Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-07-29
in each State and Territory.

4th. The number OF acres OF the public land. >.
from The earliest period of the sales up 10 The @
period, and the amount of money received frorr
sales during the same time. '1''
9Th The quantity of land set apart for Indian :,
up to the present period, designating the name es
tribe and The separate quantity sci apa! for each
9th. The amount of money, rs near as can b. ,s,
tanned. Is hich has been paid by the u s. in tie
gnishment of Indian titles up to The presen, periot
9TH The several amounts Of money secured IA J.
paid to any OF the Indian tribes, as anrues, ann +,
duration Of such annuItlcs, respectively.
/ s;h. The amount invested IN stocks by tie Inn,
States on Indian accountable names Of the trk,s
which such Investmen ts were made the nature a.,
stocks-the conditions upon which they were M,
cbased-and the times and manner in which M .
terest accruing upon such stocks is paid 10 the I,
entitled to the same.
OH. The amount paid Tor surveying the public lart.
and the total amount paid for selling the same As "a,
can be ascertained up 10 the present period, ncrG,
the expenses of the General Land Offices.
10th The amounts paid in the purchase Of Lcr
lana and Florida, stated separately, with the in,e,
paid on the purchase money in each case-and the q.
ma,ed quantity of land acquired BY said purchases =.
spectiyely.
II. TIE amounts paid TO any of the States IN cor.
1uence Of sale cession OF their waste andsiotfpr
S., and the amount paid in the extinguIshnent ci !,
ya,e claims 10 the lands thus sold or ceded.
70 The States and Territories, or parts OF Saess.
Territories, comprehended by the purchases Ct Los.
ana and Florida.
With such notes of ex PLANTATION may be DEEM.
necessary to proper understanding o; the same.
Mr. YOUNG remarked that great deal Of tie Ia
formation called for by his resolution might be obar
by looking into the public documents, but few regar
only on the subject had been brought down 10 The .
sent period With regard TO our intercourse with ii.
indians there much in the dark concerning whcl
Congress should have some information. The sute..
of the public lands, all knew, Of great n,eie,.
to the Sc yeral States and proper, therefore
the public should have al the information which COZ.
be obtained so that they might really judge Tor thea
selves how the matter stood In relation 10 The
of the public lands, an opinion prevailed among po.
ticn of the people, and newspapers took The saae
ground that the public lands held by the Cover
ment were obtained By thu cessons OF the States, .s
they (Congress) knew that large portion {! then h.
been acquired By the purchase Of Louisiana and Fc.
da. There have aso been large sums paid for Tie
tincnshment of lndnn titles; and the amounts Gu
moi be ascertaned without reference to the public
cumens His object was to bring oil these iacs b..
fore the pubc in condensed form, and to INCLUDE
~ thinn relating 10 the public lands-how much
been psld fer the extnguishmcnt Of the Indian tie
the purchase of the lands, what charges IN constqu-
of Indian annut,es, etc. A considerable amount Ia.
been invested in Stale stocks for the benefit OF the h.
dams amounting TO two or three millions OF dollar: -
All this Information could be embraced IN fifteen
twenty pages; and he was anxious that 1t shoGG b.
brought forward for the use OF Congress and tLeF.
pIe He was not disposed to press the consIdrs,ba
of the resolution at tins time, but was wiling TO lei
lie on tie table until 10 morrow.
The resolution then took that dlreciion and was
dered to be printed.
The Senate then preceded TO the consideration q
the bill to provide revenue from imports and to cdaf
and modify existing Laws imposing duties on lmrC;s
4 g.. III
MIR. WOODBURY. stated his objections 10 the IT,
to be- first, the amount proposed TO be raset b.,
il. and secondly, the manner IN winch the amtt@
was TO be raised. Twenty seven millions vereio b
cole ctcd from customs by this bill but, IN hs q.
MON. they should not collect from the people, or ne
operations Of the General Government over o-a
teen or twenty millions much less should they
larger amount by tax which, as i'll this bill, anoui
to pnll tax rcr cGyita; for all taxes on articles
general consumption, is poll tax, and not lex %
the rich, but the mddlIng and the poorer CLASSES
This bill proposed raise ten millions mere than ~:
necessary; three Of which were TO be collected to sup
DIV the deficiency in the Treasury occascned By tie
distribution of the proceeds Of the sales o! the pr:
lands Therefore, by restoring the revenue tom tat
source, and reducing the amount IN the bi To "s
amount he had just suggested, 1t would be ofoHst'
dow to the proper limits. In TRUTH the ball prop sd
to collect one third more than Should he COLLECTED l@'
measure although purporling to he for revenue, VASE
revenue bill! in lis structure, form and details ~ shol.
vote for il 10 the extent which lie might tbitk prep
He then undertook To show that the bill, while r'o
ing be fer financial purposes, was 10. pio''tf
purposes and, in the course oi his remarks lie >s
that the trainers of the Compromise uct, genera
thought that twenty per cent imports would he @'
fcenlly high, and one OF the sections ct TIE law o''
templated that result. If more money than What @oi
thus be derived from the customs Should be wift ,
they must get it from other sources. Ii they wc4t
dance they must pay the piper-if they would sP't.
more than was necessary Tor the economical adm. '
tration Of the Government, they must 60 to the ai
or TO excise aud this IVES proper check On eaifs''
CANT expenditures. Should they go above 90 rer cee
they would violate not only the first Compromise act II
1888, but the second, Of 1s4l, re.ennced N Tie
Land bill The letter Of the late General liaH's''
written in 1889, ahch was read few days ago '''
Senate, plainly asserted his determination TO achte
twenty per cent duties, well as cash paynr ''
home valuation ard even as late ms $50, NJ t'''
in his Hanover speech, expressed sentiments OF sh'
lar import.
| Mr. w. addressed the Senate for about three nous
MIR. EVANS replied. He said thatthe Admin'ia''
did not intend TO spend tweniy'seven millions Nv
their desire that the expenditures should mol exec
twenty-five millions; at no time more than twenty ''''
millions There actual necessity for lhsl"ri''
seven millions for during several years past, 'bey l''
not raised seventeen millions per annum on mp" ~
and there were public debts 10 be discharged, s"''
they inherited from the late Administration. pu'ts
the last three four years, the amount appropriate
private claims was utterly significant, He Ut!''..
that two years ago The whole unoun, for THIS pU'i'
was only IA ,GUG dollars in session. Clam Lac
laid from year 10 year, and from session 10
sion, and had been refuse because The Depahmt"'"
the head of which was The Senator from New hs- +,
shire, had not money enough 10 pay them Luz u >
debt must be paid, well us the Treasury r"'' 10
standing redeemed; and the amount proposed 70 y
raised by this bill is to meet the engagements SL'
were left to the present Administration by Tie q,
And now they only designed, instead OF sfft(si.
twenty. seven millions for the ordinary expense :
Government, to ccme back 10 an annual e1gr'c ~
of twenty. two millions, after paying the pno'G -.
Mr. f. further replied to the Senator from Ne" i''"f
shire.
Mr.. WOODBURY. made brief reply TO Mir t"' .
observations, chiefly with view Of referring -:
naor 10 the deleerous effects Of restrictive q. .
upon tie navigation and the shipping Interests "a
ference TO The British tariff, he showed that d"'t'
revenue were, in that country, under ~ PER eeh'
when probib,ory duties intended they "tfr ''''
high enough to efft ct that object. The average
not exceeded 33s per cent lie showed that N o.
land the reduction Of duties articles c pane ..
sumption had been found, by experience, to ''''''
the amount of revenue received. 80