Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-02-02

IN the niIdt o an nvserate enemy and most of tho
hrsi adventures fallen PROV To the savayes; and
although the emigration to this country very RAJ
pad that the internal market is very great, vet tho
Quantities OF produce now on hand are irncnsc Do
you think 20 prevent emigration fran barren coun-
try Loaded with taxes, aud Impoverished with debts
10 the most luxurious and fertile soil i'm the word,--
VAN is the thought, AMI pr-sumPor> the suppose
tion You may as wel cndcavour to prevent the
fishes from gathering on bank in the sea, which
affords them plenty ct nourishnien,. Shall the best
ana largest part of the United ST lt.s be uncultivaed
neet for savages and beasts of prey, Cc-tuuly not.
Providence has designed il for nebier pur-
pose
! Mr. u. has furnished the press tho following en-
tracts from Dir Madson's statement: ''We will not
dhor as To acis; perhaps may differ a. to prnci
pies. 49, From the best inf,rinntion it never
was the ofhe people at large or the prevailing
character of the Eastern States to approve of the
measure (surr snder of the Mississppi If interest
should continue I" operate on th"m, humbly con-
cc1vc they Will derive more advantage from holding
ti,e Mississippi than the southern States" Mr.
Madison also said that the southern States had been
tor giving up the navigation of the Mississippi, to
Spain Patrick Henry powerfully replied that that
was when they did not possess it in The goomcst pc
Rod OF the Revolution, and purchase the aid of
Spain IN establishing our indedendcnce1
Mr. Is. said that ne had given orc rraat in
stance ofthc attempts TO prevent the Growth and SET
tlcment OF the West IL was diplomatic Instance.
He would now give another sncc of the same To-
Icy from the legislative department of the govern
mcnt-irom the Congress OF 1885 which he mus; he
permitted 20 consilcr the origin and protoype of
all succeeding measures for crampng, Gripping. and
sitting he West. II Is in the ordinance for the sne
and disposition the Western snds: The lirst on that
passed fer the States had surrendered their claims
N that territory Tor the paymPn, uf the public debt
This ordnance was reported by committee OF twelve
pembers, eight of them from the north side, four
from the south side oflhe Potomac They were:
! Messrs Long, of n. HAMPSHIRE King of Slnss
Howell, of Z. l. Johnson of Conn. r. r. Livinesion
of ", Y. Stewart, OF N. J. Gardiner, Of Pa. Henry
/ OF Nd. Grayson OF Virginia Williamson. Of ". G.
] 0rn ,NfS NJ
! Thc ordinance reportc'' by he committee contain.
ed the plan of surveying the public lands which has
since been followed II adop' cd tho scientific primci-
pie cf ranges Of TO ynships. which has been CONTINUED
ever since, snd G,ud 50 beneficial in Il variety of
ways 20 the country.
Tie began tic cnns5 Inc and proceeded
they have pooeeded West of that tho townships
gan upon tho Cao river aud Proceeded NORTH Lake,
10 acres each, andthe minimum pcc ixc dol
Ear per acre, anA not less than sold together
This j. the outline OF the plan aes and surveys
and, with the notifications has received nnd may receive
excellent But principle Incorporated = the ordinance
Of the fatal character n1 zach 'o'cn5hp should
BE sol4 ont rsrp J,iore any land cod esrsd
onc' This law that should not
be sOtthat the country should he se,,ed-fo
tam that every township almost every one would cnaa
land unfit for cultivation aud for which peIsna woud gvo
six unt'ed and forty dollars for six bundled and forty
The effect of such provision may he judged the fact
bundled thousand this day unolh
in the FIRST lHud Dsrcthe District az Souhcnvie in Ohio
1h'eh included the " range and first township u tina;
provision had renamed the ordinance The settlements would
not yet have Of sight ofhe Penn yivsna line
wicked and Prcpo'erous provision 1t eqn'd the people
10 take the country clean before henlbuy all they
mountains hills and swampH rocks glsns, and nrarie
They were TO make clean work the giant Polyphemus did
II ''-Io- eairaiss HOOD nor solid bone remains"
Nothing could In Ubiquitous than provision
Ike requiring gues, all the bones his plate
before he should have more meat Iosay ha Township No
should he SOLD ont complete before township No should he
offered for sale like requiring the bones Of The FIRST turkey
up before The breast OF the seoond should he
touched Yet such was the provision contained the first
dnance for the sale Of the public lands reported commit
fo'u South side OF the Potomac How mvincbie
have been the denomination Of politicians the
lands which had just ohtanod after years
! m,or'uni,y, for tn payment Of the public deb,
When this ordinance was nut upo" tie psssnse in Congress
Virginans whose oT ha alone would 6e.eIve
the lasting gratitude Of the West cvecd their blows against
the obnoxious provision MIR Graynn moved 10 siEo IT
au 80" ,S reossdJ TI. oc a So',S I.J
Them from the South; many scattering
members the North also voted with the South and in IA
the infant West Iroving h1 anI as it airay,
has TINT the Wes has supporters Of her rights aEh
in'essts-unhaPpy not enough Of thcmn that quarter o.
tho Union from which the have originated that
Ia times threatened to he fatal 10 hpr.
Nr here advcned stateoen, mads by Nr Grayson,
in the Virginia Convention and which he had read just before
declaring that the language Of Northern members bod
tce that they wanted no States in tho West &c, and venu.
red the assertion Of the belief that in this committee that
reported this ordinance that that language used The
natural produce SUCH language and ihere
gegusnan upon that eonnItee known 10 encHhm tna
opinion and of spirit p5oud and lofty 10 dissenbe his
eh,nenis The which involved ts direct
provision which required all tho land ,ownshpto bn sold
out before the next offered anamon, sayins that
% land olI-tle country should not he settled
that new States should formed The patt acted by
Alr GraySou the House, eXpunsns this obnoxious pro
vison tire belief that objected 20 II IN TIE can
nt,ee took the natural ground that would povept me
formation Of in the West The character OF Mr.
Il King York. who Of the committee, aurhoTize
the belief answered frankly ibatu his Intention II
prevent of such States Such answer woc
naturally Tow tie lofty spirit which, at subsequent pc
Rod AMI upun floor Of this Senate, ddarng all disguise
dsoaSsng ri, hypD:rcy openly proclaimed iha iheh
struggle for political power, ana NAV ~
would sooner hssouI remain forever haunt Tor WIZ
than the Union the side o the slave state
al great and signal attempts n prevent the set
tenen tha West Other nensuree. tending N tie SANE
effect Gil up the long period nj hcr history from hat DAY
this Rehs1ls money for Iane troops IN defend ih
eay settlers on tho Cumberland and Kencky refuals 10 volt
holding treaties cgtngsh Indian titles and ste
y Dung Administrations tho reservation Of Tnn o
lands and the withdrawal Of thousand square mics Ut torn
tory from rkct State OF Missouri by Presidential al
ory and ~ violation ofan nc, Congress- down 10 the eso
Lotion under consideration, all measures Of the SAM
class all tending check the pTnwth and 10 nnre the pros
pery Of tho West anda flowing from the same geographical
, quarter.
- Mr. spoke OF the w5fIl mprovi'euco OF The nc'
" 10 Federal lands Wh'