Hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1843-1845, 1844-04-04

and at 81. 25 per acre, they are within
the reach of any man, however poor
and humble his condition in life. But
Calhoun and Buchanan, Hubbard and
Niles and Wright ay, and Martin Van
Buren, too; have voted against PROPOSE
tons in principle and in substance
the same. Again, we cannot under
stand how men, who denounce Mr.
Clay for haring Uoted to waste the
revenues of the Government, by distri-
button, can at the same time, censure
him for not having uoted for measure
the direct consequence of which, dis.
tribution aside, would be to diminish
the very revenue, they contend should
be sacredly kept. Tha. is another in
consistency which we cannot reconcile.
The injustice Of it, all can sect is as
clear as the light of the noon days
sun.
Here we have question for the Ga
ze,te. l. is this, why did it no, give
oil the amendments of Mr. Young of IL
linois, offered OH the llth of August
the day he brought forward his amend
ment to graduate the price of the public
lands! Was it afraid to show Mr.
Clay's vote +? or was it afraid to publish
its loco foco amendment Which was
it, we should like to know Do tell
US. For fear that it will not be done,
we shall supply the accidental omis-
sion Of the Gazette.
Mr. Young then offered an amend
ment to authorize the States to tao
the lands Immediately after their pur-
chase from the United States.
Il was advocated by Messrs Toung
and McRoberts Of Illinois, and opposed
by Messrs Smith and White of Indiana.
The question was taken on the amend
ment, and it was decided in the mega.
live.
! Ayes l5-Nays %.
Yeas-Messrs .4tlen, Benton. Cal
houn, Clay Of alabama, Fulton,
King, Linn, McRoberts, Mouton,
Nicholson, Pierce, Seuier, Sturgeon,
Tappan, Walker, Woodbridge. Wood-
bury and YoWg.
SEVENTEEN loco (ocos and ONE
wing.
Nays-Messrs Barrow, Bates, Bay
ard, Berrien, Choa,e, CLAY of KY,
Clayton, Evans, Graham, Hende' son,
Huntington, Kerr, Merrick. Miller,
Morehead, Porter. Prentiss, Simmons,
Smith of Indiana, Sou,hard, 'Tallmadge
and White.
! All wings. So here we have the
loco focos voting en- naasse, to repeal In
effect that ordinance of congress. which
exempts the settlers land from tara.
ton, for FIVE gears after purchase
Extraordinary friendship! for the poor
pre-emptioner; prodigious love for
the settlers, we must admit. How
greatly must it gladden. their hearts, and
how warmly do they yearn towards
their benefac.ors, for this act Of gener-
GUS disinterested kindness.
We come now to the third specified,
ton, which we will give in the very
words of its author. The Gazette
saws:
ION the 18th. on an amendment Of
fered by Mr. McRoberts, to give to
each of the new States, 100000 acres
Of land, (deducting the amount already
severally received by them,) and a sim.
liar quantity to each Of such states as
might thereafter become members Of
the Federal Union, (which Of course
includes Iowa) we find 20 wings, in
Guiding MI CLAY, voting against it,
and but five wings voting for ="
This we pronounce unhesita,ingly a
slur upon the record,-in other words
a gross caricature Of the amendment Of
fered. The amendment was, as subse-
queusly modified by Mr. Benton, to
strike out the provision in the 9th Sec.
ton Of the bill, and give to each Of the
States of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan,
Missouri, Arkansas. Louisiana, Missis-
sippi, Alabama, and such States as
thereafter became members Of the Fed
eral Union, the same quantity Of land
as had been granted Ohio. It was a
grant of 200, 900 acres, instead of 500.
600 acres Of the public lands to each
ne,rly admitted State. A month pre-.