Worcester daily spy., 1861-12-04

ginia was unwise and dangerous. / submit
FOR your consideration the expediency of re-
claiming that part of the district, and the
restoration OF the original boundaries thereof
through negotiations -ith the state of Vir.
gnia
M your late session, joint resolution was
adopted, authorizing the president to take
measures for facilitating a proper representa-
tion Of the industrial interests of the United
States, at the Exhibition OF the Industry of all
Nations to be holden at London in the yeal
1862 regret to say have been unable to
give personal attention to this subject, at once
so interesting in itself and so extensively and
intricately connected with the material pros
perity Of the world. Through the secretary
of state and of the interior, plan or system
has been devised and partly matured, which
will be laid before you
Under and by virtue of the act of congress,
entitled "An Act to Confscate Property used
for lnsurrectionary Purposes" approved Aug.
| 6, 1861, the legal claims Of certain persons to
| the labor and service Of certain other persons,
have become forfeited, aud numbers OF the lat
| ter thus liberated are already dependent on the
United States. and must be provided tor in
/ some way. Besides this, it is not impossible
that some OF the states will pass similar enact
| ments for their own benefit respectively, and
| by the operation of which persons of the same
class will be thrown upon them for disposal.
| In such case | recommend that congress pro-
vide Tor accepting such persons from such
states, according to some mode of valuation,
| in lieu pro tdRto of direct taxes, or upon some
other plan to be agreed on, with such states
| respectively, that such persons on such accept
ance by the general government be at once
deemed free, and that, in any event steps be
taken for colonizing both GLASSES, oc the one
first mentioned. if the other shall not be
brought into existence at some place or places,
in a climate cOngenial to them.
1t might be well 10 consider, too, whether
the free colored people already in the United
States could not, so far us individuals may de-
sire, be included in such colonization 10
carry out the plan OF colonization may involve
the acquiring of territory, and also the appro-
| priaton of money beyond that to be expended
in the territorial acquisition Having praclced
the acquisition of territory for nearly sixty
| years, the question of constitutional power to
| do so Is no longer an open one with us.
The power was at first questioned by Mr..
| Jefferson, vino, however, in the purchase OF
| Louisiana, yielded his scruPes, on the plea of
| great eXpedency If it be said that the only
| legitimate object OF acquiring territory is TO
| furnish homes for white men, this measure
effects that object, for the emigration of colored
men leaves additional room for white men
remaining or coming here, Mr.. Jefferson,
however, placed the Importance Of procuring
| Louisiana more on political and commercial
grounds than on providing room for popula
ton.
On this whole propo siti0n including tile ap
| proprlatlon ol money VIVA the acquisition OF
| the terIitol y "oeo nos 'ne eAPeulehcy amount
| W "psolu'c necessity t""O "ithouV Whlch tle
| government canhot ne perpetuated' III con
siuer!hs tue Pohcy 10 oe adopted ior the sup
| pressing Oh tue hsuifectoh, nave Oeen anX-
iOuS ana c"ieluI ti'"t me iheVitaoie cohlct Tor
tilS purpose Shaii hot degenerate INTO a violent
anu re,horselesS Revolutionary struggle l
nave therefore, In every case, IhoQght II prop
| CT 10 Keep Ihe integrity Oh the Union pfoml'
neht on our palt, leaving all questions which
are not Oh Fl'a hiii'ary Importance, I'd the
more ue'ioeEate ACTON OF Inc legislature In
the eAeic'se "a NY ueSt uieCieuo''' nave au-
~ ieieu " '''e oo0Nrue VI '.ie Poit9 i'e'u oy Tue
INSURGENTS, l"stedu oi putting III 'ofce ny proc
ianaton' me law oi congress enacted al tie
ia'e session. ior cosihs thoSe poftS' 90, aiso,
ooey my Tug 4ieta'es Oh pruuvhce as wei as Tie
ooisd'ioh "I law; lhsteau OF 'fahscehdllg, /
| nave adhered TO me act OF congress conflScal-
| ing properly useu lor insurrectionary purposes.
II a new law upon the same SUBJECT shall be
| proposed, It's lroprety VIII be duly considered.
Ihe Union must be preserved, aud hence all
disposable means must be employed. We
| should not be IN haste TO determine that radi
| cal and extreme measures, which may reach
the loyal, as well as the disoya, are indis-
| pehsaOie. Ihe lnaus ural address at the begin
nlng OF TINS administration, and the message
| To congress at the beginning OF the special
session, were both mainly devoted to the do
nestle controversy out OF which the insurrea-
ton and consequent wal have sprung. Nothing
now occurs to add or subtract 10 or from the
principle or general purposes stated and eX-
pressed IN those documents. The last ray OF
nope for preserving the Union peaceaOly, eX-
pred at the assault upon Fort Sumter, and a
general review OF what has occurred since may
not he wholly unproftable. What was palnlully
uncertain then is much better defined and more
distinct now and .he progress Of events is plain
! ly in the right direction The insurgents con
hdently claimed strong support trom north of
Mason and DiXon's line, and Tie friends of the
Union were not free from apprehension Oh that
point This, however, was soon settled def
nitely and on the right side, south OF the line
ot noble little Delaware. Delaware led off
right IRON the hrst; Maryland was made to
seem against the Union; our soldiers were as.
saulted, bridges were burned, and railroads
torn up wltlla her limits, and we were many
days at one time without the ability to bring
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