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Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-12-04

would not have lone more tn close the war than
a en- othefw e done IL so. the measure
would save money. and. VA that v.ew. would be a
pru1 EFT Al economical measure e4ainls il "a
NOT 30 e.sy To pay somefaiag A. IL Is g. pay nofk.
ing: bat II = essier TO pay large sum than i i
to pay larger one AM u J. easier 20 psv any
sum iraeR ~e are able shan Il J. to nav Il before
we are abe The var requires lar.e suns. ard
requires them at once The agereg tie sum
necessary for compensated emancipation. of
course. would be large. But il would require no
ready cash. nor the bonds even. any faster than
the emancipation progresses This might not
and probably would not, close before the end OF
the thirty seven years AT that time We shall
probably have a hundred millions Of people 10
share the burden. instead OF thirty one millions.
as And not only so. but the increase of
our population may be expected 20 continue for
long Time alter that period rapidly as before.
because our territory will not hsve become full
/ do not state this iseonsideraiely
THE INCREASE OF POPULATION.
At the same ratio of increase which we have
maintained, on an average from our first na-
tional census, in 1890, until that of 1850. we
should, in 1900, have a population of los 2Os.
AIS. And why may we not continue that ratio
far beyond that periodi Our abundant room
our broad national homesiead-is our ample re-
source. Were our territory rs limiod rs are the
British Isles, very certainly our population could
not expand "a stated. Instead of receiving the
foreign born, as now, We should be compelled 10
send part of the native born away But such i
not our condition. We have two millions nine
hundred and sixty-three thousand square miles
Europe has three millions and eight hundred
thousand, with population averaging seventy.
three and one-third persons to the square mile
Why may not our country, at some time, aver
age as manys l. it less fertile! Has il morC
waste surface, by mountains, rivers lakes deserts
or other causesi l. il inferior to Europe in any
natural advantage! II, then, we are. az some
time, TO be popuous as Europe. how soon
AS to when this may be- we can Judge by the pas
and the present; as TO when il r1a be. If ever
depends much whether we maintain the
Union. Several of our States are already above
the average of Europe-seyentv-thre anu thirt
TO the square mile. Massachusetts has one hun
dred and fifty-seyen Rhode Island. one hundred
and thirty three; Connecticut. ninety nine: New
York and New jersey, each eighty Also two
other great States, PENNSYLVANIA and Ohio. arr
not far below. the former having sixtv-three and
the latter fifty-nne The States already above
the European average, except New York, nave
increased IN as rapid ratio, since passing that
point, ever before; while no one of them i,
equal to some other parts of our country. in ma
tural capacity for sustaining dense population
Taking The nation M the aggregate and We
find It's population and ration of increase. for IN,
several decennal periods to be follows:
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-12-04

The ReosbIIcan election Judges IN the town Of
oberlin. Lorsin county. Ohio. allowed sixty seven
negroes to vote at that precinct. at the October
election. The names Of the darkeys are pub
iished. and the thing proven beyond all doubt.
Il Is supposed that negroes voted in other town
ships Of that county. aud an examination Is nov
going on 10 ascertain the facts. Our Abolition
friends must be very hard run for votes when they
resort TO such dark tricks We suppose when
LxcoLss emancipation scheme i properly carried
out. all the contrabaDd dsrkeys will be brought
into tbs free States to vote down the candidates
Of the white people. Indiana has law againsi
this class Of population coming within her Dor
ders. snd IL the Governor refuses to enforce it, il
will he done for him by proper authority.
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-12-04

