The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1839-08-01

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me an Of March. wilh 80 much business
pressing upon he attention Of Ihe House.
there was bal lilsls prosper lhsl = BIN
eonld be insured before he close o. he
session.
Boz Or. Montgomery h.. been asked
Why. IL he fsll 50 much zeal in behalf
81 The cid states. he slumbersd over lhe
subject three years and half. A lew
references 10 the journals Of Congress
willrelieEs The Daclor from lie neesssi.
y ola reply. During The very FIRST ses-
'ion 81 which he took bis seat in Con
ersss. we find his vote recorded no less
Than four tines on the subject Of The
proceeds Of The public lands. A quota.
ton Of these viii Be sufficient 10 show
the amount Of bic zssl--lhus:
On the 7Ih Of pril Mr.. Grennel moved
10 suspend Ihs rules to enable him 10 Of.
Ter q resolution 10 instruct the committee
OF ways and means " 10 report . bill for
the distribution. for limited time. of the
asil proereds Of The sales VI The public
lands among The several states Of the
Union, according 10 their respective fs.
deral population. a. aseerIainsd by The last
census Of the United States, With such
reservation Of land or money in favor Of
tie States Of 0hiO, Indiana. Illinois.
Mississippi and Alabama as may be just,
squifOtie and eIpsdisnt." Tie motion
was decided IN The negalive--yeas 60.
nays los-Dr. Montgomery voting a.
mOng the nays.
Agsin: on the 23d Of May. the motion
Of Mr.. Williams 10 refer tie resolutions
from Kentucky 10 the committee Of ways
aud means. &" with instructions 10 report
q bill distributing the proceeds Of the
sales Of the public lands among The sere'
raj states. 10 be applied 10 such objects IS
may be determined BY the legislatures Of
the states respectively" tras laid on he
faLie-yess ITO. nays s9-Dr. MOnigom.
cry voting IN the affirmative /; and this
notwithstanding Mr.. flanagan explicit.
ly stated that he made The motion TO lay
On The table expressly for the purpose Of
testing the sense Of ths House on the
subject.
Again: on the 7Ih Of June. the bill from
the Senate providing for the distribution
amongst the several states for lImiled
time of The proceeds Of tho sales Of the
public lands Was taken up. The friends
uf the bill were anxious 10 commit il 10
The committee Of the whole on the state
of the Union. as The only method oil
procuring the action Of the House upon
il during the session; and the question
being put on tina. motion. there were
yeas %. nays 90; whereupOn the Speak.
er. voting in The negative. produced tie,
and the motion vas lost. Here the name
Of DR.. Montgomery appears among The
nays; if he had voted on The other side,
the bill nigh, have been saved: aud in
committee Of the whole. If The ten per
cent. was really an objection. he nigh,
have moved to strike il out. And this
he would have done, IL he was homes, in
his proles.ed zeal for The interest Of the
old states.
On The 22nd Of June. this bin from
the Senate. for the distribution Of the pro-
ceeds Of the public lands, ras laid on
The table. where it will perhaps forever
.ltep-Dr. Montgomery voting for The
motion. Ills next movement on the sub.
jecl was Ia prepare the resolution Of The
I4,h Of January last, TO be read during
the present elecliuneering canvass. ],
will from This be seen. that the zeal Of
DR.. Montgomery has been expended in
resisting what others have attempted Tor
the benefit Of the old states; not in pro-
posing any thing Of his own.
But what has been the action OF The
party with which he is connected! Has
il no, been altogether hostile 10 the claims
Of The old States In bis veto message
in 1888. Gen. Jackson objected 10 Mr.,
Clay's land bill, because il gave 10 The
new states l2a per cent; bu, in the same
message he recommends that. The ma
,ional debt having been paid, the lands
shall cease TO be source OF revenue; thai
The price shall he so reduced as barely
to pay the expense OF surveying, DC.
and that afterwards the whole machinery