Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1837-1839, 1838-03-10

IN SENATE, FEBxu.Hy 81, 1888.
| FIR WALKER. from the Committee on PuC-
lie lands. to which had been referred the resou-
ton directing inquiry into the expo hencE OF
granting to the State OF Indiana the right OF pre-
enption to the lands in that State, acquired by te
ate treaty with the Miami Indians. together win
the memorial of the said State on the same sub
iect moved that the committee be discharged from
the further consideration thereof
MR. Upton, moved to amend All Walkers
motion, By recommitting the memorial .. the sIen
eral Assembly OF Indiana, to the Com nt'ce On
i,oais and Canals, with instructions 10 bring IN Il
bill in conformity with the wishes o. his State
It would be reco!!ected bv the Senate. Mr.. 4.
saiD that in 1927, congress granted 10 the otate
of Indiana the one-aaii us the lands .yiig within
five miles OF the line OF Il canal, to CONNER al
navig.ibc points the waters OF the "aoasn, VITA
the waters Of Lake Erie. Eighty miles I'll canal
was finished and navig abe within the State OF
Indiana Ohio had Sc. cnty-e2 ht niles o. THIS c.
nsl line within hcc limits, she has accepted The
grant made for TINT part OF the woTA hi.i pit II
under contract. That part OF the canal IN 'id';int
not completed rapidly progressing TO compile
,ion Fcn.,s were needed to carry en- the WORK.
The lands lately ceded by the Miami Indians, Were
situated near the canal, and were valuable The
Quantity cedcd about 2l1.ooo acres, large
uortion o! which was enhanced n value by the IN
dustry Of the people OF indiana The LcGisil-
turc asked Congress .or the right t. purchase
these lands at the minimum price, ami he (Hir.
~ would pot conceal the fact, that by granting
what the General Assembly asked It woIli be
greatly beneficial to the State. n would increase
her internal Improvement fund :5io5,ooo
Mr.. WALKER said the memorial TAFT the
committee w.se.! to be discharged from the id.-
Their consideration OF, was 4 request On the part
of the State of Indiana. that Congress wou.o Fd"t
her prescription right, at the usual price OF one
I T.,
obtained from the Miami Indians, ami which were
considered highly valuable. In looking over the
grants 10 that State, it would be ioln. tint she ha
already received grants for .,s4 .ouoac OF ianu'
fo- p;:ryosos OF internal imp.o' e:Den!. walc he
was prepared to show that several OF the re"
States were CARVING on works much more extern
,;vc th,n Iaiiana, without having Obtained ~!
acre tIr. w gave an account OF the works cAar-
tered and in progress, in the State CT ilssissipP.
% which there had hcon upwar s of ioi- Ini.li 'i!s
subscribed. and paid W, and upwards OF eign' Ei'-
IieaS subscribed and secured. And Yet Indiana,
which had already received 53f.03o acres, was
mekinn a demand for rn..c. While the Suites car
rvnr on more extensive Improvements had Tecci-
we'd nothing.
Mr.. w. though, that before Indiana. asainc, f'-
the further bounty of the Government, SAC ouGlt
al least to assist in carrying bill through Con
cross to pi:;. some thing 70 her sister states. VINO
had not been so literally dealt with. BIT what
did The Senator of Indiana ask! lie asked the
Senate TO commit itself, by directing TIE commit
tee to bring in a bill granting to the State Whit
she asked, without looking ut the documents. and
without considering the reasonableness OF TIE
PRAYER. Ifthis was 70 be done, the Senate would
commit itself. b. building mp one or two States,
while thew were refusing an acre TO States, whose
claims were equally as great. II not gTeiteF
Mr. SMITH, OF Ind, said the debate iii ths ~
stance had sprung up very Unexpectedly 10 Mn
He certainly did not expect report from the
Committee on Public Lands in relation to ths sub
iect: indeed the other business before me senate
forbade the idea that we should have had report
of aDv kind at so early rcriod. tie dld not rise,
therefore to debate the general proposition OF the
grant Of the Miami lands to the State o. inaiana.
nor did he think the Senate prepared, at TINS time,
to discuss the question lie came to the Senate
this morning fully expecting the Cumberland
road bill u be taken W. and for this he pre-
pared and would not. at this time, be driven INTO
a debate on the pre-emptlon question: "hen.
however. that should come up, he hoped - be able
TO show that the arguments OF the senator from
Mississippi Mr. Waikcr) were neither sound nor
tenable.
He was surprised that the arguments OF the
chairman of, the Committee on Public Lands should
be so ciametricaliy different from those used III
the discussion when the general pFe-ernPiion oiii
was under consideration. In that oeba!e he IN
de TODD the honorable chairman TO say that the
whole number Of settlers on the pubic iands, to
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not affected the sales than one cent the acre.
the average being about dollar tweniy-six cents
What had the State of Indiana asked. but TO be
permitted TO have these lands at the minimum
price to aid her in the works OF internal improve
nlent which she had commenced. and by which
the Government. had received more than an equiv
alent in the enhanced value OF the public lands
in that State? Was there any donation III that!
Did no. the General Government receive within
one cent of the average rate. according to the
Senator'S own showing9 He thought that the
subject might very properly be referred to the
Committee on Roads and Canals; and when that
committee had examined the subject fully and I'M
partially. and reported bill, the Senate would
then be prepa red to act the Justice and equity
of the proceeding would warrant Mi 3 thought
i, would be no bounty TO any of the States 70 be
permitted to take the public lands within their
limits at the minimum price, but. on the contrary
that il would be the best contract the Government
could possibly make.
! Mr. WALKER observed, that TO cut snort the
debate, be would propose TO the Senator from
Indiana to modify his motion. SO as to refer the
memorial to the Committee on Roads and Canals.
without saying any thing about instructions. II
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