V . , 0emitoecklg Sentinel. PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. Concluded from ftrttpage. al, family, and it is not well adapted for two or more. Its vast extent, and Its vaiicty of climate and productions, aro of advan tage in this ago to the existenco of one onu people, whatever they might have been in former ages. Steam, telegraphs and intelligence have brought theso to lie an advantage, and combination of a united people. In the Inaugural Address. 1 brielly pointed out the total inad equacy of disunion as a remedy for the diUcrcnccs between the people of the two sections. I did so in language which I can not improve, and which, therefore, I beg to repeat : "Ono section of our country believes slavery right, and ought to bo extended, while the other believes It is wrong and ought not to be extended. Tills is the only mibstnntial dispute. The Fugitive slave clause of the Constitution and the law for the suppression of the African slave trade are each as well enforced perhaps as any law can ever be in a community where the moral sense of the people imperfectly sup ports the law Itself. The great body of the people abldo by the legal obligations In both cases, and n few break over each, '('his. 1 think, cannot be perfectly cured, nnd, it would be worse in both instances af ter separation of the tactions than before, und the foreign slave trade, now Imperfect ly suppressed, would bo ultimately revived without restriction to one section, while fu gitives, now only partially surrendered, would not bo surrendered ut all by the other. Physically speaking, wo cannot i Mcparatc, we cannot remove our respective sections from each other, nor build an Im passable wall between them. A husband nd wile may be divorced, and go out of the presence and beyond the reach of each other, but the different parts of our country cannot do this. They cannot but remain j'nee to fucc, and intercourse, either arnica lilo or hostile, must continue between them. Js is possible, then, to make that intercourse more advantageous or more satisfactory Jiftcr separation than before? Can aliens 'jiiuke treaties easier than friends ran make laws? Can treaties bo more faithfully en forced between aliens than laws among friends ? Suppose you go to war, you can not light always, and when after much loss on both sides, and no gain on cither, you cease fighting, the identical old questions ns to terms of Intercourse aro ugnin upon you." Tlicro is no lino, straight or crooked, suit able for a uutional boundiiry upon which to divide. Trace throuuh, from east to west. upon tho line between the free and slave country, mid we tlinll And a little more limn one-third of Its length are rivers easy to 1k crossed, nnd populated or soon to be populated thickly upon both sides : whllo in nearly nil its remaining length nro merely surveyors' lines, over which people may walk back and forth, without any consciousness of their presence. No part of this line can bo made any more dlfllcult to pass by writing it down on paper or luwalimcnt as a national boundary. The act of separation, if it does come, Kives iin on tlio part or the seceding section ihu fJugitivo slave clause, together with nil th')r constitutional obligations upon tho motion seceded from ; while I should ex pect no treaty stipulation would ever be Mimic to lake its place. Hut Ihero is an other didlcully : the great interior section bountled cast by tho Alleghanies. north by the UriUsh dominions, west by the Ilocky .Mountains, and south by the lino along vhlclWho cultivation of corn and cotton meet, and which includes part of Virginia, part ofTcnnessee, all of Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin. Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, fiowa, Minnesota, and the territo ries of Docotnh, Nebraska, and n part of Colorado, havo above ten millions of people, and will have fifty millions within fifty years, If not prevented by any political tolly or iintsttike, It contains moro than one-lliird of .dm country owned by the re volted Statcg,.ccrtaiulv more than ono mill ion of,iiiUc8-r.mfucc. when one-half as pop pulotis as Massachusetts already is, it would have snore than seventy-live mill ions unpeople. A glance at tho map shows that. territorially speaking, it is the great body of thelltepublie ; the other parts aro but marginal borders to it ; the magnificent region sloping west from the Hocky Moun tains to tliu Pacific being the deposit of great mineral wealth, and also tho richest undeveloped region in the production of provisions, grains, grasses, and all which proceeds from them. This great interior rogton is naturally one of the most important in tho world. Con sider the statistics, ttio