The Montpelier I'VE. montJ Journal contains
a letter from soldier Ia the cth Vermont reg-
menr. dated Camp AIIemAnds. Louisiana, giving
an accoun. OF the progress OF the Union army in
that neighborhood IL appears that the property
Of Colonel RICHARD TAYLOR (son Of General
ZAcuARIAH TAYLoR) had been con6scated by
some one-though without the intervention of
either Judge or jury-and the Yankee soldiers
proceeded to help themselves in the old fashion
ed style OF the English in India or Ireland. We
will LEI this man tell his own story. Describing
the plantation II Colonel TAYLOR, he says:
1t j. one Of the most splendid plantations I
ever saw There are on il seven hundred acres of
sugar cane which must rot upon the ground If
the Government does not harvest t. / wish you
could have seen the soldiers plumber this planta-
ton. After the stock driven of. the boys
began by ordering the slaves to bring out every
thing there was tn eat and drink They broug0
out hundreds al bottles of wine. eggs. preserved
figs and peaches. turkeys, chickens and honey, in
any quantity.
"a brought away q large camp kettle and fry
ing pan that belonged 10 old Gen. Taylor, and
also mans OF the private papers. have one let
ter Of his hand writing. and many from
Secretary Mtry; some from Gen. Scott. and
some from the traitor Floyd. brought 10 camp
four botsies-of claret wilma Lieutenant --
brought away half barrel of the best strip
from the sug.r house. and large can of honey
The camp kettle and pan intend to send home
They are made Of heavy tin. covered with cop
per | think will send home the private papers
by mail; i. | do. let one have them. The
camp il loaded down with plunder-all kinds OF
clothing. rings. watches. guns. pistols, swords.
and some Of Gen. Taylor's old hats and coats.
belts, swords, anu in fact every old relic he had.
Is worn about the camp You and every one
nav be thankful that YOU out of the reach OF
plundering armies. Here are whole families OF
women aud children running in the woodbridge
plantations entirely deserted-nothing left except
slaves too old to run away-al kinds OF the best
mahogany furniture broken to pieces. Nothing
Is respected"
That will do. Nothing Is respected" And
il this the way that the is to be carried on to
restore the Unonf The camp is loaded down
with plumber" Well. we are glad there were no
Western troops in that crowd. and that OILY the
pious and religious portion of the free States was
represented in that sacking of OLD ZAc's panta-
ton II will occur to every one that Union
thus restored. must be very agreeable associa
ton. These Southerners ought to love the IAN
KEGS dearly. after that.
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-12-04

This shows an average deceanial increase of
50 Oh per cent in population through the seven
" years from first TO our last census vet
taken Ii Is seen that the ratio OF increase AT
one of these seven periods. is either two per
cent below. or two per cent above. the average:
thus showing how lndexible. and. consequently.
how reliable. the law of increase in our case i
Assuming that it will continue. gives the follow
in. -nlf
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-12-04

Theie figure show that country may be IA
popuous ~ Europe now l., AT some point be
tween 1920 and l93t--say about l925-our ter
ritory. at seventy three and third persons 10
the -quere n.i'e. being of capacity to contain
ll1.4s6.0W
And We viii reicis dis. too. If we do not our
nSres reiinquish The chance bv rhe folly and
= Ut '-''''''''a. ar ils long and exhausting war
-. ,''',. ION fte only great element OF MA
tio 9 ''sconf5 among While il cannot he
Tors eSac6y how much one huge Example of
sece~Ion, breeding lesser ones indefinitely. would
retird population. civilization, and prosperity no
one can doubt that the extent of il would be very
great and nnrinns
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-12-04
MORE ABOUT THE NEGRO

The proposed emancipation would shorten the
war, perpetnate peace insure this increase of pop
ulation. AMI proportionatel, the wealth of the
country. With these. we should pay all that
emancipation would cost together with our other
debt, easier than we should pay other debt
without it. |. we had allowed our old national
debt 10 run at Fix per cent per annum simple in
tereSt from the end OF our revolutionary struggle
until to day, without paving anything on either
principal or interest. each man of us would owe
less uD'n that debt than each mnn ow ell upon
II them and this because our increase of men
through the whole period has been greater than
six per cent has run faster than tie interest upon
the debt. Thus. time alone. relieves a debtor ma.
ton. SO long a. the population increases faster
than unpaid interest accumuates on it, debt
This tact would be excuse for delaying pay-
ment of what i justly due: but it shows the great
Importance OF time in this cOnnection--the great
advantage Ola policy by which We shall not have
10 pay uutil We number a hundred millions what.
by different policy. se would have 10 py now
when number but thirty one millions In a
word il shows that "a dollar will be harder To- pay
for the war. than will be dollar for emanc,pa-
ton on the proposed plan. And then the latter
vii! cost u" blood. no precious lite. 1t will De
saving OF both
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-12-04
~ ASoTHrR ASPECT.


