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a Eg 111 SMI "Ours arc the plans of fair delightful peace, unwarp'd by party rage, to live like brothers. rrifrtRFToi.liAUS Per Aiimim ONE HAIiF IN ADVANCE, TtrES&ilY, DECEMBER. 233 1835. VOLUME XXXTU. AMBER 6. rOBilSKKS IVI .TCBSDAT,,: pBtf Joseph Pales & Son. "q: y . TERjTIS. , ' ., ' Tuaii PgiiAits per anmiln one half in advance 'Ihosa who tlo not, either at the time of subscribing cr iubseqoentlyv'give notice of their wish to have , th ' Paper discontinued at the expiration of the year, Will be presumed as desiring its continuance until countermanded, . -; - t " , ' ApTERTISEiWENTS, Not exceeding tixteen line, will be inserted three times for a Dollar ; and twenty-five cents for each subsequent publication : those of greater length, in proportion, if the number of insertions be no marked oijthem, they will be continued until or dered out, and charged accordingly. STATE LEGISLATURE. HOUSE OF sCOjJIMOtfS. Ibl'rng for lands within the jurisdiction of otner states. Might not this be a humi liating aspect in our politick! affairs, to ee sovereign States pandering; around the political table of the General Govern ment, to receive the bounty that might fajl therefrom, either in land or money ? Rather would I see grants for these re fuse lands, at some proportionable price, go into the hands of the industrious,' ho nesty poor citizens, who are unable to vie with the more favored that compete for the valuable lands of the far and fer tile West. By this bourse of policy, you emboltlen the hardy .woodsman to defend his country from aggression. Even a free hold of 50 acres of land binds a man to the institutions of his country, and he will cheerfully fight in defence of its rights and the great principles of liberty. What, sir, invigorates the elastic step of the youthful warrior ? It is to think of his home, the land that gave him birth. Sir, what nerves the arm of the wayworn soldier ? It is the right of soil,1 and the knowledge that a generous Government will provide a home for the widow and the fatherless. Sir, the more extended Monday, Bee. 1. The House took ud for consideration the following Resolutions submitted by Mr. Ciingmai, of Surry : ReioBed, as the opinion of this General As sembly, tbaf any act by which the Congress of the United States' shall give the public lands to the States in which they are situated, or any t... nrt.;li ihi m'lnimiim nrice n.t which these Innds a-e now sold shall be reduced, would se-1 from the quiet shades of humble life. If riously affect the prosperity of all the old Mutes disposed then to. divide or sell the whole mendous population, sweeping. and do great injustice to ""7 uiomaiD, there should be some qualihca- ceeds of the public lands from the distribution of the soil is among the citizens, the more you foster the choice gems of intellectual worth that burst they were originally ceded to the Confederacy. Jteiolved further, as the opinion of this Gen eral Assembly, that the public debt having been extinguished, and the object forwhich the ces sion of the respective portions of the public do main by the States which originally held them, having thus been accomplished, that such dis tribution of flie. public lands, or the proceeds rice, and sharpen their appetites, and in vite them to grasp at the entire control of the public domain ; for we are virtual ly surrendering the strongest ground up on which ;our claim is bottomed on the General Government, for remuneration for the he"avy burthens that we bore in defence of our National Independence, and the manifest injustice done us by the General Government, in inducing us to cede our lands to discharge a portion of the-general charge and expenditure, and by Congress funding the debts of the Re volution in 1780, and changing the mode of taxation. Sir, look at Tennessee, with the same Representation in Congress as North Carolina. I ask, has she con tributed to the general charge and expen diture, an equal proportion with North Carolina ? No, she has neither conveyed lands nor yielded customs; and now, to give her an equal portion with North Carolina, who bore the heat and burthen of the day, is doing injustice to her claims. I am not for giving to that State one half, nor even less, of our rightful claims, either to please the ambitious and aspiring men of that or any other State. Sir, how would North Carolina stand, compared witfc New York, in a division by population, with her two millions of inhabitants? See also Ohio, with her tre- the pro the old tion to the first Resolution, for its broad States, , who fought and