Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1856-01-05

,,tIc TO no postage by law, or to very low
". of hostage compared with that charged
LISTERS and to the great cost of mail ser
vice ON railroads and by ocean steamers. The
.,,ostions of the Postmaster General on the
["Ii,ct deserve the consideration of Congress
aug INTERIOR.
The report of the Secretary of the interior
III ,nosre your attention, as well for useful
IONS It contains. as for the interest and
ort,pce of the subjects to which they refer.
"n Ti,c aggregate amount Of public. land sold
,,.;nr the last fiscal year, located with military
"mr n or land warrants, taken up under grants
r.I lads and selected as swamp lands by
".s is twcnty-four million, five hundred and
c%'. sovcn thousand, four hundred and nine
NV of which the portion sold was fifteen
";ri,n seven hundred and twenty-nine thou
I""I FIVE hundred and twenty-four acres, yield
.'.. =, rcceipts the sum of eleven million, four
M i,,,jrrd and eirhty-Gve thousand, three hum
I,J and eighty dollars. In the same period
e fine eight million seven hnndred and TWEEN
tr.tLree thousand, eight. hundred and fifty
E'cr acres have been surveyed /; but, in conside-
,,,ion Of the quantity already subject TO entry
"aJjitional tracts have been brought into
market. -a.a..
n,ont to the District of Columbia renders it
.roncr 70 recommend to your care not only
:. material, but also its moral interests, includ-
~, rducation, more especially in those parts
- TN. district outside of the cities of Wash
;gcton and Georgetown. Tt8 "a
The commissioners appointed to revise and
nifty the laws of the district, have made
.n.h progress in the performance of their task
a.. ia insure its completion within the time pre-
srbcd bv the act of Congress.
information has recently been received, that
n, naore of the settlements in the Territories
If oregon and Washington. is disturbed by
,%o,tlitics on the part Of the Indians, with in
Ia9,ions of extensive combinations of a hos
,r character among the tribes i'll that quarter,
ME- more serious in their possible effectby rea-7
-, Of the undetermined foreign interests OK
itins in those Territories, to which your at.
+cption has already been especially invited
Efricnt measures have been taken, which, it
j. believed, will restore quiet, and afford pro
tctlon to our citizens.
In the Territory of Kansas, there have been
nets prciulicial to good order, but as yet none
lave occurred under circumstances to Justify
,r KtrrpoSitiou of the federal executive
That could only be in case of obstruction to
FEDERAL law, or Of organized resistance to ter
r%,oriI law, assuming the character of insur-
rruou, which, if it should occur, it would be
ms luty promptly to overcome and suppress.
cherish the hope, however, that the occur
rn,e Of any such untoward event will be pre-
Vented by The sound SeaSc of the people Of
tie Territory. who, by its organic law, posses
,m- the right ia determine their own domestic
n,,Imtious. arc entitled, while dePorting them
Ives peacefully. to the free exercise of that.
right, and must be protected il the enjoyment
If it. without interference on the part of the
citizens Of any of the States.
The Southern boundary line of this Terri
toy has never been surveyed and established:
IMr rapidly extending settlements in that re-
cuU. and the fact that the main route between
Independence, in the State of Missouri, and
New Mexico, is contiguous to this line, sug-
->t the probability that embarrassing qnGS-
lions of Jurisdiction may consequently aries.
For these and other considerations, I~cOlnmend
the subject to Your early attention.
CONSTITUTIONAL THEORY OF TIE GOVERNMENT
| have thus passed in review the general
state of the Union, Including such particular
concerns Of the federal government, whether
VI domestic or foreign relation, as it appeared
20 ne desirable and useful to bring to the es-
Qrciul notice Of Congress. Unlike the great
States Nf Europe and Asia, and many Of those
1 America. these United States are wasting
tcir strength neither in foreign war nor do
nestle strife. Whatever of discomfort or pub
Il lie Dissatisfaction axiStS IL aftrib,,faIln 70 Al.
mrcrfcctiOns of human nature. or is incident
taal! governments, however perfect, which
human wisdom can devise. Such subjects of
n"icaI agitation as occupy the public mind,
consists, to a great extent, Of cXaggeratiOn of
inevitable evils, or over zeal in social improve
'#nt. or mere imagination of grievance, hay
~ but remote connection with any Of the
u">tret5,ual functions or duties of the fcde-
@t ssyrtEInent. 10 whatever extent these
qgstions exhibit a tendency menacing to the
stability Of the constitution, or the Integrity
d the Cnion, aud no farther, they demand
'r consideration of the Executive, and require
N be presented by him to Congress.
Before the Thirteen Colonies became a con
liberation Of independent States, they were
&,""ia'cd only by community of transatlantic
''Io, b! geographical position, and by the
&'1o4 tie OF coinmon dependence on Great
oa'ain. W hen that tie was sumlcred, they
"'eF'ly assumed the powers and rights of alb
~H'e cIfgovcTument. The municipal and
'"&i institutions Of each, its avs Of proper
ami OF personal rclatiOn-even in political
"<aazauon-wcre such only as each one
'r 10 establish. wholly without interference
ANY Other. In the language of the De
EATON Of Independence, each State had
I'D. power to levy war, conclude peace, con-
'"' alliances, establish commerce, and to do
@,aer acts and things which independent
..g, may Of right do" The several colonies
%~s'e''A climate, in soil, in natural produc-
III religion, in systems of education, in
'r>'oor, aud III the forms of political admins
''a and they continued to differ in these
"tEl> When they voluntarily allied them
d" States to carry on the war of the