Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-11-12

They would lend their AID III any way ~ ST. ST. tl,,
v,c,1rv which would have been ifumpeed o. n.
cn,u,yv a. a Clay ,iinmph Aided 10 these, w." md
renrra and righteous Indignation at the lf n contro
nnorinciped attempt of Seward and wee e': tech
The Catholic voters through their is St., eF.ct
ments This feeling operated n..hor u,,,bes NAV
against them. The influence o. vn,ss ,,om The Loco
have diverted some two thonsahu ~ ,,,h;, i'm,
se ~. ;, -. 49,, ctr hut itInjured the Wings ihl'
menselv in other parts Of me n,a'e' ,onnt and
rupt and dirty intrigue The ns",e are too honest,
and TOO discerning for The ,Iar
' , ,rnoses of the regency at Albany III, '"s
Ip"a.,ss IN this city, and every future euenp'
- ,he nsceudancy will be n'seraue Ia'iu'e
n,.srR TO Gov GlLmEn.-We are authorized 10 say say
al GOV Gilmcr has accepted The 'nv.al'en u MI ~.
nnnuLI;cans NJ Nelson 10 a dinner at Greenheld vel
son. OK FRIDAY, THE 18TH INST. The dinner
- io he ire one and all the world ure invited 10 par
,ta rrs.lc = A good many distinguished gentlemen
have been specially invited, some OF whom are expect
Gu ee'' MEssRs GILMER AND IRVING:
These gentlemen addressed The people oi TINS county
in The Court house, Monday last Mr. lrvisg open
cd with speech four hours IN length in which ne not
only "defned his position, but attempted 10 ae-
6,e that Of Gov Gmer also. The first part Of ms
| speech was taken up entirely in an examination oil
the course of Governor Gimer during the recent ex
ira session, and in attempt To iasten upon .hat
gentleman The charge oil inconsistency nv
much success it may be safely left to every candid
and uuprcjudiced man present, to determine. lie
announced himself States Rights man, ner tine
s,ratest sect and like W. Cost Johnson, declared thal
i, was his devotion to State Rights that led him 10
support The Distribution scheme-a measure whose d.
reel tendency is to crea dependence Of feeling and
interest in the State their federdt hcdd
and which must inevitably end, if persisted IN, IN The
total destruction of that reliance upon their own re-
sources SO essential to the preservation OF those soVe
regntlcs in their original strength. The wsest man
that ever lived long since announced II, as MAXIM
maxim whose truth has been illustrated ny the hslo
nv of three thousand yearsthat ''the 6orroncr rs SER
rant to the lender how much more is the recipient OF
the bouniv Of another, the ''SerraH Of hun ny whom
that bounty is dispensed And yet this is the attitude
which the States made 10 occupy towards the re-
dcral Government by this Distribution scheme. SIN,
Mr. Irving advocates il upon the ground that II is
State Rights measure! From such States KiSht,sm IS
this "good Lord deliver US.
But Mr. l. would probably attempt to escape from the
difficulty he did on Monday, by contendIng that the
public lands belong OF right to The States, IN their midi
vdua capacity; that they are held by me federai CO.
yernment as trustee for the benefit Of the individual
States that they Che Statcs) have an Indetcasble
equitable right to the proceeds Of the lands; that the
distribution was made in accordance with this duty, on
the part of the Federal Government, and reM on the
mart of the States and that, by consequences the DIS
iribuon, so far from being bounty conferred upon
the States hy the Federal Government, IS simply The
payment of debt due from that Government 10 the
States This we understood 10 be the substance oil
Mr. g proposition. Ii is not 1t was
raised in the Senate of the United States last winter
by Mr. Crtenden, and TO have been stereo,yped
for the general use Of all the advocates of distribution
We have neither time inclination TO argue tins
question: at this time, s II necessary, seeing that
MIR. l. himself and the bill which he advocates, CON-
petcy refute the proposition. We understand MIR. J.
