The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1861-12-12
LANCASTER OHIO THURSDAY, DECEMBER r. 1861.

, terror plan or system, has been devised
: and pariIylmatursd which will be laid be,
|, fore you i.H - 3i57
: Under and by virtue ofthe act Of Congress
: estitled ''Au act to con6scate property
/ used for iusurrectiOuaty purposes, !" sp I
proved August 9Th, 1861, legal claims Of
. certain other persons have become for
: feited. and numbers Of the latter, thus
t libera.ed. are slre dy dependent son The
Y United Sla'es. aud must be provided fof
o in some Ssy. Besides this. it-isnot impos
e sible that some Of the Sta,es win pass
Q similar enactmeuts'for their own BeneGfI
y respectively; and by TIC operation Of.
D which persons OF tho same class will be
0 thrown upon them for disposal. In such
case. Irecommend that Congress provide
. for accepting such persons from saeh
!, States according to some mode Of valua
Q Ition in lieu pro tanto Of direa taxes, or
-tupou some other plan % bs agreed on
with such Ststes respectively, that such
Q persons on such acceptance by the gen
: eral Government be at once deemed fFce;
: and that, 10 any event, steps be ttkeH for
, colohizing both classes or The one first
.. mentioned, if the other shall not be bros
D into existence, at some place or places
D .in climate congeniaI to them. 4I
/, il might be we'll TO consider whether
lhs free coiored people aircady in the u.
9 nited States. could not. so far as indigid-
e uals may desire, be ircuded nsueh cot
f onization. To. carry out the pan ofegl-
: onizatiou may involve the acquiring Of
: territory. and also tho appropriation Of
+ money beyond that to bs expended in the
f. territorial acquisition. Having pra .ticed
the acquisition of territory for nearly 50
years. the question Of constitutions pow
: to do go, is no longer as open one will
n US. The power was titst questioned by
t Mr.. Jefferson, WHO, however, ID the pur-
chase Of Louisiana, yielded his scruples
n on the plea Of great expsdiency.
9 fit be said that the only Legitimate
# object Of acquiring territory. is 20 iurn
Q sh homes for white men, ;his measure ef-
e fleets that object, for the emigration OF
8 colored men leaves additional room for
}. white men removing or coming here'
.e Mr.. Jefferson. however placed the imPor
s. tance Of procuring Louisiana more on po-
rs Iitical and commercial grounds than 90
+. providing room for population. On this
d whole proposition, including the appro,
% priation cf money with the acquisition Of
h Territory, does not The expediency amouht
!. to absolute necessity, that without which
n the Government canuot bo perpetual?
In considering tie policy to be adopted
g for suppressing tie insurrection, ! have
d been anxious and careful that the ineSi,a.
,ei ble conflict for this purpose shall not de-
CT generate into a violent and renorseles:
s. revolutionary struggle. I have thersioI'
IS, in every case, thought it proper 10 kcei
lie the integrity Of the Union prominent a
Ter the primary object on our past, leaVini
all the questions which are not of vita
IN military Importance to the more delibe.
N. ate action OF the legislature.
Is- In the exercise Of my bas, discretion,
il have adhered TO the blockade of the post
SO held by the insurgents instead Of putin
We 10 force, by proclamation, the law OF Con
te gress enacted q, the late session for clos
o. ing those ports: also oteying the dictote
re of prudence as well as the obligations o
-al law, iestsad Of lranscending. ] have sdhe
pg red to the act of Congress to confscat
n. property used for insurrectionary pur
! a poses. Ifanew law upon the same sub
al ect shall be proposed Its ptopriety vii
q. be duly considered. The Union must b
10. preserved and hence all di.pensable mean
,al must be employed. We shonld no, be il
haste 10 determine whn radical and e1
p- IRENE measures that may reach the loy'
as as we'll as the disloysl, are indispensable.
he The inaugural address at the beginnin
la Of the present Administration, and tn
en- message to Congress at the late sppci'
m session, we're both mainly devoted 10 III
ith domestic controversy out of which III
Iit- insurrectioh and consequent wa. hay
ZEN sprung. More occurs to add TO or sui
en- tract from, the principles or gensr
ip. purposes stated and expressed In tho'
on documents. The last ray OF hope for Il
of peacable preservation Of the Union, el
in, pired at the assault upon Fort Sumterar
ard a general review Of what has oecurrt
oh. since, may not be Improbable. VIII
the was painfully uncertain tbea, is mut
better defined and more distinct now, al
,ota the progress of events is plainly in Il
ess. right direction.
trs- The insurgents confidently claimed
der strong support North of Mason's al
i is Dixon's line, aud the friends Of the Uni
son were not free from apprehension on u
new point. This, however, was soon seltl
riy- definitely, and on the right side. Son
our. Of the line, noble little Delaware led
tity right. from the first; Maryland was ma
gov. 10 serve against the Union. Our sOldi'
M were assaulted. bridges were burned, a
res. railroads torn up within the limits, and
&C were many days, at one time, without
ESQ. ability to bring single regiment o.
rsdo her soil to the Capilol Now herbrid
{ the and railroads are repaired and tpen 10
au. Goverum ent. 5he already gives Sc
up, regiments to the cause of the Union, I
,ped none to the enemy; aud her people
,end regular election, have sustained the Uu
ght- by large majority, aud larger agg
gate vote than they ever before gave
ider. any candidate or question.
the Kentucky, TOO. fot some time 10 dou
ction is now decidedly, think uochaug.,
and ranged on the side of The Union. \. n
they sou:! IS comparatively quiet, and bell
that cannot again be overrun by tne ,nsgIse
laims These three States OF Maryland, neu Gu
a eas lkv and Missouri, neither oil WHICH WO