small population of tho region which bas as yet been hrouglil iuto cullivat'ou, and also Iho large and rapidly increasing amount of its products, and wo shall be overwhelmed with the mag nitude of tho prospect presented, and yet this region lias no sea coast, touching no ocean anywhere. As part of one nation, its people now may find and may forever And their way to Kurope by New York, to South Amerka and Africa by Now Orleans, und to Asia Vy San Franoiseo. But scpa into our common country into nations de signed by tho present rebellion, and cvey man In this great Interior region is thereby ut nflr from none ono or more of these out let not. perhaps, by a physical barrier, but by embarrassments and onerous trado reculattons. And Ms Is true wherever a dividing or boundary line may bo fixed. Pined it lictwcen the now slave and free country, or placo it south of Kentucky or north of Ohio, and Mill the truth remains that nono north of it mn trado to any part or pbico south of it, except npon terms dic tated by a government foreign to theirs. Outlets east, west and south, arc indis pensable to the well-being of tho people in habiting nnd to inhabit this vast interior region. Which of tho three may be the liaei lu nn nrnnnr nnestlon. All ArO better .Ui&n nay one of them, aud all of right be-1 long to that people, and to their successors forever. Truo to themselves, they, will not ask where a line of separation shall be, but will vow rather that there shall be no such lino of separation. Nor are the mar ginal regions less interested in these communications to and through them to the great outside world. They do, nnd each one of them must havo access to their Egypt of the West, without paying toll at any national boundnry. Our national strifes rings not from our permanent part, not from the lands we in habit, but from our national homestead. Tlicro is no possiulo severing or this but will multiply and not mitigate evils among us. In nil its adaptations nnd apti tudes, It demands union and abhors separa tion : in fact, it would, cro lone, force re union, however much of blood aud trensure tho separation might have cost, Our strife pertains to ourselves ; to the passing gener ations of men, and It cannot, without con vulsion, be hushed forever with the passing of one generation. AMKNDMKNT8 TO THK CONSTITUTION ItKCOM MKNDF.D Ht.AVKKY MAY II K AliOUHKKl) nY THK PtttST OF JANUARY, 1900, WITH COMPENSATION TO LOYAt. OWNKKH. With this view, I recommend the follow ing resolution and articles, amendatory to the Constitution of tho United States : " Kttolvtd, by tho Senate and House of Represciitativs of tho United States of America, in Congress assembled, two-thirds of both Houses concurring, That the fol lowing articles be proposed to the Legisla tures or Conventions of the several States, as amendments to the Constitution of the United titntes, nil or nny of which Articles. when ratified by three-fourths of the snid Legislatures or Conventions, to be valid ns part or parts of tho said Constitution, namely : "Article. Every State wherein slavery now exists, which shall abolish the same, therein, any timo before the. first day of January, In the year of our Lord l'JOO, shall receive compensation In bonds from the United States, bearing interest nt the rato of blank for each slave, shown to have been therein, by the eighth census of tho United States. bald amount in bonds to bo delivered to such States by Instalments, or in one parcel, at me completion oi inn auoiisiimcnt. ac cording as the saino shall have been gradual or nt one time within such State; and inter est shall begin to run upon any such bond or bonds only from the proper time of its delivery ns aforesaid and afterwards. Any Slate having received u bond or bonds us aforesaid, and afterwards introducing slav ery or mukiiig slavery therein, shall refund to tho United States the bonds so received, or the value thereof, and till interest paid thereon. "Article. All slaves who shall hnvo en joyed actual freedom, by the chances of war, at nny unio neioro mo end oi toe re bellion, shall be forever free; but all own ers of such slaves who shall not have been disloyal, shall bo compensated for them at the rates ns is provided for States adopting the abolishment of slavery, but in such a way that no slave shall bo twico accounted for. "Article. Concrcss mav annronriato moncr or otherwise provide for colonizing free col ored persons, with their own consent, nt any place or places within the United States." AltaUMI'.NT FOK PltOPOSKI) AMKNHMKNT.S. I beg indulgence to discuss these pro posed articles at some length. Without slavery the rebellion would never have ex isted; without shivery it could not