Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-12-05

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ed toaistrib0te largely. d eds, cereals, plants
and cuttings, and has already published ant
literally diffused much valuable information
in anticipation of more elaborate report
which in due time will be published, embrac
ing some valuable testsyin; chemical Fsciencs
now in progress in the iabratory. The creation
of this department was for the more immedi
ate benefit OF i large class Of our most valu
able eitizens, and | trustSthat the liberal has
is upon which il, has been organized will no
only meet your appreciation, but that it will
rcalizeist no distant day all the fondest antici
pations Of it's most sanguine friends and be
come the fruitful source of advantage to al
our people. .e.s .r... .aaf ,.'aa
THE PROCLAMATION OF SEPT. 22D.l
On the 22d day of September, last a proc
lamation was ISSUED by the Executive:
copy of which is herewith submitted. Ir
accordance with the purpose expressed in the
second paragraph Of that paper now res
psctfully recall your attention to wha: may
be called compensated emancipation A ma
ton may be said to consist Of its territory
its people and it's laws The territory is the
only part which is of certain durability
One generation passeth away and anothr,
cometh, but the earth abideth forever" II
is of the first Importance to duly consider
and estimate the ever-enduring part.
THE UNION ONE AND INsEpARABLE.
That portion of the earth's surface which
is owned and inhabited by the people Of the
United States is we'll adapted to he the home
Of one national family. 1t is not well adapted
for two or more. Its vast extent and its va.
ricty OF climate and productions are of ad
vantage in the age of enc people. whatever
they might have been in former ages
Steam, and telegraphs, and intelligence, have
brought these to be an advantageous comb,
nation for one united people. l-.
THE FOLLY OF DIsUNroN. e.H
In the Inaugural Address briefly point
ed out the total inadequacy of disunion as a
remedy for difficulties between the people
Of the two sections. did so in language
which cannot improve and which therefore
beg to repeat. ........... ,4l
THE MATTER IN A NUTSHELL.
One section of our country believe tina t
slavery is right and ought to be extended,
while others believe it to be wrong and
ought not to be extended This is the only
substantial dispute. The fugitive slave
clause Of the Constitution and the law for
the suppression Of the African slave trade,
are each Is well enforced, perhaps, as any
law can cvsr be in q community where the
moral sense Of the people imperfectly sup
port the law itself. The great body Of the
people abide by the legal obligations in both
cases. and few break over each. This
think, cannot be perfectly cured, and it
would be worse in both instances after the
separation Of the sections than before. The
foreign slave trade, now imperfectly sup
pressed, would be, ultimately, revived with,
out restriction in one section, while fugitiveS
now only partially surrendered, would not
he surrendered at all to the other
THE PHYSICAL ARGUMENT AGAINST DisuSIoN
Physically speaking. We cannot separate
W. cannot remove our resp ctive sections
from each 9th r, nor build an impossible
wal between them. A husband and wifi,
may be divorced and go out Of the presence
and beyond the reach Of each other, hut tn,
different parts of the country cam OF do TIL,
They cannot but remain face to fac, air
intercourse either smicablc or hostile mus,
continue betweea them. II is impossible
then to make that inter- oureS between thom
advantageous or more satisfactory after sspar-
alton than before. Can aliens make treaties
easier than friends can make a:.s, Can
treaties be more faithfully enforced between
aliens than laws can among friends. Sup
pose you 60 to war, you cannot fight always
and when after mnch loss on both SIDES. and
no gain on either you cease fighting idcnt.
cal cid questions as to terms Of intercourse
are again upon you There il no line
straight CT crooked suitable for a national
bo0ndry upon which to divide. Trace from
East to West, upon the line between the
free and slave country, and we shall find !,
little more than one-third Gifts length are riv,
ers easy to be crossed and populated. or soon
to DO populated thckly, upon both sides,
while in surveyors lines, over which people
may walk back and forth without any con-
seriousness Of their presence. No part OF
this line can be made any more difficult to
pass by writing it down on paper, or parch,
ment, Is national boundary ~ ~.
'- WHAT SECESSION suRRESpERs.
The fact Of separation. if it comes, gives up
on the part Of the seeding section. the fugi-
tive slave clause, along with all other consti.
tut;onal obligations, upon the section seeded
from, while should expect no treaty stipu-
latlon would ever be made to take its place.
"THE GREAT BODY OF THE REPUBLIC" ...
But there il another difficulty. The great
interior region bounded north by the Allegha.
MES, north by the British Dominions, west
by the Rocky Mountains, and south by the
line along which the cultivation Of corn and
cotton meets, and which includes part of Vir-
ginia, part of Tennessee. all of Kentucky,
Ohio. Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri,
Kansas, Iowa, Minnesota, and the territories
of Dakota, Nebraska. and part of Colorado
have above ten millions Of people. and will
have Fifty millions within fifty years, if no,
prevented by any Political folly or mistake
1t contains more than one-third of the coun-
try owned by the revolted States--certainly,
more than one million Of surface miles, one.
half ~ populous as Massachusetts, already is,
II would have more than seventy millions
Of people. A glance at the map shows that,
territorially speaking, it is the great body of
the Republic. The other parts are but mar.
ginal borders to it. The magnificent region
sloping west from the Rocky Mountains to
the Pacific being the deepest and also the
richest undeveloped resources in the produc-
ton of provisions, grains, grasses, and all
which proceeds from them. .I .-aaa .at
".'. CHEAT INTERIOR REGIoN
This great interior region is naturally one
OF the most important in the world Ascer-