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I1AVID OUTLAW, EJJ,ors. n AX-EIOn, 0. .THUIISDAY, JANUHI 14; 1036 1 J l ii" J , f i TIIOJIAS JT. K.C7XAV. raoVuiKTOU AXU riBLISHEB. SvRvmiPTUT, threa il.illnr per annom one kill' in a.Wnnea. Siiterilert in tther Staltt r.nnol b llo(rt in remain in arreur, lonfrr . Ilun one ter,ud persona iraiilenl WHjioiit itiia Mile, who ttiHjr iteiire la becoma'iubturilier, will be (irMtljr requires to fiity the whole - mount ol lhe mr WMnpUoa in advance, AirKnKiT, not eseeerfinr fifteen linri. ' Tmwtrif three Tuneifof flnertoIUrVanit twen ltfie eiti 'W nch eonlmunoee. ' LkTTKRt in ttw Kdilur mutt be poM ptil, . STATE LCGISLATITBE. Jtfr. ICnyner'n . Srvfoclion the L.UIM1 Itcsoliitious. Ilunt CnmmHi, Turning, Drr. J, 1835. The House having again rnfercd liri'Vir tliei'nrtTi'r "of the "day and taken up the Land KrMolutinns Mr. RAYNER said, if was err. tainly disagreeable at alt times to have, tu speak of one's self, but in these difficult times, when motives Jtif''"mnwrjjtiiri' Wffro like! JW inisrepi- KeriliM," and actinT tha most laudable to up denounced an the offspring of parlizan feelings, felt rir th adoption of the no'iry roposrd " in thfl rfnlntionriinder ronidrration, to drrlr that lie rauie to the disrirssionof the aub jfrt, entirely free from all party iu-"flvieiirei7-rrjirdlei of ttoperatitm upon the political prospect of any indiidnal, and with a view aok-ly to he interest f the State. - -.TiiisaulyetUMrSpeaker, (said Mi'. 11.) as presented in the resolutions on your table, and as generally. ejed hy thejival atlvo rateg "wf "tW tliitereitLJliiMiL-Jif. "pM ir y proper to he pursued in re gard to the public domain, oflVrs for coiifiideration three sejiaratc and . ilisti net M?opMii t ions,- 1 st -the-p - priety of Rraiiling the public lands In the- stares in which they are -ttttatrjFeit!er a valuable coiif ideration. 2il. The propriety of i educing the ininimuni - pr inr"atVltih t hey-a rennw eol d, to just audi K standard as will defray the expenses of their purchase and sale. 3d. The propriety of dividing the nett proceeds arising from the sale of those lands, among the re spective Stateg, i ft pniporlion to their feileral piulai ion r ----- To .tlieT.pi,op,erBiidertanling:of the aubje'.4n either point of -view we arc .necessarily compelled to recur to" the. earliest action of the "Gove r nine nt' in rega rd to t ha t wf." tiou of vthe piiblic' domain w hicli was originally ceded by the States, in order tK ascertain the induce. nients to such cession, the extent of authority over those lauds, intend rd to be conferred, and the relations thereupon ''resulting, between said States and ; the General tiovern ment. And the recurrence to our early bistniy, while it will, aid us in the belter onderstandingfnnr subject; canT nol" Tail, lit the same time, to awaken sensations of the most ardent character, and to ex. cite our highest admiration, fur that "votTon t (Ve ciint m ii rauseof freedom ' wbirli "fti toatc d ' our an cestors in (he event rul' period of the revolution. , A reference to the history of the -country w iirTnforin us,-that t heulia positinii of tlie waste lands contain, cd within the chartered limits of home if Jthe old States, was a sub ject of diUi-uIty and perplexity to the statesmen of oiir "Country, be- fore their brethren in- th fieW had expelled the ..minions of tyranny from 'our shores, -and before the Constitution under which we liie, ' had spruiigliilo being. It was ton tended bv the small States, and with gnod reason too, that inasmuch as the cause iif which" they " were contending, was one of common aacrifice and common danger that those waste lauds ought to be sur rendered as a common fund for the aid of that cause, to the support of which they bad pledged to each other "their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor." The Con gress which was then sitting under the old articles of confederation, being