Agent Of The Legislature, Satisfied

rat íhe true mtorctrië üt wd soldiere uad tbs pf.ipls will he nfe in (Jheir band. Certaiuly, I shü'! be tha Urt man iii tbs State to find fai.lt with any saoriíice, 1'owcTer great, tl.-at ma y 'uc thouirht I ccwary for O e welfare of the Michigan i oldier in Ihn field, 'l'lm trás soldier, wbo, with ecri,si derotioo to bis country, bs taken up rms in ber dcfenoo, aiid enduring all hs'dsh'.p, b periléd Terythipjr tor the service, not regarding bit nmi lif?, drservL'3 mueh more tbsn I W &re able to pay. Hi service is of t'rmt priolensi mirt Vfüicb canuot be j Urcd with moi-ev. By ati aot nf CüiïgTfS'-1, pproved July 4'h, 18ft4, " further to reguUio aod pro vido i'ei' entoiling and oaliirg out tbe natiooal torces," it ia eison.-d ; " That it ! rli 11 be lawful for the Eseeufivo af ary of tlia Htates to senci reoruitiugf agente int'5 any oi lbo States dcülaied to ba in rrbell'.on, except tbe States of Arkansus, Tnnnoisee aod Louistiana, to reoruit volunrecis uuder any ca!l u';dcr the provisión of tljis ot, who shnl! bo oreditcd to I the respective sub divisions hareof wUiob miy piocurothu enlistment." Umier the provisiotis of this law, and the orders of tha War Department issued in ncfordanot) with it, I havo issuod letters of ftppiÚDtmout to a considerable number of reeruiting agonts, requested by the various sub distriuta, for the purpose of filling thüir quotas uuder the osll of tho President oreviov.s to the ono iisued recen tly. Asa general ruk', these geute vrcre umucccbsful. Thcy went out, of ooarao, entirely at tha exnense of the localities proeuring t'aoir appointment, I had uo fund tliat oould be ued for Shat purpose. I have oot muoh ooofideuoe iü the beneficial resalta to be dariyet! from the o-perations of tbia law, nd, therefore, ehsll make no reccmniondatian iu regard to it. But it 3 obvinut ihat if the Stato wishes to take adTutge of its provinions, it will bo necesry to provide by law for the appointment of ft iiumber of pennauout RgüQcies íb tho rebel State?, wtth ampie meaos to compete with other Statea which will meet them with like agencies at every foint. VV bether tbia eourae is advisable your tionorablo bodies must dooide. B.y the Act npproved Feb. IS, 18C3, "for the relief "f sick, dieabled and ■cedy soluierai" thera was appropriated tbo sum of twenty ttiousaud dollars from tbo war loan fund, aocl it was set n part ss the. aoldte-rs' reliof iund. Thia fund the Gorernor was suthor'zed to usc ia his diijoretion for tho class of persons meotioned in the title of the Act, and tT chat purposo to appoifct one or more agents In carrying intoeffocttie wise nd benevoleut inteution of thiadaw, üva prmaueut aganciea have been estabji.shtd, employing six agent.-, as foüows :- One in the city of Washington, employiag two agents, ard one eaoh ia thecities of N&ghville, St. Ijoais, Louisvillo, and Detroit, employing each one agent. In addition to these, aome epecial agents and many volunteer gurgeons hare baon eraployed, btnng paid expenses ouly. Ihave drawa froiu ihe 'JVcasury, out of the fund, the euta of eightecn thousand dollri, cdu probably the remaindor will bo required to pay ou!8tandL.g iiabilities. - My statomnt of tho expenditurea, and Toüchers for tha Batue, aro on file in tlie Auditor General's ofñoc. I sm PP-tisfied thafc n no other way coald tho soldiers fcava been bouefittcd to an equal degree by this amount of uioney. The nuniber relieved Las buen very great, and in muat metalices at a Email exppnse. The agencies havu become homes for the aoldiors, wben eeparated frota iheir comnaands, and they tesort to them for informitiuii and uasislaüce íq every emergonoy - to break thcm up would occasion deep rugret auioug ailcur tn)yp3. I earnestly recoinmend that a liko appropriatiou bo made for the next two yoara. Gtitlemen - Again and for tho last tlioo I ooaiuiond the Michigaa trcops to your continued care and support. They hvt) naver failed in their duty to the oonntry or to the State. Upon every grcat battlj-fisld of the war their shouta hsTt) bocu htard and their sturdy blows hve been delivercd for the Uuion ná Tiotory, TLeir hard-earnod faine is thetreasure of every housyhuld in the State, and the red blood of their veins bus boen pourtid out in 'large meaaure to redeem tbe rebellioua Bouth í'rom its great sin tad eurse. At this bour they stand under tho flag of their country, far away from home, in every quarter where tho enemy is to be met - aloag the banks of th father of waters - in the great city at bis mouths - on the Aj-kaijsas - in the captured fortB of the Gulf - by the watori of the Cumberland, the Tennessee, and of