Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1822-03-05
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SENATE OF MASSACHUSETTS.
JANUARY 70.


Asreeably to assignment, the Senate
proceeded to the consideration of the Re
port Of the joint committee, on the rcso.
lulions Of the legislature OF Maryland,
relative to the appropriation of portions
Of the public lands of the United States,
FOR the support Of education, &c. when
after a short discussion, the following re-
solutions were agreed to unanimously
Resolved, That the public lands of the
United States, are justly considered
10 be the common properly Of the union,
and that no state can Justly claim any ex-
elusive appropriation Of them.
Resolved, That the reservation Of GER
tain lots Of land il townships offered for
sale by the United States, for the sup
port of schools ~ such townships, in
pursuance OF standing laws, cannot justly
be considered as donation to the states
within which such lands are situated, and
cannot, therefore, entitle any other state
10 demand amy land or other donation by
way Of equivalent
WASHINGTON, FEB. ).
AT length the bill FOR approtioning
Representatives among the severa!
states has been ordered, in the House Of
Representatives, to be engrossed for a
third reading, with ratio Of one repre-
sentative for every 10000 souls, federal
number, in each state. This will, Gf it
finally succeeds make the House of
Representatives 10 consist of two hun
dred and twelve members. Inthis shape,
the bill will probably pass the House of
Representatives; after which it has to
pass the ordeal 9th Senate. @a
There is one thing which ought TO be
noticed relative to the progress of this
bin through the House Of Representa-
tives. II is this: a most earnest desire
has been manifested, on all hands, to
avoid curtaifm cnt of the present repre-
sentation Of the small states. No one OF
them but Delaware will lose represcn-
tative; and the curtail;nent of her re-
presentation appeared to be unavoidable.
From this feeling thus displayed, we au-
CUR well to the perpetuity and harmony
of the Union. E,r.
From the South Carolina State Journal.
Extract ola letter from a Member Of
Congress TO q gentleman in this state.
WASHINGTON CITY, DEC. %, 1921.
Dear &y-When I last had the plea.
sure ofseelngyou, promised to let you
hear from me whenever I had leisure to
wrte.--The length of my silence, how
ever, has resulted more from the want of
a subject to write about, than want Of
time. But upon the meeting Of Con-
gress, we generally have something to
stirus up, and 10 afford at least the sub
jects for many letters. At present there
seems to be a suspension OF business in
Congress, saving and excepting a small
business in the resolution way. This ST
lence in the house however, is not ac-
companied with corresponding silence
out oft.
The subject Of converting the wide
forests of the svsst into the means of con-
lerring light and Knowledge on the east,
a reversal of the old order Of things, is
now in vogue, and appearances augur
favorable result to the increase.
We in the north, have mostly approx
ed the plan, and are waiting to see what
will be the result OF the deliberations OF
the south upon the subject. And as it
has been postponed TO hear from the
states, we hope they will act with
prompi,nde, be their decisions what they
may. In a week or ten days however,
imagine the subject will be resumed and
stuck to, until Adhesion is had.
We have begun to talk pretty freely
about our next President, and within a
few days, that subject seems to have
gained an asccndancy over all others.