Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1841-02-13

OF erIook important fact in order to arrive
at their conclusions; that is, that the States are
becoming old faster than new; or, IN other words,
that the old States increasing faster than the
new ones-i use the words .'old'' and new III
their confined accep!aiion. Ii The Senators con-
slider all new States that have been and that may
be admitted into the Union, since the adoption OF
the federal constitution, they right; but that
is the use they desire to make of the terms !;
they refer TO States having border interest IN
common, growing out Of their frontier situation,
and the quantity of pGblIc lands within their linn
lis. In this sense, does 1t not strike those Sena-
tors that the danger is the other way? that the
old States must increase in tho proportion, and
hat the power To control legislation fis sub
eCt must utlmat cly, unless settled soon, lie with
them? II looks me; and have heard
arguments TO shake this view of the How
stands the case with Ohio? How with Indiana?
ay Indiana, tina; but few years ago upon the
extreme frontier. Tho former no longer claims
To be q new State, and the latter far the
land question IS concerned, can scarcely be SAID
10 belong To that class Of States; others fol
lowing raP:dy; and III few years more, all the
present great States in the valley OF the Nisss
sppi, will DO the verv centre Of the Union OF
States and en- the western Of the old States,
in the sense | am discussing the subject. Is 1t.
. then, wise IN the Senators from the frontier OF
the States, called tho new States, TO raise any
question founded upon local considerations exciu-
siveiy. on this great land question? submit these
IN Il spirit Oh kIuunCSS; tor The Senators.
one and all, know that have ever stoo, by them,
when the interest Of their States III question.
Bat, sir, | mast be plrdoned for saying, that |
never hear these local and discriminating qnes-
items aGitated here elsewhere, when they can
possibly be avoided, without deep sense OF the
ImDruprIetv of the course. Let remember
that we are bre hren Of the same family, embark
ed in the same vessel, bound TO the same port.-
Let never forget our motto, ''UnIted stand,
divided lull.'' We must have confidence N
each other. Deriving existence from the
same race, united together by the same patriotic
love Of country, acknowledging the same So
preme Being, and chcfish!ng the same free con
stituIionaI form Of gov ernnlaut, should not
have full confidence IN each other, and should
not avoid every thing calculated IN excite angry
feelings. or cngender sectional hosti!ttieS? Il
may not become me 10 iec,uie older Senators on
.his subject: hat shall rest ny defence tho
i.uportance of the position and tho impression II
has made ms mind. will diIrcss no further.
but take up the sui ct undcr consideration as
had originally intended, hctare | deceived
from tic path nv tho remarks If the Senator from
Arkansas which have thought proper to notice.
While differ upon many points connected
with the land question:, we all concur IN the mag
nitude # the subj ect and It's great Importance
There is another point III which there IS gener-
At concurrence, 50 far as have us yet heard an
opinion expressed, and that is the propriety, nay
more, the necessity of settling the whole matter. (
so soon rs it can be done. satisfactorily To all
Upon the magnitude O. the subject and its CON ,
segment conneXian with the legislation of Con +
gress, and the div ersiied interest Of the States,
in all their varieties, the Senator from South
Carolina commented at large And DO not
design travelling over the same ground that other T
Senators have occupied where concur with them,
| shall content myself by reading extract from
the report of the Committee on Public Lands, to
which the bill of the Senator from South Carroll
m had been committed This extract viii show
the quantity of the public lands over which our
legislation extends, and | read Ii the Senate
that it ma V he fresh in the recollection of Sena-
tors when allude to it in my subsequent remarks.
The report saws: at appears, from report of
tho Commissioner of the General Land Office.
(Sec Dec. IS. 81 session, % Congress,) that the
whole quantity. III acres. of the public domain,
on the :30tl OF September. 1888 to which the In
dian title was not cXtnguished, amounted to sew
en- hundred and siXtysIx millions, in round num-
bers. There were, at the same time, appears
by the same report, IN the States and Territories
three hundred and nineteen millions Of acres to
which the Indian title cxtinguIshed, making
the whole public domain, in the aggregate,
that time 10 be thousand and eIghiy-tiv mil
lions Of acres. By table marked \. he. ewith an
nexef, it appears that on the lst of january last
there were. in the new States, one hundred and
fiity-four millions of acres To which the Indian
titles were cxt;nguIshed. and zine millions five
hundred thousand 10 which the indian title
was not extIneuished; making, in the aggregate,
one hundred and slNty-three millions i've hun
dred thousand acres. From this deduct, for dis
Puted grants many of which are large, TO which p
the right of the Government may not be estab- +
iIShed, three millions s. half of acres, which would
leave hundred md sixty millions subject 10
the operation Of this hiil-lN Mr.. Cahonn's amend
less than one-sixth Of the whole
public domain Who can read the extract and
not see the immense magnitude Of the subject
under consideration? listened To the Senator
from South Carolina, Mr.. Calhoun.) while por-
trayIng the Importance of this great subject. with
the attention due to that Senator as well as TO N.Y.
self, DESTROYS as | was to hear the whole argu-
ment And sir, had the pleasure of concur
ring most fully with the Senator up TO the point
OF his argument where he declared that the pre-
emPiIon. graduation. and distribution plans all
fell short of the desired object of settling the
luastinn The -.