The Smoky Hill and Republican union. [volume] (Junction City, Kan.) 1861-1864, 1861-12-12

ana more on political than commercial
grounds, than on provided loom for popu-
iation. Including the appropriation o.
money with the acquisition of territory,
does not the expediency amount to absolute
necessity, without which Government can.
mot be perpetual?
In considering the policy to be adopted
for the suppression of the instruction,
have been anxious and careful, that the
inevitable conflict for this purpose shall not
degenerate into violent aud remorseless
revolutionary struggle. bave, therefore,
thought proper to keep the integrity of the
Union prominent, as the primary object Of
the contest on our part, leaving all ques-
tions which are not of vital Importance to
the more deliberate action of the Legisia-
ture. In the exercise of my best discretion
| have adhered to blockade of the ports
held by the insurgents, instead Of putting
in force by a proclamation the law of Con-
gress, enacted a. the late session for closing
the ports; also, obeying the dictates of
prudence as we'll az the obligations Of law,
instead of transcending. l have adhered to
the act of Congress to confiscate property
used for insurrectionary purposes. If a
new law upon the same subject shall be
proposed, its propriety will be duly con,
sidered. The Union must be preserved,
and hence all defensible means be employed.
We should not be in haste to 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 last special
session, were both mainly devoted to the
domestic controversy, at one Of which the
Iinsurrection and consequent war have
sprung. Nothing new occurs to add or sub
tract from the principles or general purpose
stated and expressed in those Documents
The last ray of hope for preserving the I'm
ion peaceably expired at the assault on
Fort Sumter, and general review of what
has occurred since may not be Improbable.
What was painfully uncertain then, is much
better defined and more distinct now, and
the progress of events is plainly in the
right direction. The insurgents confidently
claimed strong support from North of Ma
son and Dixon's line, and the friends of the
Union were not free from apprehension On
this point. This, however, was soon settled
definitely on the right side. South of the
line, noble little Delaware went off right
from the first. Maryland made to seem
against the Union our soldiers were as
saulted, bridges were burned, and railroads
torn up within her limits, and we were
many days at one time without the ability
to bring single regiment over her soil to
the Capital. Now her bridges and rail
roads are repaired and opened to the Gov
eminent. She already gives seven regi-
ments to the cause of the Union, and none
to the enemy and her people, at regular
election, have sustained the Union by a
large majority, and a larger aggregate vote
than they ever before gave to any candidate
on any question.
Kentucky, too, for some time in doubt,
is now decidedly and unchangeably ranged
on the side of the Union. Missouri is COM
paratively quiet, and, 1 believe, cannot
again be over-run by the Insurgents
These three States Of Maryland, Kentucky
and Missouri, neither of which would |
promise single soldier at first, have now
an aggregate of not less than 10000 SOL
diers in the field for the Union, while of |
their citizens not more than third in num-
Der are auong the insurgents, and they of
doubtful whereabouts. After somewhat
gloomy struggle, the months of winter
closed upon the Union people of Western
leaving them masters of their own
&c - |
| 300 for months dominating the narrow,
peninsular region constituting the counties
Of Accomac and Northampton, and known
as the " Eastern Shore" Of Virginia, to-
gether with some contiguous parts of Mary
and, have laid down their arms, and the
people there have renewed their allegiance
o, and accepted the protection Of, the FLAG
This leaves no armed insurrect;onists north
If the Potomac, east of the Chesapeake = !
Also, we have obtained footing at each of
he isolated points on the southern coast of
Hatteras, Port Royal and Tyhee island, and
We likewise have some general accounts of
'opnlar movements on behalf of the Union {
nen in North Carolina and Tennessee
These things demonstrate that the cause of
he Union is advancing steadily southwark.
After referring to the retirement of Gen.
'cott, and suggesting the propriety of some
acknowledgement of the long and faithful
ervices Of that distinguished patriot, the i
resident concludes his Message with dis i
ussion Of the relations of capital and +
,bor. !
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