The Arkansas banner., 1844-08-28

Senator from Kentucky will be permitted to lead the army which is 10 perform the work of expulsion and desolation; that he will lead the forces which are to drive from therhomes and consume the dwellings of these hardy pioneers, whose only crime is this that they desire to secure, the Government price, the farms they have selected and cleared, and cul- tvated, against the overbidding of capitalists and spectators And whenthe Senator from Kentucky unfufls his banner, and calls foffe-I cruits for such purpose, can he obtain one, even i'll the State of Kentucky, for seruce so odious and deiestable "
 App Cong. Globe, page l42.
 Mr. Clay followed 6lr. Walker, but tdenied nothing he said.
 4 portion of what he did say, is thus re- ported, viz:
 Mr Clay said, '.4Ye have been told of the extent of the evil, of the number of sqaatiera who have got on the public land, and the diff ficulty of removing them: and that therefore there was a necessity to pass this law, to give them the lands they have uniustly seized on. Do we live in county of laws or not :"- :
 Glow was il with that White House, now so amply furnished-with that famous east room, ahd the little man who occupies so small part of it3 Suppose pre-emptionor was To go there and say, Mr. President, this house is too large for you; l am an indus hious cullvator, one of the hone-and-sinew men, and claim pre-emption 10 part of this house. Would he not have as much rgttto squat down here as t0 squat down en the public lands ?2
 App. Cong Globe, page ll3.
 What can be more contemPtuous thamthese expressions relative to the Settlers!
 But, says }Ir. Clay in one of his letters, an explanation took place at the next session of the Senate, Con which occasion q Senator from Illinois, Mir Youngl acknowledged that he had mferrcd the exceptionable expressions from the tenor ofmy speech, and that aad mol used taem.2
 Now, here is the aexplanationo which Hr. Young made as reported at the timc, viz;
 Senate, Jlal. 8, 1839 3If. Young, of Illi- nois. ''The Senator l3Ir. Crttenden) asks, why il is, that his colleague lAIr. Clay has, alone Of all others, been singled out as the object of yiuperation by the friends of this measure why the whole fountain of their bitter waters has been poured out upon his devoted head and why it is, that he alone is 10 be offered up as q sacrifice upon thealhr of Western interests, for having done what he considered to be his duty in respect te the greater interests of the Union. Sir, fl the Senator from Kentucky Mir. Clay1 stands conspicuous as the object of attack iu this debate, would ask his honorable colleague, Mr. Critenden) arho placed bim jR ttat COL d}ioa2 Has he not, dboee nlL others, al ali times, and Upoa dfl occasions, when the sub ject of the public lands has been the topic of discussion, tatea tfe lsad in denouncing these 'LAWLESS# #INTRUSI0NS' upon the public domain, as he is pleased 10 term them3 Has he not in fact, to use his own expression, battled it for days together, 'soljtary,' if not 'df0He,' against our pre-ompdoa and gradua- ton bills, when scarcely man of his party would venture to the rescue These things considered, Ar President, and how canil be matter of wonder or surprise to the Senator, { Mir. Crittendenl that his colleague should be met by the Senators from the new States. up on the ground he himself has seen it 10 oe- cupy, so far in advance of lis associates, as to have left them almost out of sight behind him Mir. President, during the progress of the debate on the pre-emption bill, at the last session of Congress, the honorable Senator from Kentucky Mr. Clay1 indulged in eX- pressions towards the settlers of the new States who had gone upon the public lands for the purpose of procuring homes for them selves and families, which, in my opinion, they did not deserve and as they were re- peated on more than one occasion during that protracted debate with theumost dclibeTation, took note of$ome of them at the time they were uttered, ia the precise terRS cmPl0yed by tbe speaker, as 1 understood him; and as l wish to recur to these expressions, for the purpose of showing how far, in this respect, the honorable Senator Mir. CIay) may or may not have been msrepresented, as is sup posed by his honorable colleague (1Ir. Crit tenden) ] aeW refer 10 tbem as I toot Hem dorn, and leave the Senate to judge whether we of the new States, or the honorable Sen- ator's colleague have had the most cause to complain of misrepresentation. &%The hon orable Senator Mir Claw said, when discus sing the merits of the pre-empdon bill, and of those who were to be benefited by is Droyi- sions, in the debate of the 27lh January last, according to my memorandum, that he haap of no iaac or principle of propjetg, which authorized Us to give way the public lands as a bounty tothe poor; as c bounty for the ejo- iation Q ise 1aac tllat he viewed it the pre- emption bill) as a license 10 c Set of LAW LESS INTRUDEKo 10 go upon the public domain, and prevent it's sale in the manner prescribed by law; that he looked upon the whole system of pre-emption as a SYSTEM OF BOUNDLESS, ,SCANDAL0US,F FRAUD ULENIs SPECULATION; that il was 1aH of fraud, ABOMlNABLE, EXECRABLE FRAUD; system that TAINTED, COR RUPTED and PUTRIFIED crery cue ae4oI touched it; 85-thatth men (these settlers upon the public lands might with equal pro- priety, SEIZE UPON OUR FORTS AND OUR SHIPS UPON THE OCEAN, OR THUNDER THE PUBLIC MONEY IN TIE TREASURY, and appro- priafe tFe spells among Them, as thus 10 seize upon the public domain, and hold it against the just demand of the government. Such,