Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1840-02-25
10 THE pEopIr or vIpcrN,,


You do not alre.dy know. Il Is high lims-ih,t all
s' every one OF yoa sbouid know. proposition
mas been made in the Senate OF the United Ssios. al
ie tesh, Session of Congress. togive rgay tie Put
NC bfs by nsaSsRl donatiou OF sho,n the indiyid
lie.
That great portion of This public domain which Is
included ia what was formerly known as the North.
western Territory, of Which Sour States have alfca-
uy grown up, ond two ~ state OF paplgc,
was once part OF your Ancient Dominion. and
ceded on the 6rst day of March. 1854 10 Congress-
by virginia m deed which bears the signatures OF
her Delegates, Thomas Jcficrsln. sam Hardy. Ar
thur Lee, aud James Monroe. And the following. 10
winch Nc ash yoar attention. MAS among the several
inicns. uses, and purposes Tor which the cesson of
ihis Nor'h"csern territory was made. viz
That all the lands within the territory 50 coded TO
the United States. and reserved for apprspria-
TED TO any oi the before purposes dispo
sed OF m bounies the officers AMI soldiers OF the
American Army, shall 5e considered as common
fa'a TOR the and benefit of such of the United
States as have become shall become members OF
me Confederation or Federal alliance Of the said States.
Virginia inclusive aocor'ag 10 their usual respective
proportions l me general Charge and erpcH9he. and
SHAH be faithfully and bona idc disposed OF for that
purpose and for other purpose SrAotsocrcr.'
| The donlsn thus cedcd is part Of that which $50
much OF u rs rcnains unsod) II is proposed. in viola
non OF ihis most solemn compact, 10 give away. Up
I
dersandings 10 doubt for moment your opinion.
You wil sand BY yonr rights. have no dnnbt OF IT,
All thai 80 desire u.s. that YOU should recognise them
I Henry Gay. - birth Nirginan. understood this
compact you all understand IL and, when the
public debt OF the United States was paid Off fore
seeing with nvc ssgacity fhe rapacious projects 20
which the extinction Of the public debt would give
rise, introduced and carried through Congress bill
10 distribute the proceeds Of the sales Of the Public
Lands among the several States IN proportion TO the
/ right Of property therein This. il Will be seen al
once. PROPOSE ION the spirit Of the compact by
which these lands acquired and. had It passed,
would have been faithful performance Of the oga-
lions TO which the Congress of the United States bound
I itself ia accepting the Ccssior.
Bui this BILL though il pissed boilf Houses of Con-
gress 10y large maJOriIes. did MOI become n law. be
cause General Jackson. then President of the United
saies IN uiIer contempt Of tho authority of The Two
Houses of Congress. would neither approve disap
prove a. but kept hack until Congress adjourned by
which operation lac literally killed the measure
TINS subject being again sgilaied and i being
he obvious purpo-e Of tho great eajsss of The Ad-
minstration party directly indirectly, Immediately
or gradually To strip you Ofyoar share OF is property.
we have thought u our duty TO put year guard
against design 50 neiarious.
10 impress upon your minds plainly the con-
sequence of the high minded end most desperate con.
duct of the late President. an tramplng undcr iooi
the VIII OF Congress IN The OF Mr.. Clays Land
S'''' - TIC abcs lsosh
of the Treasury Reports To show what would have
been the elect Of Mr.. Clays Lard Bill had It passed;
an The s1 yeaTs from 1892 S3S Ito which date the
report comes up upon each county your State from
which yoa can readily calculate What wolld have
been It's effect since 1888 and yhat might have been
rs effect IN all lime 10 come
The whole sum which would have gone into your
State Treasury under The provision ofMr Clays land
Bill. up 10 Isl October 1888 would have been fous
million three hundred and siAty-nne thousand one
hundred and sixty nine dollars or. for each year
On hundred and iwenty-eighi thousand one hundred
ana ninoty-iOIr dollars
This sum would have paid interest on a public
debt At five per cent 10 the Of fourteen aud
hail millions of dollars. Or, IL would have given
all citizens ofNrgna Of q years of age (us per cen
sus OF 1880 upwards Of iweniy-doars each Or. il
divided among the several counties of the State. II
would have yielded TO each. upon a computation &c
corling 10 the of $50 the amounts respective
ly annexed To Ihoir names la the following table:
Ia1e so1gig NE amt hich oGch county ia ne Sa'c Of
Virginia DouLi hare rcoei,ci from S32 from trsich
perioa NJ Ciay'S Laad Bal 20 kare takea effect
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