Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1844-05-02

they were ro55as but he characterized them as robbers,
@'assimiiaung their supposed offences 10 a Sei-tre Of the
.puIjc forts and arScn0iS-to q pIundcriHg Of ne public
treasury; and what is tins but ROBBERY or LARGE
ny. according 90 tie circumstances Of force or no force,
I'm despoilng he Government ct rs property
App Cong Globe. page %, l-3c-9.
By the National Intei.igencer and the explanation Of
Senator Voting. therefore, u Is conclusiv,ly proved, that
Mr.. Clay chafaetcrizcd the settlers on Tie public lanjs-
A. LAWLESS RABBLE.
~ a set OF PIRATES.
~ a gang Of THIEVES
A. a band % ROBBERS.
Ifhe dd not call 'hem hy Mcse names he gave them
hese darootDS. aHd hc proudly said, hr would not he de
TERED from doing his dujv in resisting their claims by
mcuaccs o. hy any considerations personal 10 himself He
moved. as wc have seen. an amendment requiring Mr..
Van Buren, To have the Settlers removed thereafter. To
show how far be would have gone, we copy from the M
toral Iuleliseucer If the 9Th February LES. part of a
discussion which took place between hm and the lament
cd Senator Linn Of Missouri On The 9Th day of January,
ISIS.
MIR. Linn said. that it was utterly VAN and idle to sup-
pose. You could by legal enactmenis or military force, ar
rest the onward course Of eur free and restless popula-
'ion. Onward. onward u has rolled and oH1GTd I would
continue 10 roll. mill it reached The borders oi the great
Pacific ocean where lis accumulated masses would SIT
down and weep HAT there were no more worlds 10 settle.
The American population have and ever VIII. consider
the wilderness - their property. their inheritance. who
could or would dare 10 say 10 our people. thus far shalt
thou 60 and no farther No man worI lay to be President
'of The inijcd States. no man can be President OF tins
Great Republic who would be tyrant enough to order, by
military violence, these people to be- driven of Inc lands
they had reclaimed from the wilderness which they own
ed IN common with the pCOple of the | nliCd States.
Mr.. CLAW of Ky. SAID can 1t be possible that tins
government cannot protect the property of the people OF
the United States Can these settlers hold possession
.agains, the whole farce Of this corcnmcnt. THE RE
GUAR ARMY. Tie Httio, under the command OF the
President II the case Is so with the public domain,
'how soon will It he the same with all the public proper
'ty3 SIr. I hope IL - not true | hope the people VIII
'be able 90 project thelr property.
VIII not the people oc the Western states generally
agree with Senator Linn. that 'tPo wgR WORTH hbe
--fI L. ~ ID 4 AHf -..a.l So 10 sla.
IRREGULAR ARMY" INTO the new @se,,lemen,s 10 dis
possess the occupants Of the land AT TIE POINT OF
TIlE BAYONET? Say. prc-emptioners. Shall such a
TNRANT be- President If 50, give your votes fox
HENRY 10y
Put thi- man would have YOU believe that he only CON
Cured with Mr. Van Buren, on tins point. Hear what
The equiyocaiiug candidate for the Presidency SAID On the
27th January jos, as reported IN ms fa'orie lnieiligen-
Ger: VIZ.
.Sir.' said Sir. Clay. "vhcn I bad gone thus far On
rcadins Mr. Yam Rurcm's Mcssage) | thought our Chief
Magistrate would take care of the property of the people
of the Union. But whcu | had followed him alitlc fur
thor and perceived Hof be- had cdopled al the ID
IENIIO.(S of prccmpfion and ergduatioR. and al me
.NEHEiNGLED NOTIONS q rhicb IRE hare heofd 50
murb "a aeGrs past. 7 almost %deSparcd 81 him.
Ills attack upon Air. !an Buren for beng IN favor oi
the presumption law. was much more violent than Is here
reported hut here IS enough 10 show. that 80 TAR from
, c0Hcurrjpr ON this point tity Were dTf6hg al issue
But Mr. Clay sa,s hc was not opposed Ia prescriptions
upon final settlement of The land question, and as ,Yi-
dencr, points "a his vote iur "a prof' >llloa offered hN AT
r tntiruden IN l~4O. uniting a prc-omI ton sNslelh WIN
. scheme fer giving io the States the moneys ARISING nom
r. the sales of hubble llnd+. and To- lis distribution act oi TIA,
e Extra Session in 1871. What Henry Clay sauciIonin9
what he had 50 long and 80 vchcmcnily denounced a.
% scheme OF p'aadsr. pirocg. aud Totbtry HnnTy Gay mp
+, proving Of the SEIZURE at the p1bitc drScpdiS, The pun
y slips. aud the many IN tie TroaSUry| 1t Is even SOL
lie Is 10 be believed.
j. But iot ms see ,-bep MIR Clay became willing 10 Join tn,
hifr,s. rtdcs and Flrg'oS- rs be- substantial. called ih'
n s.t..r- oa t.e iuhiic lands. Iheso deuunctti""- Cd '"'
b "cpqguvS' aud ot the whole principle Of prescriptions
? were al tie December session Of I"nsr,ss IA I-'','S