As 10 tine second article. think il would be
;mpracticahle to return o. bondage that class Of
persons therein Contemplated Some OF them
doubtless. in the property sense, belong to loyal
ownrr-. and hence. provision l. made IN this
article tor compromising such
COLONIZATION rHE FUTURE OF THE FREED NEGRO
The tnrd article relates to the future of the
freed people II doe not Oblige, but merely au
thUrze>. Congress 10 AID in coonIz.ng such ~
may consent. This ought not 10 be regarded as
Objectionable. on the one hand or ou the other. la
20 much IL comes Ia nothing. unless by the
mutual consent OF the people. 10 be deported. and
the American voters. through their representa-
tveS IN Congress.
cannot make II better known than il already
is. that strongly favor colonization. And yet
With TO say there Il All objection urged against
tree colored persons remaining ia the country.
which Is largely imaginary, II not sometimes ma
l.cious.
IL l. insisted that their presence would injure.
and di-pi,ce white labor and White labOrers. Ii
there ever could be proper time tor mere catch
arguments. that time surely l. hot now. la times
like the present, men should utter nothing for
which they would willingly be responsible
through time aud ia eternity. il II true. then,
that coiorei people can displace any more white
labor by being tree. than by remaining slaves
wn.te lsoorefs: il they leave their old places,
they leave them open white lsborers. Logi-
cally. there u neither more nor less OF il Eman.
cipatiOn. even Without deportation. would prob
ably enhance the wages oil white labor. and, very
surely, would not REFUGE them. Thus the Gus.
tomary amount OF labor would still have Ia be
performed: tie freed people would surely not do
more than their old proportion OF il. and very
probably. for time, would do less leaving an in
creased part 10 White laborers bringing their
labor into greater demand, and. consequently
enhancing the wages of IT, With deportation
even Ia limited extent. enhanced WAGES T.
white labor i automatically certain. sDOr i.
like any other commodity IA the market-in.
crease the demand Tor II, and YOU Increase the
price Of il. Reduce the supply OF black LABOR
BY coionxzing the black laboref out OF the coun-
try, andvby pTecisel, 30 much, YOU increase the
demand for. and wages OF. white labor
But il is dreaded that the freed people viii
swarm forth and cover the whole land. Are
they not already in the landt viii liberation
make them any more numerous Equally dis
tribuied among the whites of the whole country
aud there would be bur colored 10 seven whites
Could the one, in any way, greatly disturb the
seven! There are many communities now having
more than one free oolored person TO seven whites
and this, without any apparent con.ci0u. ness Of
evil from it. The District Of Columbia, and the
ss~sss of AAylaad and Delaware snr ell =
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-12-04

Ii gives me pleasure To report decided i'm
provement in the financial condition OF the Post
office Department. a. compared With several pre-
cedng wears The receipts tor the fiscal year
1851 amounted to s.. $40 .2y6 40. which EN-
braced the revenue IRON ali the States OF the
Union for three quarters of that year. Notwlth-
standing the cessation OF revenue from the so
called seeded States during the last fiscal year
the increase OF the correspondence OF the loyal
States has been sufficient to produce revenue
curing the same year of s. .299 go 80 benz;
ouy x5O, 900 less than WAS derived from all the
States oi the Union during the previous year.
The expenditures show a still more favorable
result. The amount expended in 1851 was
Sl3 6O6,159 IL. For the last year the amount
has been reduced to Sll ,l25, 364 l3, showing q
decrease of about 50 ASH 900 in the expenditures
a compared with the preceding year. and about
-, $50, 900 rs compared with the fiscal year 1850
The deficiency in the department for the pre-
yious year was 81 ISL, 500 9s. For the last his
cal year Il wat reduced TO 50, ll2.sl4 81. These
favorable results are in part owing TO the ceSsa-
ton of mail service in the insurrectionary States
and in part 20 careful review of all expendi
lures in that department in the interest of econ
omy. The efficiency of the postal service, il i
believed, has also been much improved The
Postmaster General has also opened a sores
pondcnce, through the Department of State. with
foreign governments, proposing a convention OF
postal representatives for the purpose of simph
tying the rates of foreign postage, and TO expe
di,e the foreign mails. This proposition. equal,
important To our adopted citizens, and TO III,
commercial interests of this country, has beer
favorably entertained and aAeed to. BY all the
governments from whom replies have been re
ceiyed
/ ask the attention Of csne-es. % she surre.
tons of the Postmaster Geseral n his repor
respecting the further Legislation suired. in hi.
opinion, for the benefit OF the posfsl service.
rHE PUBLic lASps.
The Secretary of the Interior reports as fol
lows in regard TO the publ lands: <
1.-The public lands have ceased 20 be sourol
of revenue. From the Is Of July. le6i, so shs
S0th of September, lss2. ll.c entire cash receipt
from the sale of lands wee siS. s76 2s--a sun
much less than tho cxpcres Of our land system
during the same period. TIC homestead law
which will take effect Ia q % January next
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-12-04

