Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1861-12-12

fuihlsh homes Tor white men. This meas.
urc effects that object for the emigration
Of colorcd men leaves additional room
for white men remaining or coming here.
Mr.. Jefferson, however placed the impor-
tance o. procuring Louisiana more on po.
ltical and commercial grounds, than oi
providing room for population. On thi.
whole proposition, including the aprro.
priation Of money with the acquisition OF
territory, does not the expediency amount
to absolute necessity that without which
the Government cannot be perpetual.
the SUPPRESSION or THE REBElLlo...
l. In considering the policy to be adopted
for suppressing the insunection, | have
been anxious and careful that the newt
able conflict for this purpose, shall not
degenerate into violent and remorseful
revolutionary struggle. ! have therefore,
in every case, thought it proper TO keep
the integrity If the Union prominent as
the primary object 0 the contest On our
part, leaving all questions which are not
OF vital military importance to the more
: delIbcratiye action vi the legislature In
Il the exercise Of my best discretion, | hav,
adhered TO the blockade of the ports held
, by the insurgents, instead Of putting in
E force by proclamation, the law Of Con.
. gress enacted at the last session, for clo
2 sing those ports, also obeying the dictate.
2 Of reason a, well a, the Obligations o
law
Instead of transccnding I have adhered
to the act OF Congress to coniiscate prop
erty used for insurrectionary purposes.
If a new law upon the subject should be
proposed, its propriety will be duly CON
sidered. The Union must be preserved
and hence ali dispeusablo means must be
employed. - ..
i We should not b. in haste to determ
inc what radical and extreme measures
which may reach the loyal as well as til {
dirloyal, are indispensable.
The Inaugural address at the beginning
Of the Administration, and the Message
to Congress at the late session., were both
mainly devoted to the domestic contro-
versy, ou. Of which the instruction and
consequent war have sprung. Nothing
now occurs to add to or subtract from
the principles on general purposes stated
and expressed in those documents
a REVIEW.
The last ray of hope for preserving the
Union peaceably expired at the assault
upon Fort Sumter, and general review
Of what has occurred since may not be
Improbable. What was painfully un-
certain then is much better defined and
more distinct now, and the progress OF
events is plainly in the right direction
The insurgents confidently claimed a
strong support from north Of Mason d.
| 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
a of the Line noble little Delaware led of
= right from the first. Maryland was made
S to seem against the Union. Our soldier,
+ were assaulted, bridges were burned anC
}, Railroads torn up within her limits, anc
G we were many days at one time withou
= the ability to bring single Regimen
: over the soil to the Capitol. Now be
t bridges and Railroads are repaired anG
r opened to the Government. She already
gives seven Regiments to the cause OF
the Union and none to the enemy, and
her people at regular election have sus-
tanned the Union by large majority,
. and a larger aggregate vote than they
, ever before gave to auy candidate or any
: question. Kentucky too, for some time
e in doubt, is now decidedly, and think
' unchangaDly ranged on the side cf the
Union. Missouri is comparatively quiet,
and | believe cannot again be overrun by
the insurgents. These three States, Mary
| land, Kentucky and Missouri, neither of
} which would promise single soldier at
r first, have now an aggregate of not less
5 than Al, 600 in the field for the Cuion
f while of their citizens not more than a
n third in number are amongithe insurgents
o they Of doubtful Whereabouts and exist
: ence.
o After somewhat bloody struggle o
y months winter closes on the Union peopl
J. of Western Virginia, leaving them mas
b terS of their own country. An insurgcn
q force OF about 200, for months dom
: mating the narrow peninsular region
e constituting the counties of Accomac anc
Northampton and known as the Eastern
Shore Of Virginia, together with some
# contiguous parts Of Maryland, have laid
q down their arms and the people there
+. have renewed their allegiance to and ac
8 cepted the protection of the old flag
q This leaves no armed force north of til,
:. Potomac OF east of the Chesapcak.
!. Also, we have obtained footing a
!. each of the isolated points on the South
;, ern coasts of lIatteras, Port Royal, Ty'
:. bee Island near Savannah, and Ship Is
land, and we likewise have some genera
t accounts OF popular movements in behal
h of the Union in North Carolina am
n Tennessee. These things demonstrate
I that the cause of the Union is adyancn!
!. steadily southward.
!, GEN. SCOTT.
Since your last adjournment Lieut.
= Gen Scott has retired from the heal G
II the army. During his long life the ma
:, ton has not been unmindful of his merit
!, vet in calling to mind how faithfully
q ably and brilliantly he has servd tt
! country, from time far back in our hi,
J. tory, when few of the now living h0
q been born, and thenceforword continual
a | cannot but think that we are still h
e debtor. | submit, therefore, for yol
e consideration what further mark of re
Is ognition is due to him and ourselves as
= = greatful people.
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