Hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1843-1845, 1844-04-04
BURLINGTON, IOWA, APRIL 4, 1914.
vious,-on the 18th Of July ls4l, Mr.

vious,-on the 18th Of July ls4l, Mr.
Smith Of Indiana, (whig) from the CON-
mittee on public lands, reported back
to the Senate the bill from the House,
to appropriate the proceeds of the pub
lie lands, &c., with two amendments.
The first is to grant 100000
acres Of land to each neD State, that
shall hereafter be admitted into the
Union, upon such admission, upon the
same terms and condition as the grants
to the new States are made"
Thus do we prove that the statement
of the Gazette, is perversion of the
record--a misrepresentation of the facts
for what purpose; and with what de-
sign, we leave to the judgement of the
people.
The fourth and last specification we
shall notice, is, that Mr. Clay voted
against the amendment of 1Mr Benton
to give ''ten per cen.um to the Terrific
RES Of Wisconsin, Florida and Iowa,
on the amount of sales within their linn
its" So he did, and which is the
more culpable, to vote as he did, or to
vote to withhold the ten per cent from
all the neW States? Such an amend
ment as will be seen on reference 10
our paper Of last week, was supported
three days afterwards by number Of
the leading loco focos, and voted
against by all the wings, but one
Put tina, and that together, and what
does i. make. Will the Gazette cy-
pher it out for us? TO prove that the
Territories were not unfairly dealt
by in this matter, we shall introduce
the testimony of Mr. Rob.. J. Walker,
loco foco Senator from Mississippi.
He shall speak for Mr Clay and the
wing party, and make out their full
vindication. In reply TO M Smith,
| (whig) of Indiana, he spoke as fol-
lows:
Mr. WALKER was sorry to hear
the remarks of the Senator Of Indiana.
He could give very good reason why
the District of Columbia might be in
Guided, where the Territories were not.
They could become States, ,Uhile the
District ncUer could and here is a
proposition to give ten per cent, to The
Territories, whilc the District ,Uas to
be excluded. The Territories acre
TO haze ten per cent /; in addition to
'chich, they ,coarld receive fue hundred
thousand acres on admission into the
Union. To strike the District out,
under such circumstances, aOould not
only be injustice. but spoliation and
robbery. Did not the people Of the
District pay a large amount Of duties
into the Treasury; and, ,ohiie such an
amount Of duties aOas recieued from
them, 1t aDould be an act of Mgh-hand-
ed injustice to eaclude them from the
benefits Of the bill.
Another thing, all these amendments,
granting with such liberal hand to the
new States and the Territories, were
no. meant in good faith. They were
deceptive-mere tubs thrown out 10 the
popular whale, which were in reality
framed to defeat the bill itself. Its op-
ponents used this means, hoping TO
catch wing Senators from the new
States, with their bait, to render it un-
just toward the Old States, and there
fore odious to their Senators. Their
plan was cunningly devised, bat thanks
to the patriotism and firmness Of wing
Senate, they were foiled.
We have now answered the Gazette,
and hope 1t is satisfied. We shall con-
,inue to do so, and if we mistake not,
its editor will find before long that
abuse of HENRY CLAY, is like the de.
fence Of Martin Fan Buren,, fiat, stale
and Improbable.