Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-12-19

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y! INDIAN AFFAIRS.
" r1,o extension of our limits has brought
LIN onr Jurisdiction many additional and
nrons tYibes of Indians, a large proper
o. which are wild, iDtractable and diff
n a ia control. Predatory and wa.like
y .bsr disposition and habits, it is itnpos-
! together to restrain them from com
" inc aogressions on each other, as well
= ron the frontier citizens and those emf
tho to our distant States and TeTrito-
Hence expensive military expedi-
H. are frequently necessary to overawe
IN chastise the more lawless and hostile
The present system of making them va
iable presents to influence them to re
1ain at peace, has proven Intellectual. II
believed to be the better policy to colo
lie them in suitable localities, where they
LIE receive the rudimeHts of education,
ehd be gradually induced to adopt habits
ii industry. So far as the experiment has
Mea tried it has worked well in practice,
md it will doubtless prove to be less ex
ensive than the present system.
The whole number of Indians within
Mr. territorial limits is believed to be, from
&c best data in the Interior Department,
bout $4,000.
The tribes of Cherokees, Choctaws,
fhickasaws and Greeks, settled in the ter
ftory set apart for them west Of Arkansas,
H. rapidly advancing in education and in
the arts of Civilization and self-govern-
nent; and we may indulge the agreeable
anticipation that at no very distant day
hey will be Incorporated into the Union as
BE- of the Sovereign States.
POST OFFICES AND POST ROADS.
Il will be seen by the report of thePost-
master General, that the Post Office De
4artment still continues to depend on the
treasury, as it has been compelled to dc
5or several years past, for an important
Aortion Of the means Of sustaining and ex.
frnding its operations. Their rapid growth
s,Dd EXPANSION are shown By q decenniai
statement of the number Of post offices,
snd the length Of post roads, commencing
hith the year 1927, In that year there
were 1000 post offices; in 1887, 11,177:
iu I847, 1886; and in 1887 they mum
her 1886. In this year 1925 post Off
ces have been established and 704discontin
suel, leaving a net increase Of l,02l. The
postmasters of 368 Offices ale appointed
a. the President.
The length Of post roads in 1927 was
1O5,336 miles; in 1887, l4l,242 miles
in l847, I5S,818 miles; and in the year
g 1857 there are 242,60l miles Of post road,
d including 22,530 miles Of railroad, on
which the mails are transported.
The expenditures of the department for
the fiscal year endi. g on both Junc,l857,
a. adjusted by the Auditor, amounted to
$Il,5O7 $40. To defray these expendi-
lures there was to the credit of the depart
ment on the LIST of July, 1856, the sum OF
S7SQ.590; the gross revenue Ct the year,
including the annual allowances for the
transformation of free mail matter, pro
ductd $6,053,95l; aud the remainder
was supplied by the appropriation from THE
treasury of $2,250,000, granted BY the
Act Of Congress approved August, 1885,
and ty the appropriation of ~$eG6,883
made bv he act OF March 3, 1887 leaving
$252,7G3 to be carried to the credit Of the
del artment in tile accounts of the current
year. l commend to your consideration
the report Of he overland mail route from
tie Mississippi river 10 San Francisco.Cal
%iiu,nia. The route was selected with my
full concurrence, as The one, iii my jndg-
mem, best calculated 10 attain the inpor
tant o'jects contemplated by Congress.
PUBLIC EXPENDITURES.
The late disastrous momentaFy Revision
NAV have one good effect should it caus,
both the government and the people to re-
turn to the practice of a wise aud Jude
Gus economy both in public and private
expenditures.
An OVERLOOKING treasury has led to hab-
its of prodigality and extravaganza in oul
legislation. 1t has induced Congress tc
make large appropriations to objects fol
which they never would have provided had
il been necessary to raise the amount OF
revenue required to meet them by an in
creased taxation or by loans. We are
uow compelled to pause in our career, and
to scrutinize our expenditures with the ut
most vigilance; and in performing this du-
tv, | pledge my co operation to the extent
OF my constitutional competency.
1t ought to be observed at the same time
that true public economy does not consist
in Withholding the means necessary to ac-
complish important national objects entrus-
ted to us by the Constitution, and espec-
cially such as may be necessary for the
common defense. In the present crisis Of
the country-it is our duty to eonine our
appropriations to objects of this character
unless in cases where justice to individuals
may demand a different course. In all
cases care ought to be taken that money
granted by Congress shall be faithfully and
economically applied.
TINE REQUIRED FOR EXAMINATION OF BILLS
Under the Federal Constitution. "egery