The Arkansas banner., 1844-03-20
For He .4rkansns Bonner

sthe theft will appear. BOSTOi For he .9rkansas Runner.
 MIR. CLAY AND PRE- EMPTI0Y MR. EDIToR-I feel under oblgaiu ssome "Native of the west,n whose eo. snieation was published in the Banner
 Aweeks since, for his industry in exam sthe journals of fthe Senate of the UnitedJ sand showing conclusively MT. Clav'so ] 1tlon to the settlers upon the public land In 1858 when the pre-emption bill 1 sunder discussion in the Senate. MI. sproposed the following amendment viz ] g2d, And be further enacted, that all q Ements upon the public lands subsequa sthe first day of December lS37 shall h thereby are strictly prohibited; and the ] Sident shall be and hereby is authorisel srequired to cause all persons, who ma tie on public lands subsequent to the day,| ssaid, to be removed therefrom.n Thisaal Ement, was rejected in opposition to Md svote and influence. If he had succeed Epassing it, large number of persons Swere actual settlers at the time would sbeen removed from their homes, and gproperty sacrificed, after having been I Fed to make settlements by the policy q Fed by the government for series of d Spreviously. The course that would sbeen pursued, under this law, had itu| gwould have been for the President to \ fhis order to the settlers to move-If lhHl sitated, he would have been compeliedbl san armed force with muskets and baa Sand march them out like criminals who| sguilty of stealing flor the PresideniRd s''to see the laws faithfully executedn Swould have stopped the tide of emig sthat was flowing into this State, ard EI , has continued to the present time, beesu| sthe rejection of Mr. Clay's amendment ssonly would it have prevented the speedy 5tlement of the country; but 1t would ftranpled under foot all those rights and alleges which energy and enterprise ha1| $cured for other individuals, and which , sbeen considered by all governments, bu| ] sticularly by this, whose existence depend ] lon the affections, and not the fears d| speople. s In looking for the motive that inaa| Mir. Clay, in his high handed attemp1 .prive the settlers of their homes and fra, 2 i've are forced to the conclusion, that gnot the result of an ardent attachment n|
 zwest, or to western interests-that Il dI grow out of love for the settlers upd| public lands |; for it has been proven, e slvely, by five or six Senators in Col1 that he denounced them as "LAwLEs] BILE" and BLAND pIRATEs,n better sulh| ] the generations of all honest men, than < the participators in the management o and happy governmentlike this-conseq1I ly we conclude, that self aggrandizemen| ; his grand object ;-for, by such uncallS| . violence towards the settlers on the Fl lands, he expected to make himself pq , with few of the old States which ves| posed to the pre-emptioh principle
 find no other motive. He did not e]
 1, the pre-emption bill because of its up' nationality; and the expediency of 0l' system had proved itself the best lna,' { be devised and had it continued, the ,1] 2 Arkansas would not have been swaal''| Of 500,000 acres of land, which "S , under the celebrated act of Congress monly called the ssDistributl onsAct N at the extra session of lS4l, under ma'1 } hard-cider frenzy. < l feel under obligations also w ", friend, '' John Jones,n who has tulne| ! attention, to some extent, to Mir. oiay sitlon to the settlers upon the paolss . and has brought to view the iacl' "s
 Benton offered an amendment so as
 Arkansas (she being one of the ne"
 100000 of acres of land, the sal'e
 the State of Ohio; but MT. Clay, E
 friends, voted it down. Why was nn
 Arkansas has as much territory as ous has more public land within her 'p 5 limits. Her western border IS mofe' e's to danger, and therefore entitled U inducements for her speedy selilsuss < view of these facts, is there any JusMd ! principle of law or equity that w0sS X
 s Ohio 100000 acres of land, ana 2, 7, n only 500,000 acres' None tla1 l~ {, { ceive of But the great inducems% aA
 { apetrate this gross injustice, no uvS ";l b because Ohio could bring more cap X the political field when Mir. Clay saa s,is|
 to contend for victory and empire a' E! gprinc;ples of the constitutions wls ,satd|
 E his friends are now doing by viee's ,,al|
 s sagainst the veto power, one oi the ssg| s
 E Eservative principles of the goyeI,,%a aa,'as]
 athey succeed, the checks and uds .hs X
 Ethe constitution are destroyed-sil"s'