Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1851-12-10

bor of tlJse engaged In that VOCATION
,Justic- and sound policy, therefore, alike
roIuire that the Government should use
all the means authorized by the Constitu-
ton to promote the interests and welfare
Of that important classs of our fellow-cit-
liens. And yet it is singular fact that,
whilst the manufacturing and commercial
interests have engaged the attention OF
Congress during large portion OF every
session, and our statutes abound in pro-
visions for their protection and encourage
ment, little has yet been done directly LOT
the advancement of agriculture l! 10
time that this reproach to our leglsla'Ion
should be removed and sincerely nope
d, +l,ot t1o ,rceont Congress will not close
t,,";r Iab6rs without adopting ethclent
'oars 70 supply the omissions OF those
Who have proceeded them. ..
An Agricultural Bureau, charged with
tho duty Of collecting and disseminating
correct information as to the best modes
of cultivation, and of the most efFectual
means of preserving and restoring the
fertility Of the soil, and of procuring and
distributing seeds and plants and other
vegetable productions, with instructions
in regard to the soil, climate, and treat
mcnt best adapted to their growth, could
not fail to be, in the language of Wash
mpton, in his last annual message to Con
gross, a every cheap instrument OF i'm
mcnsc national benefit"
Regarding the act of Congress appro-
we'd o8th September, 1880, granting boun-
~ lands to persons who had been enga-
red in'thc military service of the country,
as a Great measure of national Justice and
mupiEcence, an anxious desire has been
felt bv the officers entrusted with its i'm
mediate execution, to give prompt effect
70 it's provisions. All the means within
their control were, therefore, brought in
to rcouisition to expedite the adjudication
of claims, and | am gratitcd to be able
to state that near one hundred thousand
applications have been considered, and
about seventy thousand warrants issued
within the short space OF nine months
If adequate provision be made by law to
carry into effect the recommendation of
the Department, it is confidently expected
that before the close of the next hscal
wear, all who are entitled to the bcne-
its oe the act will have received Their
warrants.
The Secretary OF the Interior has sug-
gcstcd in his rcport, various amehamehtS
Of the laws relating to pensions and boun-
ty lands for the purpose of more chectu'
ally GUARDING against abuses and frauds
ON tie Government, to all of which | in
vie Your particular attention.
The LARGE acccssions to our Indian pop
.,.,. w, = ,,,,,,,,,4 ,,nnr five ACQUISITION of
~''.0,' SY", dMJ rYI;fornia. and the cx-
w." AZ q observation-disclosures into Utah and
S S"1 io,., ,r;,,on incrcascd interest and
o'o5U',, n',', ", o',, roIations with the abo-
Il; ~ ," noto W
u,,tar;.,1 ,1,,,c+c has taken place
..,',.:. ,I', i'',t ,.a,,r; i, tLc condition and
"'.'','' ,',' r,la Ir,l;,1, tribcs who reside
in the Northwestern Territory and west
90 L,o M;..isssinn; river Wearc at peace
,,'i,I Ill ~ thorI and il will be a source
''r,I,'a.,,r, ~ yo,, to learn that they are
,.,iJ,,,lIv odyarc;ntr in civilization and
,,mr'i,i,s nf social life.
Inn,r tLo Ncx;con frontier. and in CAL
;r,rnio and OREGON, there have been oc-
",. ,, administrations Of unfricndlv feel
;nn o%J como son,c Jnmrdations committed
nm satisfied bnwrvor that they resulted
r,nrr from, tho destitute and starving con-
J;,;,n If the Indians than from any set
Nod Lns,il;ty toward thc whites. As the
."ttlrmcnts Of our citizens progress to-
wa rs'i thcm 'hc ' cam" unon witch they
49,, I,sistcnrc is driven off or
GG 5s'E a. o"G tE" only alternative left to
them is starvation or plumber 1t be-
comes lis to consider, in Nclw OF TINS con-
dillon of things whether justice and hui
manity, rs we'll AS an enlightened econ
omy, do not require, that instead OF seek
ing 10 punish them for offences which are
the result Of our own policy towards them
we should not provide for their immediate