Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-12-04


Heaven Of treason was found existing insome o.
\ those new countries whom the Federal onceri
arrived there. The abundant natural resource'
Of these Territories, With the secnrity o. pro
teclion afforded BY an organized government
viii doubtless invite TO them large immigra
ton when peace shall restore the business OF th'
country 10 its accustomed channels. r.i,.
submit the resolutions Of the Legislaturs
Of Colorado, which evnce the patriotic spirit O
the people Of the Territory. SO fart the author
ity Of the United States has been upheld N al
the Territories, as IL is hoped II wili De ~ tns
future. commend their interests and deiens'
to the enlightened and generous care OF Oon
gress. Ff4h d.
OF Congress the Interests OF the District OF Co
lumbia. The insurrection has been the cause
of much suffering and sacrifice to the inhabi
tants, and as they have no representative II
Congress-, that body should not overlook theii
just claims upon the Government.
At your late session Joint resolution was
adopted authorizing the President to TAXI
measures for facilitating proper representa-
tion of the industrial interests Of the United
States at the exhibition Of the industry OF al
nations, to be held at London in the year 1852
regret 10 have been unable to give persona
attention TO the subject, q subject at once %
interesting in itself and 90 extensively and In
tlmately Iconnected with the material prosperit,
Of the world.
Through the Secretaries OF the State ant
Interior plan or system has been devised anC
partly matured which will be laid before yon.
| Under and by virtue Of the act OF Congress
entitled ian act to confscste property used fol
ineurrectionary purposes" approved August 9TH
| 1RGl la0al ri tuna 0f aartain tn tl(
labor and service Of certain other peraons have
become forfeited, and numbers OF the latte
thug liberated are already dependant on thu
United States, and must be provided for II
aome way. Beides this, 1t is not impossible
| that some Of the States will pass similar enact
ments for their own benefit, respectively, ant
by the operation Of which persons OF the sam'
class will be thrown upon them for disposal
In such case | recommend that Congress provide
| for accepting such persons from such States &C
cording TO some mode of valuation in lieu pr
tanto of direct taxes, or upon some other plar
to be agreed on with euoh 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 for colo
nizing both classes, or the one first mentioned,
IL the other shall not be brought into existence.
at come place or places in q climate congenial
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whether the free colored people already In the
United States could not, so far as individuals
may desire, be included 10 such colonization.
To carry out the plan of colonization may
involve the acquiring Of territory, and also the
appropriation of money beyond that expended
in the territorial acquisition. Having practiced
the acquisition OF territory for nearly Gu years,
the question Of constitutional power 70 do 90 is
no longer an open one with US, The power was
first questioned by Mr.. Jefferson, who, however,
in the purchase Of Louisiana, yielded his scru'
pies, on the plea Of great expediency. II 1t be
said that the only legitimate object Of acquir-
ing territory 10 to furnish homes for white
men, this 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 impor-
tance of procuring Louisiana more on political
and commercial grounds than on providing room
for population. On this whole proposition, In
cludipg the appropriation Of money, with the
acquisition Of territory, does not the expediency
amount to absolute necessity, without which
the Government cannot be perpetual
In considering the policy to be adopted for
suppressing the insurrectiop,I have been anxious
and careful that the inevitable conflict for this
purpose shall not degenerate into violent and
remorseless revolutionary struggle. have,
therefore, In every case thought 1t proper to
keep the Integrity 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 &C.
tion of the legislature.
In the exercise Of my best discretion have
adhered to the blockade Of the ports held by the
insurgents, instead of putting In force, by proc
lamation, the law Of Congress enacted at the
late session for closing those ports, also obey.
ing the dictates Of prudence as well as the OBJ
| legations of law. Instead Of transcending,
have adhered to the act Of Congress to conhs-
cate property used for insurrectionary purposes.
/ II q new law upon the same subject shall be
proposed, its propriety will be duly considered
The Union must be preserved. and hence all
dispensable means must be employed.
We should not be in haste to determine what
radical and extreme measures, which may reach
the loyal as we'll as the disloyal, are indspensa-
ble.
The inaugural address at the beginning Of
the Administration, and the message to Con-
gress at the late special session, were both
mainly devoted to the domestic controversy out
Of which the insurrection and consequent war
have sprung. Nothing now occurs to add to or
substract from the principles or general pur.
poses stated and explained in those documents.
The last ray Of hope for preserving the Union
peaeeably expired ct the assault upon Fort Sum.
ter, and general review of what has occurred
since may be profitable What waa painfully
uncertain then, is much better defined and
more distinct now, and the progress of events
is plainly In the right direction. The insurgents
confidently claimed q strong support from north
Of Mason and Dixon's line, and the friends Of
the Union were not free from apprehension on
this point. This, however, was soon settled
definitely, end on the night side. South Of the
line, noble little Delaware led of right from
the first Maryland was made TO seem
against the Union. Our soldiers were aesaul-
ted, bridges were burned and railroads torn up
within her limits, and we were many days al
one time without the ability to bring q single
regiment over her soil to the Capitol. Now her
bridges and railroads are repaired and opened
to the Government. She already gives seven
regiments to the cause of the Union, and none
to the enemy; and her people at regular elec.
tion have sustained the Union by large major
ity and.a larger aggregate vote than they ever
before gave to any candidate or any question.
Kentucky, too, for some time ip doubt, ia
now decidedly, and, | think, .unchangably rang
ed on the side of the Union. Missouri is com
parat.yeIy quiet, and, believe, cannot again
be overrun BY the insurgents. These three
States of Maryland, Kentucky and Missouri,
neither Of which would promise single SOL
der at first, have now an aggregate of not less
than forty thousand in the field for the Union,
while of their citizens not more than third in
number are among the insurgents, and they Of
doubtful whereabouts and existence.
After q somewhat bloody struggle Of months,