bled for them, and mandatory tt rms leave our Repre sentatives no discretion. Mr. Speaker, with regard to the second Resolution, I also differ with the gentle man from Surry, although I am in favor m.irMtn he made aroonir the States otl ' u,c ",,,u" ,,l'utu 1,1 the Union, as shall be proportioned to the res- In the first place, I wHl state one osten- asking for nothing but what is right, and pective saenhces ana expeunnurcs ihcuhcu uy slQie omccxion. l say iortn-uaroiina is recovering nothmir but our iust dues. them m support ox uie micu entitled to hai lave a I sycophantic and sordid for a to be willing to ask for a much than our iust right, to the written contract that she made with make sure work with the new States, as the General Governmentftvhen cedingher well as the old: to induce them to give public lands. I5ut what does the second us so inadequate a proportion to the genet nrnnnrfinnato nnrf nfiam an . ' i:A.'in thi tfiAFqi nnnn nn. i. .... . I ,e"l w Vh; r:; he k "b: , the public domain, according to the prin ii.aku tpa to transmit conies of these OP'" o! lhe ueed ot Cession, which is smaller amount Ttesolutions to the Senators and Representatives from this State in Oie CongresTof the Uuited 8tates. s ' ' . I Mr. Gttixk. of Macon, said, he should Resolution propose, sir ? To violate the . .. . t a r At a . m M 1 t- like to offer an amendment to the Keso-1 express terms oi me coniraci entered in- efore the question was taken. to by the parties. As betore stated, I . . ' i i : i a I : r r . lutions It w riot his numose however, to detain the House, by entering into an elaborate discussion of the merits of the subject ; for he was not prepared to debate the ffraves Constitutional question that has been mooted in connection with this topic i elsewhere. It was sufficient tor his pre- sent purpose,1 to know that the terms ol the writtenr contract was special and dif- it fprms of conveyance. 1 nresent mode of taxation. In 'cir. said Mr. G. had it in mv Carolina became a member of am in favor of so amending the Resolution that it will speak the language oLtruth j for it seems to me as a double entender. Sir, let us look for one minute to the terms upon which this confederacy was formed. Each State was to contribute to the expenses of the General Government, in proportion to the value of its improv ed lands, pretty much the same as our 1788, JN. the Con- your table, and as generally viewed by the rival advocates of the different sys tems of policy proper to be pursued in regard to the public domain, offers for consideration three separate and distinct propositions. 1st. the propriety of grant ing the public lands to the states in which they are situated, either gratuitously, or ror a valuable consideration. 2d. The propriety of reducing the minimum price at which they are now sold, to just such a standard as will defray the expenses of th eir purchase and sale. Snd, The pro priety of dividing the nett proceeds aris ing from the sale of those lands, among the respective States, in proportion to their federal nonulation. lo the proper understanding of the subject, in either point of view, we are necessarily compelled to recur to the earliest action of the Government in re gard to that portion of the public domain which was orignally ceded by the States, n order 1o ascertain the inducements to such cession, the extent of authority oyer those lands, intended to be conferred, and the relations thereupon resulting, be tween said btates and the General Go vernment. And the recurrence to our early history, while it will aid us in the better understanding of our subject, can hot fail, at the same time, to awaken sen sations of the most ardent character, and to excite our highest admiration, for that sacrifice of interest, and that devotion to the common cause of freedom,; which ac tuated our ancestors in the eventful riod of the revolution. A reference to the history of the coun try will inform us, that the disposition of the waste lands contained within the char tered limits of some of the old States was a subject of difficulty and perplexity to the statesmen of our country, before their brethren in the field had expelled the minions of tyranny from our shores, and before the constitution under which we live, had sprung into being. It was con tended by the small States, and with good reason too, that inasmuch as the cause in which they were contending, was one of " r a a common sacrince and common danger that those waste lands ousht to be sur rendered as a common fund for the aid it all, if right: if not right, none. Sir, l of that cause, to the support of which, what a pretty, figure your Representatives J they had pledged to each other "their would cut. when told dv the other states, i lives, meir loriunes and tne r sacred and actuated by patriotism, ceded them to the Confederacy. I am fearful, Sir, these Resolutions are intended more for effect elsewhere, than to subserve the pecuniary interests of North Carolina. 