Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1852-12-23

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tbe cost 81 the surveys necessary
for determining the best means d
affording an unfa Hing upply o
good and wholesome water Some
progress has been made in the sur
vey, and as soon as it is completed
lhe result viii be laid before you.
Further appropriations will also
be necess AIRY for grading and pa
wing the Streets and avenues. and
enclosing, and embeIlishing tile pub.
Tic grounds within the city Of Wash
| lngton.
j com mend all these objects; to
Sether with the charitable instilll-
tons CT the District, to your favor
able regard.
Every effort has been made to
protect orr frontier, ard hat lol the
adjoining Mexican States, from the
incursions OF the Indiantribes. OF
about II 1000 men OF which the ar
my is composed, nearly 5000 are
employed in the defence Of the
newly acquired territory, Gncluding
Texas apd emigrants proceeding
thereto. | am gratified TO say that
these efforts have been unusually
successful With the exception of
some partial outbreaks in G california
and Oregon, aud occasiona al depre-
dations o p a portion of the Rio
Grande, wing, it is believed, tothe
disturbed state ofthe border region,
the inI Dads ofthe Indians have been
effectually restrained.
Experie nce has shown, however,
that when ever the two races. are
brought ii ito contact. collisions will
inevitably occur. To prevent these
collisions the U. s, have generally
set apart portions of their territory
for the exclusive occupation Of In
dian tribes. A difficulty occurs
however, in the application Of this
policy to Texas. BY terms Of the
compact by which that State was
admitted into the Union, size Retain
ed the ow nershlp of all tlIe vacant
lands within her limits. The gov
eminent of that State, it is Under
stood, has assigned no portion of
her territary to the Indians; but as
fast as her.setllements advance lays
it off into counties, a hd proceeds
to survey and sell it. This policy
neutrality-suspicious., not o ply to alarm
and irritate the Indians, but to COM
pei them TO resort TO pldnder for
subsistence.
1t also deprives This Cd vernmentI
of that influence and con troll over
them without which no dur able peace
can ever exist between them and
the whites. ! trust therefore that a
dae re- gard for her own interests,
apart Fl ON considerations Of humani-I
ty and justice, will induce that State
to assign asmalI portion of her vast
for the provisional occupan-
cy Of II small remnants Of tribes
within her borders, subject Of course
to her ownership and eventual. juris-
liction. If she should fail to do this,
The fulfilment Of our treaty stipula7I
lions with Mexico, and our duty toll
lhe Indians themselves, win, it isl
cared become subject of serious
embarrassment to the Government
tits hoped, however, that timelyI
md just provision by Td xas may
vert this evil. t
No appropriations for for ifications
we're ma de at the two last sessions
# Congress. The cause of this omis-
ion is, probably, to be found in q
belief that the system of
ortification adopted in 1916, and
leretofo re acted on, requires revision
The subject certainly deserves full
nd careful Investigation; but if
hould not be delayed longer than
an be avoided. In the meantime
here are certain works which have i
cen commenced some Of them
early completed, designed to pro $
ect our principal seaports from Bos {
on to New Orleans, and a few other |
points. In regard to the S
ecessity for these works, it is be- t
eyed that little difference ofopinion S
xists anon G military men. I there t
IRE recommend that the appropria $
ons necessary to prosecute them be b
lade. a
I invite your attention to the re II
larks on this subject, and on others b
with this Departme nt con 2
lined in the accompanying report Of \
he, Secretary of War. t
Measures have been taken to car !
, into effect the laws of the last t