Weekly Trinity journal., 1861-01-12

had mainly through the medium of the officers
of the army, stationed on the remote frontier or
engaged in exploring and surveying eXpedHiohs'
With the exception Of the Navaloes and snakes
these Indians have been at peace With US durlug
the past year
The colonization svstom, which was tried IN
California and Texas. under the direction OF Con
gress and from which ! at one time hoped ior
the most favorable results. has proved an entire
failure. 1t is expensive and radically defective.
" Has proref an entire foilsre - Mute be the
lips then, and dumb the advocates of reservation
systems until these marauders are taught lessons
of Justice Increase of population. across the
Plains, will he among the things that 1cere, but
are no more. from the time of setting up the Pa
cifc Confederacv Does some one say Well, IL
this route is hedged up. the routes via Tehuante-
pee, Nicaragua, and Granada are still open
True, but how long, think you, can these routes
be kept so without annoyance, il not positive IN
Perception Have those petty. trifing govern
ments ever kept faith with u.s. even though our
ships Of war have lain in their harbors? No,
nor will they ever do it until subiugated, and
made to feel superior power Another extract,
! from the Presidents Message, will clearly show
! this conclusion
"The claims of our citizens upon the Republic
| of Nicara qua have not yet been provided for by
treaty, although diligent efforts for this purpose
| have been made by our Minister resident in That
/ Republic These are still continued, with a falr
! prospect Of success.
Our relations with Mexico remain in most
! unsatisfactory condition. In my two last annual
| Messages discussed extensively the subject OF
these relations, and do not now propose TO repeat
a length the facts and arguments then presented.
They proved cOnclusvely that Our citizpns rcsi-
ding in Mexico. and our merchants trading there
to, had suffered series Of wrong and outrages
such as we have never patiently borne from any
nation. For these our successive Ministers, invo-
king the faith of treaties, had in the name OF
their country persistently demanded redress and
indemnifcation, but without the slightest effect.
| Indeed so confident had the Mexican authorities
been, because of our patient endurance, that
! they universally believed they might commit
their outrages upon American citizens with abso-
lutte impunity. Thus wrote our Minister in 1856,
and expressed the opinion that nothing but a
manifestation Of the prowess Of the Government
and Of its purpose to punish those wrongs, will
avail"
If the diligent efforts" hitherto, and under
the fear of our ships batteries have not secured
| Justice to us what will the shpess and impOtent
Pacific C0nfederacy do 30 enforce her Pghtful
desires? Aside from internal interests, the Sec
retary of the Navy gives view of pending
naval exigencies
"That we must have a navy for protection and
defence-that we must have the means OF con-
tinuing it in existence and of employing it-that
the duty of providing both has been devolved on
the Federal Government, are selfevident pr0po-
sitions. This transfer Of power to Congress on
one hand and total abnPgatiOn of it by the States
on the other creates the strongest possible pot-
ical and moral obligation on the part OF this
Government to provide and MAINTAIN naval
force adequate to our protection. While we have
a population of thirty millions of souls, sea-
coast of vast extent on the Atlantic and Pacific
oceans navigating interest of five millions OF
tons an annual export and import trade of six or
seven hundred millions of dollars and home
trade not less valuable, it would be strange and
unacc0untabe in any one to suppose that the
Federal Government, in providing and maintain
inc its present Navy, has discharged its con-
sttutiOnal obligations. The constant appeal of
American citizens, coming to us from all parts
of the world, asking for security and protection
beyond what the Government, with its present
means, can afford them. speaks language to
winch we are not at liberty to turn deaf ear.
To be able at any time at short notice, to throw
a powerful naval force upon any given point
where our interests threatened or the lives of
American citizens are in jeopardy, is not only
constitutional duty. but one of the safest most
benefcient and salut0ry powers that can be
entrusted to official hands under republican
form Of Government and | cannot permit the
present occasion to pass without most earnestly
recommending The policy Of gradual, substantial!
and permanent increase of the Navy, accompanied
by the universal Introduction into it of the motive
power Of steam. Such policy is essential to the
protection OF our coasts and commerce, and of
American citizens and their property on the
ocean and in distant countries, to the preserva-
tfon Of peace, the efficiency of negotiation, the
general advancement Of our commercial interests,
the maintenance of our appropriate position
among nations and the prompt vindicaIion OF
our rights and Of the honor of the country, and
L thAI ,pill ln
tions arising from the varied success Of political
parties.
Appropriation Act of June 22, 1860, was Sl0,-
400. l29 80.
The estimates for the fiscal year ending June
80, 1862, are Sll,513,904 0l-that is to say
| For the navy proper. $40, l63,4il OO
| For the marine corps .............. 667 $40 %
| For all other objects. 6oZ, 500 ~
naval force caaot be maintained without
navy yards and docks. These are necessary
appendages of the navy. They are indispensable
insrumentalities and means to be used in its
construction and preservation aud in all the
operations connected with its employment. Any
such project as that Of abolishing the navy yards
could not be entertained by any one who did not
at the same time entertain the insane project of
aboshing the navy and if they are to be
maintained, they should matter of course
be practical efficiency for the purposes for which
they exist. There is no tenable middle position
between the maintenance of the navy yards in
the best aud most efficient condition, to ac
cOmplish the objects for which they We're estab
/ lished, aud the absolute abandonment Of the navy
itself"
Seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars, is
the estimate made as the cost OF single steam
Frigate. Now suppose we required no more YES
sells than have been in the Pacific squadron the
present year, nine in all, with two storcships-
these two armed, however and only one of these
a steam Frigate, and the others slOops of war
Estimate these nine war vessels at five millions
of dollars, and then add two millions for revenue
and survey vessels seven millions in total. Add
three millions for navy yard and docks, and you
have sum total of ten millions OF dollars for
coast protection alone.
From the Secretary of Wars report, take the
following
1t should be borne in mind that whilst ap.
preparations have been made to sustain our army
upon peace footing, it has been called upon to
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