Vandalia Whig and Illinois intelligencer. [volume] (Vandalia, Ill.) 1832-183?, 1832-06-06

e ia, North Carolina, and Georgia. will only s
adverted to. Virginia, in the deed of cession @
5 that vast domain which now embraces the State
4 of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, bitter stipulatin
for the political existence of its future Inhabitants
for the partition of the territory bto S ates, an
their admission into the Union, declared "that al
the lands within the territory 81 ceded to tn
! United States, and not reserved for, nor ammo
+ priated to, any of the before mentioned purposes
or disposed of in bounties to the officers and sol
Q diers of the American army, shall be considers,
common fund for the use and benefit ofsuch Q
/ the United Stntes as have become, or shall be
D come members of the confederation or fedora
y alliance of the said States, Virginia inclusive
: according to their usual respective proportions i
: the general charge and expenditure, and shall b
faithfully and bona fde disposed Of for that pul
pose, and for no other use or purpose Whatsoever
-. u the act Of cessiuot by North Carolina, III
precise Language, as a i've, is also employed, $
shall be devoted.
ne same language Z found in the deed q
lcession by georgia, and the Other Mfrfos VIII,
made deeds purporting to cede lands to the United
States.
That clause of the constitution which relates
to the subject of the public lands, is in these
words: "The Congress shall have power to dis
pose of, and make all needful rules and reguIa.
haIo.:sr =. ~ Iiio NV o''ioi property
In this disposition of the territory to be made
for the purposes and objects of the Federal Gov
ernments, Congress has power "to lay and collect
taxes, duties, imposts, and excises' but for what
purposes and for what objects? The answer is,
the legitimate objects of Expenditure by the Fed
eral Government, and the payment of the pubic
debt; surely no: for distribution among the several
'a'es. oo"e,eSS may u1sPose " ING territory
o.olnS ~ :ne cl,. States .or OBJECTS ana
purposes ,eg,.l,na..y ia'ing w'1Hn .ne scohe Oh
."e po"e's anu au'noa'y u 'lie eoerai ooVerh-
non'' ou. .iio ooiic''eo couo' 'ne eHisence OF
W a'sPo.o =. ~. .1 eNcusiV1 "eheEt
any 1e ' no ee ne ~ ne sosola, Sates
INC .e.' e. .l n sn'a Dc ieso.e" ~ III aid
y INC olauso =. no o .:,, anu .aAeh IN
onn o a...:s.'.;o 81 ~ 1919 s .I power
70 naAe u;s'ouon y. uae pIoeps y: .'le sa'e
- W ao ~" 49, &c nas,;o,, s.h ,p1s
-, ~ =" ,ss.~ 1850. ca G.. ~. N.e ~ o1
honaG. of tho I1n;ted States - 'e' "'''
IT. a,ono,, oollao,ad ~, ,...,o :, ..ao /,
oo,ao,aa find e,r tho nse and hanast &c ~
tJIn;,ed States. the money whether collected by
Tho s.la of land or nv . tax unon lond - ~
revenue of the Government. and can onlv be dc
nosed of under the powers with which thai Gov,
ernment has heen vested by the constitution
II would he difficult for those who denv the
mower to CONGRESS to lew imposts and exc,ce e.,
ihe purposes Of collecting revenue to be disrib,,.
/ ted among the State Governments. to be exnend.
4 ed for State purposes under State authority. to
establish the power to dispose of the proceeds of
\ the public lands for the same purpose.
1 Ii the committee are mistaken as to the cues
/ ton of constitutional power, (which has bee,
; suggested more with view to invite Investigation
than to express their decided conviction of its
lcorrectness.> upon the inexpediency of such 3
d;snositon Of the proceeds of the public land.
lthev cannot doubt.
! ALTHOUGH these lands have been retarded 90 n
son-ce of revenue. the committee are aware that.
heretofore. thew have not proved to be a pro6,a.
lille one Nor do the committee now wish them
Ito he made the means of raising revenue in time
rfof peace. but the instrument in the hands of a
Liberal and munifcent Guernment, by which
,|larpe communities NAV be quilt up, our popuIa.
Ition Increased. and our reources in time of wal
multiplied.
j The General Government should disnose Of
ltbem upon tarns accommodated to the wants q,
1.-The community. and. whe, the unsod LANDS in
1.-The resnective States shall become refuse and nc
-lloncer worth The exnense f federal saperinfeod
lance and care a REIMBURSEMENT of them to the
f}State in which thew lie or to individuals. wonld
s|be tbe better nol;cv
u It is not probable that the Government viii.