. A compilation of the messages and papers of the presidents . Abraham Lincoln 3254 department nor a bureau, but a clerkship only, assigned to it in the Gov-ernment. While it is fortunate that this great interest is so independentin its nature as to not have demanded and extorted more from the Gov-ernment, I respectfully ask Congress to consider whether something morecan not be given voluntarily with general advantage. Annual reports exhibiting the condition of our agriculture, commerce,and manufactures would present a fund of information of great practicalvalue to the country. While I make no
. A compilation of the messages and papers of the presidents . Abraham Lincoln 3254 department nor a bureau, but a clerkship only, assigned to it in the Gov-ernment. While it is fortunate that this great interest is so independentin its nature as to not have demanded and extorted more from the Gov-ernment, I respectfully ask Congress to consider whether something morecan not be given voluntarily with general advantage. Annual reports exhibiting the condition of our agriculture, commerce,and manufactures would present a fund of information of great practicalvalue to the country. While I make no suggestion as to details, I ven-ture the opinion that an agricultural and statistical bureau might profit-ably be organized. The execution of the laws for the suppression of the African slavetrade has been confided to the Department of the Interior. It is a sub-ject of gratulation that the efforts which have been made for the suppres-sion of this inhuman traffic have been recently attended with unusualsuccess. Five vessels being fitted out for the slave tra
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