1 am for sticking to the good old rule ol . a rai charge and expenditures Dome oy us. Let us then not tie up the hands of our Representatives by directing them to propose to receive in the first instance not more than half our due. Let us have pe- power to bestow upon this subject but a federacy, and in 1789, North Carolina partial investigation ; but so far as I have ceded to the General Government that vast section ot country now comprising t . . 1 "a as your people are willing to taice a part! in discharge of what they say they areen titled to, they! will soon abandon their claim, or agree to take much less. I am always for maintaining National faith inviolate. If North Carolina then, did honor." The Congress which was then sitting under the old articles of confede ration, being deeply impressed with the great importance of maintaining union and harmony among the States, and .sti mulatcd by a sense of patriotism and jus been able to come to conclusions upon convey her Western Territory for Na-ltice, on the 6th of September. 1780, pas iional nurnoses. and these National nur-sed Resolutions from which the following nose9. for which the cession was made, is an extract: "That it appears advisa r t T 'i. the merits. of it, they are pretty much the the State of . Tennessee, for certain specific have been accomplished, then and in that ble to press upon those States which can ame with the opinions advanced, on yes- purposes, and the language of the deed case, the; remainder of the ceded or bar- remove the embarrassments respecting - A - w a II A ' A. . iTI A ! , II I i 1 a, . i-t I - 1:1 1 ' I iA.rr Vxxr ih apntlemnn from Surrv. Hon her Dart was as followsMo wit: "I hat Hiffpr. sir. with him. as to the extent of it is hereby ceded to the United States, the claim which North-Carolina has up on the Public, domain, as asserted in the second Resolution now upon your table. I differ also with him, in one point in regard to the first Resolution. eained rjronertv clearly results to the States that originally ceded them. From as a common fund for the use and benefit this viewjof the subject, I cannot consent of the United States of America, North- Carolina inclusive, according to their re spective and usual proportions in the ge neral charge and expenditure, and shall For North-Carolina to declare in posi- be disposed of for that purpose, and for tive and unequivocal language, as a so- no other purpose whatsoever." Now, lemn 'expression of opinion on the part Sir, from the very language of the deeds of the sovereign people of the State, that ot cession, North Carolina believed that any act by which the minimum price of she was paying her proportion of the Na the public lands should be reduced would tional burthen. Under this belief, she be doing great injustice to the States dismembered herself of one half of her which ceded them, would indeed be a territory; yes, deprived herself of that bread and bold assertion. I am pjrfect- fertile country stretching from the Alle ly willing to express in general Pterins, ghany to the Mississippi. Sir, what .is the opinion embraced in the first Resolu- the next pojnt of history connected with linn hut I conceive it bad policy In this this matter, that shews the extept of the To-il5itnrt. to declare to our Replesen- claim of North Carolina ? to do North Carolina such injustice as not to declare her rights j and by. voting for the second Resolution, there would be a clear departure from the principles upon which her claims upon the General Go vernment are founded, as I understand them. And I believe that there are others that support the Resolution who think with me, but are disposed to waive their objections and go for it to gratify others. Sir, I am not disposed to gratify any po litical party at the expense cf the best dictates of my own judgment. My course upon this question shall be govern ed bv principle;, and I shall give no vote that is calculated in its character to cor rupt in any degree any portion of the American people. Regarding the subject As I do, I shall vote for the first Resolu- some of its un- the western country, a liberal surrender of a portion of their territorial claims since they cannot be preserved entire, without endangering the stability of the