as defending that provision of the land bill which pro
vdes that whenever the duty upon any article snail cx
coed % per cent the dsr button shall and the
proceeds Of the public lands applied - The ordinary ez
penscs uf the Government
Now il may be asked, il the States have m indspn
table rsh the money arising from The sales OF pnblc
lands VIA, right had the Federal Government 10 I'M
pose restrictions upon that right: II the proceeds al
The sales of The public lands belong, q" right 10 the in
divdua Staies, what right has the Federal Govern
ment to say 10 them that upon the happening OF GER
tam contingency they shall be deprived of that which
lawfully belongs to lhem' Mr.. is lawyer enough to
know that mere trustee has right to annex condi-
lions to the trust, with which he is clothed trustee
has no right IN say the beneficiary under the trust,
you shall enjoy the benefi, OF thus trnst, unless
you submit to certain restrictions that mpoae.-
Now the Distribution bill holds this very language to
the States; nay, it says more; It says to the States,
You shall not enjoy Ibis "trus at all, although II be-
longs of right to you, if we (he Federal Goeernmrnt
should it ourselves In other words, says that
whenever the duty upon any article shall exceed ~
per cent The States SHALL longer have The proceeds,
but they shall be applied 10 the expenses of the F"de-
raj Government. This provision, beyond all dispute,
excludes tie idea that the proceeds of The public lands
belong the States On the contrary, It IS the assrr-
ton OF broad and unrestricted Title III the Federal Go.
yernment to them. Are we not fully sustained, then,
in the assertion that Mr. is argument is completely
rehutted by the very bill which he advocated: We
think
But this ALL there is proviso in the distrbu-
ton bill Which seems 10 a been inserted tn this
very argument, and which refuies it in broad
as any the English language affords II is as follows:
"hNp PROVIDED ALSO, That nothing hereiH continued
shall be construed to The prejudice Of future apP'tcatons
for reduction Of the price at The pubic londS or To HE
rr,lfI II.rI lima
on reasonable fers 10 Tic States in mhith ey lie, or 10
make such future disposition If The pGic iandS, ar Gny
part thereet AS CONGRESS MAY DEEM ENPE-
DENT"
Now is not this extraordinary language for I" rus-
tee Is there any thing like the recognition Of
"rust" or of the equitable right Of the Snies TO the
public lands' On the contrary, is II not Hat denial
alike of the ''trust" and the right Why, this pro-
yiso says to the States, nearly in terms-' We deny
your .right 10 the public lands aud confer them upon
YOU merely as bounty and you may te thankful Tor
The BOOM Away, then, with the idea that these lands
are held by the Federal Government "n trust for the
S,a,eG, when the very bill which these gentlemen sas'
tain, .bows it SKI high i
m, The uprovso" IS remarkable in another point Of
view: |, asserts for Congress the ght to DO two things
hich the Federalsis "espcclly hold IN hate; t. wi;
ia reduction Of the price Of the public lands; and
transfer of the public lands, on reasonable terms, 10 le
States in which they he Mr.. |. vas particularly |
pointed in his drnuncatons Of lhrsc propositions CO.
pecally the last and yet his 'party in Congress have
asserted BOTH We are inclined to think that our
friend was OF this else that patriotic devo-
ton 10 his 'yary which was so conspicuous IN all his
speeches on Monday would have led him 10 be more
Sharing of his denunca,ions Of priaciple which "Me
party had so empha,cay supported But We iorbcar
for the present. /
Mr. l. came nnequiyoralIy in favor OF Nnonai
Bank "upun the old foundation, and, while upon tins
subject denounced "Capt Tyler he, in imitation of
that pink OF decency, John Minor Bolts called the Pre-
sident of the United States. lie defended the Tariff
| bill In short, he went for the whole batch OF Federal
measures adopted at the recent Estrs Session OF Con-
gress Indeed, any one may define Mr.. Is position
who will take the trouble 10 look into the dongs OF The
Ftderal Wings at the late Session of Congress lie
is for every thing that .ks "pary o7, ard against
every thing that they against His speech, how
lever considered simply as intellectual effort, was
highly creditoble to him So ia. liz principles were
concerned, il was abomnabe.
Gov. G,lmer replied under very dsadvanlaseous CIR
cumstances. lie had but the shank Of the evening