Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-12-03

free; and that, In any event, steps be taken for
sGlonai1i1g both eia:se, !0s the Ant one men
congsni.i them' f might Be- well to consider,
too, whether the free eolored people slready In
the United States could not 90 far as individuals
made desire, be included in such colonization.
| To carry out the plan Of colonization may In
volve the acquiring Of territory, and also the APP
propristien OF money Beyond that 70 be expended
In the territorial acquisition Having practiced
the acquisition Of territory for nearly sixty years
the question Of constitutional power 70 do 80 10
Questioned at frst by Mr.. jefferson, who, how
| ever, In the purchase Of Louisiana yielded his
scruples on the plea Of great e1pediency. Fit be
:aid that the only legitmats object Of ACQUIRING
measure effects that object; for the emigration OF
| colored men leaves additional room for white
| men remaining or coming here. Mr. jefferson,
| however, placed the Importance OF procuring
/ Louisiana more political and commercial
i grounds than on providing room for population.
i On this whole proposition, including the ap-
ritory does not the expodiency amount to absolute
/ necessitY-that, without which the government
itself cannot be perpetuated
/ The war continues. In considering the policy
i to be adopted for suppressing the Instruction,
have been anxious and careful that the inevitable
conflict for this purpose shall not degenerate into
4 d violent and remorseleS revolutionary struggle.
4 have therefore, In every case, thought IL proper
| to keep the integrity Of the Union prominent az
the primary object OF the contest part leav-
ing 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 adj
hered TO the blockade Of the ports held by the
insurgents instead Of Putting In force, by proc
lamation, the law OF Congress enacted al the late
| session for closing those ports.
| SO, alSo, obeying The dictates OF prudence, az
well as the obligations Of law, instead Of trans
cending, have adhered to the act OF Congress to
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poses. IL a new law upon the same subject shall
be proposed Its propriety will be duly consid.
/ cred. The Union must be preserved and hence,
| all indispensable means must be employed. We
should not be In haste 10 determine that rad al,
| and extreme measures which may reach the loyal
/ as well as the dsloyal, are indispensable.
The inaugural address at the beginning Of the
| Administration, and the message to Congress at
the late special session, were both mainly devoted
| to the domestic controversy out Of which the IN
| surrectlon and consequent war have sprung.
Nothing occurs to add or subtract, to or from
| the principles, or general purposes, stated and
| expressed, in those documents.
The last ray Of hope for preserving the Union
peaceably, expired at the assault upon Fort Sum-
| ter; and a general review Of what has occurred
| since may not be improbable. What was pain
| fully uncertain then, 10 much better defined and
more distinct now and the progress OF events IL
plainly in the right direction. The insurgents
| claimed strong support from north Of Mason
| and DixOn's line; and the friends G the Union
were not free from apprehension on the point
This, however, was soon settled definitely, and
on the right side. South Of the line, noble little
Delaware led of right from the first. Maryland
was made TO seem against the Union. Our SOL
diers were assaulted, bridges were burned, and
railroads torn up, within her limits; and we
were many days, at one time, without the ability
to bring single regiment over her soil 20 the
/ capital. Now, her bridges and railroads are re-
paired and open to the government she already
gives seven regiments to the cause OF the Union
and none 70 the enemy; and her people, at a reg
ular election, have sustained the Union, by a
q ARD Il UOfo han
| they ever before gave to any candidate, or any
question.
Kentucky, too, for some time in doubt, is now
decidedly, and, think, unchangeably, ranged
on the side Of the Union Missouri is compare
lively quiet; and L believe cannot again be over
run by the insurrectionists. These three States
| Of Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri, neither Of
| which would promise a single soldier at first,
have now an aggregate Of not less than forty
| thousand in the field, for the Unicni while, Of
their citizens, certainly not more than third Of
L that number, and they Of doubtful whereabouts.
L aud doubtful existence, are In arms az anst il.
| After somewhat bloody struggle of months
winter closes on the Union people Of western
Virginia, leaving them masters Of their own
/ Country
An insurgent force Of about fifteen hundred, for
months dominating the natrow peninsular region,
| constituting the counties Of Accomsc and North
/ ampton, and known as eastern shore Of Virgins,
together with some contiguous parts Of Maryland,
have laid down their arms and the people there
| have renewed their allegiance TO, and accepted
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| armed insurrectionist north Of the Potomac, or
| east of the Chesapeake.
Also we have obtained footing at each Of the
isolated points on the southern coast Of Hatteras,
| Port Royal, Tybee Island, near Savannah, and
1 Ship Island and we likewise have some general
| accounts Of popular movements, In behalf Of the
| Union, in North Carolina and Tennessee.
These things demonstrate that the cause Of the
Union is advancing steadily and certainly south
| ward.
| Since your adjournment, Lieutenant General
II 10 M
During his long life the nation has not been an
mindful OF his merit; yet, on calling to mind
ffoy soy and he 6a;
| history, when few Of the now living had been
| born, and thenceforward continually, l cannot
but think we are still his debtors. I submit,
| therefore, for your consideration, what further
mark Of recognition Ia due to him, and to our.
| selves, as a grateful people.
With the retirement OF Gen. Scott came the ex-
eral-in- Chief of tie army. 1t is a fortunate Cir
| cumstance that neither in council nor country
| was there, SO far az / know, any difference Of
| opinion as to the proper person to be selected.
ment in favor Of Gen. Mcclellan for the positions
i and in this the nation seemed to give a unani-
nous concurrence. The designation Of General
Mcclellan Is, therefore, in considerable degree,
the celecton Of the country, well Of the Ex-
ecutve; and hence there il better reason to hope
there will be given him, the confidence, and cor
dial support thus, by fair Implication, promised
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| cheney, serve the country.
Vt has been said that one bad general Is better
ID IN two good ones; and the saying is true IL Ia
| ken 70 mean no more than that an army is better
| directed by single mind, though inferior, than
by two superior ones, at variance and cross pur-
poses with each other.
And the same is true, I'm all joint operations
| wherein those engaged, oGH have none but CON-
| mon end in view, and can di fer only as 70 the
| choice of means. In a storm at sea- no one on
board can wish the ship to sink; and yet, net
| frequently, all 60 down together, because too
many will direct, and no single mind can be al
| lowed TO control.
II continues to develop that the instruction is
| largely, IL not exclusively, war upon the first
principle OF popular government-the rights Of
the people. Conclusive evidence Of this Is found
In the most grave and maturely considered public
documents, as well az In the general tone Of tue
| insurgents. Ia those documents we find the
abridgment Of the existing right Of suffrage, and
the denial to the people Of all right to participate
In the selection Of public officers, except the
legislative, bodily advocated, with labored argu-
ments to prove that large control Of the people in
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