conlederacy, &c. " And that it be earn estly recommended to those States who have claims to the -western country, to pass such laws, and give their delegates in Congress such powers as may effectu ally remove the obstacle to a final ratifi cation of the articles of confederation n 4 mi i i i oc." inis appeal to the justice and pa triotism of the States prevailed, and New York with a magnanimity which appears in glowing contrast with her present cor rupt and degenerate policy, took the lead in this nooie seit-sacrinci;. lhus we see that the object of the sui render by the destructive to the prosperity and inter ests of the old States, and entirely sub versive of those principles of compromise and forbearance, which lie at the root of our free institutions. The object of the ceslsion of these waste lands by the old States was for the promotion of Union ' and the furtherance of that sacred cause in which they wereall engaged. These lands may then, be said to be the' price of freedom, and to have been purchased with our fathers' blood. , ' , And now, upon what grounds can the advocates of giving them to the new State fsund their claim ? Will it be pretended, that it is essential-to their settlement, prosperity and governmental organiza tion ? Why, sir, if the enterprize and migratory character of man were. not suf ficient to people those vast domains, you have but to cast your eye over that vast regionwith a soil as fertile as the bank ot the Nile with a climate adapted -to the production of all the luxuries of life, ' and all those staples which contribute to the-speedy acquisition of wealth-with' large and navigable rivers rolling in xnt" jesly through their spacious plaihs--in' short, endowed with all the conveniences and blessings of a -bountiful 'nature -I i say, sir, you have only to" take a alight survey of these, to discover, that. yon might as well attempt to stay themoun- . tain torrent, or chain the ocean wayeV M- . to arrest that tide of emigration which. ' westward takes its wiy," and which will continue onward, 'till stopt by the waves of the Western ocean. You have but to compare, the relative increase ot population in our own State, N. Carolina, with that of any of the new Staes---say Missouri and although the result majri awaken feelings distressing to the heart of the patriot, yet It will'aid us in'arfiT ing at the truth of the matter.-Whileia the former, the 4ncreaseoT;ppuIati6ri I from. 1820 to 1830, was at the. rate 'of 1$; per centin the latter it wtsiwellecTto ; the enormous amount of 110 per cent. And the vast number of emigrants whicb that all the lands within the territory. so ceded to the United States, and not reserved for. or annronriated to, any of he before mentioned purposes, or dis posed of in bounties to the officers and soldiers of the American Army, shall be considered as a common fund for the use and benefit of such of the United States as liave become, or shall become members oi the confederation, or federal alliance of said States, Virginia inclusive, according to their usual respective proportions in the general charge and expenditure and shall be faithfullv and bona fi.de disposed or j or that purpose, and for no other use or purpose "whatever. Next in point of time, was the cession rom Massachusetts. In that, her dele gates in virtue of their authority, "assign, transfer, quit-claim, cede, and convey to ne united states or America, ror ineir benefit Massachusetts inclusive, all rigfit, itle," &c. and conclude by declaring that the cession is made "to the uses, in a resolve of Congress, of the 10th day of October 1780, mentioned." In the ces sion from Connecticut, it is stipulated al- o, that ' all. the right, title,. interest ju risdiction and claim of the State of Con necticut," to the lands therein conveyed, are ceded to the United States in Con gress assembled, for the common use and benefit of the said States, Connecticut inclusive." In the cession from our own State, North-Carolina, it is stipulated, ' that all the lands intended to be ceded by virtue of this act, to the United Slates ot Ameri ca, and not appropriated as before men- ioned, shall be considered as a common fund for the use and benefit of the United States of America, North-Carolina inclu sive, according to their respective and usual proportions in the general charge and expenditure, and shall be faithfully disposed of for that purpose, and for no other use or purpose whatever." In the cession from Georgia, which was the last, we find it again stipulated, that the lands ceded, shall be " considered as a common fund for the use and benefit. of we d,aiiy see plodding their way toward ! the United States. Georgia included, and me setting sun, admonisnes inai oy me shall be faithfully disposed of for that next Census, our popalationinsteiid of numnse. and for no other use or nurnoxe having: increased, will have remained , , j 1.