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

in ibe dcposi,e act, i; was thu J "'iefai representa-" -
III. two Houses Of Congress ~ 'h:s o"''"s r,a.ral
from the Hoase Of Representatives, mas =. !, wiIl
numbers. We have put IA re!ieseh'a',"" 40
.,.a h,cL IN ~ with numbers aud nhhloeis :. pe
va,,. for i ) a mere case OF plunoer :" ~ y. ,ha
the voung States by the old "hes-oi .' ~
s,ronu. Sir, 1t rs sixteen years s''I' -" a, ,.,a
H., ,;h,,inn were brought into tins chaniot', anu "' nav
.;...d Them all in the same light, and gwen the'n :, :,
In. same indignant opposition. ! nav "rl" 80
,h.sa scheines as unconstitutional, lini""ra', ia'ai
Uuinn. degrading 10 the people, oeh'',""a - -
S,,,es. and inevitably tending 10 crnira'lsii On 'ne
- IN d;sru,,,nn on the other. has, opposed the
,ybo,,. b,rinu,ns with tie first proposition ~ q "Tna'
,or from New Jersey, MIR D'ckersnn'j 10 "'S"e r.
millions f,4 SINKING fund. and lo!!o"'a9 shr ~,
scheme through all lis modincau"ns tor lnt a's'''ou"0I
nr surplus revenue, anu hnaily 81 'a"' a.,n,;o,
haze opposed the whole, adlrerlng to The 1"hs''u'""'
md n i,, objects al the Confsderlcy, ana scn.h,"s ~
lephe,neraI popularity which a venal system OF P''nrV I
conld purchase from the victims, or te euP''' - :
false and snrd'd policy. ,or,,s-;,r.
scorn the bill: scout its vauntil popularity
delest it. Nor can | conceive Of o"lrel more
pit,abl. and contemplate than That o' " ue'nas'I"e
haranguing Tor votes and -xh'ot'hg JUS s" g.
and acres. IN order 10 show each voter, OF eaG" -
hnw ,,,cb money they will be able To obtain from 'he
nv "s ,ha land hin masses. Such haranguing,
80 ,,oI, .xb;bi,ion, ~ The address oi lmphnTnce ~"
L,,verv Ia supposed ignorance, neannes'' my
II - ,rrat,ns The people as II ihty were pe""y "%,
aud p,uod foolish; aud still more mean thah '"oiisn
/ lyLy tho land revenue, hIttT aSa"Se'- '
80 Ia ,,uonu The people, would no, exceed nine
10y ). h.,d urr annum; It fairly divided among the
States, and applied 10 their debts u ""nlo % sup,
sede above nine prnc" per annnni OF l'aa'p" up" ~,
units OF the population. Inc day 'r 'anu sae = nil.
nons hy The sales If this year do not exceed a mn
Inn md 4 half If dnIlars, Which would mol leave mn
than = million for dtstrlnntinn; winch, among san
millions Of people, would be exactly f"urps"'i "Ek,
p.nny, Virginia money, per head. ppm u ""n'd
and n picutuon in Louisiana. At two niIliht 10 a dry
h.. u;n,ucnce a hcad in Virginia, eqni'prectseiy the
n New York, aud n BIT in Luuisieteman gives tn a
amnun, which, III specie times, a.ninutr ut the dn"r
,eu,o b,y for hn!dinr his horse insignificant sGbdivi-
nd far ihis miserable doit-shilling- can the dena.
son Of a sIill,ng-a Y%ple are base enough To vio-
popue suppose thai thpnean enough 10 surrender The
late their Constitutntry, and stupid enough to De
defence of thrire. lea, salt, sugar, coats, hats, hlan-
taxed in their s.; and every article Of comfort, decei-
ke,s, shoes, =, winch they eat, drink, or wear; or on
CIV, or ~nec.sland, SIT, sleep. or he:
which ,n,uacts with the new States what becomes
Tim in this total violation Of all the principles on
orch they rest: The Federal Government aud the
lew States have entered into ~compacts, based upon the
acknowledge fact that the vacant lands heiong 10 the
Federal Government IN It's Federal and corporate capa-
CITY; and while 90 belonging 10 IL, no taxes were 10 be
upon the Federal snIl, or any interference attempted
in lis PRIMARY desperation. The lands are now to pass
from Inc Guye5nmeat-,o became the property Of the
,nniyiduai Statcs-ani n be ADMINISTERED by them, with
the sulv yiaw oi Tie esiortson vi money for their new
The parental Administration Of the Federal
Government is u cease: renIoSsel;ss avaricc IS to take
the place Of guardian care. No more chan G 70. rednc'
ton Of price; no practicable or beneficial ~pre-emptnns;
no more grants or d%onatIons; no eessrnns, even Of the re-
fuse. on any terms: no further combinations nfunsettled
claims All parental feelings, all liberal policy, all
sense Of Justice, ceases with the change OF relation be-
tween the new States and The Federal Government. and
will, line transfer If the new States Ia The ownership Of
the old ones. This terminates the c"inpacts on the part
Of the Federal OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES them by the
act Of that GoyeTnmcnt-ani reiniis every new State
TO the exercise oflhe sovereign Rights which The exist
ence ci The compacis had sns pended not annihtiated.
