M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1861-12-12


measure effects that object, for tn
emigration of colored men leaves ad
ditional room for white men remain
/ ing or coming here. Mr.. Jefferson
however, placed the Importance o
purchasing Louisiana more on po!iti
cal and commercial grounds, than OF
providing room for population. Or
this whole proposition, including the
appropriation of money with the &C
QUESTION of territory, does not the
expediency amount to absolute neces
si.y that without which the Govern
ment cannot be perpetuateds
In considering the policy to be
adopted for SuppressiDg the insurree.
tion, have been anxious and careful
that tho inevitable conflict Tor this
purpose shall not degenerate into 6
violent and remorseless revolutionary
Struggle. Ihave, therefore, in every
case, thought it proper to keep the
integrity Of the Union prominent as
tue primary object of tae 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 discre-
tion have adhered to the blockade
Of the ports held by the insurgents,
instead of putting in force by procla.
nation the law of Congress enacted
at the late session for closing those
ports; also, obeying the dictates OF
as we'll as the obligations
of law, instead Vf transcending, |
have adhered to the act Of Congress
to confScate property used for insur-
rectionary purposes. If a new law
upon the same subject shall be pro-
posed, its propriety will be daly con.
sidered. The Union must be preserved
and hence all dispensable means must
be employed.
We should not be in haste to de.
termine what radical and extreme
measures which may reach the loyal
as well as the disloyal are indispensa'
BILE.
The inaugural address at the begin.
ming Of the Administration, and the
message to Congress at the late spec.
ial session, were both mainly devoted
to the domestic controversy out Of
which the insurrection and conse.
quent war have sprung. Nothing now
occurs to add or subtract to or from
the principles or general purposes
stated and expressed in those docu
mentS.
The last ray Of hope for preserving
the Union peaceably expired at tue
assault upon Fort Sumter, and gen
eral review of what has occurred since
may not be Improbable. What was
painfully uncertain then is much bet,
ter defued and more distinct now
and the progress Of events is plainly
in the right direction.
The insurgents confidently claimed
a strong support from North of Ma
son and Dixon's line, and the friends
Of the Union were not free from ap
prehension OIL this point. This, now
ever, was soon settled definitely ant
on the right side. South of the lin
noble little Delaware led of righ
from the first. Maryland was mad
to seem against the Union. Our sol
diers were assaulted, bridges wer
burned, and railroads torn up within
her limits, and we were many days a
one time without the ability to brin
a single regiment over her soil to til
Capital. Now her bridges and rail
roads are repaired and opened 10 tn
Government. She already gives sev
ell regiments 10 the cause of the Unio
and none to the enemy, and her peO
pie, at regular election, have sue
tained the Union by large majority
and II larger aggregate vote than the
ever before gave to any candidate
any question.
Kentucky, too, for some time /
doubt, is now decidedly, and, | think
unchangeably ranged on the side c
the Union. Missouri is comparative
ly quiet, and, | believe, can not agai
be overrun by the insurgents. Tines
three States, Of Maryland, Kentuck
and Missouri, neither Of which prom
ised a single soldier at first, have no,
an aggregate or not less than 0,00C
in the field for the Union, while 0
their citizens, not more than thirC
in number are among the insurgents
and they OF doubtful whereabout ant
existence.
After somewhat bloody straggl
of months, winter closes on the Uniol
people of Western Virginia, leavin!
them masters of their own country
An insurgent force of about 800, 70
months dominating the narrow PENN
salar region constituting the countie
of Accomac and Northampton, an
known as the Eastern Shore Of Vii
oinia together with some contiguou