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

VI Hith NlIle ldlN III SUCH WAY hqs,
e7nduee 10 the quiet harmony and general interest .,
me American people Now. We are told,-and the 81,
General himself has been recently drawn fran H..
lrement rendered Necessary by his aye and infni,y
To give weight 10 the opiron-tha, Copor,ss II
night to EXERCISE this discretionary power. although i,
literally conferred upon tina, body by the c,,S,p,ion
SILT
But. then. we told. the Lands are now ncoJo, j..
rere'tnr; and that i, is absurd take money tr,, .,
Federal Treasury, which must be replaced by inc,e,'
ed duties upon foreign Imports. T. this annna.,
we reply,-lsf, in the language Of General jacks
1T seems to be oar true p,Icy that the public l,na'
shall, practicable cease 10 be Sonrec of
n"e-and IDLY, in the language of the Scnarc's c.ron,
tee, which echoed their grcat leaders opinions uno,
upon all other Subjects The committee ing
confidence from tie Land Offices to the Custom lsa,s.
and say hcr 0'c lie t"c # Fcd,,ai yeren,p,
We differ from Con jackson and his cchong co,n
mtee however in the disp ,ston which they then mr.,
posed to make Of the Public Lands. and which min l..
nadeoi them lfthc policy Of distribution shall untr,n
aatcy be changed They were in favor of eiriuy n.,.
o,cay AMI Mr. Benton and the mos, prJminen,o,
ponen's Of tie Distribution Policy atthis day We dom,
the constitutional right Of Congress. however I, p,l
AiS disposition of them least without the conso, %,
It
hong. They belong to Tie Suites; and CONGRESS L,s
hcrcf right. under the clause of the c,nst;,,,,
which authorizes ito dispose Of and To make all ne,d,
rules and regulations respecting them to make A don,
ton Of them either toactual settlers or to the few S,,o.
in which they lie. The power vested in Congress by
the constitution proIbitory as well as pcrnissiye II
authorizes that body to dispose of them il is t,,o
but it expressly culpins. that in 50 doing nei,bc,
the claims "A 'uiIpI States ..nnr ~ ana.
State shall be ''prciudicd" by its cnactmcnts. This
clause of the constitution invests Congress, with the bread
power in the ''dSpsili,n'' of the Lands subject J.,
the single restriction, that the rights Of the nifcd St,es
and of each particular STATE shall be sctnlusy ou,r,d
Hence inter that Distribution is not only constitution
al p9 Sc hut that that the Lands are ..re.ved
from the pledge of the deeds Of ccsson be object tr
which they coded having been ACCOMPLISHED
ii is in fact the ony constitutional djsp son Of them
that can be madchc only ldo that can be adpted by
which the rights Of the t. States and Of each particular
Statecan be fully secured
The argument that the Public Lands are now needed
fer reree il is manifest, is merely I'D caiand,m in its
character, and is intended only serve temporary Dur
pse. The opponents ot The Distribution policy if they
can succeed in dcccving and misleading the peopleh
their plausible cant about dStrihutino fir IN an emmy
treasury, will soon unycil their ultcrior purp ses and
when. perhaps, from the rapidly auymcnng relative
strength oiilc new States it will be impossible 10 pre-
vent the conslmmation ofthc.r designs. They do not
intend thai the Public Lands shall tc much lonoor
source Of revenue 10 the General Governments ..lire
land 10 the cultivator.' said Senator King Of Ala in
is32-''t'll him to keep his money. and lay it out
III their cultivationN This nncut has been echoed
by Mr. Benton and Mr.. Sewer, more offensive shape
since that time They have openly threatened seizcup
these lands, whenever they strong to do So
DO not the people. then, that is nuungcr question
whether the sales OF these Lands shall be source of
venue iorthc General Goycrnment whether they shall
bedlslrbucd equally among The States but that it
fact, whether the States shall share equally in the pro
ceods whether the Lands shall be given away. under
Mr.. Benton system Ct GrnduiioH, ~ pcce meal.
the actual settler, AT one lI swoop, by Mr. Cahouns
plan Of CcssioH the States in which they lic In one
word ii is settled, that the Lands cease 10 be
source Of rerenuc Gen jackson said they ought not
10 be relied upon for this pnrPasc in l~3and his party
then echoed the opinion and babe from the Land
Offices t. the C,s'om U5uscs NJw it is trIc they have
turned to the right about, and the Custom House is
sort of Pandoras box the lids (which they fear toopcn
and they ask us, wiy t, the Custom II Iscs when
the iand Offices may repcnsh empty Golfers Let
be silly enough to do their bidding and the time
is not distant when the Land Offices will, under Mr.
Benton plan, scarcely pay expenses or when, under
Mr. CalIouns they will be no longer under our auth III
~, and when the red ag Qualification will he raised in
ordertodelraud the treasury Of the per ccntarc which ac
corng to his scheme the Mississippi dbt pongers will
agree To pay into the federal treasury What them
will an empty trcaSury-dranct not BY equal distri
button, but by partial spoliaon-do for ,ercnuc? We
shall then be compelled toturn to the Custom House ar'