Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1861-12-06

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/ forum tetllat this great interest is SO in
dependent IN its nature as not to have de-
manded and extorted more from the Gov
erhment, Tres pectfuliy ask Congress TO
consider whether something more cannot
be given voluntarily with general advan-
tage. Annual reports exhibiting the con-
| ditloa OF our agriculture commerce and
manufacture. wonld present a fund of in
formation OF grcai practical value 10 the
country. While | make no suggestion as
% details, / venture tie opiii60 that an
agricultural and statistical bureau might
! proftably be organised
/ Thesexe0uton Of the laws for Tie sup.
i preston of the African slave trade has
/ been eonfded to the Department Of the
Interior. l. is subj Of congratulaton
that the eif5rts which have been made for
the suppression Of this inhuman traffic,
! have recently been attended with unusual
success. Five vessels being fitted out for
the slave trade have been seized aud CON
demned. Two masters engaged in the
trade, and one person equipping the yes
sci as such have been convicted and
subj ected to the penalty of fine and i'm
prlsonment; and one captain, taking up a
cargo of Africans on board his vessel, has
been convicted of the highest grade of
offence under our laws, TIE punishment of
which is death. it
The territories of Colorado, Dakotah and
Nevada, created by the last Congress, have
been organized, and civil administration
has been inaugurated there under aus
pices especially gratifying; when it is con-
sidered that the leaven of treason was
found existing in some of these new coun
tries when the federal officers arrived
there. The abundant natural resources of
these territories, with the security and
protection afforded by organized govern
ments, will doubtless invite to them a
large immigration, when peace shall re-
store the business of the country to its &C
/ customed channels
m l submit the resolutions of the Legisla-
ture of Colorado, which evince the patri-
otto spirit of the people of the Territory
So far, the authority of the United States
has been upheld in all the Territories, as
it is hoped ii will be in future. | COM
mend their interests of defence to the en-
lightened and generous care of Congress.
| recommend to the favorable considera-
ton Of Congress, the interests of the Dis
| trict of Columbia. The instruction has
been the cause of much suffering and sac
rlfce to the Inhabitants. and as they have
no representative in Congress, that body
should not overlook their just claims upon
the Government.
At your last session a joint resolution
was adopted, authorizing the President to
take measures for facilitating proper re-
presentation of the industrial interest of the
United States, at the exhibition of industry
of all nations, to be holden at London, in
the year 1862. | regret to have been I'M
able to give personal attention to this sub
Ject, a subject at once SO interesting in it
self, and SO extensively and intricately con-
nected with the material prosperity of the
world. Through the Secretaries of State
and interior, plan or system has been
devised, adm partly matured, which will
be laid before pou.
Under and by virtue of the act Of Con-
gress, entitled San act to confseate prop
erty used for insurrectiohary purposes -
approved August 9Th, 1861, legal claims
Of certain other persons, have become for
| Feited, and numbers Of tie latter thus lib
Grated are dependent on the United States
and must be provided for in some way
Besides this, il is not impossible that some
of the States will pass similar euactn1ents
For their own benefit respectively, and by
| the operations Of which persons Of the
same class viii be. thrown upou them for
disposal. -.- ...-... ......
In such case receomend that Congress
provide tor excepting such persons from
such State, according to some mode of
valuation, in lieu pro .anto Of direct taxes.
or upon some other plan, to be agreed on
with such State respectively; that such
persons on such acceptance by the Gene
raj Government be AT once deemed free.
and that in any event steps be taken for
colonizing both classes, or the one first
mentioned, if the other shallnot be brought
into existence, at some place or places in
climate congenal to them.
1t might be we'll to consider, too,
whether the free colored people already
I IN the United States could not, so far as
individuals may desire, be included in
such colonization. To carry out the plan
of colonization may involve the acquiring
of territory, and also the appropriation Of
money beyond that to be expended in the
territorial acquisition Having precluded
the acquisition Of territory for nearly fifty
years. the question of constitutional power
TO do SO is no longer an open one with US.
The power was first questioned by Mr..
Jefferson, who, however, in the purchase
of Louisiana, yielded his scruples, on the
plea of great expediency. If it be said
that the only legitimate object of acquir-
ing territory is to furnish homes for white
men, this measure effects that object, for
the emigration of colored men leaves ad-
ditional room for white men remaining or
coming IN.
Mr. Jefferson, however, placed the i'm
portance Of procuring Louisiana more on
political and commercial grounds than on
providing room for population. On this
whole proposition, including to appropria-
ton of money with The acquisition Of ter
ritory, does not the expediency amount
to absolute necessity, that without which
the Government cannot be perpetual?
in considering the policy to be adopted for
suppressing the insurrection, have been
anxious and careful that tho iuavitab 10