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


bu, inland custom houses And Yet jefferson vii! not
admit that Congress has power give n,oaeg from the
treasury emigrants or ,xilos Or exprIn,,n,efs in
flowers and fruits Nor will he say dat C,usnss may
transfer to the States tie crsioniL cu~os within Lcr
limits, On condition that the said States will ray a CIR
tain proportion Of the nett into the federal tea
sury, as Mr. Calhoun proposes L, do with The and ofi
res. The whole tenor d Cur legislation. indeed, with
reference TO Tie aus shows, thai they Lave re,cr lc,n
regarded. al any time. Constituting Il legitimate
.arce Of ,ere,ue Tor the federal gusclnmcu aud such
etcncc was never set up until II became NECESSARY to
use anagunisiieal to the Distribution pulley But
if that be the meaning Of jtf c,son lie drs widely II. m
the leaders Of his party. President Jackson in his Mes
sage OF 1892, went farther tlan the quotation above
made from that document He not only said that the
lands were relesed irm the Jidee' under the dccds
vi cession, tie Object Tor which they were ctl,d having
been accomplished, but he added IA is ia Ne dsr,e
lion n Congress 10 dispose Of them in such way as best
conducr to the quiet, harmony and gcncr interest Of
the American peuple''-of course, djst,ue the pro
cecds Of their SHES fthai deemed the lest mode
ofatlaining these ol0octsDu he did not stop lere: =
further added, n soenls 10 lc, therefore, FEST TO
RANDOM the IDEA OF RAISING \ FUTURE pExENrr
OFT of THE PUBLIC LANus'-ind what did lie no
fse 10 do with the lands which according to Ic0iscn
were coded for the benefit # The the ,rholc l.
n'oni Why he proposed. convenient time. Ia break
up the land Offices, and that tLe rgL Of so and The G
sme disposition Of be surrendered 10 The States rrsp,c
tircy M uhich IL Hc'!i No wonder Cen IacLs ON
CONT nd'd that the disposition Of this great interest was
in the discreiio Of Congress- when lac proposed thus
10 wrost from the and benefit oiI the States,
whose property Is, for the purpose Of curichg tie fer
III whose limits II Is embraced The wonder is how
ever that one who denies the constitutional iialt Ia dis
tribute tie Lands among All the States. should at
frm Inc CONSTITUTIONAL right 10 surrender N.em Ia a
FEW Of the Stacs' Senator KIM. Of Alab,,p, tn,
organ of Jackson committee OF the Senate echoed back
this sentiment also well as that relanu 10 the ,lrdrc
This committee, (says his Repori) i,1, Nth conf
dcncc from he Land Offices 10 Hc Custom Houses
and say, HERE ARE THE TRUE OIsRCFS
OF FEDERAL REVIEW En-iust as the friends of
Distribution now say. But while the friends Of Distr
button say they INSIST upon giving The land mon,y to
1.-THE states, ior whose ''use and benefit tie, were
ccdcd 10 the general government while Gen Jaehson
would have ccd,d theu 10 the few States in which they
lie, and Senator King would ''erc hrds To lie cnlra
Tor and tell huR 10 Keep his money, and lam il ont IN cj
rdiiratioi. so nj, indeed, Senator kinn thcn
onskng the landsirom cIclealtrrasury THAI he show
ed. Qnopposton 10 the opinonolJ, Du~n. that eyens so
far tack as 1882 the lands had brought into the treasury
than had been paid out their account $3.50
2S1-sncc which time the receipts fir m Them have
been about So 100000 more; thus answering for us
for take it for granted the account current Of SO or
,hodox politician Senator King will not be question
sd-hc argument Of Ic0crSon fased upon an essentially
different array Of figures W heard in So nothing
said nj the obligations, under the deeds Of rcsser to r,
the Land Fund, for the uses Of the federal irfaS,
Z, !,
the tariff if to this fund were given did rent destination
nothing, then, Of Substituting tie States and rcnd, !no
them the crouchog sappans the tosIoo o the Great
central head. Oh IHcn. VAS Jacks5ns doctrine.
that ii was bs, 10 ''ahaudon the idea of raising revenue
from the Public Lands such declaration is de-
nounced as federal wing heresy = 1Ecp. we were
told that we should Turn from the land ,llces 10 the
custom houses, by thorough paced Jackson CONN,
lee ol the Senate: no,c, wien the Wings propose to
follow the advice, and to look the custom hols, las
the true source OF federal revenue, are Genounccd
nat only as hcrccs. hut as robbers
And note. too, the difference. While the Wigs pro
pose to con:ne the general government to the revenue
derived from nposts they would not "eire array the
land money to tie cnivaor, Senator kingprlposcd
for thu purpose Of offering greater Inducements to emf
grafton, and thus weakening the old States By bribing
their citizens to seek home in the new, with money
which, if placed where it belongs. would. BY reducing
'sNa'lon, or by stimulating impro. in the former,
ind their people more elosly er native land
10 cedc these lands to the few States in \, 'ch they lie
as Ten. jackson recommended. No: they J. orose. in
Withdrawing the money from the federal treasury PIT
1t into the treasures ofthc Slaqs-And even if the e.
"ct OF this policy would, must lead 10 an increase
"i the tariff, it would reduce taxation at home in an O.
iuvacnt ratio, and give the benefit Of an indirect
and voluntary, in place Of direct and compulsory sys-
ten Of taxation.
In 1872, the question was between Distribution and
'he entire loss OF the Land fund: and SO it would still
nave been, had not the tide Of public sentiment then IN
Influenced by party dogmas, flowed in m almost un-
broken current evidenced by the more than two
'rds ot both branches Of Jchson Congress- in favor of
MI lays Land Bill. Since then the ground has been
'hiited-and they who formerly contcnded that the
Lands ought be source OF revenue now up-
pose Distribution. because cuts off that source Of revc-
hue-tty who lade us turn from the land offices to the
custom houses, tell us that. in doing So we are
ro6bng the general government Gifts rights-they who
,e no constitutional scruple then in st,1cnde,ine the
Lands to the few States in which they lie are horror
struck now al the enormity Of distributing the proceeds
OF the sales to all the States, in equitable proportions =;
they who were then not at all apprchcnsvc that STATE