Physically speaking, we cannot separate.
We cannot remove our respective sections from
each other, nor build an impossible wall between
them. y husband and wife may be divorced,
and 20 out of the presence and beyond the
reach Of each other but the different parts of our
country cannot do this. They cannot but remain
face To face; and intercourse, either amicable or
hostile, must continue between them. l. il pos
sible, then, to make that intercourse more advan-
tageous, or more satisfactory, after separation
than beforeP Can aliens make treaties easier than
friends can make laws Can treaties be more
faithfully enforced between aliens than laws can
among friendsl Suppose YOU go to war, YOU
cannot fight always; and when, after much loss
on both sides, and no gain on either, YOU cease
fighting, the identical old questions. 10 terms
of intercourse, are again upon YOU.
There is no line, straight or crooked, suitable
for a national boundary, upon which TO divide
Trace through, from east 10 west, upon the line
between the free and slave country. and we shall
find little more than one-third of its length are
rivers, easy 10 be crossed and populated, or soon
10 be populated. thickly upon both sides; while
nearly all IT, remaining length are merely sur
veyors lines. over which people NAV walk hack
and forth without any consciousness of their
presence. No part of this line can DC made any
more difficult to pass by writing it down on pa
per. or parchment A. national boundary. The
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-07-25
Reinforcements from the West.

1t is stated that the entire division o
General McCook, in Buell's army, 10000
strong, has been moved to reinforce McClel
Ian. A private letter from Corinth, dated
the Both ultimo, states that the whole Sixth
Division received orders that morning to
proceed at once to Washington, and thence
to the army before Richmond. 1t is fur
thermore stated that McCook's Division
passed through Columbus, Ohio, last Satur-
day night, and that another division passed
through Dayton on Friday, on its way to
Richmond.
With these reinforcements, those from
North Carolina, and other departments, the
increase ofa McClellan's force cannot be
less than $4,000 to 10000. 1t is believed
in quarters that have good sources OF infor~
nation, that his army will be more efficient
than at any previous time since it sat down
before Yorktown.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-07-25
Intervention by France.

The following is an extract of letter
written on the 26th ult., by gentleman
who has access to the best informed circles
in Paris; and the informant to whom he
specially alludes is entitled to be regarded
as authority. The letter is written to a
gentleman in Philadelphia, and is published
in the North american:
We saw on Tuesday; he serds you
bis respects, and will be glad if you will
say that at this moment the majority of the
Emperor's cabinet is opposed to interviews
ton or mediation, and the Emperor re-
l.ains fixed in his determination not to take
any step which the President would not re-.
gard as entirely friendly.
Mr.. Dayton says everything appears to
be satisfactory; be speaks in very warm
terms about the steady friendship of Prince
Napoleon, NJ. De Witt 1.-THE son>in. law of
M. Guizot) says that Mr.. Dayton is exceed
ipgly well thought of by Mr.. Thouvenel.
The feeling against the Mexican expedi-
ton is so decided that it is now given out
that after the honor of the flag is vindicat-
ed the thing will be abandoned. Dubois
de Saligny, the author of all the mischief,
has been recalled, at which people interest
ed in the Rentes are greatly pleased, as they
have risen in consequence.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-07-25
Newspaper Criticism OH War.

