The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-12-05

upon the white settlements bv all the
tribes between the Mississippi River
and the Rocky Mountains The State
of Minnesota has suffered great injury
from this Indian war A large pCrio
of her territory has been depopulated,
and a severe loss has been sustained by
the destruction of property. The. people
of that State manifest much anxiety for
the removal of the tribes beyond the lin
its of the State, as a guarantee against
further hostilities The Commissioner
of Indian Affairs will furnish full details.
submit for your especial considera-
ton, whether our Indian system shall
not be remodeled Many wise and good
men have been impressed with the belief
that this can be pro6tably done
submit a statement of the proceed
ings of the Commissioners, which shows
the progress that has been made in the
enterprise Of constructing the Pacific
Railroad, and this suggests the earliest
completion of the road, and also the ia
vorable action of Congress upon the pro-
jects now pending before them for enlarg-
ing the capacities of the great canals in
| New York and Illinois, as being of vital
and rapidly increasing Importance to the
whole nation, and especially to the vast
| interior region hereinafter to be noticed
at some greater length propose hav-
ing prepared and laid before you, at an
early day, some interesting and valuable
statistical information upon this subject.
The military and commercial importance
of enlarging the Illinois and Michia an
Canal, and improving the Illinois River,
is presented in the report of Col. Web
ster to the Secretary of War, and now
transmitted to Congress. respectfully
ask attention to it.
To carry out the provisions of the act
of Congress of the 18th of May last, |
have caused the Department of Agricul-
ture in the United States to be organized.
| The Commissioner informs me that with
in the period Of few months this De-
partment has established an extensive
system of correspondence and exchange,
both at home and abroad, which promises
to effect highly beneficial results in the
development of a correct knowledge of
recent improvements in agriculture, in
the Introduction of new products and in
the collection of the agricultural statis-
tics of the several States Also, that it
will soon be prepared to distribute large
ly seeds, cereals, plants, and cuttings,
and has already published and literally
| difiused much valuable information in
anticipation of more elaborate report,
which will in due time be furnished, en-
bracing some valuable tests in chemical
science now in progress in the labora-
tory. The creation of this Department
was for the more immediate benefit of
large class of our most valuable citizens,
and | trust that the liberal basis upon
which it has been organized will not only
meet your appreciation, but that it will
realize at no distant day all the fondest
anticipations ofits most sanguine friends,
and become the fruitful source of advan-
tage to all our people.
On the 22d day of September last,
proclamation was issued by the Execu-
tive, a copy of which is herewith submit
ted. In ACCORDANCE with the purpose eX-
pressed in the second paragraph of that
paper, now respectfully recall your at
tention to what may be called " Compen-
stated Emancipation A nation may be
said to consist of its territory, its people,
and its laws. The territory is the only
part which is of certain durability. One
generation passeth away and and anoth-
er generation cometh, but the earth
abideth forever. 1t is of the first impor-
lance to duly consider ard estimate this
ever-enduring part The portion of the
earth,s surface which is owned and in
habited by the people ofthe Uuited States
is well adapted to be the home of one
national family, and it is not well adapt
| ed for two or more. Its vast extent and
its variety of climate and production are
of advantage in this age for one people,
whatever they might have been in form
er ages. Steam and teiegraphs, and intel
hgence, have brought these to be an adj
vantageous combination for one united
people.
/ In my Inaugural Address, | briefly
pointed out the total inadequacy of dis
union as a remedy for the difference be-
tween the people of the two sections. |
did so in language which cannot i'm
prove, and which, therefore, beg to re-
peat: "One section of our country be-
lieves slavery is right and ought to be
extended, while the other believes it is
wrong and ought not to be extended.
This is the only substantial dispute. The
Fugitive-slave clause of the Constitution
and the law for suppression of the Afri-
can slave-trade are each as well en-
forced, perhaps, as any law can ever be
in a community where the moral sense
of the people imperfectly supports the
law itself The great bod of the people
abide by the dry, legal obligations in
both cases, and few break over each
This, think, can not be perfectly cured,
and it would be worse in both cases after
! the separation of the sections than be-
fore. The foreign slave-trade, now i'm
perfectly suppressed, would be ultimately
revived without restriction in one sec
ton, while fugitive slaves, now only par
TALLY surrendered, would not be surren-
dered at all by the other. Physically
speaking, we cannot separate; we cam
not remove our respective sections from
each other, nor build an impossible wall
between them. A husband and wife
may be divorced, and go out of the pres
ence and beyond the reach of each other,
but the different parts of our country
cannot do this They cannot but re-
main face to face, and intercourse, either
amicable or hostile, must continue be-
tween them. Is it possible, then, to
make that intercourse more advanta.
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