The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-12-12


ton whether our Indian system shall not
be remodclcd. Many wisc and good men
have been impressed with The belief tina,
this can be rroiitably done.
i submit n 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.
vorab action of Congress upon the pro.
Ijocts row pondiug before them, for en-
l larging the capacities of the great canals
IN New York aud Illinois, ds being OF
vjtaland rapidly increasing Importance
To tho whole nation, ard especially IL
the vast iutorior region hereinafter to b.
noticed at some greater lOugth. | pro.
pose having prepared aud laid before yeu
at an carly day, some interesting andval.
liable statistical information upon this
subject
i The military and commercial import.
ancc Of cnlarging the Illinois River, is
presented in the report OF Col Webster
I" the Secretary OF War, ard now trans
mittcd to Congress, respectfully ash
attention 10 il.
10 carry cut the provisions OF the act
\ Of Congress Of the i5th OF May last,
have caused the Department Of Agrieul.
turc of the United States to be organized.
The Commissioner Informs me TINT with.
in the period of few months this d..
parimont hes ostabli shed an extensive
system of cspondcncc aud exchange
both at home and abroad, which promis.
cs to effect highly beneficial results IN
the development of correct knowledge
of recent improvements in agriculture, IN
the introduction Ol new products, and in
the collection of the agricultural statis-
ties of the different States. Alsu, that
il will soon be prepared to distribute
; largely seeds, cereals, plants aud cut
T thugs, and has already published and lib
b orally difluscd much valuable iufofma-
} tiVn in anticipation Of u murc elaborate
, report, which will in due time be iurn-
; ishcd, embracing some valuable tests in
: chemical scionce now in progress in the
laboratory. The creation Of this De-
parimcnt was for the more immediate
benefit of large class ol our most valua-
, bic citizens, aud l trust that the liberal
) basis upon which IL has been organized
, will not only NEE; your appreciation, bu,
that Il will realize at no distant day all
The iondest anticpations of its most san.
. guiuo friends, and become the fruitful
= source Of advantage to all our people.
= On the 22d ofScplembcr last, proc
Z lamution was issued by the Executive,
i copy of Which is hereby submitted, 1t
: accordance with the purpose Cxpressc,
; in the second paragrsl b ofthat puper
t now respectfully call your attention t,
{ whatmay be called "Comp nsatcd Emar.
! cipOtiOn." A nation may consist Of liz
territory, its people, aud its laws. The
, territory is the only part which is of Ger.
tain durability. One generation passoth
owey and another generation cometh
but the earth ub,dcth forever. II Is oi
b the first Importance to duly consl,r aud
estimate this ever enduring part. That
portion of the eurlll's surface which IL
owned and Inhabited by the people of
the Umtcd States is well adapted 10 be
The home Of one national family, and is
not well adapted for two or more. It's
vast extent aud its variety OF climate and
production tre of advantage IN tlis ace
for one people, what ever they muy have
bN'H W lbllh'l hF'os uilu ItIE-
! graph, in intelligence, have brought these
to be an advantageous combination for
one united people.
In my Inaugural Address, | bri Ay point-
cd cut the total intd, quicy OF Jisunion
az IA remedy for the difference bo,eween
the people Of two sccli n. did so
in language which cannot improve. and
which, therefore, ] bog to repeat: zone
section of out country believes SLAYER.
is right and ought to b. extended, while
the other believes /, is wrong and ought
not to b. extended. This ia the only
substantial dispute. The Fugitive Slave
clause Of the Constitution and the law
for suppression of the African slave tracd
are each as we'll enforced, perbaps as
any law can ever be in n community
where the moral scnse Of the pcople
imperlcctly supports the law itself. The
greut body OF the people obdc by the dry
legal obligations in both cases, and a
, few break over in each. This, | think
cannot be perfectly cured, and il would
be worse in both cases after the senere.
tion of the section than before. The
foreign slavc-trude, now imperlectIy sup-
pressed, would untimeIy revived without
restriction in one sections while fugitive
slaves now only partially surrendered,
would not be surrendered at all by the
other. Physicull6 speaking, We cannot
seperate; we cannot remove our resnect.
i've sections from each other, nor build an
lImpassable wall between them. A hus.
band and wife may be divorced, aud 90
out of the pre eseuce and beyond the reach
oi each other, Tut the different parts of
our country cannot do this. They can
not Tut remain face TO iace' and inter.
course, either amicablc or hostile, must
continue between them. Is II possible,
then, to make that intercourse more nd.
vantageous or more satisfactory after
separating than before! Can aliens make
treaties custer than friends can make
laws! Cnn troutios be more faithfully
enforced between aliens than laws are
among friends! Suppose you 20 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 us 10 terms OF intercourse
are again upon you.
There is n line, straight or crooked
suitable for national boundary upon
which to divide. Trace through from
enst to west, upon the line between the
fee and slave country, and we shall
find little more than one third of It's
length are rivers easy to be crossed and
populated, or soon to be populated thick
ly upon both sides, while all its remain
ing length are merely surveyors lines,
over which people may walk back and
forth without any consciousness Of their
presence. No part of this line can be
nude any more dfiicnlt 10 pass by wri-
ting II dswD on paper or parchment as
national boundary. The fact of separu-