Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-12-08

Inc receipts or the TdTtut Once nave Nr'LLl-N !
"A nine months about 100000, rendering large
.eduction OF the force employed necessary to
make 20 selE-sustsining. The demands upon the
Pension Office will be largely increased by tine
usurrcctlou. Numerous applications for PEN
sIous, based upon the casualties of the existing |
war have already been made. There Is reason
.0 believe that many who are now upon the pen
roll and iu receipt of the bounty of the gov
1ruucut are IN the ranks Of the lusurgGut army,
OF giving them aid and comfort. The Secretary
Of the Interior has directed the suspension of the
payment of the pension Of such persons upon
the proof of their dislOyalty. I recommend ,ll5
Congress authorize that officer TO cause The names
of such persons To- be stricken from the pension
rolls.
The relations of the governments with the
Indian tribes have been disturbed by the in
suTrcctiJu, especially i'm the northern supeTin-
tendency and i'm New Mexico. The Indian
country south of Kansas is I'm possession of the
insurgents from Texas and Arkansas. The
agents of the United States appointed since the
of March for this sup~cruteudrncy have
been unable to reach their posts, while the most
of those who were I'm office before thai time have
the insurrectiOnarv cause. and aimed to
exercise the power of agents By virtue Of com
missions from the nsurrectiOuists lt has been
stated in the public press that "a portion of these
Indians have been organized as "a military force,
and are attached % the army of the insurgents,
although the government has no official iui0rma-
ton upon the subject Letters have been written
To- the Commissioner Of Indian Affairs by sew
rral prominent chiefs, giving assurance of their
loyalty 10 the United States, and expressing the
wish i0f the presence OF Federal troops 90 pro
tect them. Il Is believed that, on the ropJsssf-
sion Of the country by the Federal forces. the In
dams viii readily cease the hostile dem0Estra-
tons, and resume their former relations to the
government.
Agriculture, c5ufcsscdly the largest interest of
the nation, has not a department or a bureau, but
a clerkship only assigned TO-, 10 in the govern
ment. While it is fortunate that this great inter
est is so independent IN It's nature as not 90 have
demanded and ext0Tted more from the govern
ment, / respectfully ask Congress to consider
whether something more cannot be given v1ltn-
tgTiiy with general advantage. Annual reports
exhibiting the condition Of our agriculture conf
MERGE and manufacture, would present q fund
of Information Of great practical value TO the
country. While ! make no suggestion AS 30 de-
tails, ] venture the opinion that an agricultural
and statistical bureau might pr0titabiy be organ
lied.
The execution OF the laws for the suppression
of the African slave trade, has been confined 90
the Department of the Interior. IL is a subject
Of congratulatioB that the efforts which have
been made for the suppression Of this iuhumsu
traffic, have recently been attended with Uuu-
sual success. Five vessels being fitted out for
the slave trade have been seized aud condemned.
Two masters engaged in the trade, and one per-
son e~qUipping the vessel as a SLAYER, have been
convicted and subjected to the penalty of fine
and Imprisonment; and one captain, taking up
a cargo Of Africans on board his vessel, has been
convicted of the highest grade of Otfrnse under
our laws-the punishment Of which is death.
The Territories Of Colorado, Dac0tah and Ne
ya1a, created by the last Congress, have been Or
gauized, and civil administration has been iuaU-
ggrated therein, under auspices especially graft
flying, when it is considered that the leaven of
treason was found existing in some Of these new
countries when the Federal officers auivel
there. The abundant natural resources Of these
Territories, with The security and protection at
corded by organized government, viii doubtless
invite 10 them a large immigration when peace
shall restore the business Of the country % .-
accustomed channels 1 submit tho resolutions
of the Legislature Of Colorado. which oyiuce the
patriotic sp.ri! OF lhe people OF the Territory
So far, tlg authority Of the United States has
been upheld in all the Territories. as 1t is hoped
It viii be in the future ] commend their inter
ests and defense to the enlightened and geEe 81.
care of Congress
! recommend % 10 favorable consideration oil
C0--Tass Inc interests of the District Of Colum
bia. The instruction has been the cause g
much suffering and sacrifice to the Inhabitants
and as they have no Representative I'm Congress
that body should not overlook them iust claim.
