Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1861-12-28

l-een convicted and subjected To the
penalties of fine and imprisonment;
and one captain. taking NJ cargo at
Africans GA boar Of h. vessel. Las
lea convicted Of tie hi-hc-t grade IL
ofiences under our l&w>. the punish
,aeut Of which i death
The Terrilorie- Of Colorado. !baco-
tab and Nevadl c-eafcd tx last Ton
greSs. have been organized, AID civil
administrations have bccn iuanguraiesi
therein und-r au~pi,7r- -l'eriaiiy grsii-
fvirn. when II i ,r'r~id,.-d that tia.
heaven If treason s-a- fr-hd existing IA
SOME of tl.c-e new countries " hen the
Federal officers arrived The abundant
natural resources of thc~e Territories.
viii. tie ---curits si,i y :eciion Afford
81 h1 au u--arizrl government vl4i
,loulrl--, inv. ., t'.c;a 4 large enigra-
tiea whca T-ace bail restore tie basi-
ues- at the country {" H. accustomed
,i.a.rcl>. I revived ~ .lgii"r> oi
e.. LEGISLATURE 81 Colorado. which
,vi-eai the patriotic -l'irit 81 lhe Ter
s,ra-v. - iar tie authority 81 the
Ur;,,l ~'...- ha~ l--cn uIh,'i ~ all
the Territories. - il J. hoped j. viii h.
IN rulrre. commend their Interests
~ tie enlightened AID scner.as carc
Of Con@rc>-.
N--cELLiNE0JS.
Il .,u:,aerl t. H. favorable cou~il-
er..tian eli Cou@r,~> the Interests 81 IL
District Il Columbia. The in>urrcc-
,;nu las been inc c.iu-y e muc'. suffer
in. AMI sacrifice. t" the inhabitants. and
"a, they have no Representative IN Con
erc,s. that body shoui, not overlook
their just claims upon the Govern
u!cut.
NJ vour late session 4 Joint rcSolu
ton was adopted authorizing the Pres
idrut To take measures for facilitating
a proper representation 1T the EXhib-
ton of Industry OF all Nations. to be
held in London in the year 1862. /
r..rct to have been unable to give per-
Sonal attention to this subject, 50 i'll
.ricatclv connected with the material
prosperity 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 be-
fore you.
Bv virtue of the Act Of Congress en-
titled can act to coniiscatc property
used for insurrectionary purposes, ap-
proved August 6, 1861" the claims of
certain persons to labor and service
have become forfeited, and numbers of
the latter thus liberated are already de-
pendent on the United States, and
must be provided for in some way
Besides this, it is now possible that
some Of the slave States will pass SINH
lar cnactmcnts for their own benefit,
by the operation of which persons Of
the same class will be thrown upon
them for their disposal. In that case,
recommend that Congress provide for
accepting such persons from such
States, according to some mode OF val
ua!on, in lieu Of pro rata Of direct tax
cs, or upon some other plan to be
agreed on with such States respectively:
! that such persons, on such acceptance
| by the General Government, be at
once deemed free, and that in any
event, steps be taken for coloniziny
/ both CLASSES, or the one first mention
cd. if the other should not be brought
into existence, at some place or places
in a climate congcnial to them. 1t
might be well to consider, too, whether
the free colored people already in the
! United States could not, so far as indi-
viduals may desire, be included in such
colonization. TO carry out the plan of
colonization may involve the acquisi-
ton of territory, and also an appropri-
alton of money beyond that to be on
pended in the territorial acquisition.
Having practiced the acquisition of ter
ritory for nearly fifty years, the qucs-
ton of Constitutional power to do so
is no longer an optional one with us.
The power was justly inauguratcd by
Mr.. Jefferson, who, however, in tho
purchase of Louisiana, yielded his scru-
pie on the plea of great expediency.-
| If it be said that the legitimate object
of the acquisition of territory is to fur
uish homes for the white men, this
measure effects that object, for the emil
grafton of the colorcd men leaves addi-
tional room for the white men remain
ing or coming here. Mr.. Jefferson,
however, placed the Importance Of ac
qairing Louisiana more on political and
commercial grounds than on providing
room for population. On the whole
proposition, including the appropria-
ton of money with the acquisition of
territory, does not the expedicncy