continue. Among the friends of the Union there Is a great diversity of sentiment nnd of policy in regard to slavery and the Afiican rnce amongst us. Somo would abolish it sudd. -lily nnd without compensation; somo would abolish it gradually and with compensa tion ; somo would remove the free people from us, and some would retain them with us; and there are yet other minor diversi ties, liccnuso of these diversities, wo wasto much strength in struggles amongst our selves. Hy mutual concession, we harmon ize and act together; this would be a com promise among tho friends nnd not with tho enemies of tho Union. These articles aro intended to embody a plan of such mutual concessions. If tho plan iliall be adopted, it is nsMimed that emancipation will follow, at least in several of the States. In the first Article the main points are : First, the emancipation power; second, the length of nme tor consummating in years; and, third, tho compensation. Tho emancipation will bo unsatisfactory to tho advocates of per petual slavery, but the length of time should greatly mitigate their dissatisfaction. Tho time saves both races from the evils of sud den derangement, whllo most of thoso whose habitual courso of thought will be disturbed by the measuro will havo passed away be fore its consummation; they will never sec it. Another class will hail tho prospect of emancipation, but will deprecate tho length of time; they will feel that it (riven too lit tle to the now living slaves, but it really gives them much, It saves them from the vagrant destitution which must largely at tend immediate emancipation in localities wnere tne temptations aro very great, and it gives the assurance that their posterity shall be free torevcr. Tho plan leaves to each State choosing to act under it to abol ish slavery now or at tho end of tho centu ry, at any intermediate time, or by degrees, extending over the wholo or any part of that period, and it obliges no two States to proceed alike. It also provides for compen sation, anu, generally, mo modo or taking It; this would seem to further mitigate the dissatisfaction ot tlioso who favor perpetual slavery, especially those who are to receive compensation. Doubtless somo of those who are to pay, and not to recelvo, will object; yet, that the measure is just and economi cal, is certain. Tho liberation of tho slaves Is the destruction of property acquired by descent nnd purchase, the saino as nny oth er. It is no less true for having been often said, that the pcoplo of the South are no moro responsible, for the introduction of this class of property than are the people of the North; aud when it is remembered how unhesitatingly wo all use cottoii and sugar, and share the profits of dealers in them, it may not be quite safe tn say that tho South has been more responsible than the North for its continuance. If, therefore, the com mon object is this, nnd properly Is to be sncriiiced, fit It not just that it be done at a common charge? and If with less money, or money now easily paid, we con preserve tho benefits of tho Union by this means, better than we can by the war alone, Is It not eco nomical to do it, then? Let us ascertain the sum we have expended in the wnr since Compensated Emancipation was proposed, last March; aud consider whether, if the measure had been promptly accepted by somo of the sluvo Slates, tho same sum would not have done moro to close the war than lins been otherwise effected. If so. the measure would save money, nnd in that view would bo n prudent and economical measure. Certainly it is not so easy to pay something ns it is to pay nothing, but it is easier, to pay a large sum than to pny n larger one, and it is easier, to pny it while we aro ablo. Tho aggregate sum necessary for compensated emancipation, of course, would bo large, but it would require no ready cash, nor the Issue of bond" any faster than emancipation progressed. This might not nnd probably would not close before tho end of the thirty-seven years, and nt that time we shall probably have about 100,000, 000 of people to share the burden, Instead of 31,000,000, as now. And not only so, but tho Increase of our population may bo ex pected to continue for a long time after that period as rapidly as before, because our territories will not have become full. I do not stato this inconsiderately. At the same ratio of Increase which we havo maintained on nn average from our first national cen sus, in 1700, until 1800. we should, in 1000, hnvo a population of 1 0:1.208.416; nnd why mny wo not continue in that rutlo fur be yond that period, with our abundant room, our broad national Homestead, nod ample resources? Were our territory as limited as the liritish