Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1862-12-12


the great canals in New York aud Illinois,
as being Of vital and rapidly Increasing irl- /
4 portance to the whole nation, aud especially
1 to the vast interior region hereinafter to be I
noticed al soiae greater length. ] propose
having prepared and laid before you, at IN
early day, some Interesting aud valuable !
statistical information upon this ssbject.-
The military and commercial Importance Of
enarging the Illinois and Michigan canal,
aud improving The Illinois river, is present. |
ed in the report Of Col Webster to the sec
rotary Of war, and now transmitted 10 Com
gress. l respectfully ask attention to it.
THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRIcULTURE.
TO carry out the provisions Of the act of
I Congress Of the 18th of May last. 1 have
caused ihe department Of agriculture of the
4 United States TO be crganiged The COM
missioner informs me that within the period
Of few months, this department has es-
tablished an extensive system of correspon
denee and exchanges, both at home and
!. abroad, which promises to effect highly ben
eficial results in the Development Of corr
rect knowledge Of recent Improvements in
agriculture in the introduction Of new prod
uets, and in the collection of the agricultu-
raj statistics of the different states also that
it will soon be prepared to dialribnte large
Iy seeds, cereals, tdaias and cuttings, and
has already published and liberally diffused
much valuable Information in anticipation
of a more elaborate report, which will in
due time be furnished, embracing some val
liable tests in chemical SCIENCE, now in pro-
gress in the laboratory. The creation ct
ihis department was fer the more immedi-
S ate beassit Of large class Of cur most val
& uable ciiigyns, and tFust that the liberal
( basis upon wlTSch Il has b5cn organized,
o will not only meet yoEr apgobation, but that
E it viii realize at 30 distant day all the fond
e esl anticipations of its most sa uguine friends,
: and become the fruitful source Of adyan-
e tage TO all our people.
I coMPEzsATEp EMANCIPATION.
Z On the twenty-secoud day Of September
last. a proclamation was issued by the ex-
ecutivr, copy Of which is hsgewith sub
/ mitted. In accordance with the purpose
! expressed in the second paragraph of that
= paper, now respectfully recall your attep-
= tion to what may be called "compensa;ed
s. 49,, :, . A ,,o.,an NOV, ,e eo;,l n
= consist OF its territory, is people and it,
! laws. The territory is the only part which
Al is of certain durability. "Qne generation
! passeth away and another generation com
y eth, but the earth abideth forever" 1t i
OF he first Importance to duly consider ant
: estimate this eyer-enduring part. Tha
Y portion Of the eaIth's surface which is own
g ed and inhabited by the people of the Uni
gu ted States is well adapted to be the HON
= of ore national family, and is not we
adapted for two or more. Its vast exter
and lis variety of climates and production
RS are of advantage in this age for one peopl
a whatever they might haze been in forme
al ages. Steam and telegraph, in P-oEotin
es intelligence have brought these to be a
ty, advantage Gus combination for one unite
ry people. In the inaugural address brief
ce pointed oot ibe total inslequacy of aisunio
at as a remedy for the differences between tn
re- people of the two sections. did SO in lar
re guage which | cannot improve, aud whie
he therefore / beg TO repeat:--
u ''One section Of our country believes sls
ne very is right and ought to be EXTENDED
rs while the other believes ii is wrong an
.ee ought not to be extended. This is the onl
~ substantial dispute. The fugitive slay
TO clause of the CO ssitutiop, and the law fc
" the suppression Of the foreign slave trad
are each as well enforced perhaps, as an
eN law can ever lie in community where ii
e moral sense of the people imperfeetly SUI
el- ports the law itself The great body Of Ii
na people abide by the legal obligations
* both eases, and Gew break over in eacl
ise This think cannot be perfectly cared, an
ia' i, would be worse in both eases after a
oy separation of the sections than before.-
g The foreign slave trade, rev imperfeetl
- suppressed, would be ultimately revive
lc- without restriction in one section; while #
De gitive slaves, now only partially surgende
ne ed. would not be Surrendered at all by II
'n' other. Physically speaking, we cann
separate. We cannot remove our respec
on i've. sections from each other, moi. bniid a
oe- impossible wall between thcn. y husbau
ky and wife may be divorced and 90 out of ii
MS presence and beyond the reach of eac
ar other, but the different parts Of oar eoui
en- tiy cannot do this. They eanaot bu, n
las main face 10 face, and intercourse. ei,hc
'p- amicabc or hostile, must continue beiwee
est them. Is j, possible, then, 20 mike III
'eS intercourse more advantageous or more sa
m isiactory after separation than before? Ca
IS aliens make treaties more easily tha
le- friends can make laws? Can treaties /
er- more faithfully enforced hetweea aliens tia
rot laws can among friends Suppose Won o