Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1863-12-17

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The measures. provided at your last SEES
ssion. for the removal of certain Indian
tribes. have been carried into cffect.-
sundry treaties have been negotiated,
which VIII. in lue- time. be submitted for
the constitutional action OF the Senate
They1contain stipuiations for extinguish-
ing the posseysory rights of the Indians to
large and valuable tracts of land. Il is
probable that the effects Of these treaties
will result in the establishment Of per-
manent friendly relation with such Of these
tribes az have been brought into frequent
and bloody collisions with our outlying
settlements and emigrants.
Sound policy, AMI our imperative duty
20 these wards of our government. de-
mand our anxious and constant attention
to their material we'll being. to their pro-
eress IN the arts o: civilization. sHd, above
all, to that moral training which. under
the blessing 81 Divine Providence. will
confer upon them the elevsting and sancti-
tying Influence. the hopes and consultations
Of the Christian faith
suggested in my last annual message
the propriety of remodeing our Indian
system. Subsequent events have satisfied
me Of its necessity. The details set forth
IN the report Of the Secretary. will evince
the urgent need for immediate Legislative
action.
INSTITUTIONS IN THE DISTRICT or COLLIN
/ commend thu benevolence OF the in
stitutions established or p.tronired by the
Government in this Distric. to your gen.
srous end fostering care
THE SHIP CANAL.
The attention of Congress. during the
last session. was engaged to some extent
with proposition for charging the water
communications between the Mississippi
River and the northeastern sea5oard. which
proposition. however. failed for the time.
Since then upon o call OF the greatest re-
sreetsbility, convention has been held
at Chicago upon the same subject. q sum-
mary of whose views is contained in a me-
mortal addressed to the President and Con-
gress. and which / now have the honor
TO lay before you. That this interest is
one which. ere long will force its0 own
way. I do not entertain doubt, while it
Is submitted entirely to your wisdom as
TO what can be done now
PACIFIC RAILROAD.
Augmented interest is given to this sub
iect by actual commencement of work up
on the Pacific Railroad under auspices so
favorable to its rapid progress and COM
Pletion, Enlarged navigation becomes
palpsbls need TO this great road.
AGRICULTURAL REPORT.
| Transmit the second annual report Of
the Commissioner of the Department of
Agriculture, asking your attention to the
DEVELOPMENTS in that vital interest OF
tbeSEation& - - - -
TEE REBELLION.
When Congress assembled a year ago.
the war had already lasted nearly twenty
months. and there had been many conflicts
on both land and sea, with varying re-
sults. The rsbelion bad been pressed
back into reduced limits: yet the tone Of
public feeling and opinion. at home and
abroad. was not satisfactory. With 9TH
er signs, the popular elections. then Just
passed, indicated uneasiness among our
selves. while amid much that was cold and
menaeing, the kindest words coming
from Europe were uttered in accents Of
pity that we were bound to surrender our
commerce. which was suffering greatly
from q few armed vessels which were built
upon and furnished from foreign shores;
and we were threatened with such additions
from the same quarter as would sweep our
trade from the sea and raise our blockade.
We had failed to elicit from European
governments anything hopeful upon this
subject.
- The Emancipation Proclamation. which
wss issned in September. was running its
assigned period to the beginning Of new
year. A month later final proclamation
came. rineln.ling the announcement that
eolorea men of q suitable condition would
be received into the war service. The
policy of emancipation and employing
black soldiers gave to the failure new as
poet. about which hope and fear and
doubt contended in an uncertain conflict.
According to our political system. as a
matter. of civil administrator. the General
Government had no lawful power to effect
emancipation In any State. and for long
time It bad been hoped that the rebellion
could be suppressed without resortipg TO
it IS military measure. 1t was all the
wHiiez deemed possible that the necessity
for it might come. and that if it should.
the crisis of the contest would then be pre-
ses&ed. 1t came, and. as was intended.
= WAS followed by, dark and doubtful days.
Eleven months have been passed. We
are permitted to take another review
The rebel borders are pressed sill further
back. and. by the complete opening Of
the Mississippi river. the country domi-
mated over by the rebellion is divided into
distant parts. with no practical connection
between them-Tennessee and Arkansas
have been substantially cleared of insur-
gent control and influence. and the citizens
in each, aud owners of slaves and advo-
Gates OF slavery in thsv beginning Of the
rebellion. now declare openly for enamel
patton in their respective States. OF those
States not included In the emancipation
proclamation, Maryland and Missouri.
neither. of which, years, ago. would toler-
ate any restraint upon the extention of
slaversjate thesnew Territories. only dis
pute now as to the best mode Of removing
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