Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1862-12-09

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length propose having prepared and
laid before you ct an early day some 10.
I teresting and valuable statistical inforus.
ton upon this subject
TIE ILLINOIS AND MICHIGAN CANAL rrs
LARGEMESr.
Toe military aud comme-e ial imports,es
OF enlsreing the Illinois and Michigan
Canal aud Improving the Illinois Riyer
Is presented IN the report OF Col. Webster
to the Secretary Of War. and now trans:
mitted to Congress. respectfully ssk your
attention. 90 il.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRIcuLruRE.
To carry out the provisions OF the act Of
May last. have caused the DerartneoS
of Agriculture Of the United States To bs
| organized. The Commissioners inform, me
that within the periud Of few months. this
department has established 40 extensive
system of correspondence aud excbsnas-
both Ct home and abroad, which promise,
to effect highly bsns6cisl results in the
development Of a correct knowledge Of ":
cent lmpr9seneuts in agriculture, In TIE
Introduction Of new products, and in ths
collection OF Agricultural statistics OF tbs
dItererent States; also. that will soon be
prepared to distribute largely. seeds, ces
reals, plants, and cuttings, and has already
published aud Literally defused much veis
liable Information, in anticipation ofs
more elaborate report. which will in dus
time be furnished, embracing some yslus<
BILE tests 10 chemical science now in ORE.
gress in the labratory. The creation OF fhis
department. was for tie more. imnedisss
benefit of large class OF our most valuablS
citizens, sIn l trust that the, liberal basis
upon which II has been organized will ues
only meet your appreciation. but that n
viii realize q: no distant day all the fonA-
est antIeipatiOns Of its most ssneuins
friends, add become the fruitful sourc, %
. advantage to all cur people.
COMPENSATED EMANCIPATION.
On the ODD day Of September last. a proo.
iamatIon was issued by the Executive, .
copy Of which Is herewith Submitted. In
! accordance with the purpose expressgd IN
the second paragraph Of that paper nov
respectfully recall your attention to whas
may be called COMPENSATED emancipation.
A nation may be said b consist Of its ,.,.
ritory, its people and its laws. The ,eyyl
tory is the only part which is OF ce,t.in
durability. One generation passe,h .v.v
and another generation cometh. but a.
earth abideth forever. 1t is Of the IRA
Importance 10 duly consider and estimate
this ever enduring part. That portion Of
the earth's surface which is owned and in
habited by the people Of the United S,s,,.
lie " II adapted to the home of one national
family, and IL lie not well adapted for tive
CT more. It's vast extent aud its y.yietv
OF climate and productions are Of ady.s.
/ age IN the age Of our people, vhsteysr
they might rave been in former ages
Steam, and telegraphs. and intslligepes
have brought these to be on advantageous
| combination for one united people.
| IN the Inaugural address briefly point
ed out the total inadequscy Of di.union n
remedy Tor difference between the peo-
pie OF the two sections. l did 50 in Ian
guage which l cannot improve, and which
therefore. beg leave to repeat. One sss.
ton Of our country believes slavery ia riobt
and ought TO be extended, while the other
believes tits wrong and ought not 10 he
extended, This is the only substantial
dispute. The fugitive slave clause Of he
Constitution aud the law for the suppress
ION OF the African slave trade are cash a
well enforced, perhaps, as any law can eysr
be In community where the moral sense
OF the people imperfectly supports the Law
itself. The great body Of toe people sbids
by the legal obligations in both cases. and
few break over each. This, think cal.
not be perfectly cured, and il would b
worse in both instances, after Separation
OF the sections than before. The foreign
slave trade, now imperfectiy suppressed.
would be ultimately revived without re.
stricti"n In one section; while iusi,iyss.
now only partially surrendered, would no,
De surrendered at all by the other.
Ply sicaity speaking, We cannot sonar.
ate We cannot remove our respective
sectshs from each other, nor build an in.
pa,sable wall between them. A HUSBAND
ana vile may be divorced, and go out of
the presence and beyond the reach Of Zach
other; but the different parts Of our corr,-
ry cannot do this. They cannot hu, %.
main face 10 face, an Intercourse ei,hs,
amicable or hostile, must CONTINUE between
them. 1t is possible, then, to make tina,
intercourse more advantageous or mora
satisfactory after separation than before
Gan aliens make treaties easier than
friends can make laws? Can treatiss be
more faithfully enforced between alien.
than laws eau among friends! Suppo.s
you 90 to war,-you caunot fight alyays
ana when, alter m Gu lUss Gu both ,idss
and no gain on either, you cease f,btinr-
the incentIcal old question as TO term. -
intercourse are again upon YOU There il
no line, straight or crooked, suitabI. "a,
national boundary upon which 20 divide
Trace through from East TO W est unon Al.
line between the free and the slave conn.,
~, ana We shall find q little more thar
one-thIrd Ut ITS length are rivers easy 10
be crossed, and populated, or soon 70 b
populated, thlckly upon both sides vSiIe
IN nearly all its remaining Length, are
merely surveyors lines, over which peopls
may walk buck and forth Without any co.,
seriousness of their presence. No par, a
this line can be made any more diEiculs 70
pass by writing 1t down on paper OF psrsh-
inert as a national boundary.
The fact Of SEP aration; if il comes. riyss
up on the part Of the seeding section III.
fugitive slave clause, along with All otb.r
constitutional obligations upon the seeded
4 from while l should expect no treaty
stipulation would ever be made 10 taks
its place.
But there is another difficulty: The
great interior region bounded east BY ths
Alieghenies, nOrtn by the British douin.
ious, west by the X icky Mountains. .o6
south by the line along which the cul,iyss
ton Of cord and cottUn meets, and which
includes part of Virginia, part of Tenne,-
see, all OF kentuexy. Ohio. Michir,n.
Wisconsin, illinois, Missouri Kan,s..
Iowa. Minnesota. and the Territories. Of
Daco.ah, Nebraska, and part Of COLORADO,
has abOve ten million vt people. and will
have fifty million within fifty years, IL &c,
prevented by any political folly or m is.aks.
Ii Contains mo than Cne-thIrd Il ths
country owasd by the revoited [ Sta,sl-
certainly more than one million Of surface
mlles. One half ss pOpu,ous as Nasss.
chusetts already is, 1t would have mora
than seventy five millions Of people. A
glance al the map shows that territorially
speaking, u is tue great body If thu L..