The obi CATION ri nan Ia sstion, and ii n"n.intcricrcncc
with the primary disposition at The soil, cease with The
violation Of the compaots BIZ The Federal Governments.
The suspended rights-in %aheyahre lere,nfore-nnw
become active; and il is for the new States 10 say whs;
lhpy will do.
The Federal Government IS the agent Of the Chick
aeaw India ne 10 sell their lands IL the State Of Missis-
sippi. She is 10 make the sales, receive the money,
deduct The expenses, aud tnrn over the nett proceeds
to the Indians. THIS she does by virtue oil I treaty
with that tribe. Ey this bill she SINKS to the same con-
d,tion with respect To all tn" public lands. She ceases
In be ow acr, and becomes the land agent for the old
States; and upon the same terms aud conditions az in
the case Of the CEickasaws. Sh. = tn sell The lands,
not for herself, but for the States. She is 10 receive
the money, deduct the expenses. and pay over the
mr. needs Ia The State treasures. Ihus the Federal
sovereignty has parted with is lands in the new States
, become a land ageu;-and car find nothing in the
Constitution or the c"mpsc!s 10 t"ct this annmalous
and deroga'ory condition In II s'a'r OF MISSISSIPPI,
the agency rested upon some rea9ns, for the Indians
owned the land before. and tnok that method To get rid
of their title. Besides, they introduced the graduation
principle; making the price descend annually through
n declining scale, until ii ended, m the xhor, space oil
five years, at SIX and 4 quarter cents per acre. THIS
ensured the sale Of all the lands, at jus; prices, III a
short tine, ana was emiuenliy favorable 10 the State
and lis inhabitants. But these aid States. nov be.
come the owners Of the Federal lands, less friendly 10
US than The Chickasaw Indians T. The Mississipplans,
refuse graduation while prnii'isii. u, and mean TO cx-
act a dollar and a quarter, so!"S honey, 0"r Western
paper i'll not answer their purp*fl for every acre, no
matter how worthless, wheel. the State contains. How
long can Western or Territorial banks, stand this ex-
ACTON and deportation Of thetr specie How long can
| Western people pay hard money Tor land which is not
10 be returned 10 the shape of Government exprndI-
tire, but carried oil 10 the East and 20 London' SIR,
| This agency character is not only degrading TO the Ge.
neral Government, and injurloDy 10 the new States,
bu, is the end ani death oflhs c'Sunacts. Those com.
pacts are made with the Federal Government as the
owner Of the so,l-tn protect the sol while it ls the
property Of the Federal head-and they cease To ope.
rate wien the Federal head paris with the property,
whether by sal. $ in detail TO ,nd,vidulis, or by dona.
nations ia mas Ia States.
The Federal Government becomes the land agent OF
the old States in the new ones, aud there is nothing N
the Constitution tn protect saich an agency. The new
States may act mp 10 their sovereign ti.bis; but would
not recommend them Ia On So. would advise for
brarauce. and remonsirancf to Congress, and a reliance
upon The Democracy 10 rectfy the wrong when they
get into power. The mil IS party mcasure-a Federal
party easuTc-in'cnd Ia purchase popularity for
Federalism. 1t will he the duty, Of The Democracy To
repeal II, and to restore the iande to their constitutional
destination, and TO stop the loans and taxes WHICH the
loss Of this revenue involves. u not repealed, ii can
not stand. II can live but u litle while. Destruction
IN some shape will overtuks the infamous act. Ii IS Ton
base 10 stand. II mag be over ridden BY new PROPOSE
ions-propnsitinn 10 DIVIDE all lh. land nj once, either
among The States, or among tho people. The division al
present would be a hundred acres oshpad for every head
Of n family, widows, and young men between eighteen
and twen,y.one, included. The division of,aree hundred
millions OF acres among three millions 81 adults, would
be a grand operation the division nc the nett annual
proceeds among fifteen millions is Z contemplate affair
To be overridden, If not repealed, will BE- the fate OF this
measure. IL IS tho iato 81 all suoi. base and vulgar
fetcies for popularity. The Distributor Of public pro.
perry for the promotion Of party, or personal popular.
ny, is a vulgar article aud requires, not talent
out impotence, to execute il. L, is the first perform
ance only which, ccsls some difficulty. The thing once
done and the Way seen how L. a., N INV dan,arorua