Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1822-12-14

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meDt between the United S,a,oo Tue agree,
ga ; and the hou,e having gone int into o a
G mi'.ee upon It, On request Of Mr, G,T CON-
On motion of Mir. Gi!mer H.
tee rose and obtained leave t 70 Commit,
and the explanatory report unon s IT again,
Ject, made at the last session p ,Ca 'he sub.
to be printed. vas Ordered
The next subject in order ws 'USTlcE.
lowing bill, lying over from the ls sae FOL,
sion: 'ne last ses.
BE 1t enacted by TIE Senate and 49,
preentatices of TIE United State, ~ q Re.
IN Congress assembled, That there (. HN''1cG,
to the state of Alabama, and to tba ~ granted
Arkansas, at the minimum prico g. NOryOf
public lands Of the United States ~. VI Which
night OF presumption to one quarter seC, ;' The
land, IN or near the centre of each cona! Of
the state and territory Aforesaid, for uaIO
bli,hment of seats of justice in each , ag ''f
counties Provided, The purcb,ss !. such
before the commencement of the prbE. made
in said state and territory of the lands sales
ing the quarter sections located rn G,,Ouao'
right of presumption: Ind provided nLe IN ms
the proceeds of the sale of each os' nat
ton thus located in said state and NC. Sec
shall be appropriated for the purposs as DOry,
ing public buildings in the county for erect erect
it IS located. after deduc'ng from the net, t,lcN
eeeds of the sale made by said state or o. pro-
the amount originally paid for the same. W.
Oidea further, That the seat of iust;re for TO-
counties, respectively, shall! be fixed On 1 a
lands SO located and selected. y" "e
The house, on motion of Mr.. Sto,r,.
| of New York, resolved itself into -. ror
| nltte of the whole upon the subject Mr. NJ
Hill, in the chair. VIE
After some debate
MIR. Rankin, moved, though he did NJ,
know that, in any instance, The state ot
| Mississippi would avail itse If Of the prO
vision, that the state OF Mississippi sbonId
be added to the three other states mem.
tiored in the bill which amendment was
agreed to.
Mr.. Cooke of Tennessee, said that The
United States had some lands in TeDnes.
see, ss we'll as in other states, in which
new counties were to be laid off. The
house had been told that the state Of Dljs.
sissippi would probably not avail herself
of the benefit Of this bill. He would move
to add to the bill the state of Tennessee
and, when be did so, he declared his be.
lief that that state aouid avail itself OF the
benefit of the provision. He saw no rea-
son, be said, why lands should be sold at
be minimum price 10 one state, and the
same privilege be withheld from others.
The portion of the state Of Tennessee in
which the United States held the land was
small, it was true, but be did not see why
il should be debarred tie same rights as
were allowed 10 other states.
This motion gave rise 10 some debate.
1t was opposed by Mr.. Rankin, on the
ground that the circumstances Of Tennes'
see did not resemble those of Mississippi,
which latter state contained in one BODY
something like four millions of acres OF
unseated (Choctaw) land, &C, He again
adverted 10 the example OF the privilege
granted to the state oil Ohio, and declared
that the bill could do no injury, but rather
a service, to the Interests OF the United
States.
Mr.. Mccoy was opposed to the bill al.
together, principally because it would lead
to many other bills. In the case Of Ohio,
the privilege to her had been cIogged
with so many provisions, she had mol a
vailed herself of it, He could not seeiEhY
greater privileges should lie granted TO
counties in the states whose seats Of JUS
tice were not yet located than 10 Others,
His idea appeared 10 be, that all paris O!
the country should stand, in this respect
on the same footing. Why was il not pro-
posed to embrace in the bill Indiana I'LL
nois, and Missouri, as well as Alabama
and Arkansas ?
Mr. Campbell OF Ohio gave history 0,
the application from the slate OF Ono, aOG
the reasons why she did not avail berSe"
ut the provisions Of The act OF congress u
this respect. 1t was cIogged WITH suCU
conditions as made it disadvantages
her and she did not choose to 90 10 IuS
expense of sending commissioners lD W
fourteen new counties TO lay OF 'ea .n "
Justice, when no advantage "hd'e''
would arise to her from doing so u,
Mr. Rankin replied TO Mir. McI oy. L 10
did not know that Indiana or ILLINOIS ns'
applied tor this right. If they do aPIIp5'
he should consider them equally entlgs.
to il with other states. Mr.. Il. saIa Df
felt no anxiety himself on the SuDJtIJI oO.
this bill, bu. he was persuaded lis rT sGUGa
ton would be beneficial TO the 'D''~
States. H., n.
The question was then taken on Inc s. II.
sertion of Tennessee in the BILL anu o''
ded in the affirmative. -, "a,
Mr.. WaIworlh said, if this measI, e. IN IN,
calculated, as had been repretenIfu, de i
crease the value Of the public IaDO' He
ought to be general in its opeFa'c.nn make
therefore moved to amend it so as ~ s g
its provisions apply "to the seyeFS' nnbIc
and territories in which there are ~