Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-03-12
EigMteentM congress.
IN SENATE.
MONDAY, March 8.

number Of Inhabitants of Morgan county, i'm the
state of Georgia. demonstrating against the passage
of the Tariff bill Referred TO the committee of COM
incrce and manufactures.
Mr. Noble presented the memorial of the General
Assembly of tke Indiana, praying Congress TO
make further PROVISIONS FOR the relief of purchasers
of public lands, and to reduce the price of lands in
districts where the land has been offered for sale for
ten more wears.
MIR. Noble said, in presenting this memorial. thar
he was proud to have it in his power to saw that in
the memorial, the Legislature had manifested t,,cr
attachment to the Federal Government, and for the
interest and prosperity of it. He said, the Lepisa
ture had gone furterthat they had on the pa of
their constituents and for themselves ackuowledp
ed the benevolent policy heretofore exercised by
Congress towards the purchasers OF public lands Inv
which many OF them have been redeemed from ruin
and saved ros toricitures; and without the aid of
such policy, their lands have reverted 20 the
L nted States.
The Legislature, said Mr.. N, presents ,v,o s,h-
ccts for the consideration of Congress both eff which
lac deemed to DC well worthy of consideration. The
first was, thai OF permitting by law, those indivdu-
ais who, prior to the act of Congress for the relief
OF purchasers III pubhc lands passed in 1921 suffer-
ed IL forfeiture of lands on which one or more paw
ments had been made, to apply the amount of their
toreit9res in the purchase of other lands combining
them to the districts wherein the oretures accrued
There can be no objection this, because the lands
have reverted to the United States, and the amount
VI iuoucy pdiu ny purchaser, winch was the
FIXTURE, is in your Treasury. You not asked for
money, but merely for land since you have been i'm
the habit of selling in tracts of eighty acres and the
application of the fociturcs TO be confined to the
same land districts.
The second subject is, the expcdiency of reducing
the price of public lands in those districts where they
had been offered for sale, for more years. and
have not yet found purchasers. The history of the
sales of the public lands in this country proves that
to reduce the price of your lands in the old settled
parts of the country, is true policy We all know
that your good lands are first settled and the most
indifferent tracts rejected and as the districts
income closely settled these refused indifferent nd
broken tracts OF land serve only for those persons
adJacen to trespass upon cut, and carry away your
timber, thereby, in time, rendering the land of little
or no value to the government The Legislature of
Indiana, from the pride of attachment to the gene
raj government, and for their interest as we'll tho
interest oil the state, apprse you of the facts, and
disclaim any other motive.
MT. Barton, from the committee on public lands
to whom was referred memorial of the General
Assembly OF Indiana, praying permission to revoke
the ordinance cxempting from taxation for ) wears
those pubic lands which have been sold, re-
ported bill, granting the prayer of the petitioners
III part The bill was read, and passed to a second
reading.
Mr.. Dickcrson, from the Library committee. 70
whom was referred the petitions of Way and eide
ON, and Edward De Kraft, reported on the subject
authorizing the purchase Of ten copies of the Journ-
ais of the old Congress.
Mr.. Barton presented the memorial of the chair,
man and trustees of the corporation of ST. Charles
In Missouri praying that certain lots, and out lots
appertaining 10 the town, and which the President
was authorized to select for military purposes, may
be applied to purposes of education; and that the
commons of ST. Charles may be, also, applied to the
same object. Referred to the COMMITTEES IN Mill
tary Affairs
The bill Ito enable the holders of French, Brit
ish and Spanish titles to lands within that part of
the State OF Louisiana situate on the East of the
Mississippi river and Island of New Orleans which
nave not been recognized valid by the Govern
inent OF the United States, institute PROCEEDINGS IN
try the validity thereof" the bill "to authorize tho
Register of the Land Office for the Western district
OF Louisiana, 10 report on certain land claims :" the
Dill =" III addition to an act, entitled An act To es
laolish Turnpike Company in the District of CO.
iumola; the bill for the relief of the legal reprc-
sentatives OF Andrew MITCHELL deccased;' and the
ball TO change the terms of holding the District
Court tor the District OF Kentucky" were severalIv
lead the third time and PASSED.
Mr.. Johnson OF kentucky, presented the petition
OF Benjamin Bridges praying compensation for GER
tain military services. Referred to the Committee
Claims
On motion of Mr. johnson of Kentucky the Com,
mittee on Military Affairs were discharged from the
further consideration of the petition of James Lack
son and others.
Mr. Lloyd of Maryland, from the COMMITTEES ~,
'te Di9t.iIt VI IoiuWoit, reported Il bill for en-
closing the Burial Ground of Christ Church Parish
The bill was read, aud passed 10 second readiro
On motion of Mr.. King of N. Y. the Senate ne
an committee of the whole, Mr. Holmes of Maine
In the cha'r proceeded to consider the bill TO An
thorlze the employment of certain assistants in tho
General Land Office. This bill authorizes the en-
pioy'neht OF craftsmen TO prepare maps which have
been ordered by the Senate, This bill was renorted
TO the Senate without amendment; and passed to he
engrossed and read a third time
The report of the Committee on Claims. unfa W.
rable 20 the petition of Sarah Eastou srd u ro,t,
Storer, was again taken up for considerations VIC
stated particularly, the grounds of this claim when
1t was before under discussion. The net;,iorere
daughters of Col. Robert H. Harrison. h;d.Ja
camp to Gen. Washington: and they claim the
commutatian for half pay aud bounty land which
shey state 10 nave been due TO their late father The
question before the Senate was, upon the motion of
MI. Lioyd oi Maryland, TO reverse tho report This
motion was advocated, and the claim summarized h,
Messrs. Hdyne, Lannau, aud Smith, and oDnoscd
by NleSsEs. Bel, Chandler, and Taylor of Virginia
J ne question on reversing the report was nut and
dcciied Ill the negaiive-f4 in favor of It, and %
against It, The report of the Committee was then
agreed 10.
MIR. Iayne moved that the several resolutions
proposing amendments to the Constitution of the
United states, in relation to the election of presi
dent and Vice President, should be taken up. In
c.lling up these resolutions, he said that thew had
beer lying so many weeks upon the table, that he
fcit himself bound to call the attention of the Senate
to them, Al this time. in order that some decorur
should take place in relation to them 1t will be re-
collected, said Mr.. III. that several propositions IN
amend the Constitution, one of them by himself had
been submitted, very after the commencement
OF the session, and though of those PROPOSITIONS
limit tod hut Tho bryD r-,gT