Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1841-11-29
DISTRICT 'lION.


by the public prints. it is known that Gen Jackson
has volunteered ally in the war against the great
measure Of the last session. Mr. ves has quoted pas
sc from one o his messages, TO oriiy the principle that
the discretion Of Congress the disposition Of the pub
lie lands Is unrestricted and absolute The entire pls
sage OF which Mr.. Ryes quotes sentence. covers the
whole ground. and is complete defence Of the dis;rbt
ton bill, whether regarded in constitutional point Of
view or rs measure Of expetlency. The opponents Of
the distribution deny that Congress has an absolute dis
erection over the public lands-Gen. Jackson asserts that
II has. The opponents Of this measure apain contend
that the proceeds Of the public lands should be regarded
as source Of revenue and support the General COY
ernment-Gcn Jackson asserts that the public lands
should cease TO be considered means Of maintenance 10
the General Government. lie thus writes IN his mes
sage of '32
"\mong the interests which merit the consideration of
Congress after the payment of the public debt r dehD
one OF the most important in my view that Of the public
lands Previous TO the formation Of the present
recommended by Congress that po ION of the waste
Lands, owned by the States should be coded to the ned
States, for purposes Of general HARMONY and asa Fl ND To
meet the ENPENSE.S OF TIE WAX The rctommrnda-
ton was adopted and at different periods ofme the States Of
Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, Virginia. North
Carolina South Carolina and Georgia. granted their vacant
soil, ion the uses for wi had been asked Asthe LANDS
may now be considcredas RELIEVED from this PLEDGE,
HE OBjE''f for which they CEDED having been
ACCOMPLISHED it is in the DISCRETION OF Con
gress to DISPOSE OF them, in such conluco
to the quiet, harmony and GENERAL. INTEREST ofthc
\MEHl AN PEOPLE In examining this question, all LD
Cal. and SECTIONAL FEELING should be discarded,
and he WHOLE United States regarded people inter
cstcd alike in the prosperity of their common country
1t seems To he or TRUE POLICY tina, the rrGrle
LANDS shall CEASE, practicable, be SOi RI T.
OF kENENl f. and that they be sold settlers in limited
parcels al price barely sufficient reimburse the ncd
States the OF the present SYSTEM arising
under our Indian compacts.n
Such was the language of Gen Jacks3n speaking for
the party now in opposition. And his recommendation
found an authoritative response in the report Of the De
HocIuiic Committee on Public Lands. Mr. KIM CHAR
man, who. On survey Of the whole question: came 10
tn" conclusion expressed in the following most emphatic
sentence:
The Committee TURN with confidence from the LAND
OFFICES To- the CUSTOM IIOl 81, and say HERE
are are the IRl = SOY RrI.S of FEDERAL hENENtE
| MS MONtf and lay II out in their cu, aon.'
II Is nlW seen that GenJacksnn AMI his party saw no
Constitutional difficulty in giving away. substantially
the Public Lands to the Western States. II Is proved
that they considered the tariff. FNCII SINFJN and
solely rs tie true source Of and means OF main
tcnancc tn the General Government, Ii is apparent that
when party scheme for the Cancellation othe West was
to be- achieved. it counted 10 hanshp--nanp IN
Jusi, unconstitutional. ineNrcden, nndemocTac. that
the Federal Government should be THROWN EN-
iiRELN on the "CrsroM HORSES for lis support
! W hen the West was the PURCHASE and the .sI}ENF
! FIT VAS TO ENl RE- to the .JAetsos r4RrY il
did not matter that the anil wls to be rai,od-- was
! FEDERAL doctHc that the ''IANp OFFICES" should
he longer regarded rs s1aree OF Federal Reyrnue.n
and it was our TRUE POLICY that the Public
Lands souid CEASE as practicable tohe SOURCE
Of REvENuEi - All this WAS s.dcnpcratic' when
it came from Gen. Jackson and Mr. king-bui is il not
paln That 1t Is - cdcral when II comes from MIR.
Clay Charleston Courier
~ The foregoing article illustrates very strikinoly
the facility with which politicians and parties can turn
and turn. and Turn and still 90 on ;-polcIans with
uuhlushng mpudencc. rcpudating old opinions and
parties with lamcntablc lack of independence following
them in their winding way Politicians uni rtnnafc-
| La H.,
silly reached by authority than by argument and that il
is sufficient to tell them that This measure is not Jc,r
Sonian or Jacksonan, and that that measure is in order
to make the wclkn ring with their war cry inopposiiin
to the one. or IN favor OF the other. We SAW notable
instance OF this scrvly party 10 the dctaon of lis
leaders in relation to the Sub Treasury question In $50
| being introduced by a Uhig member of Congress MS a
substitute for the league of State Banks which was then
the pet system of the Dcmocracy it was denounced by
the leaders of tho party the very incarnation OF Dcs
potlsm and Couuptlon-as arming the President with
more than kingly power. while it multiplied hundred
fold the facilities OF depreciation the public money by
the army of office holders. But when recommended by
the President, in 1887 it became suddenly not only free
from all objection, both in lis political and moral aspects
but ii discovered. Iii truth 10 be long buried .ie6,
Sonimt Mcd, which had only been coaccircd in the brain
of that great man, hut which had unfortunately been b
ried and forgotten until necessity forced It's exhumaor
and II became necessary To ransack the H9ruianelm at
Monticello in order to find its still vital germ 1t was
soon Matched into shape and symmetry by Mr.. Van Blu
rem Indeed, some think that it sprung full grown from
the brain of that gentleman, like pallas from the head of
Jupiter; and that, anomalous as ii may SEEM the egg
not discovered until long after the chicken was
eaherCd. But, however impossible such occurrence
would be regarded in natural history nothing is more
common among politicians. than first Etbcae creed
and then 10 find lis iather,-perhaps among the dead
who had never dreamed, while living, that they should
be made the parent of many and such foul monsters Be
THIS as 1t may, however, no did this measure
di2nan rcpudiaed, in S2 asa Federal Wing device
to Wros the peoples money from the control of theirre
oS'ntatNcS, and To put 1t in the itching palms OF the tx
ocuilvc and his agents receive the cndoono the Grand
came an aaaster chcrubtc Leopard lest his SPOTS and
the sWarthy Ethiopian became white as driven SHOW
few of the party, stubborn tlan the rest is true
refused to bow down and worship this GodeH Cat ha
wing still some lingering reverence for the maxin,s and
The policy Of their fathers But the decree was issued
at all who could not be rhPped in be kicked od;
andcw only were finally independent enough prefer the
fu ct communication to the lash OF scorpions. Now
the Sub Treasury that old Federal Wing measure
OF lS32,-is not only Fart Of the Democratic edice
hut ITS corner stoneand all the party cried Amcn,
when, with shouts and rcoicines, after three years