-1 I w - whatever." These were all thenStates which held stationary, " perhaps diminished, while the new States of the West, strengthened by our resources, will have advanced with v a giant's stride in population, energy and wealth. Then, it cannot be said that the new States require the lands within their li mits, to enable them to assume respect able stations among their sister States of the Union. Sir, I for one, have no wish, to retard the growth and prosperity of the new States of the West. I hare no wish (said .Mr. R:) to throw obstacles n the way of that system, which is daily converting the haunts of the savage info the abodes of civilization, and rearing of freedom, science and the claims to waste lands j and in the deed of cession from every one of them, we find it expressly stipulated that thev should be held by the General Govern ment as a common fund "for the use and benefit" of all the States, and in some of them it is declared they should be for no other use or purpose whatever. Then the deeds of cession warrant me in say ing (said Mr. R.) that the power of the General Government to dispose of the Public domain, is limited by the conditio on, that such disposition be made for the common use and benefit" of all the States. Or, will any gentleman say, that the Con- monuments stitution which wa3 afterwards adopted arts, where silence has reposed lor age by the States, curtailed the power ot the in the s.olitude of nature. ' The conjemp- r General Government over the public lation of such a scene, instead of exciting lands ? So far from it, the Constitution envy is well calculated to elevate the seems to recognize the power of Congress mind above all selfish considerations, by over the subject, and the rights of the awakening the most sublime anticipations ' separate States to have the lands disposed of our country's future glory, and oar of for their common use and benefit, asjniost ardent admiration' for those princi ples of republican freedom which lend the impetus to this magical improvement But, on the other hand, I should prove recreant to the 'affection which I feel for, and the duty which I owe my.na- ; tive State, were I not to oppose any system, which would tend to .swell the mentioned in the deeds'of cession. Thel 3d section of the 4th article of the Con stitution says ii that Congress shall have power to dispose of, and make all need ful rules and regulations respecting the territory and other property of the United and nothing in this Constitution States. States, of their waste lands, was general f shaU be so construed, as to prejudice any growing prosperity tf the neurStates of in us nature, uiai u was lor xne auvance- ciaims 0 the United States or any pafti- the west, out whicn would, at' theiame msnt of a common cause, and for the pro- tuiar Slate" How then, I ask, can the time, aim a fatal blow at the interest of motion of the senerdl good. General Government give, the public North-Carolina. And, sir, the rejinquUH- Let us now examine the terms of that lands to the States within which they lie, mentby the general government of those. i I aree with thefopinion fa rule still more prejudicial to the interest qualified expressions, but far the second surrender, and the conditions upon which without a manifest breach of faith, and lands to the States, in which they lie, id the doctrine therein in- of North Carolina ; and that was, that my objections are. insurmountable, and it was made. A5y a further reference to consequent violation of the Constitution, whilst, it is not essential to their happi . I it ! I ' T . " 1 I m .1 i . . . 1 111,1 a . 1 without amendment, a sense ol duty com- the Journals ot the old Congress, we tind which recognizes any claims the states ness, wouia rworK me most manliest in? pels me tp vote?againstit. I offer, there-J the following resolution passed the 10th may have, by virtue of the deeds of ces- justice to the old States, and sap the fore, the -following amendment, which of October, 1780. "Resolved that the un- sion or otherwise ? The General Govern- foundation of their prosperity forages to mepts mv views, as the nrooer basis on nnnrnnriated lands that ma v be ceded to ment is pledged, and the Constitution! come. Why sir, who is so. blind' as not which the distribution should be made, I the United States,by any particular