Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1862-12-10

Nitnio'ionel VI inutdn Affairs VIII furnish
iuIi details. submit for your especial con-
sideration whether our Indian system shall
not De remodcled. Many wise and good men
nave impressed me with the belief that this
| can be profitaby done.
| submit statement of the proceedings of
Inc commissioners, which shows the progress
that has been made IN the enterprise of CON
| structing the Pacific Railroad and this sup-
/ gestS the earliest completion of this road and
aiSo the favorable action of Congress upon the
! projects now pending before them for enlar-
ging the capacities of the great canals in New
iorR and Illinois, as being of vital and rapidly
| increasing Importance to the whole nation.
and especially to the vast interior region here
matter to be noticed at some greater length.
purpose having prepared and laid before you.
at ah early DAY some interesting and valuable
| statistical information upon this subject The
military and commercial Importance of enlarg
ing the Illinois aud Michigan canal and wide
hihg the Illinois river, is presented in the re-
port OF Colonel Webster to the Secretary of
war and now transmitted to Congress. re-
spectfuily ask attention to it,
10 carry out the provisions of the act of
Congress Of 10Th of Ma 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 has established an
extensive system OF correspondence and ex-
change both at home and abroad VIII ch urom
Ises TO effect highly beneficial results in the
development OF correct knowledge of recent
improvement IN agriculture, in the introduc.
tiJn OF new products and ia the collection of
the agricultural statistics of the different
States Also, that it will soon be prepared to
distribute largely seeds. cereals plants. and
cuttings and has already published and Iiber-
any o'HuSed much valuable information in an.
rcipation of a more elaborate report which
wih IN Que time be furnished, embracing some
.tsnni i.l,
'aluaoie tests In chemical science. now in pro- |
gress in the laboratory. The creation of this |
department for the more immediate hen |
eht of large class of our most valuable citi |
Zehs, ana 1 trust that the liberal basis upon
"hlch 1t has been organiaed will not only
meet your appreciation, but that it will realize.
at no distant day, all the fondest anticipations
OF IFS most sanguine friends, and become the
fruitful source of advantage to all our people.
On the 22d day of Septem Der last. nrocla-
nation was issued by the Executives a copv
OF which is herewith submitted. In accord.
ance with the purpose expressed in the second
of that paper, now respectfully
can your attention TO what may be called |
may be said to consist of its territory. its peo-
pie, and its laws. The territor, is the only
part which is of certain durability. s.One gem
Grafton passeth away and another generation
colneth. but the earth a5ideth torever.'' 1t is
OF the first Importance to duly consider and
estimate this ever-enduring part. That por-
Lion OF the earth's surface which is owned and
by the people of the United States
is well adapted to be the home of one nation
a family, and it is not well adapted for two or
moIe. Its vast extent and its variety of eli
mate and productions are of advantage in this
age for one people, whatever they might have
been in former ages. Steam, telegraphs, and
Intelligence have brought these to be an ad-
'antageous combination Tor one united people. |
In the inaugural address, briefly pointed
1ut the total iDadequacy of disunion as a REM ,
cay Tor lhe differences between the people of
he two sections. / did so in language which
cannot improve, and which, therefore, | beg
cave to repeat ssOne section of our country /
'eiieFes slavery is right, and ought to be ex-
ended, while the other believes it is wrong
nd ought not to be extended. This is the J
'nly substantial dispute. The fugitive slave :
lause OF the Constitution and the law for the t
Impression OF the foreign slave trade are each C
IS well enforced, perhaps, as any laws can ever G
'e In a community where the moral sense of t
he people inperfectly supports the law itself. .
he great body OF the people abide by the dry !
egal obligations in both cases, aud a few ;
reak over in each. This think cannot be q
erfectly cured, and it would be worse in both 0
ases, dffer the separation of tie sections, s
han before. The foreign slave trads now g
mperfectly suppressed, would be ultimately s
evived without restriction in one section l
nile might've slaves. now only partially sur
would not be surrendered at all by n
ne other. Physically speaking, we cannot d
emove our respective sections from each 9TH e
r, nor build an impossible wall between them | b
! husband and wife may be divorced and go a
ut of the presence and beyond the reach of a
ach other, but The different parts of onr coun- o
y cannot do this. They cannot but remain :
ice to face, and intercourse, either amicable n
r hostile, must continue between them. Is D
possible, then, 10 make that intercourse
y UlFst.,
eparaton than before? Can aliens make tIea- re
es easier than friends make laws? Can 81
eaties be more faithfully enforced between fir
liens than laws can be among friends? Sup Of
ose you go tc war. Z ou cannot fight always, v,
nd when, after much loss on both sides, and W
0 gain on either, you cease fighting. the den- is
cal old questions as TO terms of intercourse sc
'e again upon you.'' There is no line, &C
raight or crooked, suitable for national pt
1undary, upon which TO divide. Trace W
trough from east to west upon the line be- We
Veen the free and slave country, and we shall vi
nd little more than one-third its length are Sc
vers easy to be crossed, and populated or m
'on to be populated, thickly upon both sides; pr
bile nearly all its remaining length are th
erely surveyors lines over which people U
ay walk back and forth without any con- be
lousness OF their presence. No part of this th
ne can be made any more difficult to pass by en-
rItlng 1t down on paper or parchment a of
ltional boundary The fact of separation If
comes, gives up on the part of the seeding fir
ction the fugitive slave clause, along with of
other constitutional obligations upon the We
ction seeded from, while [ should expect m
treaty stipulation would ever be made to ca
Ike its place. sh
But there is another difficulty. The great I'll
terror region, bounded east by the Alleghen- su
s, north by the British dominions, west by sii
e Rocky Mountains, and south by the line wi
oDg which the culture of corn and cotton tu