Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1842-05-26

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''Jett7soD.' in The last r publican. admits H.
payment Of tie Revolutionary delt vas one Of Il, 'ie
dmeements" to the cosson Of the lan!, heidi,
the States at the elise If tic uaro ndcr,,L,n., u
if we understand his argument correctly, he
that il was not enc Of tie al ccis' oftIe c,.,n
question: he says, IS not What inducements ,r.,,,'
the Deeds but what rights accrued under tbcp, = i'a
tore VIC fAaniho THIS point, We must remark, tia,
with the benefit If this wire drawn di,,.pc,,.
cannot admit 'iat JGcfsoa has established the
assumed in his first etter.-lo Wit, that nci,i'e \,
Clay, who had, in ISL "vrnurcd 10 intimate, ,p,,,
public lands were conye,,. To the federal a.y,r,.,.,
as special trust, among ohor ouumcrat,dobiec,.
payment Of the Revolutionary dcLt 'norany one elso
find any clause to warrant the assumption IN tho d.
OF ecsson.' He "dctied'i to '.rr,dncc aly .,.l
clause in any Of tie dotds Of ccssion." and L..
we quoted h,se of North Carllina and New, vi
Which 10 cur mind. clearly susaius the ln,pion n.l
by Mr.. Clay in lc.l.
Aud now we will lock into The ro,urc r ~.
tinction lctwoon tic i.dt cent1as 10 d,t ,,l a..
rights arcluing under it. Wh,n males aided ,np
conYeym ny Ct siain pr lay in lrust fr tie l,r,jt Of
d and +. ard rcciros in lie lnanllc. tie ..i,a,..
ncnlso by which he is iufuoaeod-eitlcr Il, IN, A..
debts II to educate th, Children or to provide A.,
naliy r their cid age. an, oth,r conceivable INNS
is thrrc Lot an ttieationGr lie trustee to carr, an
hese s. ccEc llIr'sts? ase not the I,r ms lles
yidcd III right 10 tnfree i,ral compliance v,l H..
terms oi the G'cd by looking. in Tie d., ur.n,ni If thu
rst iend rigdly 10 tic u,deelfe,tal, which lL,n.l,=
q the deed Was Influenced? Tho cony,ycr,t tl,,fo
prIor;y says, Hat his ''itdnctmcnr" in nakro ,Ea
deed, e the odUoa,ion oi particular Guild. would III,
trustee have right 10 iuilL housc with it, aad 10 mi
TIC feIf IN lis cra lochet itSeeuls to US that tn,
ind1eeinc"iS" to decd u, always synoiymoes with
lis 'oIlccs and that Tho riehs Of the parties entitled
to It's benefits are always indicated by these Inducements,
But ilcn, VIC are told, admitting this to lie so Hat
thtsc "ere other iuGuct n.tns." itsi,s the PAYMENT
ot the Revolutionary ddt-ard We arc accused Vi
,'srprreaS,ng' Il clause Of Tie New Nork act tur Ito
purpose, IS IS iroty tradl ntmGtcd, Of con,,alng tins
fact. " c dIHca'n such purpose altogether; and VT
deny tlatilc'sulpnssed clause jusilts the inference
which JtEn@m tttnoes rsm II. " at ''c1l,r induce
mtusa N,Ic tl,re to tie eossi,n oi the Ju lie and3
JgBeraon gives Us list Of tLem-and What tte,}
They ali took 10 the Il jet. justice to tie public
creditors" (Which Is but another phrase Tor "paymentd
the Revolutionary debt; and he harmony othe I'm
ted stt,s,' which ilaeat,rtd to be destroyed by
the jealous eye with With these States having no
waste and uucultivatcd lands" within their limits
eardcd such Of them wer'. in this respect, ad
iyana4e,usy situ-lr AL the others quoted BY .I.f,
son. may be uer-cd in heso Regard to SISTER States
stability OF die contederacy aud all the long cats
agaeof similar iadcemcns cited by JcAersn wereerea
"oiJeeis. sought 10 be accomplished, and which haze
been accomplished, by the deeds ot ,eslon. 80 Mas he
payment Of Ihc Revolutionary debt. if Gen Jackson and
MIR at Ia p dish tItDipn.
to be believed. In his Message IS 1882, Gen. JACK
son said As the lands may now be considered
rsrred fDn tbs PLEDGE, The OBJECT ron
WHICH WE'RE cEpEp HAVING BEEs Accom-
rrIsurn.' sc. And Senator King. in his Report from
the committee cu Public Lands. about tie ume.
echoed he sentiment from The White House: New
that tho lands are rlcascd from tkcr PLEDGE TO
TIE rrrlc rkrr," &c. lh,se arc uch broader
tNTIN,rioss jefferson Will concedc than that contaned
in Mr.. Clay 81 ,d in ISL, ML.,h so much excited
his asenishmenn And we take it i;r granted that in
the three thousand closely printed Gop pages ii ID 9hoa
the public lands, which jefferson has in his posf'-
SION and in Wlchhc informs there is not the reno!ss
reference to trust, PLEDGE orrercrsion,' the Mes
sage of Gen. jackson in 1882 and the Report Of Senator
King are not To &c fund,
We now turn to Tho title conveyed, AMI to mhom-
and We cory the Virginia deed, TO wit: Nov. there
lore, know yc. that We, Sc do, these presents, con-
ycy. transfer assign and make over unto the Unite,
States in Congress assembled all right, title and claim az
welloi soil oiursdction, &C. jefferson argues from
the Of this deed as we'll as from the of Assem-
bly, in conformity to which ii made, that the lands
were conveyed absolutely and that there pledge,
ttst. rcrc;sjon. But he docs not give the rhos
dced--though we by means intend to accuse him OF
the ''sGpprr,son' OF the remainder. for any improper
purpose The decd went on to provide that the LANDS
thus conveyed to the United States were conveyed th
''the and lonoft, y ne, d tie COfdooiian, consd
cred as a unit. lut of LIE SIAIES''-and I"
strictly did it guard the rights Of each Of them, that It
provided that III the use Of the land fund, each State
should be entitled TO interest therein, ''accordlng 10
their usual rcpccrc proportions in the general charge
and expenditure "a rule which has bt en- uniformly VI
oatcd ty the trustee, since the formation Of the federal
constitution, and which ntinuc le violated 50
long the rrcocGs Of tie sales otlc public lands arc
treated "rtvcnuc." Tie decd itself shows on lis
face therefore, dat II was irist we have mdnbl'a
bic Democratic authority for the assertion that the lands
the language Of Gen. Jackson ',having been accomplish
ed, the ,ereISoH OF the land fund to 'he States, hh
whose use benefit the lands were cedcd follows asa
matter Of course. ltok, for example. at ordinary
deed OF conveyance for trust purposes, with which every
body is familiar; and ii Will be found that the language