Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1822-05-18

as eontended by the honorable gentle
all the states are Interested So, sir, is
the revenue, and every other SPECIES Of
property belonging 10 the United States,
in relation to al! OF which, the interest Oh
the states is precisely the same. Being
a common fund, applicable TO the USE
and support Of the general government,
the states can enjoy the benefits CT II,
only, in its Just, and legitimate applica-
ton to national purposes. | hold II,
therefore, that DO STATE can yighIuHy
claim, and OF course to none can be grant
ed. the separate and distinct use And en-
joymcnt Of the property, or funds of the
nation, in consequence OF q right to a
common participation therein.
IadcDendebt, however, said Mr.. Z. Of
these general considerations, the adop-
ton ofthc proposed measure is, ! think,
forbidden by just regard o the positive
slipulauons Of The Uni cd States, with the
stases which ceded The pubic domain Oh
the east side CT tic Mississippi ris IT,
Let Us, said lie, Tor a momcn,, acend 10
the circumstances under which hose
cessions were made, whlch have bccn -
e!oqncntly narra,edj and comm enlcd up
On by HE gentleman from alary ianl.
During our revolutionary struggle,
which cventua,ed, SO happily, III tic
establishment OF our liacry and inde-
pendence, the pecuniary resources OF the
patton had been exhausted; and al ttc
close Of the contest, it found itseisioaaoe
with heavy deb, incurred III the p,o-
SEGA ion of the war, which It had not the
means ofdischargns; but which, every
dictate Of jus ice, honor, and araypude
required should be provided ior, a. tna
earliest pfacticabls. pel1d, by every
means which the nation could commanti.
Several of the states claimed iar5e
tracts of waste, and uuapproprlated ei-
ri.ory in the western country, as btlua
within their chartered limits. tnese
claims had long been the subjectoi much
and sometimes, irritating dia-
cussion, as is sufficiently Obvious, from
the authorizes read by HE gentleman
from Maryland. The states which TAG
nc part in those lands, had earnestly III
sisted that if the dominion over Them,
should be established by the common
force and treasure OF the United StagSs,
they ought to be appropslasod &c eom
NOR Jand fir deffaylag tire e12ienSes q
The ggar. Congress appearing 10 lhe
generosity. G,agnaDimU., AID pa'Ndtisa.
oil the states having those claims, had re-
commended, and solicited libeFa! cese
slons OF a portion OF them, fcf Tie SANE
hnraoae: promising as INDUCEMENTS
thereto. by the very resolution Walch tae
honorable gentleman has read 70 yea,
that all the lands which might be So
coded, or re.inquished, should DC dispos-
cd OF fer he ccnnon 6raett ofthe C1ltea
States thai they shoutd be aeatled aaa
formed into dtslsnct reh45tcQn state,
gvhich should be adni,ts1 into the ,/eelc-
raj Ual0n: and thai the regutatloasJo''
granting, and for settling these lands,
SAonid be prescribed by Congress.
lne states illus appealed 10, Yielding,
So " - $500 .ass;a1,
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a,,nauau n,t,an, s,;9,,,a,,n, 'vsry -.
.,, t I' I'D,
i,ianJ a 10y 800 , rn,,s f., nm ,,se
s '.as ts ~ as -. U.toasas ,,1n ,,.s
w." -, 1900 Os"',., 49,, h.. aad ~ 'h""
~ '"J' ~ Ia ,,a..s,,, . nnd h',,. sd.. -
''s', e., ,l,n, 49, $3.50 :. aaa
t r. w a ~. no. =. nu.aoss s,tasaa.
~, -, ''"'' '''' " H''lN'' "N'19
r', ,7,;,od a,,,os .,.rlf,r.4 hay;n,
'I $3.50, -, -. aass;''a'
so'le''eu' a'n $500 ~ s, , e,rr,,n',
uPo" 'o" - ,,,n a -.
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