The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1861-12-11

of these Territories, with the securit.
and protection afforded by arganize'
government, will doubtless invite t.
them large immigration when peac'
shall restore the business of the coun
try TO its accustomed channels.
| submit the resolutions of the Iegi
lature of Colorado, which evidence
the patriotic spirit of the people o
the Territory. So far the authority o
the United States has been upheld il
allthe Territories, as it is hoped it viii
be in future. | commend their inter
ests and defence to the enlightened and
generous care of Congress.
recommend to the favorable consid
Grafton of Congress the interests of the
District of Columbia. The insurec
tion has been the cause of much suffer.
ing and sacrifice to it's inhabitants, and
as they have no representative in Con
gress, that body should not overlook
their just claims upon the Government
At your late session a joint resolution
was adopted, authorizing the President
to take measures for facilitating prop.
er representation of the industrial in.
dustrial interests of the United States
at the exebition of the industry of oil
nations, to be holden at London in the
year 1862. "f"
regret to say that l have been una
bic to give personal attention TO this
subject-a subject at once so interest
ing in itself and so extensively and in,
mately connected with the material
prosperity of the world. Through the
Secretaries of State and of the Interi-
OF plan or system has been devised
and partly matnred, and which will be
laid before you. Under and by virtue
of the act Of Congress entitled can act
to confiseate property used for insur-
rectionary purpose" approved Aug,
9th, 1861, the legal claims of certain
persons to the labor and service of cer-
tain other persons have become forfeit.
ed and numbers of the latter, thus lib
Grated, are already dependant on the
United States and must be provided
for in some way. Besides this it is not
impossible that some Of the States will
pass similar enactments for their own
benefits respectively, and by operation
of which persons of the same class will
be thrown upon them for disposal. In
such case recommend that Congress
provide for accepting such persons
from such States, according to some
mode OF valuation in lieu protanto of
direct taxes or upon some other plan
20 be agreed ~on with such States re-
spectiyely that such persons on such
acceptance by the general government,
be at once declared free, and that in
any event, steps be taken for coloniz
ing both classes, of the one first men.
toned, if the other shall not be brought
into existence, ;t some place erp'ac,s s j !,
a climate congenia to them. 1t might
be well to consider, too, whether the
free colored people already in the Uni
ted States could not, so far as individ-
uals may desire, be included in such
colonization. To carry out the plan of
colonization may involve the acquiring
of territory, and also the appropriation
of money beyond that to be expended
in the territorial acquisition. Having
practiced 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 pow
er was questioned at first with Mr..
Jefferson, who however in the purchase
of Louisiana,y yielded his scruples on the
plea of great expediency. If it be said
that the only legitimate object of ac-
quiring territory is to furnish homes
for white men, this measure effects
that object, for the emigration Of col
ored men leaves additional room for
white men remaining or coming here.
Mr.. Jefferson, however, placed the i'm.
portance Of procuring Louisiana more
on political and commercial grounds
than procuring room for population.
On the whole proposition, including
the appropriation Of money, with the
acquisition Of territory does not, the
eXpediency amounts to absolute neces'
sity that without which the govern
ment itself cannot be prepetuated.
The war continues. In considering
the policy to be adopted for suppress
ing the insurrection, | have been anx-
ions and careful that the inevitable con-
tiict for the purpose shall not degenerate
into violent and rcmorseless revolu-
,ionary struggle. 1have theretorein eve
ry case, thought it proper to keep the
integrity of the Union prominent as
the primary object of the contest on
onr part, leaving all questions which
are not of vital military importance to
the more deliberate action of the Leg
islature. In the exercise OF my best
discretion have adhered tothe block
ade of the ports held by the inrurgents
instead of putting in force by procla-
nation the law OF Congress enacted at
the late session for closing those ports.
So also obeying the dictates OF pru-
dence, as well as the obligations of
laws, instead of transcendiig, | have
adhered to the act of Congress to con-
fiscate property used for insnrrectiona-
nv purposes. If new law upon the
same subject shall be proposed, its pro-
'priety will be duly considered. The
Union must be preserved, and hence,
all indispensable means must be EN-.
ployed. We should not be in haste
to determine that radical and cxtreamo
measures, which may reach the loyal
as well as the disloyal, are indispensi-
Ible. The inaugural address at the be-
ginning of the administration, and the
message to Congress at the late special
session, were both mainly devoted to
the domestic controversy out1of which
the insurrection and consequent war
have sprung. Nothing now occurs to
add OF subtract TO or from the princi.
Piles or general purposes stated and ex-
pressed in those documents. The elast
ray of hope for preserving the Union