deeply impressed , with the great importance of maintaining union and harmony among the States, and stimulated by a sense of patriotism and justice, on the 6th ,f September, 1780, passed Resolutions from which the follow, ing Is an extract: "That it appears advisable to press upon those States which can remove the" embarrass, tnents respecting the western cnun try, liberal surrender of a portion oJtl;eir territorial claims,' sine tjiey cannot bo preserved entire, without - tndangef ig- h Hitabtlityof the Couredcracy, ;XcT A litl that jt be carncsUyonTninen StatrhwIiVihave claims to the wes - tern country, to pass such laws, andJor purpose whatever." r such powers ns may effectually re move the obstacle to a: final ratifi- rut ion or the articles, nf conledcra t Ion, e.r.' ,- Th i appeal - t-the-jtt tire anil palriolism or lire states prevailed, and New York with a ly jgna ii i ini fy w b ir h appears in glowing contrast with hrr present corrupt and degenerate policy, took tnrtcaa in iiiih .mww wtrigacTKirtVTireras orgesstdtrwarrjanrme in say- Thus we see that the object of the ing (said Mr. II.) that Ihe power of snrrci'der by the States, of - their waste Jaiids, was rncrnl in its na ture, that it was for the advance ment of a common cause, and lor the promotion of the glneral god. '''LPt:uHo'wrex'ainfne"frrc" that surrender, and the' conditions upon which it was made.' By a further reference to the Journals of the old Congress, we1 find the fol lowing resttlutioji paused the 10th of Uctobrrt?8(ViflrtcrfthisHhe: iropriated lands that msy, he. efded to the Uiiiled, States,. bjr a'ny particular State, pursuant to the recant tMewtltioiif.Ciin;resi." of the CthCiptrn 4ie4 ofiir the enmnwn benrJtHif the UiuteU bfafes," &c. Here, an ex press condition is laid dow n by the General Government, upon which alui propose trw-4ethuSiJauiIaJ that they Hhall be disimsed of for the common benefit of the United States; oy examining the deeds r cession, we shall find, that this condition is never lost fright or, but that it is found in every one of them, and insisted on in the most positive and cession from New iork, we find the following words: "And we do by these presents, in the name of the people a nd for and on he half of the State of New York, and by virtue of tlie power and trust committed to u? by -1 ho sai4 act nd - comnvisiion, cede, transfer and forever relinquish to, arid for the only use and benefit ofurli of the-Statea, aareirHihallpoKition4hsei become parties to the articles of confcderstion, nil the light, title, interest, jurisdiction, and claim ol tho said Stato of New York, to all lands, territories," $'c. "and to be granted, disposed oY, and -.ftppro-priated in sucli inauuer as the Con gress of the said United or ronfed erateil States shll-rdcr direct." Tlie cession of Virginia follows next. In that we find the following language: that all the lands with in the territory so ceded to the Unit ed States, and not reserved for, or appropriated to, any of tho before mentioned purposes, or disposed of in bounties to the officers and soldiers of tlie American Army, bhnll be considered as a common fund for the use and benefit of such of the United States as have become, or shall be come members id" tlioronreilcratioi), or federal alliance of said States, Virginia inclusive, according to their usual respective proportions in the general charge and expenditure, and shalrbenTtnfirflywTHfc posed ol lor tbat purpose, and for no other use or purpose whatever.'" . Next in point of, time, was the cession from Massachusetts. In that, her delegates in virtue of their authority, 4asHiii,- transfer, quit claim, cede, and convey to the United States of America, far their benefit, Massachusetts inclusive, :all right, title," &fi. and conclude by declaring that the Cession is made U iht uttSf in a ri!solvt;-tof v Cv grcss, ofthe 10th day of October 1780, mentioned." In the cession from Connecticut, it is