The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1851-12-17

ry "dai'y adding 10 ihs number of those 81
gsged in that vocation. Justice and soun
policy therefore, alike require that the 90,
ernment should use oil means authorized b
the Cons ulIion tc promote the in,eres, an
~efare ci that important class Of her fello
citizsns. And yet It 10 = singular fact ths
whilst the manufacturing aud commercial ia
terests have engaged the attention Of Con
gfess during large portion Of every session
and our statutes abound 10 provisions 'or thei
protection and encouragement, lille has We
been done directly for the advancement, O
agriculture. 1t is time that his reprosch I,
our legislation should be removed; and l sin
cereiy hope that the present Congress will
not close their labors without adopting eff
clent means 10 supply the omissions Of tho ss
who have preceded them.
An Agricultural Bureau, charged with th.
duty OF collecting and discriminating correct
information as the best mode of cul,vs ,inn
and OF the most eff ctual mesns Of pssserv
ing and restoring the fertility Of the soil, and
Of procuring aud distributing seeds aad plants
and other vegetable productions ia regard to
the soil, climate, and treatment best adapted
10 their grosth, could no, fail to be, in tho
language OF Washington, in his last annual
message 10 Congress, "vsry cheap instru.
ment Of immense national bsne fit"
Regarding the &C, Of Congrsss approved
2s'h September, 1850. granting bsuuty laads
TO persons who had boa engaged in he mil.
itsry service Of the couatry. a. great meas.
ure Of national justice and munl6csace, al
anxious desire has been felt b, the officers
entIusted with its immediate execution, 10
give prompt effect 10 its provisions. All the
meaEs ~ilhia their control we're, therefore,
brought ioto requsition to expedite The adia.
dica,ion Of claims, and am grstfied to BE- q.
Bile TO state that near enc hundred thousand
sPplcatlons have been considered, and about
seventy thousand ~arran,s issued within the
short space Of nine monihs. If adequate
provision be made by law 10 carry into Of.
feet the recommendations Of the Department
It is confidently expected thai, before the
close Of The sext fiscal year, all who are en.
titled to the benefits Of the &C. will have 70.
ceives thslr warrants.
In my last annual message gave briefly
ny rsassus for bslieving thi! you possessed
tao con'tIiu ionil power toimptovs the hsr.
bore Of our great lake. and sesco.s,., and ,hs
"svigsuoHs Of eur principal rivers. and recon.
mended that appropriations shsuId be n,ds
Tor csmplrt,sg such works Sc h. d already been
commenced, and for commencing such s,hss
~ might seem to the ~isd N Of Congress to bs
public and gsssrsl importance. Without 70.
Pssting the ressons thea urged deem it my
duty again to call your aitentlon 10 this in.
por,sa subject. The works on many Of the
harbors we're left in snun6nishsd state, sad
esnst questly exposed ts the action of the
slenes.s. which is last destroying rhsm.-
Great numbers Of lives and vast amounts cf
property are annually lost for vant .: safe aud
convenient arbors on the lakes. None bu,
these who have been exposed to that danger.
Gus s.'iga',oo can fully appreciate tho impor.
lance Of this subject, The whole Of north.
ss' appeals to you for relief and trust ;hsi,
appeal will receive due considsratsa a your
hands
Ths same is 10 a measure true in regard 10
sems Of the harb,rs and inle,s 90 the ssscoast.
The unobs.ructed navigation Of cur large
riversls Of cqusl importance. Our settle
meats are now extending 10 the sources efthe
great rivers which empty into, and form
par, Of he Mississippi, aud rhs value Of The
public lands in those reg ons would be greatly
enhanced by frssing the navigation Of those
waters from obs,ructlon,. Ia view therefore
of this great interest | deem 1t nv duty again
to urge vpsB Congress o make such sppfo.
Pria,ioas for these improvements ss they may
deem accessory.
By the treaty Of Guadalupe Hisalgo, We
beund TO protect the treaty Of Mckee ..
gsinst the iacursions Of tho savage Tribes with.
10 our border "with equal diligence and ensr.
~" az if the same were made within eur tor.
ri,ofy o. sgaios, cur citizen, have eAdsa.
vsrsd to comply, rs far as posslbs, with this
provision Of tho treaty. Orders have beop
yivea to the officers commanding on that ffoa.
Ter to consider the Mexican territory and
ts inhabitants az equally with our own en'i.
led to thsir protection: and to make all their
'lans asd arrangsmsn's with visw to the a!.
a.nmsat of this object. Instructions have
llso been given in the Iudiaa commissioners
md agents among these tribes, in all treaties,
o make the clause the designed for the pro.
sc'ion Of eur own cit zens apply also to those
# Mexico. | have no reason to doub, that
hose insructions have been fully carried into
fact. Nevertheless, it is probable that, in,
pits Of all our efforts, some Of the neighber.
ns States Of Mexico may have suffered, as
ur own have, from deprsdaticns by the Ia
iaRs.
To the difficulties OF defending our own tor
itory as above mentioned are supsfaddsd, N
sfeadlng hat of Mexico those that arise from I
s remoteness, from the fact that We have no
Iphl to station our troops within her limits 4
ID that there is no efficient military force on
40 Mexican side 10 cooperate with eur own. {
Q long q this shall continus to bs the case,
10 number snd activity Of cur troops will
,,hsr increase than diminish the evil, as the |
,disns will naturally turn towards that q
,un.ry whore they eaconatsr the lsas, 70.
stance. Yet these troops are necessary 10 Il
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