The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1861-12-11
Lincoln's Message TO the Federal
Congress.-- -War!,lWar! War!---
Abolition'o OF Slavery his Policy!

Louis Repubiicaa of yesterday has been
received here tonight, containing LIN
coln's message ia fall, as delivered be
fore the regular sossion'ol the Federal
Congress, which met at Washington
on Monday.
In the commencement OF the mes
sage, he expresses the apprehension
;hat the existing relations between the
Fedora. government and foreign pow.
ers are not on as iirm.a basis of friend
ship as they should be. Yet'he hopes
to convince them fthat the proper
means Of re establishing system OF
commerce through which they will be
enabled to get -upply.of cotton will
best be effected By the preservation of
the Union.
He recommends that East Tennes-
see, Western North Carolina and
/ Kentucky he connected with other
parts Of the Union BY railroad, as a
military measure. He suggests seve-
raj dilferent1 routs for this road, and
thinks that Kentucky will CO operate
with the government in its immediate
construction.
He proposes Ito pay the owner Of
the British ship Perthshire for her de-
tention By the Federal steamer Mas
sacEusetts, which was occasioned ow
ing to a supposed breach By her Of
the laws Of blockade.
The message reiicrates the charge
Of piracy against the privateersmen
who have been captured, and author
izes instructions to be given TO cap
tains of sailing vessels TO recapture
all prizes which pirates Qriyateer$)
may have made up to this time.
He makes boast Of the number of
troops rendered the government, but
lstill advises the reorganization Of tn
militia, and declares that ,he,safety of
Etli9scountry depends upon this arm Of
the service. Also, that the present or
ganizaiion of the navy is defective,
and accordingly he recommends an
Improvement.
The codifcation of'the laws Of the
United States is suggested.
The government, he alleges, has re- I
Trained from establishing courts in the
revol,ed States to better facilitate the
collection Of debts, for fear OF assum-
ing arbitrary power, but the hope Is
expressed that Congress will be equal
to the demand, and will establish some
temporary arrangement cs the kind to
answer the purpose.
The deficit in .ue Post Office De-
partment for lie present fiscal year is
shown to he over five and half mil
lions oe dollars, but the message hopes
it will improve hy the next year. It
proposes negotiations with Virginia
(the Pierpont government for the pur-
pose of regaining that portion o. the
District of Columbia re.ceded to her
some years since by the Federal gov
ernment, and prononnces the session
made to Virginia as unwise and dan
gerous
He Lincoln) complains that the re-
ceipts of the Land and Patent offices
have greatly declined in consequence
of the rebellion, and that the demands
on the Pension Office had largely
Numerous applications,
based upon the casualties Of the ex-
listing war, have already been made
The relations OF! the Federal govern
ment with the Indian tribes have been
disturbed by the instruction, especi-
ally in the northern sapariateaacrsy /:
and in New Mexico. The Sindsani
country south Of Kansas is in posses
sion of the insurgents. The new
agents of the United States have been
unable to reach their posts, while the
old agents have espoused the insurrec- |
tionary cause. Information has been
received that Indians have been or
ganized there as military force and
attached to the army of the insur-
gents, but believes that the presence
of Federal army will cause them to
their hostile Gemonstra-
tions.
An agricultural! and statistical bu-
reau should be organized by Congress-.
The country is congratulated upon
the execution of the laws for the sup
nrcssion If the ttrican slave trade