Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-10-17

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iorn under any qualifications conditions con'ngen-
ces pass any direct the proceeds OF the public lands
to be appropriated by the States for The colonization OF
sons oil color yet doubt, that II this act OF
Congress had gone into effect, much larger portion OF
the proceeds OF The public lands would have been ePPro
priated to the colonization OF persons oil color, aud 1t
the object. at least OF The objects OF the law aud
therefore il Unconstitutional But ths bill OF Mr..
Clay, thus supported by Mr.. Poiuiexter was but re-
newa in another aud more psu-ihe ior, Of the old pro
position OF RUFUS King. the celebrated Missouri rcsrc.
ZIONIST, the svowed foe Of Southern and Southern
institutions. tor the application OF the entire proceeds OF
oil tho public lands Tor purposes nesrly similar; and Mr.
Ciays bill could have been carried iuto effect, should
have soon had renewal vi Mr.. Kings PROPOSE ion.
IL is true, that ia order 10 gild the pill aud
Gle Mississippi TO the partition Of her Inheritance
among her sister States, she TO receive twelve
and hall per cent. additional, not upon the gross
bniupon the nett proceeds Of tho sales of the public lands
within her limits, and she further 10 receive six
ueh part oil tue refuse portion OF her Inheritance not Of
new and valuable lands uncnlled and unpickcj aud that
had never been exposed public sale but OF refuse lands
subject euy private SALE and as If to render the
nation perfectly vaieIess and to check emeaton TO the
State, by disabling her legislature from selling these
fuse lands al very low pce OF gvirs them away TO
poor settlers who might Iesl disposed 10 exchange the
bondage oil northcrn factories for the culture Of the soil OF
tho west, the legislature restricted from selling these
refuse lands at less Than dollar aud quarter per
and, strange TO tell, this amendment had lis origin with
Georg, Poudcxter With this rcstficton, most of these
refuse lands might well have been surrounded by a
Chines wall aud desert created, not by Almighty pow err
but by Ubiquitous legislation. But the
gnenees TO Mississippi Of ibis bill yet TO no told
When the OF the ssIcs of her pubc lands were 10
be distributed among her sister States by which many of
them declared they might be relieved atog ether
ternal taxation II became their clear sud unique sonabe
interest TO Increase the price which the lands would
cell at the public sales. II from the proceeds OF these
sales at the minimum price, New England would receive
$oOO0OO per annum, from the same sales
aue az hree OF our dollars per acre, she would indeed
realize her predictions. sDd receive enough relieve her
from all taxaiion;--and money taken from whom! All
from ihe citizens oil Mississpp aud the aud chiefly
from the hardy cuuvaors OF the SOIL This bill
atdr aud heavy tax upon the people OF sssph the
West, TO relieve the People OF CIV England from tax alton
become uu Viz for
graduating aud reducing the price OF public lands
companiei with don atoms to settlers and free grant of
the ultimate restduum 60 the States wherein the land was
situate, would have slept the sleep OF death No more
acts oil Congress would have passed confirming ancient
grants, valid or INVALID donations TO settlers
an carly settlement Mississippi, OF section of land
no more preempons formerly, OF section OF as recent
OF quarter section, at the minimum price, actual
setueFs no more voluntary associations individuals
that which bad the honor form at Chocchu,na
10 enable settlers 10 obtain quarter section at the
minimum pitce, as II preemption law had passed.
