, 1862-12-03

BEK 5, 1907.
REMoDEIINa OF INDIAN sFsTEss.
submit for your special consideration
whether our Indian system shall not os re-
modelled. Many wise and good Msn lave |
been impressed with the belief that thls can
be prefIAbly done. /,
PACIFIC RAILROAD AND TIE sHlP CANALS. /:
, Ieubmita statement Of the proceedings OF +
the commissioners, which shows the progress
that has been made in the enterprise OF con-
6tIuctirg the Pacific Railroad and thus sng~
guests the enrliest completion OF the road,
snd also the favorable action OF Congress up
on the protect DoW pending before them Tor
enlarging the capacities of the great canals IN
New York aud Illinois; ~ being OF Vital and
rapidly increasing importance to the Enole
patton, and especially to the vast Interior re-
gion hereinafter to be noticed a. come greater
+ propose having prepared and laid before
you at an early day some Interesting and val
nab1e statistical Information upon this subject;
The military and commercial importance q
enlargfng the Illinois and Michigan Canal and
improv1ng the Illinois River, Is presented in
the repo1T Of Colonel Webster to the secresa-
~ Of War, and now transmitted to Congress.
respectfully .ask your attention 20 H.
To carzy cut the provisions Of the act OF
| Congress Of the 18th of May last, have caused
| the Department Of Agriculture Of the United
| States to be organized. The Commissioner
informs me that within the period OF few
| months this department hos established an
| extensive system OF correspondence and eX-
changes both at home aud abroad, which
promises to effect highly beneficial results II
the Development Of q correct knowledge OF
recent Improvements in agriculture IN the IN
troduction Of new products, and n ths ;t;e1 col
cnt States; also, that it Will soon be prepared
Ito distribute largely seeds, cereals, plants and
cuttiuge. and has already Published and uber.
| all9 diffused much valuable information
In anticipation Of more elaborate report
which in due time will be Published, EN-
i | braclng some valuable tests in chemical sci
ence noT in progress in the laboratory, thf
! creation OF this department was for the more
. | immediate benefit Of large class Of our NOS!
valuable citizens, and trust that the hoera
: I basis upon which it hes been organized vii
: not cniy meet your appreciation, but that I
! | will realize at no distant day all the iondes
authorizations Of its most N gu ne friends, AM
i, become tue fruitful source Of advantage TO 81
our people.
7uE 1aocLA3IAT1oS oE SEPT, Ed.
j. On the 22d day Of September last procl:
j. ton was issued by the Executlye-s copy
!. | which is herewith submitted. IN aceordant
il with the purpose expressed in the second pa
t. aeraph Of that paper now respectfully reca
= youT attention to what may be- called COZ
A. persated emancipation. A nation may
said to consist OF it's territory, its people a
y" is Of certain durability "One generat.'
passeth away and another generation comet
but the earth abideth tor ever" 1t Is OF
IL first Importance to duly consider and es
ne mate this ever enduring part.
on TILE UNION ONE AND lSSEPARABLE.
That portion Of the earth's surface whien
r., owned and Inhabited by the people OF
.9S Tinted States is well adapted to the home
- one national family. 1t is not well adapted
I'll two OF more. It's vast extent, ana us Vaflt
81 OF climate and productions are OF aaVan'aa =
so in The age Of one people, sWhateTe1they nj
90 % eraphs and intelligence, have brought thest
;od be an advantageous comoina'1on 1of
united people ..-...-
In the Inaueuersl Address briefly. .po!r
a55 out the total inadequacY of disunion 8
wv remedy for difficulties between tae pcopi,s p,
the two sections. did so in language "
] carDot improve and which, therefore,
l5o to 1eFtat. -
= * = One section of our country believe ala'
,aES is right and ought to be extended, while
2i45 other believes it to be wrong aud ought
to be extended. This is the only eubsts1
:, ~ dispute. The fugitive slave clau5e OF the
. " s.itution and the law, for the suppsessiG2
N - the Afiicani slave trade, are each as Wcl1
forced, perhaps, as any law can ever ne
46.Sl | co1nnuulty where tie 1noral sense o. ing
i Of PIE 1mFer'ec1iE support 1nI ~" ~ $50 r..
e1ts great puoJ ~ LIZ pecEae ~ Sua- f ~ hrae1
5arlv each. This think cannot be perfectly
( ~ and it would be worse in both instances
r The 1Ae separation y! tut eses1oGa a ,nrfa,tie
asnr. preseea, would be, ultimately, retrieved ,
IL be CUT festl1clsol1 - oas sect,ou, .~.,e1a E
sws I surrendered at ali to the other.