stipulated also, thar'airtherTght7title, in terest, jurisdiction and claim ofthe State if Connecticut,'! to the lands therein conveyed, are"cedcd to', the Uuitcd States In Congress assem bled, or fi comniOB use and benefit of the said States, Connecticut in clusive." ' . , - ' ' . .. In the ceRsiion from onr own State North Carolina, it is stipu lated, "that all the lands intended to be ceded by virtue of this act. to the United States of America, and not appropriated as before men tioned, shall be considered as a common fund for the use and benefit of tho United Slates of America, North Carolina inclusive, according to their respective and usual pro portions in the genetal charge and expenditure, and shall be faithfully disposed of fr that tiurnose, and for no other use or purpose tciflf- ever." In the cession from Georgia, which Wft tho lasf.we find it again stipulated, that tho lands ceded, shall be ' "considered as a rommoii untie &iairsfl urorgia tnciuded, at4bal 1 be - fait b f ul lyd isposcll uf jfor that purnose, and for no other use nrTO-wi:ro:Rii inc. oia.es wiiicu held claims to w aste lands: and in tho deed of cession from every one of them, we find it expressly' stipulated that they ahoold be held by the: Gen- era! Government as a common fund "lor tlie use and benefit" of all the prates,. R0.il. .w aome.or.IJicm.-il is ikv:WiU Aid lis ui arnungatllie tcutii olius.intet. la the pursuit of this, no dared they ahnnld bo for no ether the matter. AVhilei in the foriiier. f oUUtUs or nciific r ta creat for use or purnose whatever. - Then the nr ucncini vfUYcriiineni i iimpose mo enoriuoos . hiiioooi i . iiu per of the L.riiblic . domain j. is limited byjcenfAud tlie vast numbcr.of cmi the condition, that such dispositioi grants which we daily sec plodding ne maiw loruue common use anuMlieir way towards the setting sun, any gentleman say. that the Constf-jour population, instead of having in. tution which was afterwards adopted Treascd, wilt have remained station by tbe States, curtailed the power of ary, perhaps diminished, while the the. General Government over the ! new States if the West, ; strengthen -public lands? So far from -it, the ed hy our resources, will have ad. Constitution seems to rerognizo the vanced with a gianl's stride in pp. Hovrf i Cirogreswverin to ! have thft lands disposed or for the,r iHnmon4 use and benefit, I hed sert.on of tho 4lh an. "f. inmunon aayir-me congress KhaU have po-yer ta dispose of, and make all needful rules anil regula nous respecting mo territory aim uthcr propej tyfe Hiutft.l.a mi - nothing in this Constitution shall ho so construed, as to prejudice any ciflinuofthe United States any particular Slate" IIovv lhen. I ask, can the General Goverrfmeiit give the public lands to the States within which they lie, without a j. . . - p . ... ImauilcilJiixacluiLlkiilufl quent violation of tho Uonstitution. va(c the ,njn(l pbora all selfish con which rccogn.zes any ctmj I ic 8ilerations; by awakening the most States may have by virtue of tho 8ullime anticipalious -r our coun-: deeds of cession or nthcrwisci l.lMMt-nn.ATOw-mrH General Government is pledged, and det n,imiration for tliosc priuriples the Constitution has recognized that ,ftf repill)iicart rrpCdtrf which lend pledge, to ilispose of the public J;i the impetirt to thi magical impro ve n.r the common use and benefit of till meti-Dut,Vti--tl-tIier-..aiM!, I the States. Consequently, any n-,i,,.i.t -..