The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1841-07-22

j MF. NidN s4lu tDe dillGhNItShk was pIE-
fectly proper, and he hoped would prevail.
The amendment was adopted and tie
Senate then adjourned.
HOUSE or REPRESENTATIVES,.
Thursday, JAiq /.
1 The House resolved tsed into commit.
tee Of the whole on the state D, The Jnion,
on tie bill to distribute tho proceed. Of Tie
sales u the public lands and to grant pre-.
cmption rights
4 The debate was resumed, and continued
until 3 o'clock, when the committee rose,
reported progress, and asked leave to sit
again.
F,.day Jaig2.
/ On motion Of Mr.. Briggs, the House re-.
solved itself INTO committee Of the whole
on the state OF the Onion, S1r. LAWRENCE
Of Pennsylvania, in the chair, on the bill
to distribute the proceeds Of the sales of
F.; the public lands and 10 grant pre.empt.on.
! Mr.. Pickens, Of South Carolina, y no
was entitled to the floor, addressed the
committee for upwards ct on hour and 4
half agaips, the bill.
Mr. Randolph said, that although he
had a greater desire TO act on this bill. than
10 speak On il, yet he could not forcno the
du;y he felt incumbent upon HIM 10 show
that his state had decided in favor ol' thc
measure. II was true that other ana i'm.
/ portant measures had been brought before
the people Of New Jersey at the late cleo
. tEHu--tlfa tsFfit ti.g 10
broad seal 4 general bill Of lndct.
mcnt had been found against the las, al.
ministraiion, and the people had brought
IN verdict Of guilty on all the counts, aud
had rendered II without any recomiaenda.
Of mercy.
TIE debate was further continued by
VT. Dean and Mr. Habersham; before
concluding, Mr.. II. gave way to a moiion
that the committee rise, which was carried.
The House then adjourned.
Saturday, July 3
After the Journal was read, on motion OF
Mr. w. G. johnson, the House resolved
itself into Committee Of The Whole, Mr.
Lawrence u lhu CHAIR, on The Distributed
Bill, sc.
Mr.. liaborslam resumed ms remark,
against the bill. lie alluded 10 The ssser.
ton Of The gentleman from Maryland Mr.
Johnson that the public lands had nogcr
been considered a sonccc Of public reto.
nue., aud quoted from report Of ds.n.
gushed gentleman from Kentucky, now
IN the Senate Mr.. Murehcad) made N
lSat, which distinctly maintained a con.
tfary doctrine. The provision Of tie L.il.
at the utmost, would not give more than
twenty cents per mao, and be cauld not
consent to az upon the great landed inte.
rests Of the North and South, an dnerous
and oppressive Tariff, which would bencG,
but manufacturers, for so paltrva con.
sideratlon.
Mr.. J. P. Kennedy said If he thought
this bill would lead 10 the assumption Of
State debts, rs was thought by the oppo.
siiion, he should vote against It, because
he thought such measure uawisc-he
would not say unconstitutional. Ii he
believed i would lnlure !ha interests Of the
great West, or deprive the Government Of
the revenue proceeding from the sale, or
the Public Lands IN time Of war he should
vote agains, it. If he thought it was only
To benefit stock gamblers and brokers. he
should vote against i.--but he believed
none Of these things, and he should vote
tor IT. He did not think it had any thing
to do with the organic form Of tie GOV.
ernment It WAS only a simple question and
the professions Of gentlemen that they
thought they could sec an object ia Ibis
bill which did not meet the eve, vas a
phantom Of their own and started for DO.
Itlcal effect.
Mr.. Underwood thought the passage Of
this bill would tend 10 induce an cconomI.
cal expenditure in the General Govern.
ment. He showed why the sum Of ten
per cent. was given to the now Statcs--it
was because it had been calculated that
their population would Increase in abopt
that ratio over the old States. He wae In
laVor Of the ball, because he had always
wished 10 take the public lands out of the
power Of the General Government to pre-.
vent them from being made eIectioneerlno
capital out OF by ambitious men, who minht
pc seeking for the Presidency, as had been
heretofore done on this floor, and else. J,
"here. He would pass by all the ad cap. /,
iandum arguments about the rich and tho
poor, which were only delivered on this !,
lioor Tor political effect at home. He liked /,
The poor as well as any man--he had sprunn :
from them--they were his brothcre---he !,