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

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fae.ion in the admins.r ration of iuScc Legislative
bodies should consult the public tranquility Ia the
| prosecution oi ib-.r measures. They should not
alarm and asi,ate the coonry yet this inquiry, If 1t
goes ", VIII gvc the greatest dissatisfaction ~ the
new States IN the West and South. Ii viii alarm
and agtate them and ought to d1 it. 1t VIII con
meet itself with other inquiries going on~ TO make
the new States source of revenue TO the old ones,
TO denver them up 20 new set OF masters, TO throw
them grapes into the wine press 20 be trod and
squeezed long Is drop of juice could be pres
sod from their hulis These measures win go togeth
aud, II that resolution passes and this passes
the transition will be easy and natural from dividing
the money alter tho lands soil divide the lands
before they sold, and then renting the land and
drawing an annual income instead OF selling it for
price al hand. The signs are porteltionS; the crisis
is alarming; It Is time for the States wake up
"a their danger, and to prepare for struggle which
carries ruin and disgrace TO them If the issue is
against them.
NJ y alluded to the cooking argument Of some
gentlemen, who cndcav"ed TO carry this resolution
through, By promising the Senate that the Commit
tee on Public Lands, To whom II TO be referred
would report against u He tidcucd this species OF
argument. Such au inquiry would become migratory
and idle WAY send resolution of inquiry 10 tc re-
turned nan esq neeai%S' Why send your bnckct -
the botlom Of dry well, Why this perseverance,
Tor three weeks 10 get he inquiry before a commit
tee VINO arc to rcjcc, 1t? Surely for some purpose
and that purpose may DO to gain foot hold, to ret
jurisdiction, TO gCt the tutjcct agoug, and then re-
fer II to another committee that would report tlvora
/ O4Nr uluCF inc pea iilt Iae INST committee WIGS
composed of Interested members from tho Satcs
| lIo then too! notice Of tho terrifying argument
which was used 40 get the resolution through II
was SAID 1t would excite suspicion aud prejudice
against us, II we did not agree to il. Suspicion OF
WHAT Prejudice In what? Explain these terms
Name the thing, foul or hidden, which the new
States have TO avoid n this inquiry There is none
None can 10 narlHd 1t is an cttampt to tnrrfy
LITTLE ch!trcn anu aged women. Prejudice indeed
The way To avoid =, amd 10 command respect. to
slIcw know,edgo q you: rights, and GctegrliAa-
ton 10 defend theta.
He next advostei 70 the class o. arguments which
undertook - srugzlG this resolution through--io
convey II along unoOscrvediy OF tic harmless
on beneficial inquiries which daily passed as 4 mat
ter o! course. This was puttinug the enemy into
covered wagon but he would pull OF the cover, and
Shcw the character of the cargo.
nc annadycFtac upon the suggestion, that re-
Jeclon o!he resolution suppression Of inquiry
lie thought the attempt 10 send it off To committee
room was lnJre Ike smpprcssng debate. But he had
no no,on OF letting u escape under fash ana
smoke. lie would wait TILL the atmosphere cleared
up and then cali gentlemen back 10 the character of
the resolution, and urge them 20 noe, him on the
pGrGCicu-jCs:s OF that character. He Disseminated
between resolutions for good and Tor evil; the forI.f
passed, of course tae latter should b. resisted If
no, the whole county may be alarmed, ogltatCd.
and cnragCd with mischievous inquiries: The South
about slaves and indans; The &c, about It's lands
the northeast OF the subj,.t of it, fisheries is nav
! Igation, lis lighthouses and IFS manufactures.
! What WOu!! &c ire condition OF tkc Union what the
Glance for tho Prcserva ion Ct harmony, u each par
/ struck ut the other III system az perniclous and
alarming inquiries And yet unless the discrimlna-
zion Is made which propose all this NAV tie done.
The arrInlUt used by the Senator from Alabama
(AIr. Mckinney, and lie Senator from Connecticut.
lIr. FuOt.) ana others would carry through every
species OF inquiry the most fatal the inter
est, the most insulting the pride, and The most de-
s;rdctiye to the harmony Of the States.
But this resolution is not only unjust to the new
States bu i, is partial and UNEQUAL IN it's operaton
I al enyr .,rI Of
all upon oihcts l. wonl lock I'D twenty five mil
lions OF acres from sale aHs settlement IN the State
OF Lous!uHa, and nO' in Ohio it would dcs-
ohtc Florida, and do comparatively bat litse mischief
in Michigan.
/; is not sufficient TO reject such a rosolu,ionthe
sentiments IN which It originated, must BE- eradcated
We must convince gentlemen that II ia wrong 10 en-
terrain such scnJmcn's-thdt il will be wrong act
upon them in the progress OF any Of land bills.
This whole idea of checking emigration TO the west,
mast be shown to BE- erroneous. Il is an old idea,
aud lately brought forward with great opsnncss OF
Eunner, and G,s'rctncss OF purpose Mr.. RUsh's
Treasury pert Of 1877 placed IL before Congress
and the People. Since then, there Aas been no am.
bguty about l.. The doctrine has sicn decided
turn. The present resolution IS, IN effect, part of
the same system. and most efficient part The
putlic UlGd has .sd hold OF this doctrine and sub
jected 1t TO Tie ordeal Of reason aud discus SON.
Professor Dew, in the College Of William aud Mary,
in iis able lectures has spoken my sentiments on his
point aud will avail my sell Of lis language, 10 con-
ycy them 10 the Sen0te
&r u. then read as follows from Mr. Dew's Lee
lures, p1cc 49,
In The second pIce these Tariff n assures ininro
the south and West, by preventing that emigration
which would Otherwise take place Now, this is an
injustice committed upon those 5tatas, towards which
tHS lido ui emigration sets. , - If there
was a bounty upon emigration, then lbpse States
Wou nave NJ RIGHT &, complain OF the adoption o;
any measure which might couuterael the effects OF
III bounty; bu. this Is not the clso. % % =
II IT, true, Tic S"cr-tlry Of tn, Trea3urg III his an
Eual report, n D coulbor, 1@27, THINKS the l1w price
a. winch the Publ; Lands are sold. operate IA a
bounty; bus d7u5t much whether gO,crnnent price
Us too low were thus the would not cntcrpris-
ing Individuals, "ith large capitals quickly buy Gov
cfnmen' ont. 30 order thni they might speculate on
the Isrds oud thes raise hcnl 10 their proper value
Oac thing is certain, that this pre-
gc7do1 oic1i".atiJn 20 tic Western country is Ia
furious lv Use West "
M j agreed VIII the Virginia Professor, bat thc
yrcVop'ion of emigration To- the West was an inIur-
% tai quarter &C the Union. He said farther, il
was IN injury TO Tie rcnpl" OF thc North East. who
were lo DO prevented from beucriGg their condition
by rcmoyaj and t'at IT, was an ini1ry 10 the whole
ttrt. rTYfF., H.