State, has recognized that pledge, to dispuse of to see the result? Who does not 'lec, as well of the jceded lands, as of those J pursuant to the recommendation of Con-j the public lands for the common use amjthat the new Statesy in their anxiety for subsequently acquired by purchase. gress, of the 6th of September last, shall benefit of all the States. Consequently, the settement ot the landshus cheaply ("This amendment has been published be disposed of for the common benefit of any disposition of tnose lands; except acquired, ana m their rival enorti to sv already. J I the United States," &c. Here, an ex Mr. CiiiNGMAN replied at some length I press condition is laid down by the Ge Adverse from tatives that, under no consideration, line uue assum uj mc hcjuiuhuu, v thll th nrir.e of the public lands be re- that the Federal Government in 1780, tluced. So far as the lands in, .general changed the motfe of taxation and adopted tion, although dislike are concerned mrosiprl Am culcated ; but suppose that lands have the public Revehne was to be raiscd.from been in market from 10 to 15 years and the States according to their federal have notbro'tlhe minimum price, which population. This State, having one tenth is the fact in a great' many cases, for us of the entire Federal population, this new till to say,-at this distant day, that the rule made North Carolina a debtor State price shall not be reduced, seems to me for one tenth of the whole National bur a wild and staange policy ; and for avery then. This then; is my objection to the good reason! viz :' that heavy expenses second Rejolutionthat is my strongest attend the offering these lands ikmark- objection, for there are other facts as- drainlsumed that 1 believe not to De true. it - i et- which operate as a continued upon the public Treasury. 4 I do not See, sir, mucn force in the ar cument of the -ffehtleman, that if the . : o . such as would ensue to the common use & cure emigration within their limits, would benefit of all the States, would be a pal- offer such inducements in the sale of their nrnnoses to divide the proceeds of the to Mr. Guinn. but as several trentlemen I neral Government, upon which she pro- pable violation of the spirit, it not the lands, as would effectually drain the old il . i .1 I . t . i 1 t 1 1 i i i . i I " T . :i C j. l i.1 a... a.. 4 . 1 1 Cfalo rv f rlia!i nnnnlatinn public lands among tne Oiaies accoruing yvho spoke atterwards, occupied nearly pnses to receive tnose ianas, tnat they express leuer oi me onsuiution. Anu, (juiouuh, cuici prue aim - . -m ' . m i " I . " ..t till 1- Iff il to their Federal population. m . m I 1 AW A 1 I mmr ltd ir A nr rvrHTQI nnr nt thPA land are reduced, mat ooinion niai c nac hu uu..tl speculators will monopolize the whole of new contracts, anditherefore ought to in them, and cause the indigent to be hew- sist upon a strict division of the trust ers of wood and drawers of water. Sir fund. If so, the proceeds ought to be di the speculators have too much good sense vided in proportion to the general charge to draw their harpoons Upon the refused and expenditure incurred by each State lands ; to buy them up lor the" purpose in tne support ui mu uuucu uialC3 , of selling a-ain, and living by the profits: if North Carolina, paid more than other this idea is perfectly chimerical ; when States, or if she paid less, then let her speculators embark in schemes of this receive an equitable share of the. result kind, they act when the choice lands of ing trust. If the conveyance was con- i . . i : J J.1 -I. r K trust Yn. the South first come into market, ana ouionai, anu me uji mum. uC It is my the same ground, and fully met the' ob-1 shall be disposed of for the common bene- sir, if there was no other 'to make sections of Mr.lG. we deem it unneces- of the United States. By examining such a disposition, is not thi sary to publish his remarks Bv examining rsuch a disposition, is not this sufficient ? the deeds of cession, we shall find that Should it not of itself, constitute an im this condition is never lost sight of, but passable barrier to such a procedure ? Tuudmi. Tier.. 2. that it is found in everv one of them, and Are erentlemen willing to lend their aid j i . . . The House Having again entered upon insisted on in the most positive anl ener- to inflict a deadly wound on that Con, thebrder of tle day and taken up the getic language. In the deed of cession T.nnH vIpca iutwnc I from riw YnrK. wft Tina tne to owmo objection to vvealth, and leave them nothing to boast of but the monuments of their ancestor's renown. And must this ever be? Whr should the new States of the West be so highly favored, and the claims of the ofd Atlantic States so entirely- disregarded? stitution, which has, in latter times, been KOmpare their claims compare their uU iso often trampled under foot, whenever ferins in the cause of freedom, com- Mr. RaVner said, it was certainly dis- words: " And we do by these presents, it has interposed any restraint upon the pare the auspices under which they corn l I . "... . .1. , i .i L - .