Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1861-12-06

power courts to administer summary justice
in such cases. | have thus far declined TO
do it, not because had any doubt that the
end proposed, the collection OF the debts;
was Just and right in itself ; but because
have been unwilling to 60 beyond the pressure
Of necessity in unusual exercise OF power.
But the powers of Congress l suppose,
are equal to the anomalous occasion, and
therefore | refer the whole matter to Con-
gress, with the hope that plan may be
devised for the administration of justice in
all such parts of the insurgent States
and Territories as may be under the control
of the Government, whether by voluntary |
return to allegiance and order, or by the
power Of our AIMS. This however, is not to
be'a permanent institution, but temporary
substitute, and to cease as soon as the ordi-
nary courts can be re-established in peace.
It Is important that some more con-
venient means should be provided i'll
possible, for the adjustment of claims
against the government, especially in
view of their increased number by reason
of the war. 1t is as much the duty of the
Government TO render prompt justice against
itself in favor of citizens as it is to ad'
minister the same between private indivi-
duals. The investigation and adjudi-
cation Of claims in their nature
belong to the Judicial department, be-
sides it is apparent that the attention of
Congress will be more than usually ems
/ gagged, for sometime to come, with great
national questions. 1t was intended by the
organization of the Court of Claims manly
to remove this branch of business from
the halls of Congress but while
the Court has proved to be
an effective and valuable means of investi-
cation, it in great degree fails to effect
the object of its creation for want OF powers
to make its judgments final. Fully aware
of the delicacy, not to say the danger, of the
subject, commend to your careful consld.
Grafton whether this power of making
i judgement final may not properly be given
to the Court, reserving the right OF appeal on
questions of law to the Supreme Court with
such other provisions as experience may have
shown to be necessary.
Tie Posi- OFFICE DEPARTMENT.
ask attention to the report
of the Postmaster General, the
following being a summary statement
of the condition of the depart
ment. The revenue from all sources
during the fiscal year, ending June 3Oth,
1861 including toe annual permanent allow
ance, of 100000 for the transportation Of
free mail matter, was $9,O49, 2964O,
!. being about 2 per cent. less than
|, the revenue for go. The expenditures
were Is million six hundred and
six thousand seven hundred and fifty nine
dollars and eleven cents, showing decreas
of more than eight per cent, as compared
; with those of the previous year, q leaving an
excess of expenditures over the revenue for the
: last fiscal year, of four millions five hundred
J and fifty seven thousand four hundred and
J sixty two dollars and seventy one cents. The
y gross revenue for the year ending, juno 30,
1862, is estimated at an increase of per
y cent. on thatof 1861, making $8, 1888 900 to
y which should be added the earnings of the
:, department in carrying free matter, of $780,
!, 900 making 50 ,383, 900. The total expen-
I dtures tor 1862 are estimated at S IL ,52S,
u 600 leaving an estimated deficiency of three
: millions to be supplied from the treasury in
. addition to the permanent appropriation.
The present insurrection shows, | think
that the extension of this District across
/ fishing the capital here, was eminently
= wise, and, consequently, that the
y REIMBURSEMENT OF that portion
of it which lies within the State of Virginia
y ). was unwise and dangerous. l submit t.
y your consideration the expediency OF reclaim
. ing that part of the district and the restora
II ton of the original boundaries thereo
3 through negotiations with the State Of Vir
4 gina.
|
: The report of the Secretary OF the Interio
n with the accompanying documents, exhibit
n the condition of the several branches of tn
IL public business pertaining to that depart
Ia ment.
Ia The depressing influence of the insarrectol
II has been especially felt in the operations Of
"a the patent and general land Offices TIL
p cash receipts from the sales of public land
: during the past year have exceeded tn
/ expenses of our land system only abou
h 100000. The sales have been entirel,
d suspended in the Southern States, while tn
W Interruptions of the business Of the Countr.
4 and the diversion of large numbers of me-
10 from labor to military service, have OBJ
structed settlement in the new states an
T territories of the northwest. The receipt
IN of the patent Office have declined in Din
q months about 500, 900, rendering a larg
be- reduction OF the force employed necessary t
i. make it self-sustaining.
r The demands upon the United State
n for pensions will be largely in
n creased by the instruction. Nun
IS erous applications for pensions based upo
NJ the casualties of the existing war have al
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