Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Mass.) 1828-1830, 1830-02-16

the West, which has been opposed by
New-England since the government be-
slowed ITS attention to these western i'm
proyements Select what you will if il
DE measure of acknowledged utility, I
answer for it, it will be found that not on
~ were New-England votes for it, but
that New-England votes carried it. Will
you take the Cumberland road ? Who
has made that !? Will you take the Port
land Canal? Whose support carried that
Dill Sir, at what period beyond the
Greek kalends. could these measures, or
measures like these, have been accom-
pllshed, bad they depended on the votes
OF southern gentlemen +? Why, sir, we
know that we must have waited till the
constitutional notions of those gentlemen
had undergone an entire change. Gener.
ally sFeaking,. they have done nothing,
and ca h nothing. All that has been
effected, has been done by the votes Of
reproached New.England. l undertake
to say, sir, that if you look to the votes on
any one of these measures, and strike out
from the list of ayes the names of New
England members, it will be found that
in every case, the South would then have
voted down the West, and the measure
would have failed. I do not believe any
one instance can be found where this is
not strictly true. ! do not believe that
one dollar has been expended for these
purposes beyond the mountain, which
have been obtained without cordial CO.
operation and support from New-England.
Sir, | put the gentleman to the West
ITSELF Let gentlemen who have sat here
ten years come forth and declare, by
what aids, and by whose votes, they have
succeeded, in measures deemed of essen
tlal importance to their part of the coun-
try. To all men Of sense and candour,
in or out of Congress, who have any
knowledge upon the subject, New-Eng-
land may appeal, for refutation of the re-
Eroach now attempted to be cast upon
her, in this respect.
| take liberty to repeat, that make no
claim, on behalf Of New.England, or on
account of that which | have not stated.
She does not profess to have acted out of
favour; for it would not become her so TO
have acted. She solicits for no especial
thanks; but in the consciousness of hav-
ing done her duty in these things, upright
ly and honestly. and with fair and liber-
al spirit, be assured she will repe, when
ever she thinks the occasion calls for it,
an unjust and gfoundless imputa,ion of
partially and sel6shness.
The gentleman alluded to a report OF
the late Secretary Of the Treasury, which,
according to his reading or construction
of it, recommended what he calls the tar
if policy, or branch ofthat policy; that
is. the restraining of emigration to the
West, for the purpose of keeping hands at
home, to carry on the manufactures.
think, Sir, that the gentlemen misappre-
hended the meaning Of the Secretary, in
the Interpretation given to his remarks. |
understand him only as saying, that since
the low price of lands at the West acts as
constant and standing bounty to agricult-
ure, it is, on that account, the more rea-
sonable TO provide encouragementfor man.
ufactures. But, Sir, even if the Secreta-
RVS observation were TO be understood as
the gentleman understands it, it would
not be a sentiment borrowed from anv
New-England source. Whether it be
right or wrong it does not originate in
that quarter.
In the course of these remarks, Mr..
President, have spoken of the supposed
desire, on the part of the Atlantick States,
to check, or at least not to hasten, West
ern emigration, as narrow policy. Per-
haps ought to have qualified the expires.
sion because, Sir, am now about tc
quote the opinions Of one, to whom |
would impute nothing narrow. am now
about to refer you to the language of a
gentleman Of much and deserved distinc.
ton now a member ofthe other House, and
occupying prominent situation there
The gentleman, Sir is from South Car.li
ma. In 1925, debate arose in the House
of Representatives, on the subject of the
Western Road. 1t happened to me to
take some part in that debate; was an.
swered by the honorable gentleman to
whom | have alluded, and l replied. May
| be pardoned, Sir, if read part of this
debate.
"The gentleman from Massachusetts
has urged" said Mr.. Nc D. as one lead.
ing reason why the Government should
make roads to the West, that these roads
have a tendency to settle the publick
lands; that they increase the induce.
ments to settlement, and that this is ma.
tional object. Sir, differ entirely from
his views on the subject. l think the
pubIick lands are settling quite fast
enough /; that our people need want no
stimulus to urge them thither but wan,
rather check, at least on that artificial
tendency to Western settlement which we
have created by our own laws.
The gentleman says that the great
object of Government, with respect to
those lands, is not TO make them source