It at TIE PHYSICAL ARGUMENT AGAINST DlsC
Physically speaking, We cannot sep
we cannot remove our Iespect1Ee SCI
Navy from each other, nor build an ,mpsl
These wall between them. Ahusband aud "ls
more be divorced and go out Of the .presenc
IS and beyond the reach Of each other, bns Ihe
con- ent parts ct our country cannot do th1s.
could cannot hut remain tace to lace, and
pfin- course either amlcaole or nostl'e inuss
much tl,.ue between them. Ia le pesslola u
maize th1t intercourse more advantage
1g the i more satisfactory after separation than
entiou Cav aliens z.tEe t9eotlss eass:3' fad's J
can make 1dacsS Can treaties ae more
ed in among friends. Suppose you 6" se Na
Of the cannot ngnt ai"a5s anu .s mnen a. t.s1 a;t7o
fnr thn cease Sighting the identical Old quest
:sN; Do, to terms Of Intercourse arc again 4Ro
St.tna There is no line, straight or crooked, 81
+ yesr fj,r national boundary upon which to
er,nm. Trace through from East TO West, up
5nr;nnt iine between the free and slave ccuntr
s,orrass We ehaE ind little more than oue~tl
4 sufii- It's length are riyezs easy to bG crosst
. sa1ne rppulated, or soon to BE- populated t
S5O, 900 upon both slnes, WnNe ~ asa.ly ~
e'"'07 over witch people may walk back ar
@sror,. without any coneciousness Of their pr
IN 1s6t No part Of this 1iEe can be made er
ear the difficult to pass By writing It oo~n OF
= national h{jJ1nAarr.
',c00 ii WHAT SECESSION suRNESDERs
;he pre- The fact Of separation If it comes, G
impaired on the part Of the; seeding section, t
tiye slave clause, along With all othe,
Tor the tutional obligations, upon the section
the last from. while should expect no treat
!, ,S1+57. 1ationn wonld eyer be made to take its
NJ "19S ~ "TuE GREAT BODY OF THE REPU1
Isna1 r.. But there is another difficulty. T
artment, | interior region bounded east By the
MES, north BY the British Domi9lons'
IN. 1bs Rocky Mountains, and so1th by
it is be- along which tne a. nar
d. The ION neets, "ae ~ Taanaeeaa sn al ri K
,,tseR ate Egith Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, lnlno
TnTaI Tasa souri, Kapsas IoBa, Minnesota, aud
, 1,,r,,oea 1Ito1ies Of Dacotah, Nebraska and
'ns4aae Colorado have above ten millions 9
poS.frnt5 and will have fifty millions within d
: 5ontoi If not prevented by any pohalcal
: +asn,fs'nF mistake, It contains more than one
,tarts;ned The country owned By the reyolted
.t"t. f.o,n certainly, more than one mi1ion
70 ast ia 1aie:, one-half as populous as Mass
a., ~ nf tha | ALREADY is. It would have more thal
Efe lnIons " .tts5ea1i ts5a1i s7esi-;ne n
- opAuAo" Lo7y Of The Republic. The other pal
mayoinai borders to it. The ma8n
'h' rion elopipg west from the ROCKY .
'rts as fol to fhe Pacific being.the deepest and
richest undeyeloped resources IN tn
7olsse S of f ton Of provisions, grains, g1asse
ts from tho "AeA "a cpr.r ~rFRIor RE,,J0,
sun much AohN0. -
item during This great interior region Is nat
of the most important in the Wo'
q etees q tain from the statistics the Small
lcements ~ e,f Ike region which has IS yet bee
~ tho into cultf3ation and aIso the large
.rnS7nr and Increasing amount Of its products
''s'AN'e shali he overwhelmed with the ua
sums here the prospect presented. And yet
ublic Iauds | hns no sea coast and touches no
9 source IS where. ---.,.
ment arises It's NATURAL OUTLETS.
the periods AS pa1t Of one nation, its people
not really find and may forever lind their WaJ
'oint; Tae by New York, to South America
erao1e sum l,v New Orleans, ard TO Asia by :
ported IRON c0 But eepsrate our common ce
realty over nations, as DESIGNED BY the prese1'
Tree mont1s and every naan in this great 1uter1<
y, ana nov thereby cut of from some On
of these outlets, not pe1h
physical barrier, but oy
ntiers have, lrg and onerous H:aas issoe =
spirit OF this IS true WneIesst ,aaa Staaal
points, en- | line may pe HAtu- t1-e -. :" ~
it the white nuE nee and Save cu9ast " y AZ ~
hes occupy OF hentncey, ~ y 4o1on ,e W snnth ri
AnuS9 | +.Sanr 1ort nr 7,1aee north of Ii, nua