Litchfield enquirer., 1830-03-04

Eastern origin? That is the question: Has the gen.
 Snan ;a Io"nd any thing by which he ca" make good
 us accusation! submit to the Senate, that he has
 rhIrey failed; and as far this debate has slown
 Ine only person who has advanced such sentiments is
 H,sentieman from South Carolina, and friend to the
 "ohoIlbie member himself. The honorable gentle
 man mas gwen no answer to ths there is none which
 Can be given. The simple fact, while it requires
 comment to enforce h dees all argument to refute it,
 could rcfrr to the speeches of another Southern gen.
 Heman, in years before, of the general charac-
 Ter and to ihe same effect, as that which has been
 Huotedf but will consume the time ot the Senate
 by the reading of them.
 So then sir, New England is gutlcss of the policy
 of rearding Western population" and oi all envy and
 jealousy of the growth of the New.s!a.es. What
 it is hers If it has local habitaion, the honorable
 member has probably seen by this tlme where he is
 look for ii and if it now has received name, he
 has himself chrisencd 1t.
 We approach, at length, sir, 10 a more important pnrt of the honorable gentleman observalions.-
 5irce ii does accord with my views Of justice and policy to give away the public lands altogether, mere matter of gratuty, am asked by the honorable gentleman what ground il is that consent to vote them away particular instances? ? How, he inQures, do l reconcile, with these proessed sentiments, my support of measures approPl lains portions of the
 lands 10 particular roads, particular canals particular riNcrs, and particular institutions of education in the West! This leads, sir, to the real and wide differ encc in political opinions between the honorable gen tenan and myself On my part, look upon all these objects connected with the common good fairly embraced in it's objects aud its terms; he' on the con tary, deems them al if good at all, only local good. This is our difference The interrogatory, which he proceeded to put at once explains this differences '"Wha, interest, tasks he" has South Carolina in
 Canal in Ohio 2" Sir, this very question is full of significance. It deveopes the genteman's whole po- lltical system; and it's answer expo"nds mine. Here we differ, toto ceio. look upon road over the AL Icgapv Canal round the Falls of the Ohio, Ca nal or Railway from the Atlantic to tie Western wa tcrs as being objects large and extensive enough to hc fairly said he for the common benefit. The gen. ,'cman thinks otherwise, and hs IS the Key to open of ho nE Government. He may well ask upon his system. what interest has South Carolina in Canal in Ohio On that system, is tr'c, she has no interest! On that system, Oho and Carolina different Governments and different cour res connected here 1t IS true. by some sliShand ill-defnel bond of Onion, but in ali main respects, separate and diverse. On that system Carolina has no more interest in Canal in Ohio than in Mexico. The gentleman, therefore, only follows out h!s own rrincplcs he does than arrive at he natural conclusions of his own doctrines; he only announces the true results of that creed which he has adopted himsef and would persuade others to adopt, when he thus declares that South Carolina has TO interest in a public work in Ohio Sir, narrow minded people of New Eng land do no, reason thus Our no- tion of things is entirely different. We loo.; uHon the States not separated. but united. We love 1o dwell on that Union, and on the ,nnuai happiness which il has so mu' promoted, and the conno" re- nown which it has so greatly contributed tn acquire In contemplation Carolina and Oh,o are parts "' | the same country; States, united under the same sociatrd, intermingIed. In whatever Is within the proper sphere of 'hc constitutional power ot tnis Govcrnmen look upon the States as one. N
 1" not mp"se geosraphlcni ,m'.s' to our p'r""c ,ans and lines of latitude, 10 find boundares beyond which public Improvements do not behcn us we who come here, agcns and represe na''vesot those narro minded and selfish men 0! NeW-Engiahu, consider ourselves hnund regard, with equal eye, the good of the whole. whatever is within our pow CT of legislation. Sr. if rail road or canal Dcgi- nor m South Caroiiha, and ending in Sou;h Caroll. na, appeared to to he of national importance ana naona mag nitut", believing, AS 60, i:a the power of Govcrnmen extends to tie Cnc"u!HgC;hchtoi "oFNe of that dcSrriptlon |! | were o stand up nere' ana
 ask what interest has MassactuseS in rail load m South Caroina, l sh0ad nat be wiling to face my constituents. These sasne arrow-m'nded men would .c me tha, they had sent to act Tor the WhoIe c"uny and that one wh" possessed too i''''e comprc tension, either of intellect feeling, one who WAS not large enough. in mind and heart, to embrace the whole was moi fit be entrusted with the interest of any part Sir, do not desire to enlarge the powers of the Government by nnustiiabl le construction; nor exercise any not within fair interpretation. But when u is betie> ed that power does cHisl, then Il s tn my udgment be exercised for the general hene fit of the whole; sn far as respects the eXcrcse oi such a power, lhe-Stacs are one. I was the very | object of the Constitution 10 create nni'y o interests to the extent of the powers of the General Govern men:. In war anh peace we are one; m commerce, l one because the authority oi the General u"Vern- men, reaches and peace, and 10 the regulation o commerce. have never seen any more d'thcui'y 1 in erecting ligldhouses on the Lakes, than on inc Ocean in improving the harhors of inland seas than
 If they were within the ebb and flow ot the tide; or of removing Instructions in the vast streams Of the West more than in any work t. facilitate commerce on the Atlantic Coast If there be power for one. tere power also for the other; and they are all and equally for the country.
 There other objects, apparently more local, or the benefit of which is less general, towards which, nevertheless, have concured with others to give aid hy donations of land. It is proposed 10 construct road in throug Of the states in which ths Government possesses large quantities ol land Have the United States right, as a great and nntaxed proprietor? Are they under obligation to contrib object thus calculated 10 promote the com. good of all the proprletors, themselves included And with respect to education, which Is the ex- case, let the question be considered In the hrs place, we have seen, was made matter ot compact with these States, that they should do their part to promote education In the place, whole sys- of land laws proceeds on the idea that education is for the gooi; because, in every d'vison,a certain portion uniformly reserved and appropriated for the use of schools. And finally have not these States singularly strong claims, founded on inc ground already stated that the Government great nntaxed proprietor in the ownership ot the soil Ils a consideration of great importance, that probably there is in part of the country, or ot the world, so great a call for the of education as ia those new States; owing the vast numbers ot persons within those ages in which educaiion and instruction are | usually received, if received at a This IS the naiu ra of recency of settlement and rapid n- crease. The of these S'aes shows how great proportion of ihe whole population occuples the classes between infancy and manhood. These are the wide fields and here is the deep and quick soil for the seeds o knowledge and virtue; and this the favor ed season. the spring time for ing them. Let them be disseminated, without stint Let them be scatter ed, with hnun,iful, broad cast. Whatever the Gov ernment fairly do towards these objects, m my