VIII be permitted; more sales OF public laIds will
take place TO The minimum price per The
oi exemption from taxation by increasing the price Tor
which the lands will sell athe public sales will certainly
induce these Sates send agents every land sale bid
up line ptlce oil public lands their tended value
so as to increase their dividend The people OF Mississippi
VIII then see, preceding every land sale, Of
'nein agents TO examine every little spot which every
settier may have Rejected and improved add the i'm
provemenis to the Intrinsic value OF land and compel
'he eer able 10 pay Tor the labor OF his own hands
or drive him and his amily forth agsn into the wilderness
to be treated again in the manner al the next land
sales This bill, glded by the amendments OF the
honorable Senator, 10 tho people OF mississippi was the
cup of DEATH and il George Ponde x,er had done mn o,r
act, than join Mr. Clay aud the States in
voting for this bill, lie ought TO have retired rom the
PoindcNter received the votes Of e States
Tor vice President pro tenn Of the Senate which sta
ton, by their influences he has actually been elected a
The last session OF the Senate Our Senator, Judge Ellis
and representative Mr. PIummer, bo,,opposed the bill
and when Il was again introduced in 1888 and advocated
by Mr. Poindexer, in modified form, justice requires
me 10 state that Judge Black united with Mr. Benton in
opposing IT, THIS bill was vetoed by Gen. Jackson as in
expedient aud unconstitutional aud al the commence
ment OF the last session Of Congress- Thomas II Benton
your un'iring champion, brought forward again. his o
OIL Tor reducing aud graduating the price of public ss
accompanied with donations actual settlers anal
grant OF the ultimate residuum tie States in " ic the
lands are situate, and referred the bill iie land commit
tee oil the Senate OF which Mr. Pondexte YVES chairman
But our honorable Senator refused, during seven
months session, even 10 report upon The bill at ALL
thereby denying its friends a hearing before
inc senate, ana preventing the possibility OF being
enacted into law. At The close OF the session. Tho.
mas H. Benton, upon the floor of tho Senate an.
nounced the fact, denounced the conduct of the corr
mec and they dared deny the facts nor could hey
IN any manner pslste excuse them; aud thus fellow
citizens, measure IN which you vitality Interested
was lost and defeated Fellow citizens let Mr. Benon's
bill become law at the next session al Congress or that
which succeeds il, and the of the next census
will Ind population Of at least million within the linn
It's OF Mississippi for We have 270000e0 acres Of pub
lie land into which emigration wonId flow from eyery
section OF the Union. Even from The shores OF Europe
full many OF the OF the country OF Emmett and Mont
gomery OF Stcuhen aud DE Kab OF Lafayette and Kos.
ciusko, leaving the soil where they are struck down bv
thc ifon gia'e OF desposin, would our shores
70 receive their donations settlers Though they might
bring no money with them TO purchase lands, vet thew
would come TO cultivate the soil and enrich The cou.
try. They would become paying freemen and Anne
Ticsn citizens. They would with hearts devoted TO
the cause Of republican liberty The ordeal Of blood and
oppression, snd persecution, through which tey had
passed at home, c0nrssted with the aud udcpend
ence which they would here ENJOY would still more deep
~ atdch mem to our republican government The oath
which would Issue from their lips support the Consu.
ton OF the Union would be recorded in their hearts bpd
should the invaders tread again poute the so of our
county, side by side, with native Americans as for
mcrty did their Montgomery and Lafayette they would
onward bear the bannered eagle our country 10 death
or victory But what 10 the effect Of our present poicy
which refuses donations 10 settlers? The shores of tile
Atlantic aud OF the Gulf, white with American canvas
bearing American citizens, far from their native soil the
graves Of their fsihers aud the hsunts Of their childhood
TO lar distant cme had whittier are they destined and
why do they go' They bound to Texas 10 a foreign
county where the sisrsPangled banner longer
over them its protecting folds Many Of them emerged
from Northern manufactures they ceasiDg mere
JperaVes and machines oT Norhern task nasters teV
are going beyond e itch Of the factory clock whose hour
baud had been turned back, their hours OF
iabour beyond the real solar time They are seeking lit
Gle spot for themselves and their families which tley NAV
call their own, and where they may cultivate The soil
IN peace aud quiet You deny them donation here;
they have not tile money purchase it, even al the Mini.
mum price per acre, and they exiled by necessity
driven by the cruel and absurd policy Of government
from the country OF ber birth, an ASYLUM in
foreign elmo where they receive gratuitous OF and
Cor settlement and cultivation. Thousands aud tens of
thousands Of Americans cizens have thus seady been
industrious lfeemon Of Mississippi and ADJ larger num-
Der preparing 10 The loss OF one sueIa