The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-12-07
VOL. XXII---NO. IS.

war; have already been made. There is
reason 10 believe that many who are now
upon the pension roll, and in recent of
the bounty of the Government, are in the
ranks OF the Insurgent army, or giving
/ them aid and comfort The Secretary of
the interior has directed the payment of
the pension of such persons, upon proof
Of their disloyalty ! recommend that
Congress authorize that officer to cause the
names cf such persons to be strick en- from
the pension rolls.
The relations Of the Government with
the Indian tribes, have been lately dis.
4 turbed by the instruction, especially in
I the Northern superntendency, and in thst
/ Of New Mexico. The Indian country
south of Kansas is in possession of insur.
gents from Texas, fnl Arkansas. The
agents OF the United States, appointed
since the 4th of March for this superin.
tendency, have been unable to reach their
/ posts, while the most of those who were
IN office before that time have espoused
the insurrectionary cause and assumed to
exercise the powers OF agents by virtue of
commissions from the insurgents. 1t has
been stated in the public press that Dor.
7 tIon OF these Indians have been organized
/ as military FORCE and are attached to the
army oi the Insurgents. Although the
Government has no official information
upon the subject
Letters have been written to the Com.
missioner OF Indian affairs by several prem.
inent Chiefs, giving assurance of their
d - - 10" ii~''Ad S.".~- ~-A .~rrs-,s-r
ing the wish for tie presence of the Fed.
erai troops to protect them. 1t is believed
. that on the repOssession of the country
by the Federal forces, the Indians will
readily cease all hostile demonstration
and resume their former relations to the
Government
Agriculture, confessedly the largest in
terc-t OF the nation, has not a Department
or Bureau, but a clerkship ass igned it
III the Government. While it is fortunate
that this great interest is so independent
in its nature as not to have demanded
ami extorted more from the Government,
| respectfully ask Congress TO consider
4 whether something more can not be eivsss
voluntarily with general advantage
Annual reports, exhibiting the condition
Of our agriculture, commerce and manu-
features, would present fund of informa-
ton OF great practical value to the country.
" hile ! make no suggestion as to details,
! venture the opinion that an Agricultural
and Statistical Bureau might proftably be
Crgauzcd.
i he execution Of the laws for the sup.
preston of the African slave trade has
been confined to the Department of the
Interior 1t IS q jcct Of congratulaticn
that the efforts which have been made for
IL" suppression Of this inhuman traffic
have recently been attended with unusual
success. Five vessels being fitted out for
the slave trade, have been seized and con-
,'.., A.
trade and one person equipping the vessel
Is SLAYER. have been convicted and sub
jected TO the penalty of fine and impris.
onmeEt, ard one captain, taking up a
cargo Of Africans on board his vessel, has
been convicted of the highest grade Of
offence under orr laws, the punishment Of
which is death
The territories Of Colorado, Dakota and
Nevada, created 10y the last Congress, have
! been organized, and civil administration
/ has been inauguratcd therein, under au.
spices especially gratifying when it is con-
sidcrcd that the leavcn of treason waa
found existing in some of these new coun.
tlies when the Federal officers arrived
there. The abundant natural resources Of
| these territories. with the security and
protection afforded by organized Govern.
ncnts will doubtless invite TO them large
. immigration when peace shall restore the
country 10 tue accustomed channels
! submit the resolution of the Legisla-
/ ture Of Colorado, which evnces the patri-
+ otic spirit of the people of the territory
80 far the authority of the United States
has been upheld in all the territories as it
is hoped it VIII be in the future. l com.
mend them to the enlightened and gem
erCus care of Congress-
| Y -.
alton Of Congress the interests of the Dis
trict of Columbia. The insurrection has
been the cause of much suffering and sac
riiCe TO the inhabitants, and as they have
no representative in Congress that body
should not overlook their just claims upon
the Government
At your late session q Joint resolution
was adopted, authorizing the President to
, take measures for facilitating a proper
representation of the industrial interests
, of the United States at the exhibition Of
f the Industry of all Nations, to be holden
. at London in the year 1862. / regret to
have been unable to give personal atteR-
! ton to this subject; n subject at once SO
interesting in itself, and so extensively and
/, intricately connected with the material
f prosperity of the world. Through the
Secretaries of State and Interior, plan or
system has been devised, and partly ma.
tured, which will be laid before you.
+ Under and by virtue OF an act of Con
p gresS entitled IAN act to confiscate prop
2 erty for insurrectionary purposes" appro-
we'd August 9th, 1851, legal claims of Ger.
e tain persons to the labor and service OF
= certain other persons, have become forfeit.
e ed, and numbers of the latter thus libera.
: ted are dependent on the United States
1 l. IL r.
r Besides this, ii is not impossible that some
e States will pass similar enactments for
| their own benefit respectively, and by the
= operation of which persons of the same
c class will be thrown upon them for dispo
+ sal In such case recommend that Con.
e gress provide for accepting such persons
I from such States, according to some mode
I of valuation. i'll lieu, pro rata, of direct
G taxes, or upon some other plan to be
t agreed on with such States respectively
: that such persons, on such acceptance by
; the general government, be at once deemed
= free and that, in any event, steps be taken
D for colonizng both classes, or the one first
: mentioned if the other shall be brought
into existence, at some place or places in
, a climate congenial to them. 1t might be
5 well to consider, TOO, whether the free
J. colored people in the United States could
;, not, so far as individuals may desire, be
t included in such colonization. To carry
e out the plan Of colonization may involve
| the acquiring of territory, aud also the
+ appropriation of money beyond that To be
+, expended in the territorial acquisition
: Having practiced the acquisition Of terri
tory for nearly fifty years, the 4estion oi
Constitutional power to do so is no longer
= an open one with us. The power was frst
, questioned by Mr. jefferson, who, however
in the purchase of Louisiana, yielded his
: scruples on the plea of great expediency.
T. If it be said that the only legitimate OBJ
/. ] ;nct of acnuirinn territory iS To furniah