- t n. nm.. as wouiu ensue To lie common use; and benefit of all tho States, would: he a palpable violation of the spirit, if not the express letter of the Con- stitution. And, sir, if thero was no 1. !tPr,5c" 1 S .,i3"s51'" , I - a 1 - uiucicn.oiioitta4wf.North:-.CBrnHn. And, sir, the ,f ' wn'tuto an impassable , j nf1,1i1linct by tho geneinl gov. tft or those lands to the Stales gentlemen w . ling to lend their aid to : wl(JcI, t,iey iie, hilst it is not es iiiflict a, deadly wound on that Con ;Ben(ia, t(, ,hcipi happinevvould stitution, which has, latter times, been so orten trampled under foot, lW oj.t.stfttcsand sap the founda whenevi r it lias mlcrposed any re, ti0n of their prosperity for ageso stramt upon the. exercise' of arbitra. come u Uj h() Ss M, Llhl as ry power? I hope not. sir. Per- not to 8C0 , rMH? Av,10 .i,, ,,,,, haps it may be said, that . f Congress ee that tUe ncw states, in their is debarred by tho deeds ii.f cession lunjiety rr tho settlement ;f the rrom giving to the new States that Il4ml8 thu, chca.,,y RC(,uifc,j, tui portion of the Public domain which thcip ,.iva, efforts to secm c emlgra vvas originally ceded by the old Uj,,., wi(llir tlieip ,imSSt wouIll fffcr i "M"i ? ,abor8 such inducements in the sale ofthejr I r I r TmXd uId SUte. of their pf.pulafion, eMer. chaso rrom foreign powers. Well. izo and wB,t,u ,,ml,lfllvo , now, sir. ft' tn, ting fr the sake . of -J, toboHstof Ulrt Ul0 ,nonUlIlt9 argnmen f, that Congress has the tol t,,cip ancentur's renown.. And pubtiC lauds lothe newSfafes, as well ; nc w States of lhe Wf8t bd so highly that which was reded by tire States -farhreIf;Tnd lliel-lalSnTof lhe old that which was urn u i red uy nor chase still, I insist, that such a dis position of them would bo in con- O III Con - jlkLwUhjustice-and good . policy J nv-ni ..v.. . y s.p.ii.- ii .jnjfri nmi in iliuirwiictic. thA ni.rii... iln ....I ... terests ofthe old Slates, and.enlire ly subversive of those principles of compromise and forbearance, which lie a? the root of onr free instil utions. Tlwohjec t iiCUifiyCCSsioH. f rjhese, waste lands by the old States was for the promotion of-Union, and the wTuch they were all engaged, rhesoj lands may then, l e aatd to be the pr.ee i iree uom, ana irt imsre Decn vr. ......... .....v.. ....... And now, upon what grounds can the advocates of giving them to the new States found their claim? M ill ; Ua ..,.ui.....t...l !. : i ,.. 1 .v .ii.i, .na, ii is vnnruuai . n their, settlement, prosperity and governmental organization? hy, ; oi. If ... .1 ; ....... i nn, ii .nc ciiici jfi lav nmi imgi Hiurjf character of man ?were not sufficient to people those Vast domains, you have but to cast your eye over that vast region with a soil as fertile as tho banks of the Nile with adi inato ; adapted to the production hf an inc luxuries or lile and ell those staples ; which contribute tc the speedy acquisition of wealth with large and navigable rivers rolling in majesty through their spacious plains in short, , .ejndowedMj,t.ill tholroiivciiTeiTc bicssings, of a bountiful nature 1 say, ir, you have only to take a slight survey Of these, to discover, that you might as well , attempt tn stay the mountain to arrest that tide of emigration and .which will continue onward, ,'tillstopt by tho wavesof tiro West- ern ocean. ou nave oui 10 coin: paro tlie relative increase of popula.' tion in our own State, North Caroli.. na, with that of any of the new States j s.iy M issonrr -and although ihe , result may awaken feelings (lister - mgto thehea.rt ol the patriot yet it the increase of i)iinu!a!iottfraui.yJa to l SCO. was at the rate or 15 per cent, in tho latter it was swelled to S(atC8 require the Hnds withi,, UmitSf ' hh)W thf m t . - , ,Htir SCafeif-Unio SirTTTr WTha ve WTit tanj t!te growtnivi.- "fos iifv of neo .iiMs-ihni in rea.rd to ihe the new States of the Vesf. hV fU,u domain. Hv lttwi enteied ,, fmllX M. n , n.,;,,.-.a w)lch j, dai. converting I he "hanrrti, of .e aavare :, tie abl-t Mrt j izationt an J rearing monuments of - fPWfjom - - - 8Cicnce and the anywhere - nct ,.f nusea 1r ages in flic soitu(c of nature. The contcmpla. .; f 0ri. u urnttii s,lcflM1(i 7.r v: uuii. w .. nuvii -. nv viiA f.jMH a 1 ,1. VJ l w fnr J J x r,.f fCr,f4 thodofy wlic,, ( owe my ntivo State ttere l nnt to 0jmnf,e any system, which woul(, (en(- tn 8cl the growing prs.)