Maumee express. [volume] (Maumee City, Ohio) 1837-1838, 1838-01-20
Ywelsly-f fifth Congress
SECOND SESSION.
HOUSE.
January Q.

January 2.
On motion Of Mr.. Goode--
Resolved, That the committee on Pub
lie Lands be instructed to inquire into
the expediency Of reporting bill pro-
viding for the selection Of other school
land from the townships lying within the
Indian reservations In the state of Ohio,
hereinafter mentioned, latterly purchased
of the Indians by the United States.-
The section l6 in those'reservations hav-
ing been decided not I'd have been ap-
propriated for The use of schools. The
reservations to be included in the provis-
ions of the bill are as follows, viz. The
Ottawa reservations on Blanchard creek,
Ocquanoras village (; the Lewistown,
Wapaukonetta, Hog Creek, Big Spring,
Wyandotts, Seneca and Ottawa reser-
vations.
Resolved, That the committee on
Commerce be instructed to inquire into
the expediency of reporting a bill ma
king provision for a survey of the south
ern coast of Lake Erie, with a view to
make an accurate chart for navigators.
Resolved, That the Committee on
Public Lands be instructedto TO inquire in
TO the expedency of reporting bill au-
thorising the state of Ohio to sell the al
ternate sections of the Miami Canal, and
the alternate sections, lying in the state
of Ohio, on the Wabash and Erie Canal,
reserved by the United States in the
grant Of land to Ohio and Indiana, to aid
in the construction of those canals, and
to pay to the United States the Govern
ment price for said land.
ua rv .ml .Fr January 4.
In the Senate, after the passage Of
some private bills, the resolutions of Mr..
Calhoun, on the rights and duties of the
states, were called up by that Senator,
and the remainder of the sitting, until S
o'clock, was consumed in debate on
the exciting topics aimed at by the res
olulion, namely, abolition and slavery.
We confess, as we listened TO this
worse than useless debate--for so we
view all debates on the subjective
should have been glad to have had the
of Offering substitute for
these and all similar resolutions, on
which side soever they may or might
be, and that substitute would have been
somewhat in the following form
Resolved. That the Members of Con-
gress of either House are not elected for
the purpose of debating the dissolution
of the Union, or entertaining any mo-
tion, or doing any thing, which shall be
of tendency to shake the Union, or, in
other words "to ALLEVIATE any portion of
our country from the rest, Or to enfee-
bic the sacred ties which now link to
geiher the various parts" Therefore,
Resolved, That when any member of
either House of Congress shall, in pub
lie debate, either by way of menace, al
tentative. or hypothesis, talk about dis
sevring The Union, il shall be the duty Of
the Chair to call him 10 order; and, be-
ing so called to order, he shall lhereupon
take his seat.-Na,. Int. oag
HOUSE. s.lf NJ
The following were presented by Mr..
GooDE, on Friday last:
A memorial OF inhabitants of Putnam
county, in the State Of Ohio, remonslra-
ting against the annexation of Texas.
A petition Of inhabitants Of Perrys-
burg, Ohio, for pre-emption to lots in
said town; presented heretofore, March
S, 1884.
Petions of inhabitants of Lucas coun-
ty, in the State of Ohio, for an appropria-
ton for the improvement OF the naviga-
ton at the foot Of the rapids in Maumee
river. n8ati,t gro .43a rr
Like memorials ofinhabitants of Ohio;
heretofore presented. January l6, 1887.
A3petition Of inhabitants of the North
western section Of Ohio, praying a sale
cf canal lands, ia said State. t.ac y,
The petition Of George Moffet, pre-
sented Dec. IL, 1882. ,,a sIsa gil
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