- ao-reeable at allltimes to have to speak of in the name of the people, and for and on exercise ot arbitrary power r l hope not, menceu ineir career, ana tne dillicaitie ' m. . . 1. Am . . f -.T W y t I : . . ; . , .1 f : " i do not wait for fifteen rears to speculate accomplished, it necessarily results, in most laudabieJp vnnn Dip rpfi- Und i fnr.i'sir. when I the same proportion, to the States that spring of jpartizan feelings, rA m 'vffV.1 frw cola in iUim. W.1T fnr fl I mil trihuted it to the General Govern- due to that zeal, which he felt for the t. If this then be true, let us not ndontion of the policv proposed in the . 1 . - . . . . I . A A 1 I .AM AA.wwn I i . . . I M A .. . nV A. . , ls?reniral v at rinned of its valuable tim-1 hold OUl to tne new oiaies, iui umc ui resolutions unuejr cuuaiueraviuu, bers. nA vpntnat1v is settled bv those their 'aspiring politicians to bite at, the clare that) he came to- the who are unable to bay And.i? it , not inviting prospect that we are willing to the subject, entirely free from all party better that thpse humble occupants "should divide the lands or the proceed?, accord- influences, regardless of its operation up- . . ... . r. . I . v . t j i .. i i : .rfV.: . l j. v. a.' i . c : ,i :: j I possess the land which the rich retuse to ing 10 reuerai pupuianyiu xia suncu- on tne ponucai pruscuts i auj uiuitiuu- purchase at low price, than for it to re- der tif the just principles upon which our al, and with a view solely to the inter- tmain in the hands of the Government, claiiri isfoundedwith thejiope of indu- est of the State. . )r to divide their refuse territory among cingthem to join us in a speedy distribu- This subject, Mr. Speaker, (said Mr. e other Statei and have N ttiein scramb- tion, will, in Ay optnloD, excite their ava-R.) as presented in the "resolutions on nnp seir. nutun tnese unncuit times. i oena i oi tne oiate oi iew iotk. anu ovisir. lcmaus iuhat ucmiu, uial u uuu- "'w 'w,imu luwivoyuwrmmw when motives the most pure were likely virtue of the power and trust committed gress is debarred by the deeds of cession progress and what can be seen to Var- to be misrepresented, and actions the to us Dy the sam act ana commission, from giving to the new States that por- -he felt it to de discussion of be denounced as the off- cede, transfer and forever relinquish to, tion ot the Public domain which was ori- rant such a the former? partial decision in favor of It should be recollected that arid for the onlu use and benefit of such of glnally ceded by the old States, that still it was in the b4 States, where the battlet the states, as are, or snail Decome parties isne laDors unaer no such resmcuon uijui v're.1' wainciron to the articles of coiifderation, all the regard to that portion which was acquij-- that was moistened with Ihe blood of the riffh title interest, jurisdiction, and edby purchase from foreign powers. martyrs that fell i in that sacred. cause- claim . pthe saijl State of New-York, to Well, now, sir, aumiumg lor the sakeoll neref.was me oirm piace oureeaom, oere all litidlv'territoiries,' "and to be argument, that Congresa has the Consti-I was achieved onr national iridepedeftceT I I . I JL X . il. I. I 1 - I - .1 ft. .mama M.tf AA n-t l a -Mm. m .W tuiionar power to give taw ptiuuc lauusiuiiu nqic wb ucucvicu mc unuviuica ui ta. the new States, as well that wjiich was I constitutional iioerty. Mere aiio,i tva ceded bv the States, as that which was I the birth: place of that crea.t and ' cood acquired by purchase still, I insist that! man (pointing to the picture of Washing- granted disposed ot, and appropriated in, such manner as the Congress of the said United or confederated States shall order and direct." The cession in that we find of Virginia follows next, I such a disposition of them would be in ton) who U canonized in the heart of ye id the Allowing language: I conflict with justice and good policy, jry true Araerieanrand the baaientihti 1 ill (Till m ' ,--
The Weekly Raleigh Register (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Dec. 22, 1835, edition 1
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