc fighting, the iden'
tical old questions as to terms Of inter.
course are again upon you
There is no line straight OF crooked.
suitable for national boundary, upon
which to divide, Trace through from
east to west, upon the line between the
Tree and slave territory, and wo sh0ll
find little more than one third Of its
length are rivers, easy TO no crossed, and
populated, or soon to be populated
lhickIy upon both sides. while all its re.
maing length oro merely surveyors
lines, over which people mny walk
back and forth without any conscicnces
Of their presence. Nopartot this limo
can be made any more dilTicul, to pass
But there is another difficulty, The
great interior region bounded east of the
AllcghOnios, north BY the British do.
minions, west by The Rocky Mountains
and south by the line along which tho
culture Of corn and cotton meets, and
which includes poat of Virginia. part Of
Tennessee, all Of Kentucky, Ohio. India
ma, Michigan. Wisconsin, Illinois, Mis-.
souri,, Kansas, Iowa, Minnesota, and
the Terrific fies OF Dakota, Nebraska, and
part of Colorado, already has above ten
millions of people, and will have fifty
millions within fifty years, II not proven.
ted by any political folly.or mistake Ii
contains more than one third Of the coun.
try owned BY the United Slatcs-cer.
! lainly mofo-than one millioe Of square
miles, 0ne-half as populous as Massa.
chuseeis already is, il would have more
than sevcnty-fve millions Of people. A
glance at the map shows that, territori.
ally speaking, il is the great body of the
republic The other parts are but mar
ginal borders TO it, the magnificent re-
gion sloping west from the Rocky Noun.
tains to the Pacific, being the deepest,
and also the richest, in undeveloped re-
sources. In the production Of proyis.
ions, grains. grasses, and all which pro.
ceed from them, this great Interior re.
gion is naturally one Of The most impor.
tant in the world. Ascertain from the
statistics the small proportion of the re.
gion which has as yet been brought into
cultivation, and also the large ind rapid.
ly increasing amount Of its products,
and we shall be overwhelmed with the
magnitude of the prospect pres s'nted.--
And yet this region has no sea.coast,
touches no ocean anywhere. As part OF
one nation, its people now find. and may
forever find. their way to Europe by
New York, 10 South America, and Afri.
ca by New Orleans, and 10 Asia by San
Francisco. But separate our common
country inlo two nations, as designed by
the present rebellion, and every man Of
This great interior region is thereby out.
let's s-not; perhaps, by physical barrier
bnt by embarrassing and onCrous trade
regulations.
And this is true ,ohererer Hing or
boundary line may be fxei Place it
between theme free and slave country
or place it South Of Kentucky or north
Of Ohio. and still the truth remains, that
none south Of it can trade to any por! or
! plare north Of i, and noDc north of It,
can trade 10 any port or place south II il
axccpt upon terms dictated by n Gov.
eminent foreign to thOm. These outlets,
cast, west and south, are Indispensable
to tho well being of the people inhabi.
| ting, and 10 inhabit, this vast interior
tesion.
Wh'ct Of tho three may bo the best
lis no proper question. All are better
than either; and all Of night belong to
that people and their successors forever,
True 10 themselves they will not ask
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