Imagine, if you please, the existing daily
papers of New York to have been in full
blast during the fall of l776, and to have
been allowed every privilege to publish
what their editors and correspondents saw
fit to commit to paper. What lofty criti.
cisms we should have had what sweeping
denunciations what charges of reckless
ness and incompetency what urgent de-
mands for changes 10 the army and in Con-
gress! Some impulslve radical jou rnal
would have written down Washington as a
nincompoop, his defeat at Brooklyn, his loss
of this city and the forts on the Hudson, his
disastrous retreat across the Jerseys, prov.
ing that be lacked the brain and skill, if
not the heart to conduct such an enterprise.
Half the "penny whistles in the country
towns would have caught up its note /; and
with all the pretentiousness Of Little Ped.
lington Gazettes, proved that our Com
mander.in chief was sorry horse, at the
best; while to his incompetency would have
been charged the loss of hundreds of brave
lives, of excellent military posts and the ris-
ing metropolis of the new country.-M Y
Commercial.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-07-25
The Right Talk.

Let Wendell Phillips speak for himself
and bis clique, aud not for the people, indig.
nantly exclaims the Springfield, (Massachu.
setts) Republicam-"Nobody expects him or
bis adherents to enlist, or to help the coun~
try in any way, or to do anything but abuse
and insult those who are laboring and dying
in its defense. The true way to silence
these malignants is to present to them the
oath of allegiance. They won't take it
they will deny that they are citizens of the
United States. They merely live on the
soil, but are voluntary aliens to the Govern
ment. And yet these regulators of the
Constitution undertake to dictate to patriots
ic men how the Constitution is to be defend.
ed. Shame on them"
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-07-25
Battle Of Port Republic.

On our sixth page will be found the re-
port of Colonel CARROLL, who was Acting
Brigadier General in command, at the Bat.
tie of Port Republic, on the Shenandoah.
This battle, although unsuccessful to our
arms, was, considering the great disparity
of force, one of the severest of the war.
Capt. GOODRICH, of the staff, whose conduct
on the field is so handsomely mentioned in
the report, is Mr.. EARLE S. GOODRICH, late
of the PIONEER. His personal friends, and
those who have an acquaintance with him
through the columns of this paper, will be
gratifed to learn of bis honorable distinc
ton in the military service of his country
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-07-25
Letter from General Banks.

The following is the letter of Major Gen.
eral Banks to Mr.. Gooch, of the House of
Representatives, relating to the resolution
of June Is, offered by Mr.. VOORHEES,, of In.
diana, directing the Committee on the Con.
duct of the War to inquire whether persons
of color were allowed government trans
portation on General Banks retreat from
Strasburg, while white people, including
sick and wounded soldiers, were compelled
to travel on foot, and which letter Mr..
Gooch asked unanimous consent to read
last Monday, when vote was taken on the
preamble to this resolution, but objection
was made by Mr.. VOORHEES, and others of
the opposition:
WINCHESTER, July 10, 1862,
Hon. d. w. Gooch;
DEAR SIR: In answer to your inquiry
have the honor to say that there is no foun.
datiOn of fact for the statement contained
in the resolutions inclosed to me. No per.
son not belonging to the army, white OR
black, was allowed to occupy or use gov.
ernment transportation of any kind on the
march of my command from Strasburg. IF
any instance occurred it was, with one ex~
ception, not only without authority, but
against orders, and has not yet come to my
knowledge. Citizens, traders, refugees and
fugitives were protected in the occupancy
of their own wagons, and allowed to move
with the government train, in order, no
further. The rear guard, infantry and ar
tillery, halted in the rear of Martinsburg
from 10 o'clock till evening. When at con-
siderable distance on our march, we over.
took a small party on foot. My attention
was attracted by little girl about eight
years of age, who was toddipg over the
stones by the way-side, and asked her
how far she had travelled. "From Win.
CHESTER" she said. We were then about
twenty seven miles on our march. I re.
quested the cannoneers to give her lift,
and the gallant men, who had hung upon
the rear of the column for its defense the
greater part of the distance, answered with
alacrity. No successful efforts were made
to ascertain her compexioD, but it is not
impossible that she belonged to the class
referred to in the resolution, and that her
little limbs had been strengthened by some
vague dream of liberty, to be lost or won
in that hurried night march.
have the honor to be,
With much respect,
Your obedient servant,
N. P. BANKS, Maj. Gen. Com.