(.,.ity ofltl0 I1CW States of the W.t i,..t -..t,i .nu ..,, tI-T, aim a fatal blow at the interest ,T WIS TT IIIV IS IIOMIUi 11 S,HV rtSJIV Atlantic Stafea so entirely disregard ed? Compare their claims com- ,. ,;- cnfr.i inr , tli rone L ... ..flr..f f. a.. . freCdom,-comparc the auspicies causi. ni s un- 1. . . " der; ivbih they commenced their career, and lhe difliculties which they have had to encounter in their progress and w hat ran bo seen to warrant such ft partial deriHion in favor. of4hc? foriier? J'lt should -5 be recollected that it was in the old States, whero the battles of freedom theirariathat wa9 mui,tened with tho blood of the mtirtyn that fell in that sacred 'cause. Hero was tho birth place of jireedom hero was ticlielved ouriia. (tional independence, and hero were perfected the nrincinles of constitu- tionaj liberty. Here also, was the . . . . . . uirill puiCC Ol luftl gl'eai ailll gOOd man (pointing to tho picture of Wash- inctotO who is canonized in the heart of every true American, and tho hare mention of whos6 name is enough to still in a moment all the tumults of our political strife it w as here that ho led the armies, and here that he fought the battles of freedom. It was here that he spent his eventful life, and here reposes his hallowed remains. Atid air: can yoil' sanction ' a system - of policy which must depopulate this classic soil, and in reference to which the patriot can now exclaim with pride. i his is my own, my nativu land." uentletncii may, if they choose, call this the mere chimera of fancy, but as sure- as" effect follows eauset, just ao.ftirc, ;-aHI , the, ..reUnqulshtartit f. thtt..pshlic JdMOti i . rtj, t.i .1 inahlO!em.;t offer. ji(cIiJn(wcer. merits to emigration, and fleet such a revolution in the iirice of real cs fate here, and l?oiiseniieiitly..ll.-itllicr property, as w iu eave us no inner irs'ini ce, but to turn our biii ks upon the graves iif our fathers, nrnd take, op our march to ft timro favorable f irir; - And this, nch a Rystem ir - legislation will compel ns to do. - for it is the undue of man to pursue counter the inclemencies of eon. ami the anxieties and dilllcuflies of time and spare. For tlii, he will bid adieu to the lnd that gave him tii-h. anit t tha fnenoSand Vnociut-i "Wliii share his esteem. V. Fur this, he will desrrt the home which nursed liis in 4ocy nes which witnessed the sports of his ehildhood. -which are as ociated with the early aVpiratiuns of his youthful 'smbiiion, ''and the tender impulses of hv. Suth a sj stem of legihlation, theicforn, as makes it (he iniercktlif our liOxens a leave their em.wy,nv the. S'itev...., The rlatms of the niw States appear still less t'risble'. when we take into cons'xleraiiiin ihe liberal pruvinioiin i:n7f1"TijVe"h?Jrra1 r?a if r nud a ttic ihemand jhe liberal policy whith hss S a raHniT 1. atl ftiiV "abJic jkasr.- inio, v Iween ihe (Jmrul Unvernmrui and '-J"!"1 their (entrance inio ine vniou, live vnr vcr ur i ne "am- pKsed.'aiiiiit' fmm the sal of tl e public lamT WHfeui4!irir lioiils, appropriated jo the benefit t 1haai4 Siatet, for Internal Imnrnvemenis, and one section in earli tow nship,leTneViiie lhirty-ixlh part, tolhe purpxsesrf KJu catMji.w.la .sddLiiouii4: jl;iihe Girr eral -Government; ;irr a f nirt of filler all- ty, hs hiade I jrge donation of laud to all the new Slaies, for, the purimiies of ei;uralion,rhantb!e Institution, boats of G uver nwenr -&et llyexamininsTi statement nude tolhe House of (tepie e ii i ati ve, in pursv a nee of t j? sl u t inn iif January 25;h, 1332, we find Ihsl tliere had bcen spprr priated forjlhjrf purpiigrii, To lhe SOtle of fn.liana, . . . llliimit, -.-I Mitmuri, 1013 5!)aeic 1,1 I, MS . 