Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-10-25

Stale and Federal Governments distinct as the
Governceats OF Europe and America.
Tns ia very lucid statement OF The facts involved
in his m1ch aca,cd aud much misrepre.en'ed mt
ter The Federal clans, everywhere, make IL pcin',
/, MI lheir harancues and resolutions, TO assert that
the lands were surrendered trust fund 10 The oe
neral Government 10 pay the war ceo', ana 'nen 70 ="
vert 10 the States. The truth IS, az slated ty Mf
cu,h;ny-t,e lands belonged to Virginia, which were
coded al the close of the Revolution. The majority oil
The States neve. or ned beyond their own con
fines and il was put down the petension asSet't"
nv some of Tie States To- the wild lands, upon the
ground of a conquest from Great Bh'ain, ana 10 CO.
1nent the Union that they were coded by virginia
10 the National Government to be held ~ naion"
domain for the c0mmon-nct Tie seeTa--"ses OF Tue
States of the Union Jeaiouses were tact growing up
in REGARD 10 this vast land do:naIn and The cession
to the Union was intended to make It common oond'
instead of source Of dissenson among The States
Bpt Mr.. Claws schemes of se!faggrandizement all
tend 10 unsete the order of things established by the
saues of the Revolution, with view to confirm the
tannv relations newly created among the States by
common Government. II will be seen, IN the short
letter in which he recently put forth his whole cfeeo
IN brief that he proposes to substitute paper currency
for the coined currency Of the Consiiirt'"n npoSl.
ton of for the protection OF Glass; III der"gaon
of the taxation authorized by tie Constitution Tor Inc
coonon purposes CT the Union; subversion OF the
veto by which the general Representative OF the whole
C,u}ederacy holds in cheek The selfish legislation which
sectional influences nay combine TO engenoer; sup
oil the re W
,ion which goes defeat Tie responsibility OF The Chief
MAGISTRATE 10 the masses by whom he is elected, and
make him the instrument OF the peculiar class or sec.
ton to which he belongs; and, finally, partition OF
the interest in the public lands, defeating The consl-
,ionol disposal of them, which put end TO the grow
~ no;,cal iealousies and mcrcenary dissensons which
Al frs, threatened the peace Of the States and the de-
| feat Of the Union.
If Mr. Claws proposition only embraced The division
among the States of the pance now lett OF Inc anos'
| Cd IN
lie General Government by the Siaies,) the remnant
is so small to create sufficient interest Tor con
,roversy But, under the pretence OF cession from the
States he proposes to divide the vast acquisition OF Inc
General Government obtained from France and SPAN.
The prosecution Of this scheme must introduce feel
ipy Of hostility between the old and new States, much
more PREGNANT ilh misc hef than that growing out oil
the claim of conquest insisted on by many oil the
States as superseding the right OF virginia 10 'he
Western Wilderness embraced within her royal char.
ter VIII not all the organized Governments "est OF
the Mississippi resouiely and rghiully MAINTAIN hat
# the Government of the Union, 10 whom The Ianus
within their confines ceded resigns It's interest IN
them the State sovereignty over the SOIL witin It's
Jurisdiction must supersede any title or interest whch
nny other State may set up TO il: Can the General
Government confer any right Massachusetts TO any
norton of the soil of Missouri, When The treaty with
Great Britain acknowledged the conquest by The Con
tederacy of the whole territory embraced within the
several States, the confederate Government, which
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Of the unappropriated soil within any State among the
rest Will Missouri or Arkansas recognise the right
of the General Government to put any portion OF
their SOIL or any interest in it, out of It's hands, and al
The disposal of other States, and in violation OF The con-
don on which il has hitherto been held IN virtue oil
the treaty by which it was acquired
Massachusetts and the other manufacturing States
are doubly Interested in preventing rapid emigration to
the new States II transfers the sceptre OF political
power far from them, and hence they opposed in the
beginning the acquisition Of the territory west Of the
Mississippi. They are unwilling 10 open an easy ave-
nue. 10 the settlement of the new States also; because
il drains their population, and enhances the price
Of ha, labor, which they would cheaper, TO increase
the profits OF their manufacturing establishments wan
the Western States consent to change made IN ne
ownership of The lands within their limits, Tor their
proceeds which will inevitably operate to reptess Their
Growth, Will they consent to the introduction OF a
new principle in regard TO the disposition Of the public
domain, which recognises the power OF the General
and pnterna Government to resign lts interest," and' as
consequence lis authority over the lands 1t holds IN
some of the States; and make the transfer TO other
States having rival and opposite interests TO the States
within which the lands lie: We think not. And II
ever Mr. Cays scheme of distribution once takes roo'
it will be found, we think the bitter root OF new and
dangerous collisions among the old and new States oil
the Tpjon- Globe