Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1837-1839, 1838-02-10

AA's coac3g que mad also Introduces ooo - -
red I" the same committee petitions tee0 sheoo
settlers, praying fos pre-emp,ions. TAese Qoss-
tons wcro nov pcnding before the oo0Witeoo
undecided, and he was unwilling 10 peoiudico The
decision OF these questions BY asy oeasoa - tAo
bill. He hoped, when the Quessioo cane @ 10
fully considered, should the State aos - ooaillod
to these lands under the canal aw, (sAo NO
granting lands 10 the cnnal, 10 which = hsa -
verted.) that tho benefit Of these 1aa1b viii -
suffered, moderate terms, uadee peoa0p.
ton, TO go to the State to aid her ~ her Wosks =
internal improv cment. The General Oovern-
meat, il is very true, viii not realixe moeo thao
the minimum price Of 81 p per acre - shsss
lands should she sell them in the ordiQaey way,
while the State might rcsaizo double - sfohso
that ss sum. upon Is."s to sA her ]. - $500
Government would iose ro,h;oe, she eoaNlS Ia
diana would receiye from S5OO.OOo - lJU00s
900, clear besefsfso - -pss-sup1 - -
sist her in payinesacr in,iDar inPss eeA
cnizcns OFF, State, Nose who clai0 pre-
cmp.ionAn1 Vsll = o,hor= - !.
He (Mr. e31wsA next inquire whetla1 un3sf
the cirsps Of this case the Pese Who
are op,9ft lands - .ny sPecial elesm 70 she
,9. ." as q ,.'n ns. ssisa.s iss II
had already s1id that these lanes lie - Tie heart
of the State, on the line Of one Of bet principal
public works; that they are not ffootiss Jaad9
bu, are surrounded by a dease Popasasioa aed .
highly improved coantryi- that they were I.d'an
reservations Of lands. reserved in tho original
.aius bv the Miauies; that the treaty was rasif.
"a BY the Senate in September last, and wos o.
ly approx ed in October. Il remained tor him %
state, further, tha1aftar the treaty was aPPsov~
ed, he had received n@cstcr from a gcuticmanee
Peru, nearly adjoining some Of these lands, IN.
curing whether it was probable that pee-ensp.
tons would be granted to settlers On theos shas
he answered the letter, Informing the writer mas
he (Mr. 81 was clearly Of opinion that the Peo-
pie ought not to locate on thcs" lands with the
expectation Of obtaining prc-emPfso"e. He eoss
fully justified, AT the time. IN giving ms oesasoa
as he did Bat. if he had misscd any By sbato-
pinion, so a. to induce them to forego Advantages
Of location, which tho government shan saseesoo
bv this bill, no regretted il, n all ought - nave
had equal chance to avail tncmeesves 80
benefits Of tho location. He thought Aoos 40
he still thinks, his opinion was toaadsd - e,oss
policy. He had, however, underseooo eeas 49,
the whole of tho hest Of thsse lands - 49, 10
Gated as soon as tn, settlers could reaese hco
their homes in their vicinity, and select the ehooo
tracts. This bill will secure them ~ these toea-
tions his prescriptions. Docs the clAi0 ce0e So
Of our pre-smption systemf The ssgumeets %
favor Of that system werc-that tho peo-e0p
were pioneers; that they improved ~ pahaso
lands in advance Of the settlements; thae they
guarded the frontiers, and rsksd their lives . -
fend the settlements against savage eegreaeoee;
become valuable. None Of these reasooe epee.
ate in favor ofthe settlers who0hs wisAe6e e3-
clude from the operation Of she I'LL. Thy 80
not pioneers; they not Goatief settlers, No.
ing their lives in tho defence a The sssus0eates
they not adding to the valns q she sanUese'
ing public lands, for there are but ew Sasdb tnece
lnso!d. They did not take poosooeo q toooe Saods
nnocently and igncrantiy, believing 10 H. an.
,lied faith Of the government that they should
save a Pre-c'pption to 4 en-; but, % ~ eoo'
sary, they were advised, ~ he fully bslsevsd,
hat presumption used aos be expected. They
must have known that shs stass claimed addisioar
/ lands to construct the extension q The Weeesh
nd Erie Canal, and that these lands would -
most desirable selection. Under ell these CIR.
umstancc., he had in vain looked Tor eve" .
iausible pretext fos this claim On the part q
hese settlers. His colleague thought otherwise;
ne generosity Of his nature, and the warm toel-
sgs Of his heart for his neighooss, seemeo % nave
atsfied his Judgment that they ought 70 b an
Iuded; that the rights and istsrests OF the STATE
nd Government ought TO b held subordinate 70
,e claims Of thes, settlers. he Mf. ooo0
Ut bring his mind 70 that concusioo. he vas
,poeed to concluding the interests a he STATE
ntiI she could be heard in this matter. Ihe
aims Of the settlers in the mean TINE VAL %
,ly postponed, to 10 decided wbsnevs! Ne
hole matter can be fairly sxamieed; aud soouls
I'd should Congress not feel Disposed 70 graceha
70 pre-emptioo right % these laads, De elaao -
e cultivators will NOT - ~ s0 woakooo4 ~
e length Of tine they my hssebesesee1
q extent Of their impsovenoo4 -
'eo. pre-enpsi.a I.v ~ gre - g ~, sss
} had made up his mind 49, - - ~.
,twi,hssandine 1t this day he doaeeD6 tAspo!acy
these pre-emptioo laws 70 ssleaan1 4osa e NJ
blic lands; be had felt hinse4s heUsve9,osose
what be believed TO b - oesenodAg e
csc frontier settlers in the iMp6e6 18th - -
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