The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1842-02-17


nanhfsemrr ~ rials and BOTTLES, u New
lcar "a Pennsylvania, pray ins lie liks
s-csrriioa
Also. . mcnonsl frou Pfsscns rnsasrd
m lie nsnufaesnFe and sale q iron. in
Nsu Jersey. asking sl.s aileuiian &C Cen
rrnss 10 tie fereign and domestic trade.
and praying llaiihr dusies may be inrrra-
"a on iron 70 uhal shey were in 1889.
By Mr. Bnehznsn: Nine memorials
rem Phlladslphia and osher paris Of
Pennsylvania. il relation 70 The inn
manufactures Of Philadelphia. asking he
same rale Of duty as exisisd undrr lie ssi
Of 1899.
The following resolution. snbmiiied
some Days since BY Mr cLAx. was lhen
taken on.
Resufref, That me Committee on iIe
Public Lands be instructed 10 inquire INTO
he expedirney Of providing by law lhai.
whenever any State or States shall rrlnse
their proportion Of the proceeds a. Inc
public lands. such proportion shall be dis
iribuied among the residue Of The assent
ing States.
Mr.. KING said he presumed the Sena-
tor was not serious in presenting The res-
oluiion; and. il he was MI disposed 10 ask
action upon il. be would move 10 las DE
subject on The table.
Mr. CLAY said he had much more
reason 20 suppose The Senator was not
serious in what he had said, than The
Senator 70 suppose he was moi serious in
Offering his resolution. lie would tell
the Senator from Alabama what were his
views upon Ibis subject. Ills resolution
was To inquire what should he done with
the land revenae appropriaied to State.
when Ina, State refused 20 receive ihep or-
lion thus appropriated. lie would 90,
make hasiy disposition Of The land which
any Legislature. under The inlncnee az
party feeling. might refuse 10 receive.
That. he conceiyrd. would be unjust TO
the People themselves. who. be thought.
held different opinions from their I.egis-
laiares npon this subject. lie believed.
however. that if The People continued 10
object. and two or three Legislatures
should state their objections. lhai some
thing should be done with The lands thus
refused. lie would ask. what was 10 be
done. Ills opinion was, that sfisr any
Stale Perseveringly refused 10 receive this
land. il would ne proper for Congress 10
make some other disposition Of The pro-
portion belonging 10 such Stale.
Mr.. KING said he did mol think he
Senalorwas serions. lie had lold Us over
and over again that the land belonged To
the States; and would he. because State
regarded the land sales ne q common fund.
and declined 10 receive il. appropriate il
10 other Slalesl Did il belong 20 The
Sale 50 refusing, or 10 the other States!
II ii belonged TO adisscnIing State, would
they appropriate il 10 others because that
Stale refused 10 receive II!
Mr.. X. closed with cali FOR the yeas
and nays; which were ordered by the
Senate.
Mr.. CLAY hoped we should know
how many would vote for aud how many
against this resolution. lie had said that
the land belonged 10 Alabama: and, they
refused 10 receive il, what then! Tie
case was like that Of father dispensing
his property 70 his children. lfnne child
refused 10 receive his portion. could not
the father appropriate that child's portion
10 The resi- Of the familyl The General
Government, as the parent az the States,
had given the land to the States. and one
nf the family of States had refused 10
receive her portion. Now, il Alabama
or South Carolina refused 10 receive her
portion, lett he given to others. lie was
ready to vote for the proposition n any
moment.
Gentlemen had called the distribution
policy one Of robbery and plunder. How
robbery! How plumber! lfhc was dis
posed 10 rciorl. he might show that the
robbery rested not with the receiving
States. Nothing was 10 be gained bv This
language. Wild were the rublersl Con
gress was the agentof this robbery, and
ihe States the receivers Of the stolen goods.
Congress. after ten years laboring TO effect
the object. had passed this bill. aud the
People Of the States receiving their pro-
portions would ! ave had the benefits III
u. Aud this was called robbery. What
was 10 be gained, hy such crimina,ion.
What was the question submitted! II
was one OF distribution. involving indirect
taxation TO The extent Of supplying the
mems in the Treasury withdrawn from
i BY the bill. Il proposed tina, the Co
yernment should be hereafter carried On
without relying upon the land fund which
belonged 10 The States.
Mr.. CALHOUN said that the Senator
from Kentucky showed profound icnor-
ance II he expected that South Carolina