Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-02-09

teman's speech which has been he main occasion OF
my addres ing the Senate. The East the obnoxious
the rebuked, the always reSroachei E,si We have
in, sir on this debate, for ihan com
mon share OF accusation and attack. II the honorable
member from South Carolina was not cur orgiial ar.
cuser he has yet reccd the Indictment s mat ,s with
the air anl tone ct public prosecutor He has .un.
mrned Us Ia plead, oar sumen iul h tell. rs
we are charged with lha cr,ne OF narrow aud sell
. policy; OF endeavoTimg to restrain emigration 10 the
Wes', and, having ;ha, ohcc, in view, IL maiu.
We tern interests. And the cause 0t all this mar
row AMI selt.pobcy, the g-ntiem N huis in the
tariff Il think he called It tie accused policy OF the
tariff This p,ry, the gen lenAn t"lls rs, requires
| mnudes oi drpenicn. letorers, population OF pau.
GERS, and that il to these at home til At The
East opuoses whatever may induce To ern errigra-
ton. Sir rise def nd the East | Use To rene
both the charge iself an the assigned for il de.
ny that til; Eas, has any time shown hooral po.i.
| ~ towards the West pronounce the whole accu.a.
ton TO be without the least oundl in any facts cx.
isting either now, or at any previous time d.ny il
in the general aud deny each and al its particulars
deny the total ana deny the detail deny tina,
the Ees has ever manifested hostility TO the West and
deny hat she has adopted any policy that would nat-
rally have led her in such Bat the tariff the IA
rit Sr,I beg sayn regard TO the ST. that tie oriei
nal policy OF the tariff Is not hers whcther he wis
or unwiss. New England is not its al hor. II gen.
uemen will recur TO the tariff of 1916 they will I'm
that that was not carried by New England votes |
was truly more Southern than an Eastern measure
And what vote. carried the tariff Of 1924? Certainly
D
made matter OF reproach, especially against Ma.sachu.
sett- that she would AID the tariff OF 1921! and a
seih ID motive was imputed 10 her Tor thar also. l.,
point # ict il il true that she did indeed, opu1s. IN,
tariff oil lS2L There were more in favor Of that
law III the House of Representatives. NJ, only in each
Of majority Of the Western Safes but even m vi:
ginia herself also than in Massachusetts, 1t wa. It.
rally forced upon New Englaid: and This shows how
| srounlles@, how void of Ill probability any change
mus; be- which iupu,es to her hostility TO the grow h
OF the Wesien Si!ie' a. naturally flowing from a
cheiih-i policy of her But leaving all coniec
ire abon' and motives go at once TO the iact
ad IN ct II with one broad comprehen.iv AID ru,-
phatic nrgatv deny that in any part OF h-r his,o-
ry, at a"y pc i'd o.; the government OF in relation O
any leading subject, New Englani has mantle tie :,
'uch houity rs IL charged upon her. On the contra
y mansin that, from the day ct the cession OF Che
Territories by the States 10 Congress portion OF the
country has acted, either with librraty or more
integ nee, the suffice, ct ,he Western lands i'm
the new States, than New England.
This STAT neu,, dough suoag is 40 IT. once: than the
s.rc'"st truth vii! warrant. LIT look al the hsto
r'ca facts. 30 soon az the cesons obiant d. II
became n cesSdiy 10 MAKE pro ision for the govern
meat and disposition OF the Terrific yhe country was
to be governed. This fer thu present, it was Obvious
must be by some territorial 'yem OF administrations
But the SOL also, TO he granted and settled Those
inm' n'e regions, large enough almost for an empire
were TO he appro ra'-i tn private ownership. How
was this best 10 he cone? VIVA system tor sale and
dispo.i ion should be- adopted? Two mode. for con-
Quoting the oates presented themselves the one
southern, AMI the other northern mod. |, wou,d
ne ttuirus, Sir, hr 10 run ont IN dill
INFO all Their dsc iions 10 their opposite re-
Sul;s That which adopted was the northern svs
tenn, and IL that which We in success ul one.
ration all the new States. Tn " ich a. reject.
ed, was the system OF warrant survpys en- ~ and
oca'ion such prevsi sovth of the Ohio is not nc.
&C 'sary 10 extend these ks into invidous com
arisons. This last system il that which az la. 10 e1
en- ha'ica.ly said, has Si;ngled over the couniry 10
which II wa applied, with % many conflicting tils.
and claims. Every body acquainted with h. subject
knows how easily it leads to ejaculation and litigation
two great cadm'iie' in new country. From lie VS..
TEN ac'ua " established, these evils are bani~hed.-
Now, Sir, in efecng Til great measur. the first m
porian' measure the whole subject New England
acted win Vlgor AMI effect, and IN. ates postery of
those who tied north wes OF tbs OHIO will have
10 renrhbeT, with gaitud, her Da'rio ism, and her
wisdom. Ele. sys EN- adopted was her own ~ st-Ia-
She knew, ior she had tried aud proved IL value l.
was IN G-tishio"ed way of surveying lands beiort
the issuing at any lille papers, and then of inser,iry
accurate AMI precise G.scipi3ns in The patents or
grants and proceeding with regular references to mstcs
and bounds. This gives to orgina tides derived from
government certain and fixed Character il cut. mn
litigation by he roots, and the settler commences il
daois with he a$,urdnce that he has clear title IL
easy 10 perceive but MOI easy 10 MEASURE The mpor
'aIce Of ibis in new country New Eng and gavs
ms system to The wet, AID while ii remains
viii be sp cad over all the monument of her
intelligence n nAIe'soI g)Vernnent, and n ptact
cal good sense.
At the touniat;,o o. the constitution of these new
northwestern States, we accustomed, sir praise
the aw-giyers of antquity we help 10 erDetuate the
fame OF Scion and Lycurgus but doubt whether one
single law OF any law gve ancient modern has pro-
duced ELECTS OF more dis met marked and lasting char
acter, than the ordinance OF 81. That instrument was
drawn by Nathan Dane, then, and now, a citizen of
Massachusetts. 1t adopt d, as | think have I'M
derSoo1, without the slightest alteration and certainty
has happened TO few 10 be the authors of a poiit-
lca measure OF more large and enduring consequence
IL liked, forever, the character OF the population IN The
vast regions Northwest of the Ohio by excluding from
them involuntary servitude. Ii impressed on the soil
Itself, while il yet wilderness, an incapacity
toredr up any other than free 1t laid the inter.
dict against personal scryituc, ia original compact
no only deeper than all local law but deeper also
than all local constitutions. Under the crcumstan-
sonablc provision, real good attained We see its
consequences at this moment, and shall never
to see them, perhaps, while The Ohio shall flow. Ii was
a great aud salutary measure OF prevention. Sir ]
should fear the rebuke of intelligent gentleman of
Kentucky TO ask whether, if such an ordinance
could have been applied TO his State, while il vet
was wilderness and before Boone had passed the gap
OF the Alcghanyh he does not suppose would have conr
butte to the ultimate greatness of that commonwealth?
ply, ii has produced effect not easily to be described
or measured IN the growth Of the States aud the extent
and Increase OF their population. Now sir, this great
measure again was carried by the North, and by the
North alone. There were, indeed, individuals else
where favorable TO liz but il supported as measure
entirely by the votes OF the Northern States. If New
England had been governed by the narrow and sels,,
views ascribed TO her, this very measure was of
all others the best calculated TO thwart her purposes
1t was of all things the very means of RENDERING GER
tain vast emigration from her own population TO thc
West. She looked to that consequence only to disfe
gard it. She deemed the regulation most useful one
TO the States that would spring up the territory and