The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1842-03-25

Hltd states, ln'nrre" iy their acceptance Of the
lands On that condition, faithfully performed.
zee WIN what hUGIhooI NIigS'n, with all
'AH'e considerations staring N It's face, icaiS these
t0@DtcIS II diOWS Gai iyuMp'cS the c0aS.iiattV0 /
IN teF tpqu
I.oon at the first section Of the Distribution Bill,
pu5li>hrd in the last number Of the Democrat:
Does that pretend To divide the money AMONG
"Su,. Of the states as karc Jt,Omc or shalt be-
come HcmtgrS II he c0atc icraiioa or fe9e,Qi Gl-
iQn-c a. yi3 siGiei, EIgiaii iHcLugiyCm Not ,
at ali. Il rive, money 10 nine States by name,
not one of which WAS in existence wien the conf |
pact with Virginia was executed, and oniits seven
leen! noes i nretcud TO rive 10 these nine sac |
corling TO their usual respective proportions in the
general charge and cXpandnuro:'; Not ut uIi.-
il riyrs them one tenth of the common fund.-"
aud gives nothing to the rest. Does il divide e.
ven Ibis ten per cent among the nine States in
prooor.ons prescribed hy The compocts, Not nj
all. 1t gives TO each ten per cent on the proceeds
Of the sales within lis own borders. so that The share
of Ohio, with her fifteen hnudred thousand peope
will be twenty times less thin that Of Arkansas
with her one hundred thousand
Now. in The name of all that is sacred, if Con-
gress can cons,jlutionay rive to nine out of the
Iw,nty-siy States. ten pcr cent of this common
fund. . canno, they rive the same States the whole
fpnd; Reason and common sense answers ycs.-
Here then the obligations of the compacts and the
couraec of the constitution are rejected. secuted,
", nt nuurh,. treated with CONTEMPT, and Con-
.rass assumes the bowers ofan unrestricted nOyern-
mnrt
Jool =, the e;abth section which piyes all bnt
ora ,ho came St,,e Iorrn troc,s or lands not far
,ho nnrnoso oc making ro9h, or canals IN or ibro,
,rno,S hpInnno IN ,hn Irni,od S,nte. for ,be mr.
,hn;, ,,,ro Hn, nvnynIly IN he nsed nv tha States
r,r ,bo;r n,yn hcnci, ..r,iihlullv and bona Gde''
,nd Co, ..no other u.a or purpose whoteyer,n
T ool; ot rhe second section which gives distribu
,;ra sLoros nf the ramaininr ninety per cent. Of
,b;s ,,common Cnndu 70 Ihe District Of Columbia
i ,ho ,nrr;,,ins NJ rnr;In Williamson ard Low,
~nmo ocyhich orc states. In This dispo,inu Of the
i,'I. cr ,.Ihn rsocrd bro.lit nr snoh ort hp r. s
',' hnro hocon,n or shall b,cnmc mpmber. or the
Ieroiion N. f., IoroI ojli,ncc,, Is this far
49,. o,hnr rsn ar nrrnoso vh.,sorycr,n
YAH, -, ,ha .,,In Isnc;inn which owes tho ro-
,,io;n,, n;nc,y nor cent 10 earh Of lRe tyenty..y
,;,,,'s % / c,nr rerr,nrjes in DyoDor,iop IN tho
n 1,r,j I,,oIor NJ ilej, yqyulgiioD. rs shoyn Inv
.ta Co,"n a. $50 l. his conlrrrn, ,he h.nnE,
~ chi, ,,co,nnnn G,na - pnon ,hc S,nips orihe H.
IAN .,nccorJinqto their usp,I rrspec1iyc nropor,ions
j.; ,ho General ch,rrr and evrnniitnrc;''
I, /. iu,nosSihle IA conceive ease in which Com
.a,, c'n mora npnobly in the ,pncr,l rcsnlt or in
saa'', n,r;cnlnrs yioja,e he eonstIruIion Of ,hn
, '%' ,nJ tho ngh,rJ 9th Of the Jni,pJ STATES
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