The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-12-04

ton in lieu pro tanto OF direct taxes, or
upon some other plan to be agreed on with
such States respectively, that such per-
SOUS on such acceptance by the General
Government be at once deemed free, and
that, in any event, steps be taken for col
onlzing both classes. on the one first men,
toned If the other shall not be brought
4 into existence, 1t the same place or
places In climate tongetiaI t. them.
| 1t might be well o. consider. too wheth-
q Tic free eatared people already IN the
! United State could uut, SO far az indi-
yiduaIa n#y desire, hc included IN such
colonization. This may inyois q The acquiring
of territory, and also an appropriation of
money beyond that to be expended in ter
ritory acquired. Having rracticcd the
acquisition OF territory for nearly fifty
| years, the question OF constitutional pow
er to do 20 is no longer an open one with
us The power was first questioned 10y
Mr. Jefferson, who however III the pur-
chase Of Louisiana, yielded his scruples on
/ the plea If great eXpediency. ii IL be
said that the only legitimate object Of ac-
/ curing territory i "a furnish homes for
white men, this measure effects that OBJ
I lect, for the emigration of ce3ored men
/ leaves additional room for white men re-
maining or coming here. MIR. Jefferson,
however, placed the importance If pro-
curing Louisiana, more on political aud
commercial grounds ihsn Oh providing
room for population. On this Whole pro-
position including the appropriation of
money. with the acquisition OF territory,
does not the cXpediehey amount 10 ab~o-
lutte necessity, that without which the
Government canuo; be perpetual
TIE PRESIDENT POLICY.
II considering he policy q be adopt
ed for SURPRISING the insufFection, |
have been anxious aud careful thar the in-
evitabIe conflict for this purpose shall not
/ degenerate into a violent and rem0rseless
revolutionary struggle have, iherefore,
/ thought proper TO keep the integrity Of
/ the Mon prominent, as The primary OBJ
lect of the contest ON our part, leaving
/ ali questions which are not Of vital Mill
/ tary Importance to the more deliberate
I action 81 the legislature In the exercise
+ Of my best discretion, have adhe red to
a blockade Of the ports held by The usur-
gents, instead OF putting in force, by
I proclamation, the hw OF Congress en-
4 acted at the late session for closing tie
ports. Also. obeyine the dictates of pru-
4 dence a. we'll ~ the obligations Ut law,
4 instead of trunscending,,t have adhered
Il the aet of Congress t. conascate proper
I " used for insurectlouaiy purposes. If
q new law upon the same subject shall be
1 proposed. It's propfiety will b. duly con-
sidered Tie mon must b. preserved.
aud hence all defensibie measures must be
embraced. We should not be in haste 10
determine what radical aud extreme mca.
sur,s, which nay roach the loyal az well
As The disloyal, are Indispensable
CENTRAL RLyIAw.
The inaugural address at the beginning
II the Administration, and the message TO
Cong 81 the iate special session, we're
both mainly devoted 10 the domestic eontro-
stTey, ouf IF gh CHI the i1turreetion and
consequent war have sprung. Nothing row
occurs 10 add - or subtract from hs prin-
clples or general purposes stated nud ex-
pressed IN those caments. Tie last day
Z VI hope Tor preserving tie Union peaccally
expired at the assault upon Fort Sumter,
aud general review If what has occurred
since may noe be unproftable. What was
painfully uncertain then, Ii much better de-
tined aud more distinct now, and the prog
resS OF events is plainly in tbs right direc-
tian. The insurgents cenhiertly claimed a
strong support from north OF Mason ard
Di1oD's line, and the friends Of tie Union
were not free from uppre hension ON that
point. Ines, however, was soon settled
definitely and ON the lighAside south Of the
the line. Noble little ID elaware led of right
from the first. Maryland WIS made 10 seem
. against tn Union. Cor soldiers were as
Banited, bridges were burned, and railroads
torn up w,thin hei linits, and We were many
days, at one time, without the ability 10
bti a single rex iment over Der coil to The
| capital. Now hgr bridges ard railroads
are repaired and op6rcd to the Government.
She already gives seven regiments TO the
cause Of The Union und none to the eneiav,
and Der people. Il regular election hage
sustained the Union by "a large majority,
anu 4 larger aogr gate vote than III ever
before gave e. any candidate Or ans ques-
ion. Kentucky, too. for some time in
doubt, IL now decidedly aud MECHANICALLY on
tue sie OF the Union. Missouri il c8n.pAra-
tive.y quiet, aud | believe cannot AGAIN be
oveifun by the Insurgents. Those three
STATES of Maryland, Kentucky aud Ais
souri,, neither II Which would promise a
single solaior at hrst. baso noa Al aggre-
CUTE Of not less than 10000 ia the field for
tie Union, while of thlr cllizfns not more
thaa third in number arc among the IN
surgents. and they Of douN tia. whereabouts
and cAls ence.
After somewhat bloody strugglc of
months winter closes on the Union peo-
~ Of Western Virginia, leaving them
MASTERS Of their own country. An insur-
gent force of about /, 800, for months
dominating the narrow peninsnlar region
constituting the counties OF Aceomac and
Northampton, and known ms tie eastern