Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1839-02-05

ion that the present land SYSTEM hoWev-
r wise il might have been at is origin, is
Insuited 10 tie present condition Of the
iev States. He went on to give his re.
nelly for the evil. VIZ; e.. cession Of the
ands to thesnew States, on fair and equi-
abe terms. He opposed the present bull,
ind gave notice that, at the commence.
nent Of the next Session, be should bring
onward, in detail, the proposition which /
Mr.. Bayard followed Mr.. Calhoun.
ard the bill was ordered to be engrossed,
81 to %.
The House resumed the consideration
Of the resolution appointing select COM
mittee, to Investigate the recent detalca.
tionssin the port Of New York.
The debate (which ran through the
whole day,1 was continued BY MessFs:
Underwood, Toucey, Martin, Biddle, and
Duncan, the last Of whom had not conclu-
ded when, at 5 o'clock, he gave way to
motion for adjournment, which prevailed.
January II.
In the Senate, Mr.. Clay, Of Kentucky,
spoke at some length against the Gradua.
ton Bill, which was on its passage. de
replied to Mr.. Calhoun's remarks of yes
terday, and contendcd that he had exag.
gerated the evils of the land system and
mistaken the remedy for them. He went
into some views and statements to show
that the progress of the present land sys.
tenn would remove all the evils anticIpa.
ted. Thus, Ohio, having onl seventeen
.s1 Jrvd oapos ec Y,4Ll;.. lad "a hor limits,
would not for the purpose of getting pos
session of It, surrender her claim to the
three hundred millions of acres within
the new states and territories, TO say MOTH
ing of the vast domain beyond the terri.
tories, as each new state filled up, and as
the public lands within her limits were
transferred to- private hands, such state
would feel conmon interest with the old
states in the preservation of the public
domain. But the remedy Of the gentle.
man went beyond the evil, and would pro.
duce the very result which It was intend.
ed to prevent. e. contention, corrup.
ton, and the final loss to the old states O
the whole domain. To prevent the new
states from seizing upon the lands, the
gentleman proposes to give them up vol
untarily-this was like prescribing death
as the cure of all diseases. He warned
the gentleman, that the relation of debtor
and creditor which he proposed to estab
lish betweenthe states and the general go
vernment, was the most dangerous one
that could possibly exist-and would soor
end in a general scene of contention anc
disunion.
Mr.. Calhoun replied in further sup
port of his plan. Mr.. Benton made some
remarks in opposition TO Mr.. Calhoun.
motion. The debate was continued by
Messrs. King, Niles and Buchanan, af
ter which the bill was passed-yeas q
nays %.
In the House, the resolution for a Sc
lect Investigating Committee on the re-
cent defalcatiOns, was passed. and the
Committee-sir OPPOSITION and three Lo
co Foco members-Uere immediately Sc.
lected By BALLOT. We annex the clio
sing proceedings on the question, from the
letter of the Baltimore Patriot:
Mr.. Wise asked a call Of the House,
There appeared for the call 81, agains
90. Now we had fine specimen of &
party speaker. He voted against the call
Thus exercising his privilege for the pur,
pose OF making tie, and defeating the call
The train-bands now began to cry ou
for adjournment. One of them made the
motion.-It was rejected, ayes IA; noe.
1913!
The previous question, which woulc
have cut off the motion for the appoint
ment by ballot, was rejected, ayes 90
noes 1Is!
Mr.. Kennedy then rose, and was pro
ceeding TO address the House, but thert
appeared to be a general wish 10 take tn,
question, Mr.. X. yielded 10 the reques
of some of his friends, and allowed tn,
question to be put without further discus
sion.
Mr.. Cambreleng rose and modified hi
resolution so as TO provide for the appoint
ment of the committee riDa Uoce
/ Ihave not time for comment now upol
this extraordinary move. But let tn
country remember, that the financial or
gan of the Executive in the House, afte
all his pretentions and professions Of rea
dlness for investigation, proposes at last Il
raise the committee in such way as TO re
qulre the consent of taCo.tlirdS of tn
House. An election viUG vocs would b
change of rules-and that would re
quire the consent Of two,thirds.
i But Mr.. sCambreleng was baked! Mr.
| Marvin of New York, moved, instantly
that UiUa UOce" be struck out, and g b
ballot" inserted.
The amendment was carried, ayes 1l3
noes los.
The resolution thus amended, was the
adopted, and the House determined t
raise the committee of investigation b,
ballot.
mr.. CambTeleng now proposed to pu
off the balloting till tomorrow. But tn
general wish for the appointment immedl
ately, was loudly expressed.
Mr.. Wise said be had obtained hi
committee Of investigation on the III
day Of January. 1887. And he wouI,
be glad to see this committee appointer
on its anniversary.
This is a curious coincidence.
The balloting then began. On the first
2l0 tickets were cast. 100 necessary /,
{ choice. The following gentlemen wer
, elected the first ballot.
Messrs. Harlan, (I25,) Curtis, (I23,
Wise, l120, Dawson, fII9, )-all Wings
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