7M Ml Ahiunroii, (P IrfHiii'mn,, t.aift.so -.1,0V1 599 ',173 U'Jfi,.V.S Bir,7M I AlkHtKM, Fluiiilw, Mating nn;jit;ate of U,0i,C!i5er;of the pubtic' domain which hive been sifeaJolbftJicwSutef,.iQe. part ul which land was voluntarily surrender ed by the old States, "for the common use and benefit" of all the Stales, and the other part purchased at the roi;ioi expenseAanl paid for vut' of the common Treasury. Upon what grounds then, either of jasire or liberality, can lhe new states rest their pretensiuus to the whole of these land? . .iuet me ueneral uovernment once commence this polity, and it will be a virtual surrender lorever of k't that vast domain whUh stretches from ihe waters of ihe Mi'sissipri tu (he 'Vila- Ocean, i Fur as new. Stales ire admit ted in the Uoin, they will, of course, demand the same favor lo be extended to them, and lhe litneral Government cannot .contiisteutly refuse i. Are eenttemen aware ol the vast resource, thus reltnquuli forever. Fruin (.fiicial reports Trade -tiJth c "Con gr e s of tl.e United S ates, it appears that there are nnw, more than one hundred mUl'mus uf acres of land contained in this vast J e x te n t of ciu n t r y ; y e t unold, ami I wnirn, i me raie oi i peracre, the minimum Jiricens now established by Uw, would aii.nunt to the enormous um of more than I weUe hundred and, fifty millions of dollars.; Should. iipl Congress paue, Lefme it makes a vol untary surrendrr.of this great amount of national piopertj? 'ShwuM not the General Government retain the ulti mate coniroj?f this mi'liiy , fund, in order to meet any great and unexpect ed emergency (hat may fineafier arikt? Nations as well ss Individuals are sub ject lo seasons of calamity and ditre. Providence in its dispensations, may viyit us with war; the time may come, and probably will, when we shall have to struggle for our liberty, filler widi the mvimidoniof foreign power, or some despotic usurper at hdu,e. Anil then sir, when our Treasury is exhaust ed, and our soldiers suffering for bread, we snail see our lolly when it is too late. ; ' r ' Equal! ot jeclionable Is the plan pro posed by some, of sellins those lands to the States in which they are situated, at a reagoiuDie price, m the first place, it would be entirely impossible for the States so purchasing, ever lo pay for them, fur. although there is so much emigration to the West, jet, without a total abandonment of the old States, the sale of the lands In any of the new StalcCwouldnit niere lhan pay the intenst upon btr debt thus contracted, to9 the General Govern ment, and the probabilty is, thai under the management 'of state Legislation they would not be a source of tevenue ... . . . . at a4lT lor tb-4.Brent-Btatearrr -besf -ment ortheir. lands, .would rio doubt reduce Ihur price to such a standard as wuld barely defray the expenses of JM ,YJJ. And J stance, there ' are now more than SO 000,000 acres of un.ot J lands, which at one dollar per acre, would amount to 830,000 000, the interest on which at sit er cent. wiu!d be gt 800,000. Now does any one believe that that Stale could sn'l land enough annually to amount to that sum, independently ' of the prtncipsl. whuhlikethe swm-d of -Damocle would be eternally suspended nvef tier "head, ThaTesurt would b, that the new States, paralyzed by the enormous debt, would ask indulgence Again and sjsin, and finally would probihly d em a n d as a right, to b & d ia- charged from their ob'ijialiuns. And if ther did not choose to pay it, hon could the G'neral Government fiiforc5 the paTineiiif- Upon whar, or whom cou?d her pro. ess operate? Ts true, It miht lead to the passage of another bill uf uhiud, by some servile Legisla ture; oat so repugnant to ireemen is the Idea -ii being drugoonej into sub mission, that ani,attenit to enfottt tf(Trl1ehice-TTThe-pTnTTt rthrbiyflrreti-r- wwlcF iftiffifediatelf lTt- (Usso'litfnn 1 ofthe Utiin . And adiniltinj that the , Slalea were able lo pay lhe debts, still ,. the riuestiiin nl a iliMiosiuon rf tho . funiT17tsTng there fittnipwoaTd liejIeTt open for di-pute. : - Having lhus attempted to how ihst ftonnTess cannot -give lhe puMic lands ' in site new Mates, withimt a violation oitnat pledge recognized in lhe Con LtLll'.'BJi fTJ,rjPrinc'P',f f'Rnt ana juti. e, ana thit he cnnot sell them ,,i'Xi'1for a fair enaivale n,".'''