Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-05-14

ing, bu, that he would have voted against Iayi,. ~.
resolutions on the table. 80
Mr.. Archer rose to move that tha rasu..
printed; but the admission OF a motion requiring unani.
failed. "o'o"
PUBLIC LANDS
Mr.. lsacks, f'om the Committee sn the Public Land,
reverted, Without amendment, the bill from the Senate.
" t. reduce the price Of a portion Of the public land.
heretofore in market, and 10 gran, a preference to sc,w.
al settlers"
Mr.. !. remarked. that thi- bill was n m.rs ,am,.n.
Of n system ismiiiar TO the House; that the proyisions
OF the bill were simple, aud easy to be understood: and
Contained nothing which required a reference of il to .
not move its commitment, which would only tend to de-
lay the bill, but thatit be postponed to Monday next, for
conside ration in the House.
Mr.. A. II. Shepherd Of N. c., differed from Mr.. l.
He suspected that this bill was not the remnant of an
old system, but the stepping stone 10 a new one. At any
rate, 1t proposed a measure OF a very grave and i'm. or.
tant character, and he hoped it would take the ordju. rv
course. by going to a COMMITTEES OF the Whole Ho use,
where it could be examined and DISCUSSED. He made
that motor.
Mr.. yinton Of Ohio, made a few remarks to shcw tho
necessity OF passing on this bill before the close of tho
present session. The bill proposed TO reduce the price
OF certain Of the public lands from 81 2Jcts. to to
cents an acre, and if il were permitted to lie here uu-
acted on, no one would enter public land while the mea-
sure is pending. The effect would be, thercforo,t to sus-
pend the entry of lands until the bill was finally dispos-
ed of, and the revenue from that source be Consequent
ly cut oil He hoped the bill would not be committed
because that would endanger its being acted on durinm
the session; but that il would be taken up on MondaS
next, and either passed or rejected; IL rejected, the pub
VI SctscfS WOuIQ KNOW
what they had to depend on.
Mr.. Irwin Of Ohio, made a few remarks to shew the
injurious effect which this measure would have on the
Interests of Ohio, and that he wished time to reflect ON
and examine it, no opportunity for doing so having been
afforded to him by the Committee on Public Lands.
Mr.. Williams Of N. G. moved the indefinite postpone.
ment Of the bill but this, undor the pending motion, not
being in order, he varied it to a motion that the bill be-
laid on the table.
Mr.. White of N. Y, called for the yeas and NAYS. and
they were ordered.
Mr.. Clay asked Mr.. Williams to withdraw his motion.
tn rive m nprt,pi fr ~aa A. s- 4
ton.
Mr.. Williams replied, that if one or two words wore
said for the bill, one or two words would be said aya;nst
II; he, therefore, could not withdraw his motion.
The question was then taken on the motion to Law the
bill on the table, and decided in the negative by the fol.
lowing vete: 90
Yeas 60-Nays 1lS. &t
Mr.. Jennings said, the subject OF this bill was not al
new as some gentlemen Imagined. IL had been before
Congress in one form or other Tor 6 years past; and pro-
ceeded to make some remarks on the bearing of the bin:
but the merits of it not being in order, he was inter.
rupted by the Chair; and WF
The motion to postpone the bill to Monday was a
greed to.
Mr.. vinton tken submitted the following sub.,;,,,.
which he intended to Offer, when the bill should come nm
Tor confederation, and which on his motion was ordered
TO he printed, viz:
"Be ii enacted, SC. That all public land which has
been or may be exposed to sale for the several periods
oil time hereinafter enumerated, and remains or shall
remain unsold, shall be thereafter .ubi.ct to entry .nd
sale at the prices hereinafter specified, that is to saw: for
twenty years and upwards, al one dollar pcr acre: for
twenty-five years and upwards, at eighty cents; for tbir.
y Wv "uu ~ SIXTY cents, Tor thirty lve yeara
and upwards, at icrty cents; for forty year. and upwards.
at twenty cent; for %forty-fve years and upwards at
ten cents per acre.
Src.2 .and be IL further enacted, That before anv
tract OF land shall BE- subject to entry at any Of the prices
aforesaid, II shall, al each Of the aforesaid periods of
time, be offered a. public sale in the same manner ,hat
the public lands are or may be required. bv law
to he exposed at pubIic vendu.; and a, sucb pnbEc
sale, the land 90 offered NAV bs sold for anu nm
per acre not less than that at which it will be there
this act.
Sac 2 anIb 20 sL -, ~
tract OF land shall remain UNFOLD after having been for
fifty years exposed to sale, according 10 the Drovi.;ona
oil ms act, It shai not he thereafter subject to entry
and sale at the land office Tor the District within which
it may be situated; but shall he withdrawn from rnars-
ct, and remain subject to the future deposit ion of Con.
gress.
The resolution moved by Mr. J. S. Barbour on the
TN instant was taken up, at his request, ~reaiGand a.
THE TARIFF LAWS.
On motion OF MIR. Mallary, al the intervening ORDER,
engrossed bills, &c. were r%o'tponed to a future day,
Whole, MIR. Polk in the chair, on TIE bill "to l.
mend The act in alteration Of the several acts imposing
6es amrndmcnt-
Mr.. Burgess, Of r.. I. rose and addressed the commit.
tee three hours and a half in support Of the protect.
ing sys'eu. in commenting on the opposition to il. Sc.
Mr.. Bonldin, Of Virginia, followed on the other eide.
and spoke nearly Two hours against the protecting sys-
tenn and in reply TO is advocates.
Mr.. Martindale, of New-York, next rose, and
addressed the Com nittee an hour in defence of The poll.
cy OF the protecting. system. When Mr.. NJ. had fin
'sueh, no lhe gentleman risln9 to speak,
Mr.. McDufhe toook the floor, for the purpose of re.
plying TO these who had opposed his amendments;
hut II being nearly 6 o'clock, he moved that the
Committee rise, The Committee rose accordingly;
and
The House adjourned.
WAsHINGToN May IL In the Senate, Yesterday.
the bill to reduce the duties on tea, coffee, and cocoa.
was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading. The
amendment reported TO this bill, by the COMMITTEES on
Finance to reduce the duty on salt, which was supported
IN an argument of some length by Mr.. Benton, was
reJscted-yeas 20, hayes 20. The amendment was
further supported by Mr.. Smith, Of MARYLAND. and
opposed by Messrs. Chambers and Sanford. At ia o.
clock, the Senate resolved i,seifinio a Court Of Impeach-
an article of impeachment had been presented by t4e
Mr.. Writ; and, proclamation having been made and tho
charge announced TO Judge p. from The chairs motion
was made by MIR. Writ that the accused he allowed until
the 10Th oil The present month TO file his sn.wer and
plea, that he further be allowed process for the purposo
OF procu ring testimony in his behalf, and that he be
permitted TO go TO Missouri to collie ct it.
The motioa was supported by the affidavit OF Judge
4. Mr.. Webster then submitted a motion, that Judge
+. hled his answer & plea on or before The 22d OF the pre-
sent month. After some discussion, inmhirh Messrs.
Web'ter, Forsyth, Hsyne, Chambers, & Bib took part.
MIR. Webs'er,s motion wa, amended, 80 az to substitutes
the 18th in'tead Of the 22d of this month, ,nd The Court
adjourned 10 that day. The Report of The Library Cons
mittee, on the subject OF the printing Of the public doe
uments, was taken up,and debate grew on I of IL which
occupied the remainder Of tie day. Messrs. Chambers,
Woodbury., Grundy, Hayne, and Smith. OF South Caro-