The Arkansas advocate., 1832-04-25

tend 10 expedite business, which must otherwise at such times be protracted in consequence of an incommodious house -that trittenden's house, i'll size, was sufficiently spacious to afford all the ilc- cessary accommodation to the Lcgisia- ture of Arkansas for the next twenty years; and, moreover, that the trans fer, il effected, would require no addi- tlonal ex ne lures from tic TIerriitori Ierriittori Ial treasury, which must otherwise re |cessarily accrue, for the payment of fees and salaries, in the clocaiionantlsale Of the la,:d, aud erection of Ii suitssblc building. On the question accepting l Itheproposals of Robert Crittendcn, the vote in committee was unanimous, ono memher, Witter, of Hampstead, being excused !!sc:ssi voting, ;ao tic ground that lie had never personally examined the house. The chairman, McAmy, from Washington, informed Grttcnden that the committee had decided in favor of the exchange for his house, on Inc condition that he would take the lald underthe restrictions imposed on the To- cation of Lovely claims, by an act of Congress, that that is to say, tic eiaiil.s were notto beloeatcd on improvements, without the consent of the owners, 10 which Crittenden agreed, ard the committee reported the result 10 both Houses. Farrelly, from Arkansas, 10 the Council, and Scott, from Pope, to the House of Representatives. In the Council, the report was agreed to bv n vote of thirteen to nine, and commit- tee appointed to draft bill in accor- dance. In the House of Represents lives, 1t was committed 10 committee of the whole, discussed, and finally agreed to, by a vote of fifteen to nine. The reasons alleged in committee, were argued more fully and at length by the friends of the measure, in the progress of the bill through both Houses; and the reasons of the opposition in the Houses, Qor in the committee there were none.) will be found in substance lin the s'Coyernor's veto message.n-- The bill passed the Council by vote Iof fourteen 10 seTef1, and 10 tic HouscofRepresentativcs; while there, in committed of the whole, another pro- posal was submitted from Chester Ash ley, offering for the land, 10 build d brick house on some lots of his at the upper part of town, sixt}-two feet by fffy.three, two stories high, accompa- nled by plan and estimate of the cost of the same-twelvc thousand dollars. thisproposition was offered as all amend ment tO the bill, and rejected; ana among the reasons urged against the Amendment, were, that it would be im- lpolitic and unwise to transfer property, such as the land must be considcred-- reat estdte, on personal security. The bill finally passed the House of Repre- Isentativcs by a vote of fifteen to nine. and was sent to the Governor for his ap- lproval, who returned the same to the Council, accompanied by his cclebra. ted "veto messages" in which he as- signs his reasons for withholding his as. sent to the bill, viz: He objects to the passage
 I Isl. Because if proposes to sell the ten sections of land before they are selected. "a. Because the fund is applied to tiIc purchase of house as a temporary arr engagement, instead of the erection of lsnitable and permanent State-H House
 Ed. l object to the locality of the bnild- ing, because the public property will be less safe there than nearer tlle river and the business part of the town, and because } il will be less convenient for tho transac- tion of the public business.
 4M. Because ii appears to nc to be premature and enormous satrifce of the public property ;#fi;sha;;s ccss;ty, or the prospect of a fair equivalent.
 l GR. Because ii IS impolitic and incom- pasiblc with the letter and spirit of tic act of Congress, 10 sell the land upon conjec- tural estimate of value, before it is desir- hated.
 6h. Because it will be premature and rash to make a final disposition of this fund beyond the control of the people, before the subject is we'll understood, and tLe fvaiue of the lands ascertained
 The issues that arise on these several objections, between Governor Popeand the majority ofthe Legislature, willbe examined in subsequent numbers.
 pUBLIUS. 1 PHILADELPHIA. March 23.-Messrs.