The Arkansas banner., 1844-02-13
ADDRESS
Of the Democratic StGte ComreaftOas, Nssenstsed
 ct Little Rock iM December, ISi3,
 TO THE PEOPLE OF ARKANSAS
(coNCLUDED.1

THE ASSUMPTION OF THE STATE DEBTS
 efeua whig party destroy independence the States, than the distribution proceeds modern spirit whiggey Without Constitutional sanctions fruitful party of tariff; bak theory odous in detail and practice can be happiness people prosperity country
 will be remembered that M Cy' distribution b of 1892 did not the approval Jackson The hostility of the democratic came in,o noy which I unfortunate hngpene lsi Among the few but the of Congress of that the adoption of the distribution policy adopted oo at time, when the treasury empty and the government debt Its enomty vated by disregard of the public interests and determination carry per as ncfa with the hope that brbe splendid the ground that extend relief to the debtor States @ maintain their @ % credit is Mo an indrset mode of pans Meir open assumption, apply with distribution policy In the form that the question of assumption be The mainly foreign capitalists such roads and canals general failure the banks the appropriateness of works internal improvement have Jeff hope which that capital applied The two hundred millions dollars and due by een out of the wensix States the onfeercy. That mquesonab and distribution
 distribute the proceeds of the public lands the that rup its tendency in operations and for the benefit of British and that the necessity for high tariff and taxation Before proceeding further few statistical and his oeal facts, must be referred place the subject proper light
 The greatest portion of the public don undsposed of France ls63 spain in 5l92 na s % ~em em n e mo s Ss fS s e e % mon p Sa together thirty dollars paid out of the treasury Unon with and spain d by rgm e purchase se simple Louisiana embraced all the of the Mississippi as g" sps dma se '' and the '0' constitute ""e '''S ' the The lands coded by generally known the North Western Territory and which form Indiana Michigan and the Territory of Wisconsin That portion of the of Alabama Mississippi, lying of degree atude purchased from the State Georgia by the paid The of fragment the vast body of public ands nning by esimon than thousand can have but little weight sustaining which appop the annual proceeds of the o public domains whether coded estimated sio from the information, which have aenelv crown on r m were d, , ,1 " ; , m" public lands
 The paid pa Indian tes not less than eighty-fve millions of dollars.
 Thus appears that the Government has paid valuable for of land she holds, and that aacy the domain embraced the State donation g Let how this stands Before the Revolution, the right patented lands within the limits the Colonies, and of the United States fixed by the of l7S los and the confederation acquired ,em The conquest all civilized the by which they held They energies the whole condey in glorious struggle for independence By he of nations the title these lands without any a passed from the anqushed to the victorious which then the onfede- incurred ~ i 3 n es wa % a m % a s G ae that sn w into force and discharged the last dollar of the national treasury the surrender of claims which admitted to be valid conflicting would all probability have produced separation the confedemcy Besides all the right the States up right of purchase from the Indians who acknowledged the the sessions could only transfer and convey the the tribes 
 Numberless with Indian millions dollars paid and be paid for the purchase deeds of volumes of qud and holds that portion of the public be she acquired Louisiana purca consideration; and that the whole domain and the property of the United purchase
 that the debt of the Revolution has been d the proceeds public arbitrary these lands
 be observed the first place. that the question turn the puauons of these deeds unconneced with other
 
 PIbe early day. pledged the public domain the debt the happens that single dollar of the principal debt paid the public and millions hundred of the debt paid the customs Government Up from the public and by eight millions dollars leaving bance which millions dollars management of the public domain, exceeds the land from paying public deb been u fcen pay the expenses of the system.
 Revenue derived from and the public and and recognized either law the branches come all into the national Treasury becomes distinguished fund.- be applied such objects specified
 
 Congress distribute the land e distributed, and the pundered onsts rely the Congress other the United