tho Savaunah - in Loe chiof city of the Empire Btato of the South - mong thd eonquering columns in the Valley oL the Süenundoah, and io the trenchos uiider the eye of the Lieutennt General iu the great leaguer of Pütepsburg and Richmond. Alas, that tboy are also perisiiing of oold and hunger, aud disease, in the filthy rebel prison3 ud peítüential cumpa of the South. In e?ry eituatiou their bravery has won the pproval of their comiuanders, aud their heroic endurance of hardships has added luitre to tbeir name Ifc is my solo regret at quitüng oiEce that I part with them. My earnest efForts for their good hall follow theiu vvbilo I live, and now from this placo I bid thenn Jiail, and farswoll ! THE UNION AND LIBEKTY. The groat conflict haa had its useful l8iOD8. Uüder the hrd experienco of the pait f..ur years, the relations sustained by t'id Suie and National Govcrumeuta tuward eaoh other tiara come to be inoro clesrly uuderatood aud rnoio aceurataly liofirved. We understund now tho full jnsmugof lüat pernioious phrate "sovereign btatea," vvhicli had utealthily crpt its wny into so mary public docuuint, p'iüticul p-eohes an:i platforms, and tiiially iuto the ooinmon languago of the peoplt!, until it camo to tcach aud be uuderatood to r.icnn that tberc was no othor soversio in this country but the Ötates, aud tl.at whatevar they ducideu to do, it w.s h'wful to perform. Ünder this toachins, the fuuudstiona of loyalij ud tia.EHty to the iNaionnl Goverr-imvt were appeJ, an'i ingeosiblj the False the;!y grw and exteuded iiself, uutil, uader iiu sbadvv ot ihti iijis tree, ihtj [e b'jHv of the r ■■'■ Ilion tpund .iel ter . te Juii. i t. 1 til id il jit juouch cf iru'ii iu confial r foydameyfal ei rors W'lifU iippin;ii oiiLf.l tü tiio auihoii uf tUti BMki over tlicir owu du_..:. fairs, there is no o!ijt'otio.B i-1 it, thnugh even theu luc word overeian is not veiy oorreptly ajlpiïeÜ. A.'#ovórtign, withouti autlmrity to uauko war or oouclude peiioe, to make Iroatics or oontract alli neuy, or eveu to Cüiu luiuicy or levy duties atid iuiposis, is cortaitily uot a very diiiuned oue, udr ia he likoly to have the uaiious muoh in awo. Thare is a;id c:in bo, u'.ider thü Cons'ituti'in of the Unilod Stiltes, ooly boe puramuuiit Bovereign HUthority, a';i to Chat svery olhr ia subordiüata Nor does tlus theory ii the loost . iuterfure with the propnr and Kartaonious wofïcing of our sysieiu Ou tbo contrary, il is esseuiial lo it. Tho riglr.s reservad to the Sutes are oot i:i any respaot intor fered witli, thougb son. o of lbo claims Li -ii havo been set up for thein may be It is Dot sarprisin that some of tho powers assuined at t'.iis ti;ue by tha National Govornnient s'iould startle tua unretleoting by their appareut departan froin foriTier prüoodenl. The faet ihat tha esigoucie.s of t.li. eouotiy hare not previously oallod for their exercise, doos i not, howeterj prove rtat tluy do not exist. A state of war ueeosgarily calis í'or the exorcise of the utmost powers of goveroignty, which are wholly disased in time of peaoo. More especially is this true of a domeatio war like tho preseat. The who'.e war powev is cop.i'erred by the Couatitution upon tha National ment, aud the prnprioty of i's escrcise at suoh a time as this vriil hardiy bo questioncd. In fact the imperativo necessity for its eserciso is oue of the prnpositions made too citar for argómont by the ooadition of tlia country. The people of tho loyal States have ac-uioscid in it w th great unaaimity. Tiioy have dis regarded tho uoroasonable and factious complaiut that the libartiod of tbc country were endangered by tho eueraaaiiments of the General Goveramsnt, and have most emphatically suttaiucd the Adinm iatration. They küov? thai the Hbertiea aad tenca of the country aro threateiied together by the rebelliati, and that thoy eau only look for uniou and peao türough the total destruction of that, robclliou. - For this purposo they have raliied arcund and upheld tho Goveriir.orit of tho United States, and they will continue to uphold it. ïbo aiarcli of evü'Ua has made many thiugs eloar which have bceu considérea doubtful. Foar yoars ago, when wo asaeiabled hero, tha üiseuasiou turncd upon the repeal of tho porsonal 'iberty lawe, and the propriety of seudiug coinmisaioDers to meet Jüha Tyler and bis Virginia traitors to endaavor to eiffeot another comprotaise. Michigan spurued botb, to the great grief of timid oonser vaüves, and declared that shc doraandud her rights uuder tho Coüstitution, and uitendcd to accept nqthiog lesa; that b'üo would abide by tho law, but the (lay oí comprofliisea was over; she would'not meet Virgisia to ootaiider whether