The Smoky Hill and Republican union. [volume] (Junction City, Kan.) 1861-1864, 1862-12-13

from the Secretary Of Tressury's report,
and refers to tha reports ef the Secretaries
ESf the Navy and War, and says though
lcSgthy they onH brit abstracts. he
says there IS : decided improvement in the
financial condition of the Postof6ce Depart
meut, compared with the preceding years
He says of the Interior reports, the public
lands have ceased to be a source Of revenue.
Speaking of Indian affairs and the RESI-
cent troubles he says, submit for your
special consideration whether our Indian
system shall not be rsmodelsd.- He sue>,
gests the earliest completion Of the Pacific
Railroad also, favorable action Of Congress
on the projects for enlargiug the great
canals of New York, Illinois and Michigan.
The President refers to his compensated
emancipation proclamation Of September
22nd, and says that portion Of the earth
occupied By the people Of the United States
is we'll adapted to the home of national
family, and not for two or more. In the
inaugural address briefly pointed out the
total inadequacy of disunion as remedy
for differences between the people of the
two sections. Idid SO in language which
cannot improve. Physically speaking we
cannot separate our respective sections from
each other, nor build an impossible wall
between them. He then remarks at length
on the difficulty Of making any national
boundary lines.
The President then suggests amendments
to the Constitution. Congress concurring, to
be proposed to the Legislatures or Conveu-
tions Of the several States, which if ratified
by three-fourshs of them, will be valid as
part of said Constitution.
The FIRST article proposes thatqall States
abolishing slavery before January lst, 1900,
shall receive compensation from the United
States. r. ad s-
3d. Congress may appropriate money
and otherwise proviee for colonizing freS'
colored persons, with their consent, at any
place without the United States. ap.
The President discusses those articles at
some length, and asks If, then, for com.
| mon object slave property is to be sacrificed
is it not just that it be done at common
charge? And if with less money, or mon
ey more easily paid, we can preserve the
Union BY this mode than by the war alone,
is it not commendable to do it?
The proposed emancipation would shorten
the war, and in this way perpetuate peace,
and insure an increase in population pro-
portionately to the wealth of the country.
The President then says, the plan, consist
! ing of these articles is recommended, not
but that the restoration of the national
authority would be accepted without it, nor
will the war or proceedings under the proc
amation of September 22d be stayed be-
cause of the recommendation of this plan.
Its timely adoption, doubt not, would
bring restoration, and thereby stay both,
and notwithstanding the plan, the recon-.
mendation that Congress provide by law
for compensating any State which may
adopt emancipation before his plan shall
have been acted upon, is hereby earnestly
renewed This plan is recommended as
means not in conclusion Of, but additional
to all others for restoring and preserving
the national authority throughout tn.
Union. The subject is presented exclT.
sively iu its economical aspect. The plan
is proposed as permanent Constitutional
law.
In conclusion, the President says the
dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to
the stormy present, the occasion is filled
high with difficulty, and we must rise with
the occasion. The fiery trial through
which we pass will light US down in honor
or dishonor to the latest generations. We
say that we are for the Union. The world
will not forget that while we say this, We
do know how to save the Union.
In giving freedom to the slave we ensure
freedom to the free-honorable alike in
what we give and what we preserve. We
shall nobly save or meanly lose the last,
best hope of the earth. Other means may
succeed this could not fail. The way is
plain, peaceful, generous just-a way which,
if followed, the world will forever applaud,
| and God must forever bless.