Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-12-19

them from, his own sxberieAcr
Mr. MALLARY, Of Vsrmoni, sid tina, twas
true thai the subjct Of enquiry proposed by
this resolutioWp was # great impof ;,oee; but
the resolutioasproposrd oniy 10 inv" il 10 he
| attention Of commi,i.e OF h HOUSE, and
| not to settle any principle The subj-ci Of
disposition Of the Public Lands Ill is well known,
is agi,a'ed IN every part Of thu Uoion. Va
rous views are entertained Of H.. We know
hat in many parts Of the country, thu People
believe iha, the avails of the Public Lands, al.
ter the National dsbl is paid, ough 10 b. di-
vidcd among the several Safes Whe her This
course should be pursued, or no., not The
question now before tie House, but VIII, Their the
subjec, itself was Of suffi, ien in port nee TO
invite an investigation here. In reIaiion 10 the
amendment which had been proposed, Mr.. NJ.
said, he did not any hing injurious in lis
character, or adverse to The objeo, Of he nov
er Of he original resolution He did no. see
any thing Insulting IN his proposed amend
meat: he was perfectly Wilt hat the com
miitee should iurn their attention TO il, and he
hoped that the result Of their enquiries would
BE- TO present an interesting document, going 20
| shew how much land has been appropriated by
Congress for public purposes in The several
States When The fac's were sscertainrd, il
would be Sect whether. in general appor,ion>
mem, thrre oueh, to br a reduc ion from the
quo,as OF ,hese : asses or not, MIR VI did not
! COZ cei,e kat aifi,nportant whether he amend
menI should BE- sejec,ed or no; but OF The tw"
he should prefer its being carried. For him
self he supposed that these donations Of land
hav. been benr6cially brs, wed tlr fell, heres
fore, no alarm at Inc idea Of sscertaining The
amount Of them. nor would The insertion of
such an amendment deter him from pursuing
| the mai" object or he resolution
Mr.. JOHNSON, Of K"nlucky, said that the sub.
CT Of this rt solution was one very de- ply in
| iere sting 20 the SAFE which he partly repre-
sented and that he should much prefer hat il
should be made TO contain no p, OPPOSITION
sen,im, mt, that, in The commrncem- n, Of the
inquiry, should promise quarrel between the
different members OF the Union lie should
prefer thai the resolution should stand upnn the
liberal basis Of locking to the future rather
h an 10 the time past. though III believed 'ha,
me Stale ef K niucxy, in regard 10 donations
from the General Gove,nme whether in mo-
ney or in land, would no, lose BY the geneI al
settlement Of the question which the gentleman
from South Carolina had spoken Of Al Tvs
las, Session, 'ht Legislature ct The State OF
| Kentucky had had this subject under lis consl
Iteration, aud had requested its REPRESENTA-
tiyes TO prescn' to Congress CHIN tor part
Of the public domain, which, NJ. said, was
! rendered more IN eresling To The y s'rirt which
he represented from the fact Of 1t. bordering on
the Ohio river, by which it was separated from
two or three Of hose STATES which arc alleged
, 10 have received an undue proper ion Of the
donations Of Public Land. IIe thought, how
ever, that the general discussion of This subject
had better BIZ postponed. He should vote for
the proposition for wqsi'y on the moss liberal
| T.. d<s.. Ee hr ms
admir tina, the State al Ken!Lcky had received
from the United Stores an undue proportion Il
aid, either IN lard or in Monty
Mr. REED, of Massachd,etts, rose, not, he
said, 10 engsge in debate on this subjec., but
TO shew hat he nfor nation sought Tor bv the
amendment under consider atom was furnish
to Congress a, the last Session, IS would br
found by document on M files OF The House,
To which he called 'He art, ION OF gentlemen.
Mr. Taylor, Of New York, said he had risen
a. The sam, mumen, as he gentleman from
/ Mas>ac husc,ts, for the purpose OF 81 :ting The
$ ,me thing as hat gentleman bad alieady done
! The report Of the commiiice raise al the ln,i
r,sion ON this subleci did not give the c0lue
J of he lands grantee To the several States, "u'
hr hough, that l. was sufficiently m,nur for
! all 2rac &c al pu poses The amendmrnt now
| proposed was, he thought, calculated 20
.mbarr,ss he main question. lie n,led
he at,en i N Of gentlemen t" the report of he
committee of the last session on This sub jet,
i he thought contained go"d deal "t use
| fal inf NATION, and which was deemed 50 in
,pr,s,ing hat six thousand copies Of 1t had
been ordered be piin"rc.
Mr.. ILph, IT Georgia, av"wed himself in
favor " the amerdm,ni If his frieod from
S nth Carolina and did not consider IL sufli-
pnt 70 Ut, for IL ip III il. that an nQulry had
brcn m atle in,o similar topics al the last SIS
ii n uf Congress and ,ha the re>ul of l. i,
now o he fund on he flies Of the mouse. He
was opposed 20 he or'ginal proposition. He
u nders uod that the whole subj c. OF he di'po.
sition Of The surnlus rcrerue oil the UhIed
States, owe, srd ano,e the paymen' OF the
| Pubic Debt Constituting, a, II did, me OF 'he
,opics Of the Presid,n 5 Message, had been al
| ready referred TO Comni'tee uf The House:
|, vas now Tor the house to driermi (, whe'h-
err having referred The general :ubjtc', In all