Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-02-06

~ Ac' us look at the historical fact So
soon as the cessons wero obtained il became ,ces.
sary TO make provision for the goverumcnt an. Az.
position OF the Territory coun,rv wa. \.
governed Th', for the present, il was obious.
must DC by some territorial systom OF administrto
Dut the SOIL also, was to DO granted md .c,,Ld =
ihose Immense regions, large enough alnost Sr AN
empire, Were 10 be appropriated to private ovner-
ship. How was this best TO be done, WIZ, .s-,sr.
TOT sale and disposition should be adopted, 'Two
modes Tor conducting the sales presented themsavc.
inc one southern, and the other northern mode,
IL would 10 tedious, sir, hero to run out tbo.e d;.
ent systems, into all their distinctions nd to o,,,,
their opposite results That which was adopted was
the northern system and is that which we now ,ea
III successful operation IN oil tho States. piat
which was rejected was the system of wurrarfs
surveys entry, and ocaton such as prevails ,ou,haf
inc ONO. IL ~ not necessary to extend these re-
marks into invdlous comparisons. Tins last systen
~ that which. as has been cmphaticaliy said has
shingfed over the country TO which il was applied
with so many conflicting titles and claims Evorv
body acquainted With the subject, knows how casily
1t leads To speculation and tigntiontwo great caln.
mites IN new country From the system actually
established, these evils IRE banished. Now, sir, in
enccth'g this great measure, the FIRST important
measure on the whole subject. New England actcd
with vgor and effect, and the latest posterity othoe
who settled northwest of the Ohio will have reason
TO remember with gratitude, her patriotism and her
wisdom The system adopted was her own system.
She know. for she had tried and proved it's value IL
was the old fashioned way of surveying lands beforo
the issuing Of any title papers, and then of scr rim,
accurate and precise descriptions in the pntents or
gan.s, anu proceeding with regular reference TO
met es and oounds-This gives to original titles dc.
rived from government certain and Is cd cbnrace,
cuts up litigation by the roots, aud the eetter n,
menccs his lubors with the assurhnce that no haa ,
cioar title II is easy To perceive, but not easy TO
measure, the Importance of this in a now countrv
New England gave this system TO tho west, and
whne IL remains, thorc will be spread over all the
vest one monument of hor eiigence in matters c
government, and her practical good sense.
At the foundation the consttuton Of these new
norm western S'ate@' We are accus, on>cd. sir,
praise tho la givers of antiquity; we help TO peror
tuate the fsmo Of Scion and Lycurgus; but I Sonb,
vine, hor one single law of any lawrver aucie,t or
modern, has produced effects of moro distinct ,n,rk-
cd, and lasting character than the ordnance of 10
That instrument was drawn by NATHAN DAsE,then,
nud now, a citizen of Massachusetts, IL was atoni
led,as THINK have understood without the slightest
alteration; and certainly it has happened TO few u,yn
20 no The nutors Of political mea sure of more ia,or
and enduring consequence II fixed, forever r.s
character OF tho population in the vast regions
northwest OF the Ohio, By excluding from them iiyo-
run'ary servitude. 1t Impressed on the soil itself,
whie It was yet wilderness, en- ncapacity TO teor
up any other than free 1t laid the ipteriire
against personal servtude in original COMPACT oct
only deeper than all local law, but deeper, ALSO than
all local constitutions Under the circumstances
then existing, look upon this original and eeasu-
a'je provision, as real good attained We seclls
consequences Mt this iDrn,ent, and we shall nc,cr
cease TO them perhaps, while the Ohio sha fnU
u was great and sauiary aspre of prevention.
Sir. Should fear the Icbuke of intelligent ecnt,c
tnnn OF Kentucky were 10 ask whether, if such an
ordnance could have been applied 10 his State
while II yet was wilderness, and before Boone I,a
T passed tho gap of tie Allegheny he does not suppose
II would have contributed To the ultimate nrcntners
oftha, ccr1monwcai;h' 1t is at any rate net 10 be
doubted, that where 1t did apply, il has produced an
caect not easily 10 DO described, measured in the
growth of the States, aud the extent and increase of
their population Now, sir, this arca, paea sure again
was carried by the North and by the North aIaono
fhere we're, indeed individuals elseyh iayorah;c
Il TO 1t; bot il supported a. measure entirely h,,
the votes OF tho Northern States. If New England
had been governed BY the narrow and selfish views
now ascribed 10 her, this measure was IF a'I
others, the best calculated to thaart her purnorsx
IL was, OF oil things, the very means of rendering
certain vast EN- grafton from her own population To
tHe wes.; She looked 10 that consequence only TO
u disregard it. She deemed the regulation n mos,
useful one to the States that would spring IN ON ,Le
tCFtory' and advantageous to the country at large
she adhered to the principle Of rerseveringy ye1t
aiter year, Gn;h 1t was finally Accomplished
Leaving then Mr President these Two great and e,a,
measures and coming down to times what is IN, IN
New ENGLAND 10 ts accusation Of hostility TO Western ,,e
esiE assert boldly that in all cunducrr to Mn,
country has manifested raj policy 6es n say
ST. that do not state this with Of claiming for her ay
secai regard on that Not all She doe, rs,
place. nor srpo" Of measures on the ground OF favor
olherWlse what she has done has been consonant
She has sought TO make gain Of the contrary nJvd
the nave o "a"TDsoy some na.uTal 6~
groYh OF the West But New England regarded ta es
the natural OF things, and has nrver eSmplsned 81
Let any TO the Vas, ,vh;h
has been opposed by England
attention to these western improvements Select what vo,
WILL II be measure Of acknowledged unity answer for ~,
val be found thai not ony New England votes for n
DW That New England carried VIII YOU ,ske liz
Cumberland ROAD who has made that Will you take tin
forand CsnaR whose support carried that Sir At wba,
eou beyond the Greek kaends could or
measures like these, accomplished had ,bsv de,
90 on the votes OF Soothen grnemsn Why sir we know
we mus nave waited til the constitutional huss
gentlemen had undergone change Generally snrt
ing they have done nothing, nothing AIlhat Ina,
been elected has been done by the reproache New
England undertake say that you cok 10 the vote,
on any one Oh these measures, and strike from the M ~
ayes the names OF New England win be 6,pd ,la,
mrvery case, the South would have VOTED dou, ,Io
NeS' and the measure would have failed do MOT belie-.
any orc instance he found where this not strictly true
90 not believe that one dollar has been expended for b. p
poses beyond the mountain, which could beeH ,ns
WITHOUT CORDIAL Cooperation and support from Nc England
s put the gentlemqn 70 the West itself Let ae1tlcnrn
VINO have sat here ten declare by what
AIDS aud by whose votes they have succeeded in
deemed OF essential Importance to their part the country
40 a men OF sense aud osndour Of Congress wo
have any knowledge upon the subject England NAV an
poa Tor IontaOn Of tho IenfohcL nn nftnn,r, ~. L.