Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-12-07

sury instead Of arming the nation:
That from nmi after The passage Of this act the net, proceed.
u te .sa;o- 81 the rnhiic ianis, 50 f + n the saiias shall ,t be
rtelea :" detiay the caprnscs, nr 10 pay 'mr debts If the General
u"veihlirEt, shall be, and the same ale hereby, pledged In The cum.
mon defence o;ihe unon, and shall b. Faithfully applied to that
ohJect, from Time u time. hccGrdi M 10 the pians ii defence which
Congress shall adept, uniil Inc L. :. sre placed in rhl STAT. oi
strength ana security which Il due 10 the hDanr and Independence
~ 'ht country, and 10 The protection of The rights rid Interests Of
nj lhr commencement ri eac!, slated session of Con.
pics', Z" report II each ilcr-e al Congress tie amount OF The nett
proceeds Of the ra!!t- land- for the current year, and winch
wr's n.t iefnifri 10 drhay the expenses. or 10 pay the dslts Of
T.. =. : :; ad Tic amount ~ reported shall b.. and The same
"rrh- q puhiIc d"fpn,e rs lind and water, az then may be
49,. saa'le cn's.ur until the trhnc"s o: tic tnion ,haii
= : s1 snIam ,s ana s'ia!' b. IL Tradition 10 liz ordinary anauai ap-
rms, siiu vi. Is, u our answer 10 the grn.!s1nan's
fir'gaior" and gratn'tons assumption. Tins - orr IT.
d fit 10 SEIZE these lands, but to pledge them 20 thr
and NJ" l The Ua"n-a noble, Wise, constitutional,
scheme o;tic destination, compared to which, the
Tenn, wstrihu,ion SINKS 10 the lowest degree %! con
posse NM, Ter 10 pledge them forever 10 This pur
obtain aiuot, ,hoy which The Atlantic Slaies would
of the land rsranrc la-ive benefit Of the expenditure
Atlantic board wonld :"r the ships and forts on the
fraction only would -, to2,nine nearly the whole. i
The expenditure would be OIL West the great hass OF
pose this we vote for it the seaD"ara. We pro-
sinia vote against Il and then saih,'eiieh rom 'f'
10 save the lands for the common Jiey nave no way
save them from seizure By the new'ht-no way 10
seize on them themselves! ates-out 10
The time has now arrived when the mos
and ind ,tferent see the necessity of de(enceaEeiess
those who refused small sums for that IN, ose then
we had millions of surp!us-are demanding leans an
taxes for ships aud forts. The estimates Of the mill
,ary and naval boards exceed a hundred millions of
dollars for the ships, forts, cannon, small arms, and
munitions of war which the public safety demands
and We ell know that the execution OF the plan never
requires lcss than the estimate supposed on the con
trary, always more, and often double. Here then is an
expenditure began OF mare than a hundred millions OF
dollars for tic public dsirnccs We oiEtr TO make the
lands bear this srca. expense he gentlemen Of the
Opposite side say No and thus these hundred millions
are TO fall upon the c~us;om-house to he levied on
Southern and Western e and expended in the
Northeast.
Tie gentleman from Virginia who spoke last, mir.
R,yes,l vaunts the bounty of this bill IN giving 4 pre-
emp;ion law TO TIE new Suites. lie is greatly in love
with the redemption law which this bull grants, and
80 is every man Of his party who is an enemy to the
presumption system. They think it will bambonzle the
West, and stop the application Tor pre- %emptions Vain
and idle thought, The Prescriptions which tile bill
grants are an insult 20 the Hest-a mere mockcry of
al! re.cmPtions-con:aining no less than five or SIX
d.squalifyinL restrictions OH the persons who can Oh.
tam the benefit Of the pro-isicn, and about twelve or
fourteen disquaiiiyiny restrictions on the iaad to winch
/ applies. 1t excludes unsnrveyed land; aud that
alone is death TO the whole privilege. Taken in con
junction with the other restrictions, and The pretended
henef; is an insult and a ~mockery 10 the cltizen-a
disgrace to the name of re.emption-and which The
DEtiiJNid'J VIZ 49, 49,
they are III power.
The same gentleman further vaunts the bounty oftil!s
bill, in bestowing half a million Of acres Of land on
Missouri and other new States. His congra;ulatlon Is
an insult upon our Understandings, and 4 satire upon
The bill. The half million is only the one.halG of what
Ohio and Indiana received, and Of what the other new
States are entitled to. IL is the half of what is due 10
Ms. We had long since reclaimed it in repeated bulls,
and mean 10 cont,n0e rerlaiining Till we get the whoie.