uH0u tle government
At your late session a Joint resolution was
adopted authorizing the President to take mea
surgs b- facilitating a proper representative o
the industrial interests OF the United States a
the Exhibition OF the industry Cd all Nations
90 be holden .t london in the gear. 1902. Ire
gre. 10 have been unable TO give personal atteu
ton t0 this subject, q subject sc once SO inter
esying in itself, and So extensively and int CAT,
y connected with the mate 81 prosperity of tht
world,
Through the Secretaries OF state and Interior
4 plan OF system has been devised and partly ma
tured, which win be laid before YOU, under au,
by virtue of the act OF Congress entitled "Ar
acr 90 eoutscste property used for insuTectioua
ny purposes, approved August %, I~ji. L"gl
claims of certain persons 90 the labor uuIseI-lc.
Of certain other persons have b-c02.s Forfeited
and numbers of the latter thus liberated are al
ready dependeu; on Che United States, and Hu,.
De provided for in some way. Besides this, 1t j.
not impossible that some of the States Will pas,
! similar euactmeutsf for their own benefit respec
lively. GnG by tho operation Of which persons o.
the SAINT class viii be thrown upon them for lis.
p0sal. In such cases, | recommend that Con
gress provide for accepting such persons ii0U
such States according 10 some mode of Vdlua.
ton in lieu, pr0t4Rtc, ct direct taxes, or upon
some Other pian TO be agreed on with such State.
/ respectively; that such persons on suCh acCep-
lance by the general government be at once
deemed free, and tAaI, III any event, steps be ia
ken sJl ~c0lOniziag with classes, OF the one frs.
mentioned, if the other shall not be brought iul,
expedience, in some place or places 20 q climate
congeniaI to them.
1t mirLt lie well 70 consider, too. whether tho
hue c0l0red people already in the United State.
could not, so far as individuals may desire, BE-
included in such colonization. To carry out the
plan Of colonization, may involve the acquiring
Of territory and also the appropriation Of money
beyond that to be expended in the territorial ac.
QUESTION. Having pr%ncticed the acquisition o.
territory for G0asly lily years, the question O.
constitutional power 90 dos0is no l0ugeran OpeT
one with us. The power was first questioned by
Mr.. jefferson, who, however, IN the purchase o.
Louisiana, yielded his scruples on the plea o
| great eypediency. If it be said that DE 0ul,
Legitimate object of acquiring territory is to far
nish homes for white men, this measure effect
that object ior the emigration of colored men
leaving additional room Co. white men remain
ing or coming hure, Mr.. Jefferson, however
plugged she Importance of purchasing Louisiana
more ON political and commercial grounds, thaI
on providing room for population. ON this Who'll,
proposition including the appropriation ofmoneJ
with the acquisition Of territory, does not ia.
expectancy amount to absolute necessity
without which the government cannot be perpet
uated
In considering 5he policy to be a1opfcl 70
suppraasiug the Instruction, | have been uuyiou.
and careful that tie inevitable conflict for thi
purpose shall Not degenerate into q violent am,
remOrstless revolutionary struggle. Ihave, there
fore, in every ease, thought it proper TO keen the
integrity of the Union prominent, as .he primary
object of the contest on oar part, leaving al
questions which Gfu not OF vital military import
aucs to the more deliberate action Of the Legis
latme. In the exercise O. my best discretion, J
have adhered to the blockade Of the forts held by
the msurgsnts, instead OF putting in force. by
proclamation, the law Of Congress enacted ab5le
late session for closing those ports Also, obey
ing the dictates Of prudence, as well as the obi
cations of law, instead of transcending, I have
adhered 10 the act Of Congress to cOntscate
: property used for insUrreCtiouary purposes. ifa
new law upon the same subject shall be proposed
its propriety viii be duly considered. The Union
must be preserved, and hence all Indispensable
means must be employed. We should not be IN
haste 10 determine what radical and extreme
measures, which may reach the loyal as well as
/ the disloyal. are Indispensable.
The inaugural address at the beginning of
the administration and the message to Congress
at the late special session, were both mainly de-
voted to the domestic controversy out of which
the instruction and consequent war sprung
Nothing new occurs to add TO OF subtract from
the principles or general purposes stated and ex-