The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1830-02-17
MIR. WEBsTER,s SPEECH

has been published. 1t was this speech whic
elected Mr.. Haynes attack on the east and o
MIR. Webster, to which the latter replied.in tn
splendid speech which has been the subject q
notice in our two last papers From the frs
speech we have made the extracts which fol
low. The other, when received, we shall en-
deavor to publish entire]
Mr. Webster said, whatever he might thinI
| OF the resolution, after what had fallen from ;
Senator from S. Carolina, (Mr. Havne1 he
could not avoid saying what impression it mac
| made on his mind.
( rhv oenaIUr from 5. Carolina seems t.
think the policy of the u States has been tina
OF hard step mother towards the Western
country. He had alluded to the policy o
European powers in planting colonies Was
there any analogy between the cases on which
( a, stateman could stand, and make an argument
I Were the Western settlements colonies Had
they fled from the law of the country? Far
from lt-they had gone under the shadow OF
The wing OF the parent country. Had not the
United States paid millions on millions for ex
! tlngushlng Indian titles, and for the defence of
these people? Was there any comparison be-
tween that and the European policy
Take the State of Ohio. When did she be-
GIN to have a respectable existence You
know that down to the year '93 or "a, the only
settlements were a little village on the Mus
klngum, and perhaps another as Cincinnati.
The first settlement might be dated from the
victory Of Wayne, in "a In 80 wears. here
was State Of million and a half OF pedule.
Was this proof of haIshness The State had
run away from the old thirteen States Ii
would be perilous for any man to say that this
experiment had not succeeded. He looked with
wonder and amazement at the wisdom which
had governed tile country, and arranged the
subject of the public lands, and given an impe-
tus to the population, which had gone on in
creasing almost until the present moment
Our public lands were derived from four prin-
cipal sources. The cession by the States at
the close of the war then the cession of cor
gia then, the purchase of Louisiana then the
purchase OF Florida. Where was the power to
give away these lands Were not the lands
pledged for the public debit But this was not
the original mortgage. The first pledge was
to the whole States for the "pubiic good" and
for Virginia among those States. When this
cession was made, some of the States were
filled to their chartered limits, while some of
them contained vast quantities of unsettled
crown lands. During the revolutionary war,
the smaller States complained: the Iemon-
STRANGE was, that their cession by the States Of
portion of the crown lands, which, by political
States, would benefit the States holding them,
as well as others In Congress, in 1850, the
States were requested to make these cessions,
and to be settled and disposed Of in such man.
ner as Congress should direct-receiving these
lands under those express stipulations, was it
possible that Congress could give these lands
away? Could they consider it in any other way
than as so much money in the Treasury?
Ii would be found that other States disposed
of lands on the same grounds as did Virginia
Massachusetts,, Connecticut, and n. Carolina
did the same. The United States received
them under stipulations which good faith re-
quired them to observe. One oil them was that
the United States should not govern them long
as Territories Had the United States not done
( this? Had not the States been admitted as
/ soon as there was any plausible reason for it /;
States having 90 members in the House, and
( members here, had given al their support to
admit State with equal power here, which
would have but one member IN the House.
This was a vast disproportlon of political pow
err But lie did not know that any person had
opposed the introduction on that ground. lie
had not-his friends had not.
The condition that they should form a COM
mon fund. had heen observed. The money re-
ceived from them had gone into the public
| Treasury, and had thence been disposed of for
the public necessities The system of the Gov
eminent was in exact pursuance with the reso.
Tuition. 1t was necessary for the government,
not only to hold but to settle. There was mt
man in the country of strong arms, who haC
not the option of becoming free man, of stand
inc on his own soil Was this the conduct Of
hard step mother? If different policy hat
been pursued il would have been breach OF du
ty He thought, therefore, the conduct of IN
Government was free from reproach
The gentleman from S. Carolina said, he di
not regard the public domain as a source of rev
, enue that the distribution of large revenu
tended to consolidate the Government. and cor
rupt the people There were men in the ccun
: try whose opinions led them to think it desira
: BE to weaken every thing leading TO what the
/ call consolidation, but which he called the Tn
5 ion. Those who formed the Government tol
us that their whole object had been to consol
( date the Government. They meant, as he die
union.
come now, Mr.. President, to that part {
/ the gentleman's Speech which has been !h
: main occasion of my addressing the Senate
The East the obnoxious, the rebuked, the a
WAYS reproached East We have come in, 81
S on this debate, for even more than comma
e share of accusation and attack. II the homo
Y able member from South Carolina was not OF
: ORIGINAL accuser, he has yet reclted the lndct
e ment against US, with the air and tone OF pul
+ lie prosecutor He has summoned us to pleat
= ON our arraignment; and he tells us we al
charged with the crime Of narrow and selfis
policy of endeavoring TO restrain emigr
. ton to the West, and, having that object
view, of maintaining steady opposition
: western measures and western interests. Al
|. the cause of all this narrow and selfish polio
+ the gentleman finds in the Tariff think
II called it the accused policy, of the tariff. Th
4 nnlicv the gentleman tells MS. requires mutt
n tudos of dependent aborers, population
,r paupers, and that it is to secure these at HON
! that the East opposes whatever may induce
western emigration Sir, rise to defend Il
T. East. | rise to repel, both the charge itse
u and the cause assigned for it, deny that u
Is East has, at any time, shown an lliberal polio
towards the West. pronounce the whole a
cusation to be without the least foundation
u any facts, existing either now. or at any pr
) vious time. deny it in the general, and d
}, ny each and all its particulars, deny the su
hat