We shall hold on tn what this bIl alinws, for IL Is due
10 us: and vr shall proceed, without loss Of time, re-
taxation Of spirit, or deviation Of purpose, 10 recover
the remainder. Onio received I,ll0,U00 acres for oh.
iects ocinternal improvements; and Missouri and other
new States will have III. same. They will take line
half million which this bill contains, and give = re-
ceipt for ia receipt for 50 much, bat not a receipt in
full. There Mr.. Il. read the bills which he and Others
had introduced Tor 4 dozen years, making these grants
10 the new States, but winch Mr.. Clay and others OPP
posed and deGnied; and then said:1 II these grants
were riyht when We proposed them, why were they
opposed: Ii wrong ih-n, how can they be right now
Does The pTopriety of the grant depend upon the au-
ihorsl,p Of The bill; and IS It right to vote fer and
arainsi the same measure a presented by different
men: Do my measures become right by being a..
su.ned ~ the Senator from kentucky Be that as 1t
MAJ, we will take these 5UD,00U acres which he has
KEEP, W. Gu, Of for w eive ears, end then proceed for
the remainder.
hlr. b. then took a RI pid view of the bill-its origin,
character and effects; and showed II to be- Federal IN
its origin, associated with all the Federal measures Of
The prcsen, and past sessions; with Bank, Tariff, As.
Sumption Of State debts, dependent upon the bankrupt
bill for rs passage; vloiative Of the Constitution and
The compacrs with the new States, and GROWING all It's
titles 10 infamv BY drawing capitalists from London 10
attend this extra session of Congress, To promote fhr
passage of this bill for their own benefit. lie read a
paragraph from the money article in Bennett Herald,
reciiInp the names aud Tendance, on account OF tins
hill. Of The foreign capitalists at Washington. The pass
arc was in these words
80 the commencement Of The Session, almas, every foreign
ln., LJ . anr..ru i.,yp here, WILSON, ptiT1fr, lfyHt!.
Ba:c-, W,inck, Hope. l:ndun, aud o h"s; q Other came ovr,
-. ,aiians pt.;-uc-- ali were IN aucu:anc: al " ashlhsIoh, anu
an areking t. forward HE proposed measures. The iana bl was
la r;yr them three millions per annmm nom the public Iira'n'y'
y, ,,,,,ty millions N ten wears, ami 10 raise the value Of The STOCK
:, 800; ,,nny m,uinis maze. The revenue nil WIS Ia hise ; ~.
uurl Tie deficiency in Ibr Treasury. The loan bill wasf % nave
b,ra III. h,.is of an inoiea-e Il impottati"n. amd 81 raehin
oneratinus and The new Bank was the instrument OF putting
Inr . hole IN opeTation.'
Yh,s he ACCOMPANIED BY an article from a London
n,ncr. showing that the capitalists IN that CITY were
count,nr npon tie success of their einissa!iesat WASH
n rim. and that the passage Of tins land bill was the
fri and most anxious wish Q! Their hearts-;hat they
considered il equivalent 10 the assumption OF inc o'a'e
dehts-and that the benefit Of the bill would 60 70
themselves. This established the character oil the nh,
anil showed that il had been the means OF bringing upon
Inc national legislation the degrading ana coTrurting
influences of n foreign interference. For The lifst Tine
IN the history of our Government, foreigners nave Ut
tended our Congress, 10 promote the passage oil avs
far their own benefit Far tho first t'"'e So" nave ana
Iondon capitalis;s Cor lobby members; and, mortlly-
IN = TO De lOIu, IISltddO W. ON'h5 - Pe =
have been encouraged BY success; and their inture al
tendance may now be looked for as a matter Of course
n, our future sessions of Congress, when they have
debts tn secure, stocks to enhance, or a National Bank
to establish. ~
Foreign in its character, and Federal in its origin
and associations, hlr. Is. showed that the bill was also
false in its import, and a cheat upon its title. II pro,
f,ssed to divide the nett land revenue, and II divided u
IN GROSS. /, protested TO deduct all the expenses pro-
pefly cl,argeable upon the lands, and then 10 distribute
the net, remainder; but instead Of acting up to Tins pro
ression, it deducted Only q few items Of expense, leav-
inc all the heavy charges 10 fall upon The custom house
revenue. The heaviest Of these charges were the
Indian annuilies for lands purchased, now payable
annually to the amount of 100000 and The new
purchases of land annually going on, and OF which The
North western purchases this year would be several
millions OF dollars. All these annni,ias and purchases
should be charged upon the lands, deducted from then
proceeds before distribution, and that according to the
profession Of the bill Itself. But these heavy items
were thrown upon the cns,om-honse revenue, and were
to that extent, a distribution ofcastom-house, insteat
Of land Office, money. Thus the bill was false to III
oyn professions, and a cheat upon its own character
n was n tariff bill in disguise, and was SO cherished