Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1857-12-17

80 FtetiA9lH AtiE II0a
.e peuty Of The new States and TerriloHe.
/. and The pOWer q the Union, but shall s.
. cure homes for our posterity for many gen
d efatioRs. The extension Of our limits Ia
d brought within our jurisdiction many adj
q tioual aud populous tribes Of Indians
large proportion Of which are wild. ungtscl
e able, and dilIleult TO control. Predator,
. aud waFlike 10 their disposition and habit.
] II is impossible altogether - restrain then
from committing aggre.s'cns % e-eb 9th.
er' as vel as upon our fr0uiief cit'zsps and
l1"'s emigralng 10 our distant Slasss and
Territories. Hence expensive military ex.
petitions are frequently Necessary 70 over.
, awe aud ehastise tie more laaless and
hostile. ''
The PRESENT system Il making them val
liable presents to influence them t1 remain
at peace, has proved Intellectual. It's Be.
leved to be the better policy to eolopizs
them in suitable localities, where they can
receive the rudIments Of education, an 4 Be
gradually Induced to adopt habits Of IN.
dusiTy. So fat as the experiment has Beep
tined Il has worked well in practice, and it
viii doubtless prove to be les expensive
than the present system.
The whole number Of Indians within
our territorial limits is believed to be from
the lest data 10 the Interior Department.
about $4,000. The tribes Of Cherokees
Choetaws, Chckasaws and Creeks settled
IN The Territory set apart for them west Of
the Arkansas, are rapidly advancing IN ed.
ucatlon and in all the arts Of self-goyefn.
heni; and We may indulge The agreeable
Anticipation that at no very distant day
they viii be Incorporated 10 the Union as
one Of the sovereign States.
1t will be seen BY The report Of the Post.
master General that the Post Office De-
partment still continues to depend on the
treasury, as it has been compelled to do for
several yeals past for an important por-
ton OF the means of sustaining and ex.
tending It's operations. Their rapid growth
and expansion arc shown by a decennial
statement of the number of post Offices,
aud the length Of post roads commenting
with the year 1897. In that year there
were 1000 post offices; in 1887, I.l77;I
II i847, Is, LAG; and in 1857 they mum.
Der 1886. In this year 1895 post Offices
have been established and 7O4 discoptiu.
ued' leaving a net increase Of 1921. The
postmasters Of 365 Offices are appointed
by tue President.
The length of post road: in 1891 was
iO5,33s miles; in 1887, l4L242 miles
IN l847, t53,8l8 miles; and in the wear
1857 there are 242,GOl miles Of post road
including 2e,53O miles of railroad, on
which The mails are transported.
The expenditures Of the Departmon. for
the fiscal year ending on the 30th June, |
1857, as adjusted by the Auditor, amount. |
ed to ii,5O7 67o. TO Gefray these ex.
penditules there was TO the credi. of the |
Department on the LIST of July, 1856, the |
sum Of S7s9,599 the gross revenue of
the year, including the annual allowance
for the transportation of free mail matter
produced S5,953, ,95I /; aud the remainder
was supplied by the appropriation from
the treasury of Sc. 250, 900 granted by
the act of Congress approved August rs,
1856, and by the appropriation of s6GG,.
S83, made 10y the act of March 3. 1851
leaving $685., 1853 to be carried TO the cred
1t of the Department in tue accounts ofl
the present year. | commend to your
consideration the report of the Department
in relation to the establishment of the c
overland mail route from the Mississippi Il
river to San Francisco, California. Tie
route was selected with my full concur,
renee as the one, in my judgment, best cal o
'uIated to attain the important oIjects con- O
emplated by Congress. a
The late disastrous monetary revulsion ii
nay have one good effect should it cause .,
10Th the government and the people tore. =,
urn to the practice of wise and judicious
economy both in public and private ex.
enGitures. An oyerhowing treasury has
ed to habits of prodiga!ity AMI extraya.
anca in onr legislation. 1t has induced
congress to make large appropriations to he
bjecis for which they never would have an
rovidei had it been necessary to raise the
mount of revenue required to meet them
an increased taxation OF BY loans. We me
Q now compelled to pause in our career lid
I'd TO scrutinize our expenditures with the sa,
most vigilance; and in performing this
lty, pledge my cooperation to the ex-
Mt of my constitutional competency.
1t ought to be observed at the same
ne that true public economy does not
INSIST in Withholding the means necessa. latr
to accomplish important national OBJ of
It's intrnsted to US by the constitution. sell,
d especially such as may be necessary Ho
the common defeuce. In the present
sis OF the country it is our duty to con. seq
g our appropriations to objects of this pro
aracter, unless in cases where justice to S
lividuals may demand o different course. wei
all cases care ought. to be taken that gre
money granted by Congress shall be sed
.Lfully and economically applied, tior
U hder the Federal Constitution, "eyery self
which shall have passed the House of you
mesentotlves and the Senate, shall, be. iegi
it becomes law" be approved and wRi
ned by the President, and if no: appro
!, she shall return it with his objections the
hat house in which it originated" In pass
er to perform this high and responsible be
y, sufficient time must be allowed the sam
sident to read and examine every bill by t
sented to him for approval. Unless autl