, 1854-03-04

Government and the the United and the OF Its
accomplishment In Judgment with ue aid as the can
rghfy furnish proprietor making surveys and in granting
but three or four roads Our commerce doubles IN seven years our rail-
roads in four or five and have to believe that for
built simultaneously to the great rbors the Pacific San Francisco
and Puget Sound practicable found can speak desye
the entire praccaby of the Southern and many intermediate
interests of the country will be advanced by the aceranng
demand that the roads running westward should not be stayed in
their course till they reach our western shores am firmly Of opinion
however that these undertakings should be controlled and con
mated by the people themselves and that every project OF Government
Illusion a, been made to our defective mail arrangements For six
weeks the winter has this territory been without communication
with the States Yet this interval sailing vessels reached Seattle from
san Francisco and brought port information the 18th of Jan
na which only reached the same place by mail more than six weeks sub
seqlmtly.
There growing of the condition of the Territory which
call for efficient mail service by ystcamc There nearly five thou
sand Indians the shores Of the Sound large district with
ruumac ports anordg facilities to the evasion of the laws
and disputed Territory The entrance TO the Sound is with
foreign possession to the North welded almost despodc and
the abode of large bands of wark aLosnc For the management of
public business for the protection alike of the Indian and the settler for
the enforcement OF the revenue laws and Tor te uodhg the dignity
and the integrity of national and territorial rights is essential that
line of should direct from San Francisco Puget Sound
and hat an ehec mai service by steamers be organized on the Sound
itself The portion of the Territory the Columbia river will be poy
dd for by the existing arrangements let them only be carried out with
due regard to express puaons trust that this measure may be
urged Congress with the mroken strength of the territory and with
such emphasis to carry conviction and insure
There this territory ten thousand Indians about equal
proportions either side of the Cascade Mountains for the part
the State will recommend the mcmoazng Congress pass law
authorizing the President open negotiations with Indians of
and to make ample appropriations to actually eXtinguh their title
throughout the territory eScrn to them such portions dipen
sable to their comfort and subsistence
Inthe matter of legislation woud suggest that be
some ambiguity as to the state of Statute Law at present in force in this
Territory be adopted which, while frees pres
en uncertainty shall not render the community entirely destitute the
law Such result might be effected by enacng such of the laws of
Oregon still remain applicable to this territory and by having the
same time suitable Cted preparing such the present
to the strong necessity that exists for organizing counties whole
eastern portion of the Territory and for making
running county lines in the portions the Territory al
ready organized The passing suitable election law assigning
the judges and the judicial districts and the other matters referred
the Organic Law will, Of course, engage your attention.
also call your rights Bay Company
and the Puget Sound cuna Company and the position they
cy In this territory They have certain rights granted to them by the
treaty of 1876 the security Of which the faith of the United States
pledged 1t certainly conduce the welfare Of this Territory
to have situated midst foreign corporatop usurpr large
Gle from the country And the possessions confirmed Puget Sound
Agricultural Company vague and uncertain nature in their
company and the settlers and tend many
ons the territory 1t will be Importance acquire
knowledge possible of the of Territory actually possession
the Puget Sound Agricultural Company the date of the treaty. and
the present value thereof with the design memorang Congress upon
the subject in order to exnguh their title shall be deemed
dient.
In regard the Hudson Bay Company difficulty appre
hcnded cannot Their right trade with Indians cog
nsed and will not longer be allowed Under instructions from the
ea[ o state have already addressed note to them on this subject
and have allowed them until the lst of July wind up their a
a After that time the laws regulating intercourse with the Indians
will be rgdy enforced.
By the taken preliminary the organization of the govern
me the whole number of inhabitants 395 and the number of
qualified voters 6s2 Since this time the population has con
eraby increased and great accession may be expected the spring.
view OF the rapid increase of population yearly will be
say appoon representation and make adequate provision for
ty organization.
have purchased the Library of the Territory provided for the
organic law and the books which reached territory excellent order
have been placed suitable charge gentleman u
the Legislature might make suitable provision was taken
get the best books each department learning executive
of each state and territory and learned societies applied
for the donation OF their published archives This application been
generally responded to- and worthy special
Most of the archives still their way the purchased
books The number of volumes the library including unbound
documents about 1850 and when all the books shall come
of
mounted maps have also been purchased for the library and are
1.-THE library
The subject OF education already occupies the minds hearts of the
citizens OF this territory and feel confident that they will aim at moth
ling less than to provide system which shall place means of
ALL the full development of the capacities with which he has been en-
oTed Let every youth however limited his opportunities find his
pce in the school, the college, the university has given him the
necessary gifts great champion of liberty than two hun
dd years that the true object complete generous euca
ton to fit to perform justly skluy magnanmousy AIM
the offices both private and public Of and Congress
made liberal appropriations of land for the support of
would recommend that special commission be instituted report on
the whole school system will also recommend that congress be memo
rialzed to appropriate land for university
1t seems to me also of the first Importance that Territorial Militia
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