Litchfield enquirer., 1832-05-17

character of measure, which would alieOate property of such immense value, belonging to the whole, from it's owners. They again mo- tice the excellence of the Federal System iO relation to the public lands, and dwell with great force on the defects of any systems that could be substituted for it by the States. Be- side the danger of collisions between the States, and the spirit of hazardous specula- ton which would be inevitable incidents of l the suggested innovation, another and graver evil would be, the new and dangerous rela- ton of creditor and debtor, which the trans fer would establish between the General and 1 some of the State Governments. The credit system, which it had been found from expert ence necessary to abolish, would be revived with accumulated grievances the States would tor their respective purchases, become debtors to the Federal Government the identity Oftheir situation in thisrespect, would produce community of griefs and feeling.in- spring projects of disuDiOn; the General Gov ernment would be unable to cOerce payment 1 from the defaulting States, the very nature of the relations between the General and the State Governments. exclude any idea of re- ] sorting to the ultimate remedy pursued by one foreign nation to extort justice from an- other, the Judiciary could afford no desirable aid it would, moreover, be inequitable in the General Government to seize the proper ty of innocent citizens to pay debts contract ed by the States in their sovereign capaci- ties the expedient of mortgages on the ce- ded lands would prevent or retard subsequent sales by the States; and on the whole, there would be inevitable delinquency, without remedy on the part ofthe debtor States.
 The report repels the idea of concessions for prices merely nominal. as being unjust on Hho Napf x,f N1nn minds the Senate that the sessions from Lou
 siana, Florida and Georgia, were obtained from the common treasury and presents some curious as well as important details, showing the inequality in the acquisitions of the receiving states, as compared with their population respectively.
 The general conclusion to which the com mittee are brought, is.sthat it is inexpedient for the General Government either to cede the public lands to the states within which they lie, or reduce their prices. They again advert to the merits of the existing system for surveying and selling those lands. But they remark that it may very properly be considered whether tho proceeds of sales. be- ing no longer necessary to defray the expen- ses of the government, may not be beneficial. ly appropriated 10 some other object. They advert to the important duty incident to a government, of husbanding the resources ofa country in time of prosperity and peace. so as to be ready to meet those adverse yicissi- tudes from which all history shows that no nation is exempt. :. As the proceeds of the sales of public lands are not wanted for the ordinary revenues which will be abundantly supplied from the imports. the committee re- spectfnly recommend that an appropriation of them be made for some other purposes, Eos 1ss1ien1 fsyrAn nI Nrh hs s,n a1 tho contingency of war;" In such an event, they might be applied to the prosecution of the war, or to paying any debt that may have been contracted for its prosecution; and On the return of peace, and payment of the war debt, the fund might be again applied to some suitable object other than that of the ordinary expenses of government. -
 In regard to the specific appropriationof of the fund under the restriction stated. the ma jority of the committee recommend that af- ter deducting the ten per cent for the new states, the residue of the fund should be diyi- ded for five years among the twenty four States according to their Federal Rrprescn. tative number, to be applied to Education, Internal Improvements, Colonization, or the redemption of debts incurred for the pnrpo- ses of Internal Improvement, as each State. judging for itself, may prefer. A table is ap- pended to the Report, showing what would be the dividend of each State. ApOrtion of the committee, says the Report, were for ap- plying the above residue to the ohjectof In- ternaI Improvement and of cOlonizing the free blacks. under the direction of the Gene ral Government. sf
 The committee conclude their labor by re- porting bill entitled :" An act to appropriate for limited time. the proceeds of fthe sale cftke PGblie Lands of the United States.''
 M Foreign.-Arrivals at New York and Phil iadelphia the past week brought Liverpool pa pers to the 9th of April. London to- the 7th. and Paris to the Sd. The returns from all the different parts of London gave the follow ing results of the Cholera on the 9th of April. Remaining from the last reports, l95; new cases that day Sl; deaths l7; recovered so {; remaining 179; total number of cases in London 2l58; total deaths HAS. In other parts of fEngand the last days report gave new cases 47; total number of cases 7416 i; total deaths 2470. From these statements it will be seen that the progress of the disease in England is slow. There has been no further extension of it in Ireland. In Paris, it's pro- gressis much moro rapid and alarming. From o'clock. F. M. of the 2d of April, to o. clock P. M. of the Sd. there were 3i7 new ca ses, and l27 deaths. Total number of eases since the commencement of the disease 1O52s