Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1840-04-09
Miscellaneous.
EXTRACTS FROM THE
SPEECH OF Mr.. PlCKENS,
On the Cumberland Road

will refer to it. The first act which we
have on tho subject, was passed in the
wear 1902 Itwas the act by which Ohio
was admitted into the Union, and the pro-
vision bearing upon this point 10 the fol-
lowing words:
Sec. 7. "Thp1 one twentieth part ofthe
nett proceeds Of the lands lying within
the said State, sold by Congress, from and
after the thirteenth Of June next, after do
Quoting all expenses incident to the same,
shall be applied to the laying out aud ma
king public roads, leading from The narl-,
gable waters emplying into the Atlantic,
10 The Ohio, to The said Stale, and through!
the same; such roads to be laid out under
the authority of Congress, with the consent
ofthe several States through which the
road shall pass"
The next act bearing upon the point,
was passed in 1903. By the act ! have
just read, one twentieth part Of the nett
proceeds OF the public lands in the State
of Ohio, was set apart for purposes oil in
ternal improvement. In the year l603,
that provision was somewhat altered by
the following:
Sec. 2. "And be it further enacted, That
the Secretary Of the Treasury, shall, from
time to time, and whenever the quarterly
accounts Of the receivers ofpublic moneys
of the several land officers shall be settled,
pay three per cent of the nett proceeds Of
the lands Of the United States, lying with
in the State of Ohio, which since the lhir-
,eenth day of June last, have been, or
hereafter may be sold by the U. States,
after deducing all expenses Incidental 10
the same, to such person or persons, as
may be authorized by the Legislature of
the said State, to receive The same; which
sums thus paid, shall be applied to ths
laying out, opening, and making roads
wi,hin the said State, and to no other pur.
pose whatever; and an annual account Of
Of the application of tho same, shall be
transmitted to the Secretary of the Treas
0ry, by such officer Of the State as the LIE.
gislalure thereof shall direct; and it is
hereby declared, that the payments thus
to be made, as we'll as the several appro-
prialions for schools, made by the prcce-
ding section, are in conformity with, and
in consideration Of the conditions agreed
on by the Stale of Ohio, by The ordinance
Of The convention Of said State, bearing
date Goth Of Nov. last"
twill he seen by this clause, that Con-
gress SO far altered the act which set aside
one-twentie,h part the proceeds, (Which
is equal to five per cent? as 10 appropriate
,hree-flihs of The same to the State Itself,
10 be managed and laid out according to
its own views Of its. own local interests,
leaving two per cent of the fund undispo-
sed or. In the year 1906, we had the first
act making specific appropriation to the
Cumberland road aud the clause Of the
act which relates TO the point l am now
discussing, in the following words:
Sec. 6. "And be it further enacted,
That the sum oflhir,y thousand dollars be,
and the same is hereby, appropriated, to
defray the expense of Ia ing out and ma
king said road. LCumberlaud road. And
the President is hereby authorised to draw,
from time 10 time, on the Treasury, for
such parts. or al any one time, for the
whole of said sum, as he shall judge the
service requires, which sum of $4,000
shall be paid, first, out of the fund Of two
per cent, reserved 70: laying out and
making roads 10 the State ofOhio, by yvir-
tue Of the 7lh section of an act passed on
the 3Olh day Of April, 1902, entitled San
act to enable the people Of the eastern di-
WON of The territory northwest Of the river
Ohio, 10 form a Constitution aud Stale
Government, &c., and for other purpo-
ses,' three per cent of The appropriation
contained in said 7th section, being direc-
ted by a subsequent law, to the laying
out, opening. and making roads within
the said State Of Ohio, and secondly, out
of any money in the Treasury not other.
wise appropriated, charseable upon, and
remhlrsabe at, the Treasury, by said
faud Of Two per cent. as the same shall
accrue"
That was the first specific appropria-
.ion; an appropriation Of S3O,OOO to the
survey and commencement of the road;
and if it should be paid out of any money
in the Treasury moi otherwise approprla'
ted, provision was made for the reimburse
,nent back to the Treasury, out of the two
per cent cent. fund.
We have thus seen that the gentleman
from Ohio IMr. Mason.l is correct in sta
ting that there was specific fund. have
quoted the provisionary clauses which
bear upon and define it; and TO show how
remarkably guarded Congress has been,
will now quote two other acts passed more
indicating that Congress did con-
slider this as a trus, fund and intended TO
at different periods, SO much
money and I'D more. And no ground can
be raised directly or indl eclly upon which
to rest the demand for this appropriation.
except upon the principles laid down by
the gentleman from Indiana, rMr. How
ard, who. must say, put himself upon
much higher ground than that of a specific
contract; knowing as he did, that it was
too weak to carry him through, he paid
;;,tle or no attention 10 it. Sir, The gen
,,,,s riohf. Rest the case upon