The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1861-12-05

our giving i. 10 full this week. Wegive
below some Of the more important por.
.ioos Of it, and will publish all mex,
week:
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.
FsVou citizens Of Tie Senate and House
Of Rep'ese' tatirss
In the midst Of unprecedented pol!ti.
! cal troubles, VIC have cause OF great graf,
itude to God for unusus' good health,
and most abundant harvests.
You will not be surprised to learn that
in the peculiar exigencies Of the times,
our intercourse with foreign nations has
been attended with profound solici;ude,
chiefly turning upon our own domestic
affairs
A disloyal portion Of the American
people have, during the whole year, been
engaged in an attempt to divide and des-
troy the Union 4 nation which endures
factions, domestic divisions, is exposed
to disrespect abroad, and one party or
both, is sure, sooner or later, TO invoke
foreign intervention Nations thus temp
ted to interfere are not always able to re-
sist the counsels of seeming expedicncy
and unccnerous ambition, although meas.
ures adopted under such influences sell
dom fail to be unfortunate and injurious
to those adopting them.
The disloyal citizens Of the United
States. who have offered the ruin Of our
country in reward for the aid and com-
fort which they have invoked abroad,
have received less patronage and encour-
agement than they probably expected
II it were just 10 suppose, as the insur-
gents have seemed to assume, that for
c;yn nations in this case, disrega:ding
all moral, social and treaty obligations,
would act solely aud sel6shly for the
most speedy restoration Of commerce,
including specially the acquisition Of
cotton, those nations appear as yet not
to have seen their way to their object
more directly or clearly through the dcs.
truc,ion than through the preservation
of the Cuion. Ii we could dare to be-
lievc that foreign nations are ac;uated
by no higher principle than this, am
quite sure that second argument could
be made to show them that they could
reach their own ends more readily and
easily by assisting TO crush this rebellion
than by giving encouragement, to the
principal lever relied on, by the exciting
of foreign nations to hostility against US,
as already iu;imatcd, in the embarrass-
meut of commerce. Those nations, how
ever, not improbably saw from the first
that it was the Union which mode as well
our foreign as our domestic commerce.
They scarcely can fail to perceive that
the effort for disunion produces the ex-
istng difficulty; and that one strong ma.
ton promises more durable peace, and a
more extensive, valuable and reliable
commerce than can the same nation bro.
ken into hostile fragments.
Through the Secretaries of State and
Inter or plan or system has been devils.
cd and partly ma,ured. which will be laid
before you under aud by virtue of the
act of Congress entitled al act to cooGs.
cate property used for insurrectionary
purposes, approved August 9th, ls6l.-
Legal claims Of certain persons t. the la
Dor and services Of certain other persons,
have become forfeited, and number. of I
the latter thus liberated are already de. /
pendent on the United States, ind mus,
be provided for in some way. Besides
this, i, is not improbable that some Of
the States will pass similar enactmen:s
for their own benefit respectively, aud
by the operations of which, persons Of
the same class will be thrown upon them
for disposal. In such case, | recommend (
that Congress provide for accepting such
persons from such States, according to
some mode of valuation in lieu pro tanto .
Of direct taxes, or upon some other plan
to BE- agreed on with such States reSpoc.
lively, that sch persons 90 such accept .
ancc by the ceGc..i government, be at
oucc deemed FREE, ard tia. in any event
steps be taken f,r colonizln- both class. !
cS, CT the one first mentioned, if the
others shall not be brou ,ht into existence
a, the same place or places, in climate
con-cnial to them. 1t might be we'll to
consider, too, whether the free colorcd
people already in the L. s could not, So
far as individuals may desire, be included
in such colonization. To carry out the
plan Of elimination may involve the ac-
curing Of territory, aud also an appro.
pria,ion of money beyond tia, to be ex-
pended III the Territorial rcquisi,ion.
In considering the policy to be adopt
ed for SURPRISING the lnsnrrcc,i-n, l
have been anxious aud careful that the
inevitable conflict for this purpose shall
not degenerate into a violent and re-
morsclcss revolutionary struggle. have
therefore thought proper to keep the IN.
te.rity Of the Union prominent as the
primary object Of the contest on our
part. leaving all questions which are not
of vital military Importance to the more
deliberate action of the legislature
In the exercise Of my best discretion,
have adhered to blocadc Of the ports
held by the insurgents, instead of put
ting in force by proclamation the law of
! Congress, enacted at the late session for
closing the ports. Also obcyiny the die
tAtcs Of prudence, as well as the oh!iga
tvns Of law, Instead Of transcendinc, I
have adhered to the act of Congress to
con'iscate property used for insurrcctlon
airy purposes. If a new law upon the
same subject sh,ll be proposed, its pro,
pricty shall be duly considered. The
Union must be preserved. aud hence all
detens'ble means must be employed We
shr ull not be in haste IN detarm;,o wb -,