.; with an? prhhiTirv";i-ni snd i'hat.:esriiblr4-ir'2''"TtaiortW.T twecu tf Har sndUtocrai Govern ment, whirh mut eon. " "rpe,- tuity of ihe Union, I iiow"r.rH:I examine ihexecoiid braiwh- ofie lUtJ?"' jeci that in, the policy of reducing the minimum pi ice to ji4t suth a sum as will reimburse lhe General 'Govern- ment fr the espenses inrurrtd in theitv-i-'-r pnrthfe"iridsale'.' 1 , Such a redaction of ihe price, would ; " be a s Violstive o f good faith, a s .a. gra .L- luitous suirender ff the whole In the new S'atfsr htr jt W'ottfd not enare tw-- .--r".. the eommin ve and benefit of alt the States, as slinulaied in the deeds of ition, hut would the rather te?;d to the pioniotinn of ihe new Staff, and ihe tas'mg injury td the old. The na tural con, cpience would bi-, that rent estate in the old States 'would decline in an ctjsol ratio;, this depression would necessarily extend to every niher spetit S of pronertyj "deht"n?l embarrassment w uld efue, poverty ,",.""."" " snd distress wi uld Tear their' ghastly " " visage in every-- corner of the land, and thif rights nl widows and of w- " pliant besserifired to the whims of a- ckpiichiM Governnent, And sir, on . . tW other. -hand, what would be the - -londiiion of (he new Stale? Why, (heir advancement in prosperity, wnuld be in propoi lion to the decline i f tht ' old State. If With sutb ample i sourcrs, ihey would be rapidly march -ing on to gi estness Ihe blessings'" of eilur s'ioo sod improvements would , mark their progress, and comfort and happiness wouM smile around their soovejiir A n.d -hatw.tm t-l-beih-f-tiii" fluenceof such a state of things, upon our fropect as a natioi,? : It ouM lay the foundation for the most bitter heart-burnings and collisions between the State!, which would not only sow. rOev:;4 htf-rvrraasr!3TW bright propeclf rur country's futme deniny, butwnuld : inevitably .tend -i: 1L--.-the lolon into fragments, . lhen, air, Tnekker, if Consress- eanunt, without a breach of faiths Ins-" ' " ' tUe and rihkI- prdie y-, gie"the-public lands to the States in which they lie, or redui e the minimum price at; which ''.- they are Dow aold below a revenoo" ': staodaid.the question tecuis, what is to be done with tlien ?. I presume, l . - need not ufi the iloue. (Ul fur the ' . ptcMel.jei ftre,iigt-'-;peedf d.,f.r tb . - v netesHsiy expanses nf Government'. The Tariff Tnuestmn has Ijeertl Put to "- - rest the coiupromt-e of 1833. effected ' by a noble spirit of forbearance, in de , pite ef the exertiont of leadirg'politi- cians anu uearueas uemagngues which so iiirr.pTelelj disarmed the Ivrsnt of, his swoid, and the' mnglcian ef ' his wand that compromise, 1 -say," has pledged, not only the leading, iuurestt ofthe country, but it has virtually- - - ' pledjed the fith of the nation, that' lhe Tariff question shall not be revived so long ' as the action of the ra'riott who framed it, can exercise arr influ ence over theIegislation of pnsierify. 'nieuesiioo is so viewed by the statesmen of the country, and although a .few -upstart dema.ues, may, in ifteir pretended zeal for the iolerests tf the Suuth, express fears and slarm for ihe reagiution of this subject vet a confidenie lit lhe god laith U its execution, in its adaptation to lhe exigencies ' of the times, and in the duration of its provisions, is too firmly seated ; upon the troad Base of public opinion, to be shaken for ages lo c me. Accordii.g to lhe terms of that com. promise, liberal provision is made for all the espene id the Goe-nmrrr, and lh at tion of the sjstem thus far, proves that it will enable the Govern ment to rarry vrr its operations, -even - .-- ipanuihe loi.t: Jiberat print plpr'l-L-..'f. . . . deetf,lIWj.ejfjLil..l.dM.it.tea by, !, that the revenue arising from imposts
The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Jan. 14, 1836, edition 1
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