Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1837-05-09

ing sway many thnnsands a nlcs not in y straight
tine, but With iutns AID achcians - It designed
to reach, BY water Communication. The greatest
possible number Of imporsntioints. through rc
pion Of vast extent. cannot bUlsucsi the attention
u any one. Who looks upon be mar. They I've
connected bot vsfiousl, place.; aud interpreted
a. II With ttoded variety u fom and direction. over
that rsu OF The county. rhey were made fur
man snj admirably adapted 70 hs usc snd con,c,,
renee.
Looking gentlemen, ''ef our whole country,
conpfehebding ~ our s,rvey the Atlantic coast
With IT'S thick population, advanced agriculture lis
extended commerce, iis manufactures and ncchan
&c arts, tie ysrieiies Of Communication, lie wealth,
and iis general improvement and looking, then.
ofbe Interior. To the imusnse tracts Of ffcsh fer
tile and cheap landr. bourred by so many lakes,
and waercd BY no many msg.ifceu, MYERS. let nc
ask " such MAP, Was ever bchre presented to tnc
eye Of any Statesman, ns the teatfc for the exer-
cise Of his wisdom And Ie, ne nek, TOO, IL anr
man is 81 TO &C, par, on such theatre who does
not comprehend the whole of j. within the scope
Of his policy, md embrace it oil as lis countryi
Again. gentlemen, VIC are or in respec, TO the
glorious Constitution under which we live. We
arc all united in the great brotherhood of American
Liberty. Descending from tln same ancestors,
bred in the some school. taught in infancy, to i'm.
bibe the same political sentiments, Americans all,
by birth, education, and pnnciJlc, wba, but mar
row mind, woe.ul Ignorance, or besotied self
ishness, or prejudice, ten times ten times blinded,
can lead any Of us to regard he citizens Of any
par, of the country as Strangers nd aliens
The solemn truth. moreover. is before u.s. tina,
common political fate utierds us all
Under the present Constitution wisely and con-
scentously administered, all are safe, happy and
renowned. The measure of our Country's feme
may Gil all our breasts, il is fame enough for us
all parake in her glory. five will carry her char.
acter onward to It's true destiny. But if the sys-
TEN is broken, It's fragments must fall alike on all.
Not only the cause of American Liberty, but the
grand cause of Liberty, throughout the whole earth
depends, in great measure on unfolding the Con-
stitution and Union Of these States. If shattered
and destroyed, no matter by what cause, the pccu-
liar and cherished idea Of United American Liberty,
will be no more forever. There NAV be free States,
il is possible, when there shall be separate States
There may be many loose, and feeble, aud hostile
confedcrac,es, where there il one eren, and united
Confcderacy. But the noble iosa of United Amer
cen Liberty. Of ON Liberty such Ms our Fathers
established it. will be cxungushcd forever Frnp-
ments and severed columns of the cdifce may be
found remaining; aud ",ol~ noboly and rnournfn
ms will they be; the August Temple itself will
be PROSTATE in the dust. Gentlemen, the Citizens
of this Republic cannot sever their fortunes. A
common fate awaits u. In the honor Of uphold.
ing, in the disgrace Of undermining, the Cons,i
tuition, we shall all necessarily parlnkc. Let us
then stand by the Constitution as It is and by our
Country, as it is one unied and entire; let il be a
truth engrnven on our hearts, let il be borne ON the
flag under which We rally in every exgency, that
we have ONE CousTkY, ONE CONSTITUTION, ONE
DESTINY.
! Gentlemen, of our Interior administration, the
public lands constitutes highly important part
This is subject Of great interest, and il ought to
attract much more attention than IL has hitherto
received, especially from The people of the Atlantic
States. The public lands public property. =
! They belong To the people Of oil the States. A
vast portion of them is composed Of territories.
which were coded by individual States, TO the Uni
ted States, after the close of he Revolutionary
/ War and bcfrre the adoption Of the present Con-
stitu,on. The history of these ccssions, aud the
reason for making them, are familiar. Some Of
The Old Thirteen possessed large tracts Of unfeiled
lands within their chartered limits. The Revolt
ton had established their title TO these lands, aud
as the Revolution had bean brought obou, by the
/ common treasure and the common blood OF all the
Colonies, II was thought not unreasonable thai
these unsettled lands should be transferred 10 the
United states 10 pay tbe debt created ny Inc war,
and afterwards TO remain fund for the of all
the States. This is The well known origin OF the
title possessed by The United States 10 lands north
west OF The River Ohi'.
( by the treaties with France and Spain, Lousi.
ana and Florida, with many millions Of acres OF
public unsold land have been since acquired. The
cost of these acquisitions was paid of course, BY
the General Government, aud was thus a charge
upon the whole people. The public lands. there
fore ali and singular, se national property: grant
ed 10 The United States purchased BY the United
States, paid for BY ell tue people Of The United
States
The idea. that when new State s created. Tie
public lands lying within her Territory becomes the
property Of such new State 10 consequence OF her
sovereignty, is preposerous for serious reiuia-
ton. Such notions hav, heretofore been advanced
in Congress, hut nobody has sustained them. They
were rejected and aba ldcned although one can
not gay whether they may not be revived IN con
sequence Of reeen, propositions winch have been
made ~ the Senate. The new States are admit
ted on express conditions, recognizing. TO the full
esl extent The night OF The United States 10 tie
public lands within ihei borders sDd II Is no more
reasonable 10 conlend nat some indefinite IDEA u
State sovereignty over rides al these siipna:ions,