Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1861-12-13
No. g. 8

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plan or system has been devised and partly
matured, which will be laid before you no
WHAT TO DO WITH coNTRABANDs. ,y.s
Under and by virtue ofthe act of Congress
entitled "An Act to Confisticate Properly
used for Insurrectionary Purposes" approx
cd Aug. 9TH, 1851, legal claims Of certain
persons to the labor and service of certain
other persons have become forfeited, and
numbers Of the latter thus liberated are al
ready dependant on the United States, and
must be provided for in some way; bcsides
this, it is not impossible that some of tho
States will pass similar cxactments, for their
own benefit respectively, and by the opera.
ton of which persons Of the same clnss Will
be thrown upon them for disposal. Inv such
case, recommend that Congress provide for
accepting such persons from such States &C.
cording to some mode Of valuation in lieu,
pro tanto, Of direct taxes, or upon scme other
plan to be agreed on with such States res
pectively, that such PERSONS on such accept
ance by the General Government, be at once
deemed free, and that in any event, steps be
taken for colonizing both classes, or the one
first mentioned, if the other shall not be
brought into existence ut the same place vr
places, in climate congenial to them. il
might be well to consider, too, whether the
free colored people already in the United
States could not, SO far as individuals may
desire, be included in such colonization. TO
carry out the plan of colonization may, in
volve the acquiring Of territory, and also an
appropriation Of money beyond that TO bo
expended in the territorial acquisition
Having practice in the acquisition of territory
for nearly fifty years, the question Of Consti-
tutional power to do so is no longer an open ono
with us. The power was first questioned by
Mr.. Jefferson, who, however, in the purchase
of Louisiana, yielded his scruplcs on the plea
of great expedience.
II it be said that the only legitimate obj, ct
of acquiring Territory is to furnish homes for
white men, this measure effects that Object,
for the emigration of colored men leaves al
ditional room for white men, remaining or
coming here. Mr.. Jefferson, however, placed
the Importance Of procuring Louisiana, tnorc
on political and commercial grounds, than OH
providing room for population. On this whole
proposition, including the appropriation Of
money with the acquisition Of Territory, docs
not the eXpedency amount to absolute neces-
sity, that without which the Government can
not De perpetual J . '-.f.a4E "''#
TIE PRESIDENT DISCUSSES THE WAR p"
In considering the policy to be adopted for
supprcssing the insui uirectiOE have been aDx-
ious and careful that the inevitable conflict
for this purpose should not degenerate intoa
violent and remorseless revolutionary strug-
gle. | have, therefore, thought proper 70
keep the integrity of the Union prominent as
the primary object Of the contest on our part
leaving all questions which arc not Of vital
military Importance to the more deliberate ac-
ton of the Legislature. In the exercise of
my best discretion, | have adhered 10 q
blockade Of the ports held by the insurgents,
instead of putting in force by proclamatian
the law of Congress enacted ut the late sep-
sion, for closing the ports. Also, obeying
the dictates OF prudence as well as the Obli-
cations of law, instead of transcending, l
have adhered to the act of Congress, to confis-
ticatc property used for nsurrcctionary pur-
poses. lfa new law upon the same subject
shall bc proposed, its propriety will he duly
considered. The Union mast be greseyred.
and hence all detensire means must be em-
ployed . sa.r.1 ssaGrHa
We should not be in haste to determine
what radical and extreme measures, .ficli
may reach the loyal as well as the dis loyal,
are indispensable. ......... .r. ...'E
The inaugural address at the beginning of
the Administration and the Message to Con.
grcss at the late Special Session, were boii,
mainly devoted to the domestic controversy
out Of which tl,c insurrecti0n and consequent
war have sprung. Nothing now occurs 10 add
to or substract from the principles or gen
eral purposes stated and expressed in those
documents. t ...,. ...t t..rtfrs
The last ray Of hope for preserving tho
Union pcaceably, expired at the assault upon
Fort Sumter, and a general review of whst
has occurred since may not be Improbable.
What was painfully uncertain then is much
better defined and more listinct now, and
the progress Of events is plainly in the right
direction. The insurgents confidently clain,l
ed 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
and on the right side. South Of the line.
noble little Delaware led off right froin Tho
first. Maryland was made TO seem against
the Union our soldiers 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 O.
single regiment over her soil to the CAPITAL
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 peo-
pie, at a regular election, have sustained the
Union by large majority and larger aggrsi
gate vote than they ever before gave to any
candidate or any question. -
Kentucky, too, for some time in doubt. ia
now decidedly and unchangcdly ranged on
the side Of the Union. Missouri is compsra-
lively quiet, and believe, cannot again bs
overrun by the insurgents. These three
States of Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri,
neither Of which would promise single SOL
dier at first, have now an aggregate OF not
less than 10000 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 existcnce.
After somewhat bloody struggle of monthss
winter closes on the Union people of Western
Virginia, leaving them masters Of their own
country. An insurgent force of about 16OOf
for months dominating the narrow peninsnl
region constituting the counties Of Acct mac
and Northampton, and known as the " East