Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1862-12-05

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reach the sum derived IRON she three months
now reported upon ny tho Interior bot not
by the treasury.
INDIAN AFFAIRS.
The indian tribes upon our frontiers have.
during the past year. manifested q spirit oi
naturalization. ani at several point. have
engaged In open ho.,ilitics against tho white
settlements IN their vicinity. The tribes
occupying the ln'ian couatry south oi Kan.
,as renounc,d their allegiance TO the Uni,ed
States government and entered into treaties
with III. insurgents. those who remained
laval IN the United States government, we're
driven frnm the country.
The chief Of the Cherokccs has visited this
city for the purpose Of resioTin. the former
relations Of the tribe with the United Stats.
lie alleges that they were con.trained by q
superior fbrcc 20 enter into treaties with the
insurgents. and that the United States ne
elected TO furnish the protection which
their treaty s'ipuations required.
In the month Of August last the Sioux
Indians in Minnesota. attacked the settle
ments in their vicinity with extreme iernc'
ity, killing Unfortunately men. women
and children. This attack was wholly un-
expected and therefore no means OF defence
had been provided. II is estimated that no
less than 500 persons were killed by the in.
dians. and large amount Of property vas
DESTROYED. How the outbreak was induced
i not definitely known. and suspicious that
may h. unjust. ned not to b, stated In
formation wgs received nv the indian bureau
from different sources abou, the time hos,
,ilitis. were commenced that simultaneous.
attack was a. - made upin the white set-
Elements. by all tho trihcs between the Mis-
souri river and the Rocky Mountains
The State &C Minnesota has suffered great
injury from this indian war A large ror
lion 81 her territory has been Gepopulal'd.
and a severe los has been sustained by tho
destruction Of property The people ofthat
State manifest much anxiety Tor the removal
OF the trib- beyond th, limits of the STATE,
hs a guaranty aeains, future hos,ililics
The Commissioner Of indian affair will fur
nish full details.
I submit for your special consideration
whether our indian systems shall not b. 70.
modelled Many wise and good men mr.
Impressed with the belief that they can be
probably done.
frhe President states that progress has
ben mad. IN the Pacific railroad enterprise;
commend. thu PROJECT Of cnlarg'ns the New
York and lllnni. canals. aud asks attention
20 Col Webster report 10 tho war depart
meni on this point The Agriculture! la.
rcau has brn organized on sGch basis as
will r,alire at no distant day all the fondest
authorizations of It's most singuinc friends
IuI PROCLAMATION.
On the cd day of September las, n pro-
clamation of emancipation was issued 10y
,hc executive. a copy Of which IS herewith
submitted Ia accordanc. with the purpose
expressed in the second paragraph OF tina,
raJrr. | now respectfully real your Atien.
lion 10 what may h. called cumpcn-atcd
emancipation. 4 nation may H. said To-
consist 1T is territory. it, people and i's
law. The territory is the only part which
/. Of certain durability. "Onc generation
Jas-cth away and another generation con-
eth. bu, the earth abide,h forever"
InE IN,Scir,rioS QuEuoS.
IL !. OF the fret Importance ofduiy 10 con.
,ider aud estimate thu. ever enduring par,
Of the rarih'. ,urfac. which ). Owned and
inhabited by the people Of the United States,
a. we'll adapted o. 10 the home Of tho No
tional family. and 10 10 not we'll adapted Tor
two or more. lrs,asi extent and ito variety
OF clima,. and productions are Of advantage
IN the ago Tor one people. Whatever they
might have hecn IA former age, 'team and
telegraph IN intelligence have brought these
o. Dc an adsantsg,On. combination Tor one
united people. In the inaugural address
hrirAy POINTED out the total mad quacy OF
di.union a. remedy tor tho differences be-
tween the people Of the two sections. ! dad
80 IN language which | cannot improve. and
which. therefore. ] b"g 90 repeat.
One section 81 our country believes slavery
Is right aud ought 10 10 extended. while the
Other believes ~ ). wrong aud ought not TO
h. elieudei. Thi. 10 tho only substantial
dispute. The fugitive slave CLAUSE Of the
constitution. and the Law Tor suppression
OF the African slave trade. are each As we'll
enforced perhap., sany law ever can lie.
In community wher. the moral sense Of the
people lmperfeetly supports the law itself.
Tho real bydy OF The people abide by the
legal obligation IN both Gases, while u few
break over IN each. This. | think. cannot
be perfectly cured. and 10 would be worse
in both case. alter the SEPARATION Of the
section. than before the foreign slave trade.
now impcrircily SUPPRESSED. would TO ulu
n,atsly revived without restriction, IN ono
section. while fugitive slave. now only
partially surrendered at all by the other.
Physically Speaking. We cannot separate
We cannot remove our respective sections
from each other nor build an impossible
wall between. mo-s than . husband ans!
wife may 10 Divorced and so 90, Of the
presence and beyond the reach Of each other.
But the different parts OF our country can
not do this they cannot hut remain face
70 lace, aud intercourse. either anicable or
hostile. must continu, between 'hem. u. u
possible, then, o. make that intercourse
more advantageous or more satisfactory after
SEPARATION than b-forc? Can aliens make
treaties he more faithfully enforced between
alirns than laws can b, among trends ?
and. suppose you go TO war, You cannot
fight always. and when. after much loss on
bath sides AMI no gain IN either, you ceas,
fighting, the identical old questions rs %
terms 81 intercourse are again upon you.
There il no line. straight or crooked. su,ta.
BILE for national boundary upon which to
divide
Traces throughout from the Fact TO the
West. upon the line between tho free and
sla,e country. and We shall End tha, q little
more than one ,hlrl OF II. rivers easy to be
crossed. and populated. OF soon to be- popu.
lated thickly upon both sides. while nearly
all its remaining length are mere surveyors
line. over which people may walk back aud
forth without any consciousness oi their
presence. No part OF this iine,san he made
any more difficult to pass ~ writing 1t down
on paper or parchment as u national bound.
airy
The fac, Of separation. IL il comes. gives