Isles, certainly our population could not expand as stated. Instead of re ceiving the foreign-born ns now, we should be compelled to send part of our native born uwuy. lint such is not our condition, We have 2.903.000 of square miles; Europe has but .160.000 square miles, with n popu lation averaging 7JU to the soiinro mile. Why mny not our country at somo lime average as many ? Is it less fertile? Ilns it moro waste surface by mountains, rivers, lnkei, deserts, and other causes ? Is it Infe rior to Europu in nny natural advan tage? If not, then we tire nt some time to be as populous ns Kurope. and how soon this may happen we may judge of by the past nnd present. As to when it may be, depends much on whether we maintain the Union. Several of our Stales are above the average of Ihu European population of 7!U to the square mile. Massachusetts has 1 57 ; Ilhodo Maud, 133A; New York nnd Now Jersey. each, 80. Also, two other grent States- Pennsylvania and Ohio nre not fur below, tho former being (13 and the latter (ill. The Slates already above the European nvcrngo, except New York, have increased lu ns rap id a ratio since passing that point as ever before, while no one of I hem is equal to some other parts of our country in national capa city for sustaining a dense population. Tak ing the nation in the aggregate, we find its population and ratio of increase for several decennial periods as follows : In 1790, 3,029.827. l'tar. 1800 1810 1820 lH.'tU 18.40 ! Population. Ratio of Tnrrtase. .r),:i05.u:i7 ir r2 loo 7.2:19.814 30 45-100 9.i!88.i3i :u i:moo 10.866,020 :ct 40-100 17.089.i.r3 ' 07-100 ISSO 23.19!l,fi7fi 35 87-100 I860 31.433,700 JJ5 58-100 This shows an average decennial Incrcaso of 31 f.0-100 per cent, lu population through 70 years. From our first to our Inst census takcn.lt is seen that tho ratio of increase at no ono of these seven periods is either two percent, below or two per cent, above tho average, thus showing how inflexible, nnd consequent ly h w reliable, the law of increase in our case is. Assuming that it will continue, it gives the following results ; Vfir. Population. 1870 42.323.372 1880 .' 5fi.llfili.216 1890 80.077.872 1900 103.208.415 1910 139.918.526 1920 180.984,335 1930 251,680,914 These figures show our country may bo as populous as Europe at some point be tween 1920 nnd 1930 sav about 1925 our territory, nt 73 to 0 rqunro mile, being of capacitA to contain 217,186,000. Wo will reach this, too, if wo do not ourselves re linquish the chances, by tho folly nnd evils of disunion, or by a long, exhausting war, springing from the only great element of discord among us, Whllo it cannot bo fore seen exactly how much ono hugo example of secession, bringing lesser ones Indefinitely, would retard tho population, civilization and proscrity, no ono can doubt that the extent of it would bo very great and Injurious. j no proposed emancipation would shorten this war aud perpetuato peaco, insure increase in population, and proportion ably tho increase in wealth of the coun try. With this we should pay all emancl Cation would cost, without our other debts, etter than wo ourselves should nav our other debts without it. If we bad allowed our old national debt to run at six per cent, per annum, simplo iuterest, from the end of our revolutionary strugglo till to day. with out paying anything for cither principal or mieresi, eacn man or us would owe less on that debt now than each man owed on it then; and this because our Increnso of men through tho wholo period has been greater than six per cent., and has run faster than interest upon the debt. Thus, timo nlone relieves n debtor nation, so long as its population increases faster than unpaid in terest accumulated on its debt. Tula fact would bo no excuse for delaying payment of what is justly due, but shows the great tlnnnKfnnna nF tl.w I.. Il.tu AAi..Ai1..H .....1 iiufviiuuyevi vuuv tu luia vvunvvilVUj UUU I the great advantage, of a policy bj which we shall not have to pay until we number 100,000.000, what, by a different policy, we would have to pay now, when our number is 31,000,000. In a word, It shows a dollar will be much harder to pay for the war than a dollar for emancipation on tho proposed plan, and then the latter will cost no blood, no precious life, It will bo a saving of both. As to the second article, I think it would bo impracticable to return to bondage the class of persons therein contemplated. Somo of them, doubtless, in n property sense, be long to loyni owner, and nence provision is made in this article for compensation. Tho third article relates to the future of freed people: it docs not not oblige, merely authorizes Congress to nid in colonizing such ns may