Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-02-26

the 0o1tl0ment OF the wild lands and growth OF the
west have been iniuriousiy retarded or prevented
They have been owing to our acts, in holding up
60 public view the prospect Of kind Of millennium
about - be- ,ushered in upon them, when lands may
bad fes( nothing. and all the good things Of life
susIenotoo 81 purcshse, settlement and growth
Ths<ssal, fruits which such representations and
eehemss have borne, are general alarm in tho old
new, and disposition 20 distribute the public lands
or their proceed among the States, according to
their present representative numbers measure that
snssx nmstsa STATE. .ua sasU b bounds ~
tho Union. And "they who have wounded us are Of
4 our own householdn
The whole spirit Of this debate, from the moment
il abandoned the resolution before tho Senate, and
assumed party character, is rcprehensble. After
ten minutes attention to tho resolution it suddenly
abandoned the living. and tahng the back line of tho
ausssious dead Of New England. found the graves,
end called them from their graves to answer at the
he4xa6 Minister bar Of party spirit for the deeds
IRE e sae body; and profsnely drawing down their
sumed TO blacken them with the darkest hues!
must spproaeh that neglected rcsolution, should
/ even do no more than follow the examples before
me, of scopng to it as an eagle to his prey, barely
ing, dy all around the armament until brought down
again By mesc fatigue and exhaustion! :
But before / 60 there, let me shrine myself like
pentent sinner, and confess my real situation in
relation % questions Of the public lands. s.
! stand hero under the Instructions of my MDce-
nss an(Dy Minerva--nny instructor and my guids<-
passed through the digestive organs of the legisla-
ture Of Missouri, without either decomposition or
change They look to the past, tha present, and the
future; and all around to every point of the compass
wherever land can be found belonging TO the United
State upon this terraqueous globe They instruct
me to vote for all such amendments may be offered
by my instructor, to one certain graduation bill,
pending before the Senate. So that, the label
the door be can .aip,zhouse, and upon entering you
&
beauty 1t is Almshousc STILL for that is proved by
the LABEL Orif the label be "laeforni" and you meet
mt the Threshold picket of the palace guard, and
hear the reveile beating for the whole guard to turn
out, and put down your inquiry by dashiug out all
your lights around you; it is reform still, proved
by the label!
Thus, you soc, am bound to the triple alternative
Ito follow the indicative leads of my Mentor as an
obedient Telemachus; showgood cause, ut home,
why cannot; to be treated, by my masters in Mis-
souri,, queen Elizabeth treated her cardinal when
she exclaimed, 81 frockd you, sir! And by CD I'll
unfiock yoa." Her majesty must have been angry;
for learn that ladies' never swear but when little
excited.
In these uncharitable times the motives of myself,
the Senator from Alabama, Mr.. McKinoy.) and
others disposed to let this inquiry GO on, have been
questioned by the author Of this debate 1t has been
alleged that this resolution has been impalcd high
held up to the indignation of the west! and that,
taking the alarm we are disposed to avail ourselves
Of the fact of captain general from Massachusetts,
TO extricate from the dilemma by his motion for
indefinite postponemcnt 1t was even suggested that
if consulted at an earlier stage of the campaign, he
might have saved us from the dilemma
We are against horboring prejudiccs against such
captain general; but we decline the motives mpu-
ted to although not at all surprised the mputa
ton of them
tives aSthose ayowed BY the Senator from Maryland
(Gen. s. who declared he would not, at the very
commencement Of this administration, such pre-
cedent Of suppressng inquiry into executive discro-
tom for over these surveys ia Sales we know, the
President possesses absolute discretion, as the laws
now are. "a
But after what we have experienced of The organ
izution, discipline and power of late opposition
surprised to find the idea of Military Chief
tain uppermost in the imagination that side of the
chamber. No, would we be, if the orator, in
making this impHtation, had even imagined he felt
ing Mt his elbow-like the master of puppet show
setting Punch, and the others, into true partisan
dance!
charter--not of Runny Mead but of Goose Creek
of the 4th day of March, ammo doini, 1929, guaran-
tying this right Of reform to us7
Are not the means Of enjoying that right, such as
free ingress, egress and regrcss of the great man.
sion Of the public domains, included in the grani3
Why not the old common law, il was be-
fore the great Goose Creek Charter thought of!
Or at least the report of May. 1885, saying 'tho
uncomfortable exercise of executive discretion makes
President Monarch! Names arc noihing?
The Senator from Connecticut is known as friend
in Missouri He disavows all sectional hostility
in proposing this inquiry. Let him have il. II will
satisfy Connecticut, and do us no harm in the West
The Commissioner of the General Land Office, in his
annual report points out reform, in this subject
rs necessary. Then comes the Senate, with the mo
dcsty and economy OF true son OF Connecticut ant
asks only "a farthng rush light to look beyond tha
point, to fmore be necessary; and if SO, where
to begin, how far to GO, and where to STOP This in
quiry he would make through the Committee on Pub
tic Lands cvcry man Of whom comes from the new
States supposed 10 be most interested in the question
fresh with the clods of your public domain almos
sticking around them
The President will be glad to see this unnssumine
son Of the Pilgrims comparing his humble rush ligh
with the brilliant chandeliers that illuminate the Pre-
sdents way.
There is no Yankee trick intended, 10 60 back intt
some remote apartment Of this mansion OF the public
lands and draw thence your Consul Mexico, with al
his trump trick and Faro-Bank apparatus abou