by ubasement we could win h:v to remain i: the Union ; tho Union .wrs a ñxod anc eternal fact, and if anj BhouUi allempt to;destroy it, aud oui' birthiight in it then she oöered the Mr.!:oa.;l;;overnment her entire military and monetary power to maintain it by iorce of arma. Anc she haa kopt her plcdge. Who nov would havo it otherwise ? Many a brava iero has bit the dutt maintaiuing tha pledge ; raanv a bor.eehcld haa been draped with mouromg, and many a hoai bas beeu brokeu. Bul who would take it back f ïbat i.i priooless which is brought with blood. Thus has our national Union bcfü made sacred, and its emblema cndeared ia the hearts of the peoplo. Thus we restoro uational sontimöuts, natioual hon"or and natiocal faitb. Have we psid too high a prics for it ? Ve do more; iiBtead of castiog dowa any of tho safaguards of li'oertj, we rubuitd the atioie.it of freedom and deatroy forever the bulwai"ks of aiavery. Prejudi003 made venerable bj age, which aotlúog else could have mado respeotable, timo honored gtupidity, ouoa callad 3tatesmausbip, and eveu the religlop of tnatninon, aro boing swept away u tho eui-nestness of the conflict, which overy one now knows ío bo " irrcprtsssible." Men drivo at once at the root of tho matter, and having fouud the iafamous author of all our troubles, they recognize our old acquaintance, " tho peculiar inatitutiou," and prepare a fitting end for him. As he bas lived and inoreaaed in power, and beoome bloated with pride, througli hypocritical pretence3 et' reverence for the Conetitution and impudent dernancta for its protootioo, so let him perish by the Constitution which he bus insultad and deflod. By the glorieus amendment of universal freedom, we are about to break everv yoke, wipo away the laat spot fi'ora the nati'ooal banner, and stand fort-h a nation of freemen indeed. And the people cry amen, and amen ! Wuo now would have thia othorwise ? The close of the great drama approaehes. The skies of tho Southern horizon are lighted up with tho glow of Union victoneg. Tho proud r.Dd boastlul chivalry fly before tho despised mud Bills, " tho greasy mechnnics and smal1 fiated farmers" of tho North- nay, fore the dark skioned bondmon ot Mieir owq liousehold. No part of their toni tory is longer gafo from invasión. The army tbat started to avcoge the fall of Atlanta, by planting its victorious bannen upon the banks of tlio Oiiio, routed and broken, is üeeing to hide itself south of tha Teunessee. Deprivd, to a great exteut, of ils transportaron, its arma aud muuitions, it is cot ikely that it will ever be really formidable again. At the cali of thcir Communder in-Chi-i thej have "pressed the soil of Tennessoe;' but all 'in vain. 'innosíea has tbriis thura forth froin her loyal bosom iu the smoke and flame ot battlo, and henee forth phe is freo. The Empiro Stater o tho South has been traversed by a Uniou ar:ny frora border to border, from ih mountains to the soa. The sholl ot th rebel power is broken, and its hollow ness laid baro. The fairoat field of th aunny South aro laid waste, and llicr are none to defoud thein Uotton ia n looger Kiug, but u fullen captivo. Ihe army tliat was lo reoápturc the valley of tlia iSheoaudoab and cmry tbe war acros? the Potoraao upou Northern ground, tínico bcaten, hap consultiíd iti safety bj giving up its work ;iud seuking safcr and more (juiet oampinii ground. On!y a single uriiiy rcuiaiiia to the Confcauru'cv, ! m ? tliat undor ifg l-.o-.h'rd " inviiieiblc 'èbief," Iihk IUA ti ita entremebnKutwl armr.id íhoir basiegei crpitul. II jv Lq' oau 't otaud 'Í Oi.ly uut il fcho Unio arries, flushed 1 with vir.tory, aiid slrengthetwd by j loroements, at the' ooinmuud ii tbo Liouteuant General] from every point ui' the coiapa.-s, commeuce their Iriunipbal niaroli npoa :ho d'ooamd place. It wili i'll, and in i's fa II the Qonfederuoy, bhiek witli ti'eatjon, stuined with blood, and abhorred by all good men tbtougliou!. tbe würli), wil! perisli miserably (Jpon thu blaakened spot ftbere it fa 11 will rise in resplendent beauty the ro-eitublishecl Union, purifiod in the healod furnaoo of lioroc trial ; consolidiited ip uni'y and affeotion by common sufieritigB and düugera ; adornod with the garlauds of vio,ory and poaco, it will start upon its ticw oareer. It ia tlie careor of iiberty to 11 -ïen. Ti:is is proclaimed to whom it nay concern. In faucy we niigbt seek to penétrate the futuro, taid prochiim the triumphant progresa of our country in its huw path liut uot Dow. It is tíiiougli thal it is olear atid bright. Feaca approackes, following vlctory. lts dawniug is alrcady visible, and lts i'uil blaze wil! i'ulüll iur utmost desire.