consent. This ought not to be regnrded as objectionable on our hnnd or another, inasmuch ns It conies to nought, un less by mutual consent of tho people to be deported and the American voters, Ihrouglt their representatives In Congress. I cannot make it better known than it already is, that I strongly favor colonlzntlon. ami vi.i wish to soy that there is an oblectlnn KimliiRt colored persons remaining lu tho country which is largely imaginary, If not some times malloioiiH. It Is insisted that their firescnce would injure nid dlsplaco white aboraud white laborers. If there ever could bo a proper lime for mere argument, that time surely Is not now. In times like the present, men should utter nothing for which they would not willingly bo responsible, through timo and eternity. Is it true, then, that colored people can displace any more white labor by being froo than bv remain- lug slaves ? If they stay in their own pla ces, they jostle no whlto laborers. If they leave their old places, they leave them open to white laborers. Logically, thcro Is neith er more nor less of it. Em..nclnnt!ori. even without deportation, would probably en hance the wages of white labor, aud very surely would not reduco them. Thus the customary amount of labor would still have to be performed. Tho freed people would surely not do more than their old nronor- tlon or it, and, very probably, for a time would do less, leaving an increased part to while laborers, and bring their labor Into greater demand, and consequently enhance the wages of it. Willi deportation, even to a limited extent, enhancing wnges to white labor is mathematically certain. Labor is ike any other commodity lu tho market : Increase the demand for it, and you increaso flllt tlt'llin ItT lit M.ulikn.i II... .....(-. 4 t ..... F.iwv. ii. iviiiiuu iiiu rniliy OI UiaCK labor by colonizing the block laborer out of tliu country, and by precisely so much you will Increase the demand lor wages 'for white labor. Hut it Is dreaded that tho freed people will swarm North und cover tlie wiiole land. Will liberation niako them any moro numerous? Equally distributed among the whiles or the whole country, and there would be but 0:10 colored to seven whiles. Could the one in any way greatly disturb tho seven ? There are many commu nities now having moro than one free col ored person to seven whites, and this with out uuy nppurent consciousness of evil from it. 'J no District or Columbia, mid States of .Maryland and Delaware, nre all lu this con dition. This District has moro thou one free colored to six white persons, and yet, in its frequent petitions to Congress, I be llevo it has never presented the presence of free colored persons as one or its grievances, lint why should emancipation in the South send Iho freed people North? People or any color seldom run, unless there Is some- tiling to run Irom. Heretofore, colored ORAVITY OF THE QUESTIONS OF THK DAT. I do not forget tho gravity of n paper ad dressed to the Congress of the nation bv tho Chief Magistrate of the nation; nor do 1 for got that some few are my seniors, or that many of you havo moro experience than I have in the conduct of public affairs, yet, I trust, In view of the great responsibility resting unon mo. von will nnrcnlvn nn of respect to yourselves in nny undue ear nestness I mny seem to display. Is it doubt "J;, then, that the plan 1 propose, if adopted, will shorten tho war. nnd thus lessen its ex penditure of money nnd blood ? Is It doubt ed Mint it would restore the national pros- i tl-V ." PcrPci'"io doiii indefinitely? Is it doubted that If Congress nnd tho Ex ecutive can secure Us adoption the good pcoplo will not respond to a united and earnest appeal from us? Can we, can thev, by any other menus so certainly or so speed ily assure t cso vital objects? We can suc ceed only by concert. It is not. can any of U Imagine better? but, can any of us do belter ? Object what and howsoever possi ble, still tho question recurs, " Can wo do better?" The dogmas of the quiet past aro inadequate to the stormy nresent. The nc. ension Is piled high with difficulty, and wo musi rise wun me occasion. As our coso Is new. so we must think and act anew. Wo must, disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country. Fellow-citizens : Wo enn'not escape histo ry. We of tills Congress will bo remem bered In splto ol ourselves. No personal significance or Insignificance can spare orto or another of u. The fiery trial through which wo pass will light us down in honor or dishonor to the latest generations. Wo Hay we aro for the Union. Tho world will not lorget, while wo sny this, that we know how to HAvr. Tits: Union. The world known we do know how to save. We