Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1861-12-13
VOL. 81. NO. so.

iu lieu pro tanfo of direct taxes. or upon some
other plan 10 be agreed upon with such States
| respectively. that such persons on such accep-
tanees by the General Government be at once
deemed free, and that in any event steps be
taken for colouiziEg both classes Tor the one
first mentioned if the other shall not be-
brought into exlstenee,) at some place or places
10 ciinllte conge3ial to them. 1t might be-
well 10 consider too whether the free colOre6
people already 10 the United States, could not,
50 far as individuals may desire, be included
in such eolooization.
To 0nrFy out the plan of colonization may
invol7e the acquiring Of territory. and also the
appropriation of money beyond that to be ex-
pended III the territorial acquisition o. terrific,
~ for nearly sixty years, the question of tbs
constitutional power TO do SO is no longer an
open one With as The power was questioned
at first ty Mr.. jefferson, who, however, in
purchase OF Louisiana, yielded his scruples on
the plea af great expedIency.
Ii 1t lie said that the only legitimate object
of acquiring territory is TO furnish BONES for
white men, this measure effects that object, for
emigration Of coiored men leaves additional
room for white men remaining or coming here.
Dir. Jefferson, however, placed the Importance
of procuring Louisiana more on political add
coma,ercisl grounds, than on providing room for
population
Gu this whole proposition, including the ap-
preparation Of moneys, with the acquisition Of
territory, does not the expedieney amount to
absolute necessity, without which tbs Govern
ment Itself canuot be psEpetuated If the war
continues.
In considering the policy 20 DO adopted for
suppfessing the insurreetion, have been anx-
ious aud careful that the inevitsbe conaiot fos
this purpose saall not degenerate ioto so-
lent and remorseless revolutionary struggle
/ have, therefore, in every case, thought &c
proper to keep the integrity Of the Unisn prom
inent as the prImarg object Of the contsst on
cur part, leaving all questions which are nol
of vial military importance. to tae more dsS
liberate action of the legislature.
la The exercise of my best discretion have
adhered TO the blockade or the ports held by
the insurgents, instead of pnlting In force by
pFocl maiIon the l4E of k'pnpress enaaaad III
the late session for closing these ports So
also, obeyiug the dictates OF prudence as we'll
the obligations of law, Instead of transcend
ins have adhered 10 the act Of Congress to
con6scate property used for iusnrrectionary
purposes. Il new law upon the same SUBJ
jeet shall be proposed, its propriety Nill be du-
lY considered.
The Uuion must be preserved, aud hence
all indispensable means must be employed
We shall not be in haste te determine that
radical and extreme measure, which may
reach the loyal as well as the disloyAl, are ina
dispeasibie.
The Inaugural address at the beginning of
the Administration aud tho message to Con-
gress at he late special session, were both
mainly devoted TO the domestic controversy
out of watch the insutrection and consequent
war have sprung.
Nothing more occurs to add or subtract to
or from the principles of general purposes
stated and expressed in that document. The
last ray of hope for preserving the Uuinnt
pesceablg expired at the assault upen Fort
Sumter, and general review of what has oc-
Cured si0ce may noL be Improbable
What was painfully uncertain then, is much
better defined and more distinct Low, and the
progress of events is plainly 10 the right di-
rection. The insurgents confidently claimed
strong support from North of Mason and
Dixon's line, aud the friends of the Union
were not free from apprehension on that poins.
Tuis, however, Was soon settled definitely and
on the right side.
South Of the line, noble little Delaware led
off right from the first. Maryland was made
TO seem against the Unien. Our soldiers
we're assaulted, bridges we're burned, and rail,
roads torn up within her limits, and we were
nauy days, at one time, wlthout the ability to
bring single regiment over her soil to the
Capital.
Now her bridges aud railroads are prepared
md hn
gives seven regiments to the cause OF the
Unioa, and none to the enemy, aud her peo-
pie at regular election have sustained the
Uuion By large majority, aud larger ag.
gregate vote than they ever before gave TO any
candidate on any question.
Kentucky too, tor some tiNe in doubt, il
now decidedly, and, | think, nnohang geably,
ranged on the side of the Union Missouri
is comparatively quiet, and believe cannot
again be oyerrun By the insnrrectiouists.-
These three States of Maryland, Kentucky
and Missouri, ueiiher of which would promise
a single soldier at first, have now an aggregate
of not less than forty thousand in the field,
for the Union while of their citizens, certain
ly not more than a third of that number, and
they of doubtful whereabouts and doubtful
existence, are in arms against ii. After some-
what bloody struggle of mDDhs, winter closes
on lhe Union people of Western Virginia,
leaving them masters of their own country
Au insurgeHt force of about fifteen hundred
for months dominating the narrow peninsular
region Of the counties of Accomac and North
amplon, and known as the Eastern Shore of
Virginia, together with SONS contiguous parts
of Maryland, have laid down their arms, and
tho people there haye renewed their allegiance
to aud accepted tho protection Of the old f4g.
This leaves No armed insurreclion north Of the
Potomac or east Of the Chesapeake.
Also we have obtained a footing Al each of