The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1853-12-15

of the Secretary of the Interior. A care
full examination, however, will show that
this experience is the result of Just. dis
elimination, and will be far from affordine
encouragement to reckless or indiscrin-
mate extension of the principle. se
Icommend to your favorable consider
alton the men of genius of our country,
who, by their inventions and discoveries
in science and art, have contributed large
ly to the improvements of the age without,
in many instances, securing for themselves
anything like an adequate reward For
many Interesting details upon this subject
refer you to the appropriate reports, and
especially urge upon your early attention
the apparently slight, but really impor
tant notifications of existing laws therein
suggested.
The liberal spirit which has SO long
marked the action Of Congress in relation
to the District of Columbia will, I have
no doubt, continue to be manifested.
The erection of an asylum for the insane
of the District Of Columbia, and of the :
army and navy of the United States, has
been somewhat retarded by the great de-
mand for materials and labor during the
past summer; but full preparation
for the reception of patients, before the re-
turn OF another winter, is anticipated; and
there is the best reason to believe, from
the plan and contemplated arrangements
which have been devised, with the large
experience furnished within the last few
years in relation to the nature and treat
ment of the disease, that it will proyeEafi
asylum indeed to this most helpless and
afflicted class of sufferers, and stand as a
noble monument of wisdom and mercy:
Under the acts of Congress of August
81, 1852, and of March 8, 1853, design
ed to secure for the cities of Washington
and Georgetown an abundant supply of
good and wholesome water, itbecame nv
duty to examine the reports and plans of
the engineer who had charge of the sur
veys under the act first named. The best,
if not the only plan, calculated to secure
permanently the object sought; vas that
which contemplates taking the water from
the Great Falls of the Potomac, and con-
sequently, gave it my approval
For the progress and present condition
of this important work, and for its de-
mands, SO far as appropriations are con-
cerned, l refer you TO the report of the
Secretary of War. ssa aa5a
The present Judicial system Of the Uni
ted States has now been in operation for
SO long period of time, and has, in its
general theory and much of its details,
become so familiar to the country, and ac-
quired so entirely the public confidence;
that if modified in any respect, it should
only be in those particulars, which may
adapt it to the increased extent, population,
and legal business of the United States.
In this relation, the organization of the
courts is now confessedly inadequate to
the duties to be performed by them; in
consequence of which, the States of Flor
ida, Wisconsin, Iowa. Texas, and Califor=
MIA, and districts of other States, are in eff
feet excluded from the full benefits of the
general system, by the functions of the
circuit court being devolyed on the district
Judges in all those States, or parts, of
States.
The spirit of the constitution and due
regard tojustice require thatall the States
of the Union should be placed on the same
footing in regard to the judicial tribunals
therefore commend to your considera-
tion this important subject, which, in my
judgement, demands the speedy action of
Congress. I will present to you, if deem
ed desirable, plan, which am prepared
to recommend, for the enlargement and
modification of the present judicial sys-
tenn.
| The act of Congress establishing the
the Smithsonian Institution provided that
the President of the United States, and
other persons therein designed, Should
constitute an establishment" by that
name, and that the members should hold
stated and special meetings for the super-
vision of the affairs of the Institution
The organization not having taken place,
it seemed to me proper thatit should be
effected without delay. This has been
done; and an occasion was thereby pre-.
sented for inspecting the condition of the
Institution, and approaching its success
full progress thus far, and its high prom
Use of general usefulness.
I have omitted to ask your favorable
consideration for the estimates of works of
a local character in twenty seven of the
thirty one states, amounting to one million
seven hundred and fifty four thousand
five hundred dollars, because independ
emily of the grounds which have so often
been urged against the application of the
federal revenue for words of this charac-
inaouo1tv with consaouent iniuStice is in