Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-12-08

ent1tl6d ''an act to establish o uniform
system of bankruptcy throughout the
United States" is productive of more
evil than good at this time. Many con-
siderations might be urged for its total
repeal, but if this is not considered adj
visable think it will not be seriously |
questioned that those portions of said |,
act providing for what is called invol- |
untary bankruptcy operate to increase
the financial embarrassments of the
country.
Your careful attention is invited to
the subject of claims against the Gov
eminent, and the facilities offered by
existing laws for their prosecution.
Each of the Departments of State, Tres
ury and War, have demands for many
millions of dollars upon their files, and
they are rapidly accommodating. To
these may be added those now pending
before Congress, the Court of Claims,
and the Southern Claims Commission,
making, in the aggregate, an immense
sum. Most of these grow out of the
rebellion, and are intended to indemnify
persons of both sides for their losses
during the war, and not few of them
are fabricatious, and supported by false
testimony. Projects are on foot, it is
believed, to induce Congress to provide
for new classes of claims, and to revive
old ones through the repeal or modifca-
tion of the statute Of limitations by
by which they are now barred. / pre-
sumo these schemes, if proposed, will
be received with little favor by Congress
and 1 recommend that persons having
claims against the United States, cog
nizable by any tribunal or department
thereof, be required to present them at
an early day, and that legislation be
directed so far as practicable to the de-
feat of unfounded and unjust demands
upon the Government;
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
The policy inaugurated towards the
Indians at the beginning Of the last
administration has been steadily pushed,
and, [ believe, with beneficial results.
1t will be continued with only such
notifications as time and experience
may demonstrate as necessary. With
the encroachment of civilization upon
the Indian reservations and hunting
grounds, disturbances have taken place
between the Indians and whites during
the past year, and probably will continue
to do SO until each race appreciate that
the other has RIG hts which must be re-
spected. The policy has been to collect
the Indians as rapidly as possible on
reservations, and as far as practicable
within what is known as the Indian
Territory, and to teach them the arts of
civilization and self-support. When
found off their reservations, and endang-
ering the peace and safety of the whites,
| they have been punished, and will con-
tinue to be for like offences The In.
dian Territory south of Kansas and
west of Arkansas is sufficient in area
and agricultural resources to support all
the Indians of the Rocky Mountains.
In time, no donbt, all of them, except g
few who may elect to make their homes
among white people, will be collected
}, there. AS preparatory step for this
contamination, I am now satisfied that {
Territorial form of government should
: be given them, which will secure tn,
treaty rights of the original settlers, and
t protect their homestead from alienation
for period of twenty years.
l The evidently increasing interest il
/ the cause of education is a most encour
5 aging feature in the general progress
and prosperity of the country, and tn,
Bureau of Education is earnest in it
G efforts to give proper direction to tn
: new applicants, and the increased faeil
t tiles which are being offered to aid 9Th
e education of the country in their grea
l work.