Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1851-12-11
VOLUME VIII. NO. so.

suits Of social life.
Along The Mexican frontier, and in California.
and Oregon, there have been occasional mani
iesiatoD5 Of unlriendly feeling, and some depre-
oauonS committed. | am satisfied however.
that they resulted more from the destitute and
starving condition Of the indians than from anv
settled hostility toward the whites. As the set
Elements OF our citizens progress towards them,
tne game upon which they mainly rely for sub
sstenco IS driven off or DESTROYED, and the only
alternative lett them is starvation or Dlunder.-
1t becomes us to consider, in view of this condi-
tIon OF things, whether Justice and humanity. as
wen as an enlightened economy do not require
that, instead Of seeking to punish them for often.
ces which are the result ofour own policv tow
ards Them. we should provide forthejr Immediate
wants ana encourage them to engage in agricul-
tlfe, ana to rely on their labor, instead of the
chase for the means Of support.
Various important treaties have been neoo-
u4teq with different tribes during the year. bv
"hlch ther title to large and valuable tracts of
country W. mas beer e%tngushod, all Of which will
az uie proper ume, be submitted 10 tho Senate
for rahdcaticn. N~'''"
The JOINT Commission under the treaty. Of
Gaudaloupe lIidalgo has been actively ongaged
IN running and marking the boundary Inc be-
tween the United States and Mexico. II was
stated IN the last annual re Jart of fba gecrat,rTy
oil the Interior, that the initial point on tbo D.
ci'Ic and the point of Junction Of the C2la ,;sL
the Colorado river had been determined, and the
intervening line, about one hundred and fty
miles III length, run and marked by temporary
monuments. Since that time a monument Of
marble has been erected at the initial point, and
permanent landmarks Of ron have been placed
at suitable distances along the line.
The initial point on the Rio Erande has also
been fixed bv the commissioners ot latitnda 20
degrees p minutes, and at the date Of the last
communication the survey of the line had been
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l1e superintendent 81 the Seventh Census IS
llgsnty employed, under the directing Of the
-cfs"IT OF thc Interior, IN Classifying and ar
raaghs, II tabular lo,al, all the statistical inior-
nation derived from the return oi the m9I5hais,
Ind It is believed that when lao WORK shall be