Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1839-09-30

Hnllled 10 I'VE years, ana mat II furnishes NO huc
quate security against the continued agitation Of Tho
subject.
/ view is then presented somewhat in detail, 81
the circumstances aud compaets oil the original ccs
sions by the old States. The reasoning in its coz
necton results 10 principles similar 10 those lad
down by Mr.. Clay and adopted by ihe original ~
States, and is utterly inconsistent with the whole
policy subsequently suggested by the message. aud
now PM forth with the most insolen pretention by
The legislatures Of Arkansas and Missouri. The
first principles" then. which form tie basis OF the
Veto ARE b,ie0y thus: l. Thai il was n fundamental
article 1.-THE Confederation that the waste land o the
west should become The common properly ai The
United States. Q. That those lands were O. ded to
the United States by The States which claimed them
and the cessons accepted. tire express eon-
dltion that they sllonld be disposed OF for the "enm
beneht' oil The States and Tor no other purpose
whatever
The "armest advocate Of tho rights Of The old
States could not ask a broader recognitcn "i Their
interest IN the premises, than conveyed III these
conclusions Of the Velo Message The ground is
here disliclly taken thai the lands coded Iy tie
States hecame the common property 81 the union,
Ia be disposed Of iof the common benefit Of tie
States.
From this point Of departure. tho Message pro
cetds IN specify it's ohIeoonsio the bill Of Nit Clay
These objections mny he thus stated The epria-
non oithe bllls unequal IN giving 12A per cent oihe
nett peoeceds of the Si3es TO certain sates, IN adj
dliion 10 then equal shares IN The distribution; aud
making HAT distribution on RATIO OF federal repre-
seniaon, aud not on that Of general charge md
pendlInie. Again HE hill provides expressly thu
certain portion Of the public revenue. allotted 10
lain States shall be applied 40 objects of internal
improvement nr cduea,ion"-pnd spproprates the
balance 10 all the States TO be applied N the disc,c.
Hon III heir respective legislatures and undef these
provisions The nancy otlhc United States may be
applied 10 "olects OF local character within the
States" which President Jackson had already de-
rIlrrU 10 he nm uIfb he
bill creates surplus or the propose of distribution;
subjects the Federal Treasury Ia the expenses OF
the land SYSTEM aud tends To consolidation, and
habitoal dependence Of the States en the General
Government. In conclusion. the message assumes
iha no advantage can accrue from the bill 10 the
old or new Stairs; TINT il will keep up the price OF
the public lands which ought 10 be reduced; aud
that the LUST ol the West Will no, sell ihcit
biighl prospects Of increasing wealth and gtnwiug
powef' Al The pIite Of system that IL IA violation
OF the fundamental laws OF the republic and lis CON
slituion."
To obylnte therefore, all these objections Of inc
quality and Injustice 10 prn.cf'o lh'olate The terms
OF the original compact between congress aud The
Stnies; to administer Ibis common property with
single eye to the common brneft of tho Union; To
secure The rights oflhe thirteen original Sbtrs.
shanefpliy violated by the l2 1.2 per cent. grant OF
Mr.. Claws bill II the new States: aud to meet the
sfcn rigid, and disnierescd inlcrrny of The "jusr
ncn flhc West" President Jackson laid before
Congress his policy in respect TO the Public Lands;
aud he lrsson llius taught improved upon by gasp
iur ayaficc and restless dcmacogpisn. has rontinu.
ed from HAT day 10 this The policy If the admins.
ration and unless tia, administration ~ changed,
II will strip the old States, in less Than Eve years.
Of every acre Of lis interest IN the great national do
main.
On The WHOLE" saJ President Jackson in tie
concluding paragraphs Of tic Veto Message on the
Lnnd Ball, Il adhere TO the opinion rxntessed By
me III my annual message ol 1882 that IL is tine
policy tiat the public lands shall cease rs soon rs
fnelieable To be source OF revenue except for the
payment OF those general charges which grow out
ri The acquisition Of the lands their survey and sale
] do not doubt that IL il the real interest
OF each aud all the States III ia, Union. and raiicu
larry the new States hal the picc OF these lands shall
be reduced and graduated, aud that after they have
been offered Tor number of years, the re-
infe remaining unsold shall be abandoned To the
States, and the machinery Of our land system en-
rreIy Withdrawn. il cannot be supposed the COM
pacls intended that The United s ates should re.
tain forever tile TO lands within the States which
are oil no value. aud no doubt il entertained thai
the general interest would be best promoted by
snrenderng such lands TO the States. This plan
for disposng OF the public domain impalrs no pin
clpIe violates 10 compact, and deranges sys-
ten :"
No IN The least II "deranges no system" TO
subve,t The established system OF half ccntniy-to
Irvolulionze The entire legislation The subject
oi the public lands-to give away territory which we
have been accustomed Ia se--and TO convey 10 in
dvIdual States control, management, and posses
sion, that have been hitherto vested in The Geaeta
Government II surely "volatrs no compact"
To give an cxfa 1o . cent. of the proceeds Of
OF the sales within Their own limits the new States.
~ Indignantly denounced ~ this very message as ln
direct and undsguised violation Of the pledge given
by Congress 10 The States before single cession
made; abrogniing The condition on which some Of
the States came into the Union and setting NJ
nnught the terms Of cession spread upon III face
u every grant under which the tile 10 that potion
Of the public lands is held 10y the Federal Govern
meut." Such the shocking violations ofprin-
cple and compact involved in the limited and equit-
able grant to the new States, contemplated by the
bill OF Mr. Clay; and yet grasey told in the
same breath, that TO sell the lands for nominal
price--Io withdraw the land machinery of the Cen
eral Government atogeiher-to abandon the lands
20 surrender The lands-to give Them 10 the
States in winch they lie. "mpairs no principle
aud violates no compact" il is n great violation
Of compdct-t is n gross outrage upon principle to
surrender a pafi--bui the outrage is repaired, and
the eompict is kept Lyiolae, by an abandonment Of
the whole!
Such. then are the objections Of The administra-
ton TO Mr. Clay's Land Bin; objections which
radict themselves, and which ii is only necessary
to state. to ieiute. Reduction OF price, the aban
donment of the Public Lands by the General Go
vernmeur and their surrender to the States in which
they lie-hese are the cardinal principles Of the
land policy Of General Jackson. inherited by the
present administration. Are the people of New
York willing to contribute towards the continuance
Of administrations whose policy is thus directed TO
the building mp Of The new States at the expense OF
the old Are they ready TO aid the demaeogpc
and land slealers of Missouri aud Arkansas, N
stripping the thirteen old States of then ri. .liul
it,a min rI,acc nv iha.