hold tint power nnd benr the responsibility. In erlv- Ing freedom to the slave, we lusure freedom to tho free, honornble alike lu what wo irlve nnd whnt we preserve, e shall no bly save or meanly lose tho last best bono or the earth. Oilier means mny succeed ; this could not Tail ; the way is plain, peace ful and generous just such "a way which, if followed, the world will applaud, aud God must forever bless. AniiAHAM Lincoln. Washington. December 1st. 1862. people have lied North, to some extent, from bondage, and now, perhnps, from both bond- ago ami destitution; but ir gradual cmuncl pfctlon nnd deportation be adopted, they will have neither to flee from, Their own musters will give them waeew. nt lenst nil new laborers can be procured, und freed men in tlmu will gladly give labor for wages till new homes can be found lor them in conge nial climes and ith people or their own blood and rnce. This proposition can bo trusted, on the mutual interest involved; and, in that event, cannot the North decide for herself whether to recelvo them again? As prncticc proves more than theory, in any cuso has there been any irruption north ward because or the abolishment or slavery in the District of Columbia Inst spring? Whnt I have said of l'o proportion or free colored persons to the whiten iu tho District or Columbia is from tliu census of 1860, having no reference to persons called 4'con trabands," nor to thoso mado free by the Act of Congress abolishing slnvery here. THK riiOCUMATJON TO UK OAIIIUKD OUT. 'J lie plan consisting of these articles is rccommeiidi d, not but a restoration or na tional authority would bo accepted without iih Buopunn; nor will tne war or proceed ings under the proclamation or September 22d, 1862, bo stayed because of the recom mendation of this plan. Its timely adoption, I doubt not, would bring restoration, and thereby slay both. Notwithstanding this nlnn. tho rocnmmiwi. dation that Congress provido by law for or compensating any Htato which may adopt emancipation buforo this plan shall havo been acted upon, la hereby earnestly renewed. Such would only be an advanced part of the plan, nnd the satno arguments apply to both. This plan is recommended a a means not In conclusion of, but addi tional to all others, lor restoring and pre serving the national authority throughput the Union. Tbo subiect is n resented nvoln. sively in its economical aspect. Tho plan will, I am confident, insure pence moro speedily that can bo done by forco alone, wiuiu it wnum cost less, considering tho amounts, manner and times of payment, and the amounts would bo easier paid than will be the additional eost of the war. If wo rely solely on force, It is most likely, very likely, it would cost no blood at all, The plan Is proposed ns a permanent constitu tional law, and it cannot becomo so without tho concurrence, first, of two-thirds of Con gress, mid nfterwards three-fourths of the Slates. Tho requisite three-fourths of tho States, If obtained on constitutional terms, would bo nn assurance which would end the struggle now, aud save the Uniou forever. innnnitnvi IMS niuviK For Everybody Toys, Yankee Notions, Candies, Nuts, and Raisins At the very Lowest Prices to lie found AT HI A BRENTANO'S STORE CIGAR Dec. 3, 1862. td County Treasurer's Office -At ollieo of E. P. RUS8KLL, Deputy, With D. F. Dowcl'l, Esq. Stnlo of Oreeon County of Jackson. TAX-PAYKUS nre hereby notified that the books are now ready. All per sons having Inxes assessed against them iu snid county nre lequested to pay such tnxes to Iho Treasurer of said county (or his Dep uty), nt liis office lu Jacksonville, before tho First Day of January next. K.S.MOKU AN, Treasurer. K. F. KU.SSKLL, Deputy. Jacksonville Dec It. 1862. fit I. D. HS & MO. Are now closing ont their entire stock of Dry Goods, Groceries and Provisions, at the Vexy Lowest Rates, FOR CASH ! au Givo us a call, at tho Post Ofllca Building, corner or California and Oregon streets. April 19, 1862. Hq Harness and Saddlery. TUB undersigned would respect-aC fully inform tho citizens offlk Jackson and adjoining counties that he hns on hand and will manufacture to order All Kinds of Saddlery and Harness, such us Heavy Draught Harness (long sod short tug), Concord Harness, Duggy Harness (double and single), Spanish Saddles, trees and rigging complete : Ladies' Saddles. Jockey Saddles, Saddle-bags, Bridles, Sur cingles, Hnltcrs, Spurs, Currycombs, Whips, Whip-lashes, and all other arti cles usually found in n first-clast stock of ALL. WORK WARRANTED. Store in " Sentinel " Building, Culi fornin street. HENRY JUDGK. Jacksonville, Oct. 22, '62. 4l F" M)UH ANI)PRODUOE tuken in ex cliaiige for Merchandise, nt July 19.-27 MAX MULLER'B. '