Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1837-02-14
TWENTY-r0vRTH CONGRESS.
second session.
TusspAr, Jan. 81.


lie lands except TO se,osl settlers. sc. vas taken
or for consideration.
The Question being m tho motion r Nr C'ay
TO strike oui The fourth section Of The bil being
that which gives arccnpion nights to persons whu
have settled on The public lands.
Mr. hing OF Georgia, then made some remarks
against the bill. II wss bl tn refpciuntc By the
soicug1ity ~ sN system OF p~rfdy and raud and
r II was to psss Of all 1t mstiered little to lin
what the details were. Perhaps the worse they
were he better f,r tue country. 1t was no, likely
that tho vote m this bill would be street rar,,
vote. lie stated that owing To the hberalty Of
The government the new states had advanced
Ia prosperity beyond all precedent and parallel
whlc macy Of the old states were exhibiting symp.
toms Of premature old age and decay, enough 10
make the heart Of the pa!rc; bleed. This was
called the administration measure. Don't talk 10
me tsaid Mr. Ky Of administration measures while
YOU have your fingers IN my pockets, or the peck
ets of my constituents. He attacked the estimates
and conclusions Of the Chairman of the Committee
ob public iands, fallocous and uusus,ainable by
fact ~ reasoning. lie attributed the superabun.
darce Of specie in circulation, 10 the baauce Of
f,re,gn trade having hocu against us last yeur to
he amour, Of 80 millions, We are borrowers from
Eorope to that extent aud that having borrowed
country accounts Cor tn" extraordinary amount Of
specie " hich has accumulated on our hands. H.
denounced tie course hich bad been taken m this
foor in lauding 10 the skies the coutcmners Of the
institutions Of both God aud maa, as honest and
deserving of reward. while the purchaser Of land
who 90 to the land odices established by law, cor.
form 10 tho provisions OF the 10 s. and nav Their
money are called spectators deserving only ofodi-
um. We may as well Sny that the midngh rob
Der who breaks into your house and plumbers Your
goods is entitled 10 the plnnder, as reward for
the enterprise which lac has exhibited. Were these
sqnaliers better than the othcr people Of the Uni
ted Sales, II not al the poor people were cnti-
tied 10 much privilege as the squatters. He
conclUdrd with declaring it TO be his purpose 10
vote sgBins, the bill and in favor of striking out
each and every part oft.
Sir Boyard followed for the purpose Of sustain
/ inr the views thrown on, by the last Senator.
lie complained orthe rnacious s,atcpen,s which
were circulated for the purpose If drawing away
the citizens Of the Eastern States to settle on The
public lands in the new siatos. Not that he com.
blamed when these cizens briieted their condition
by migration, but he objected to this goading and
stimulating emigration by improper means. lie
was opposed To the section which 1t was now pro-
posed 10 strike out because he considered the sec.
ilNN AZ ing nm tNAuhl ptti'lltc 10 lc
aols Of the new states ~ho had nothing to do bat
to avail themselves Of their local situation and oca
/ knowledge, aud To throw themselves upon all the
coiccst portions Of the Public Lands to the injur,
and exclusion Of those citizens who reside in re-
; mote communities. This parta, policy he oppu
scd. As to the frauds be knew nothing personal
| w. but the documents are full Of evidences. II,
( read from the statements Of Dir Brown, the com
mis- oner Of the genera, land Offices made m a let
ter from hin &c lhe Secretary of the Treasury. Il
show by combinations o., individual the govern
men, had been deprived of some millions of dollars
and complaining tbst PERJURY aud fraud had reach
ed height which seemed 10 defy sby effort to re
sist II. While this section held oui inaucement
TO perjury and fraud, it also offered Jonu, to th
old states aud on these grounds be should yo,
for striking out the session.
Mr. King Of 90. rose To make few adtitiona
observations On the effect Of Tie preemplion laws
lie attributed II 10 them that the public lands whic
in 1880 brought from so 10 - dollars per acre
are now down 10 81 25 per acre. lie did not in
tend to designate The whole Of the squatters .
worthless. lie knew there exceptions.
Mr Flllon said The whole Importance Of a.
BIN turned On this section. The bill was in,ende
TO serve The actual nad mor.odous settler, TO fore
OF the Spectator who is graspiog at the whole
The igndsi and 10 pcfNent any pods settler Foi
b-ing up IA se dollars per acre Tor lands who
he hsd a right TO boy At the go,ernn,en, puccs.
Mr. Bsysrd would prefer the abandonment Of q
the l22 millions q 'ands survey ed to the acoplia
Of system which would throw the whole INTO tt
hs0ds Of fq0stlers, By the passage Of las whic
would give 4 sanction to fraud.
4 The qsesi,on then taken by yeas and nsy
q and decided a. follows
YE.s-Bsysrd. Calhoun. Clay. Clayton. Critier
don. Ca,hbeH. Dssis Kent, King Of &C., Knirb
I Moore. Mouis, Pren,iss. Preston. Robbins, ROC
giles So4Jh~sid, sain. Tsilsnaage, Tomlnsoi
Wall. We5aef-22.
Mars Benton, Black. Bro~n, Dams, Esing
49,, FULTON, 0rusey Hendricks Hvb5srd. King
!. Ala. Lam. Lyoa. Nieholss Niles Novel; Pay,
a Rivers Robinson. Sewer. Strange Upton. Wall
e.. Whine wugh-24
So The motion sss uega,iyed.
. Mr Black moved en- smen5neu;, restricting a.
benets Of The ell ei,izens OF Tue United STATE
. wi.sb sts deeides ia the salfmsurs- Yeas . 4
. Nays 81.
Mr. Walker noSed al amendment providing N,
30 preempion ug.is shall accrue 10 sny settler b,