The New York herald., 1846-03-13

thu President n is ihsd ss,ssl Mcsgss in s.k
ing these grant. of land 10 enable the sss 10 pay
her :' ss. :. s s:
principle OF the ssspRptisn OF the State dehtsbyJhs
federal goyenment n was the entering wedge 70 .
prncple which wss entirely derogatory 10 thr consu
lion and the respective powers OF the federal and State
governments He had hoped that after several Presden
dental vetoes and after many adverse reports upon
the question Of internal Improvements, they would be
abandoned but il vas 10 be deplored that the monster
Ike the iaolsd Hydra when you oped on one head or
several heads ones immediately came out. anc the
monster stood before you all his original de formi,y
The constitution designed the expenses OF the Govern
ment to be uniform they should be These sorts of
grants were in substance the same appropriations
of money out Of the treasury And the idea that the
States in which the public lands lie have better title
such grants Of land as this, than any OF tho other
States is not tenable One State had right
claim upon the public treasury than another Besides
the new States had already received each, and every
one o men, al least million OF acres OF the public do.
main Referred TO the bill Of the 27th for the
distribution Of the proceeds of the public lands, which
800 each fhe reners re Suon the main
object oil the bill, faed-the were turned back
The states did get their 500 900 hstand
ing the failure Of the main object Of distribution Tor the
peneut OF the whole Union, &c
Gen Cas- said he felt compelled to address the SEN
ate few moments after what had fallen from the ssna
to make internal Improvement. in Michigan but to CON
Ter the upon the Legislature OF carrying out the
works herein provided for had been the policy Of the
Federal Government for half century. The General
Within Within ii. IV own inowisdse is population had in
creased from 40 900 to four millions And all this
us Sc justly contsnded, was attrIbutohIe to the
enterprsug spirit Of the western pioneers He roca.
pituatsd the hardshps of the carly settlers and the
gIsat results o. their persevering enauIa nee TIE
property al would enhance its value and facilitate
sale wa. not confined to the mere power Of selling
lis lands II could make road through them. baild
house upon them, II such things we've deemnd expedi.
s. or sdvansyesuS General Cas- glanced at the mill
the consequent wisdom OF these lines Of communice-
tion across the peninsula The blproposcd to grant
government should be sold at double the regular price.
as also those Of the State. The work would ensure
have full passage along tbese lines and not cent
would be extracted from the treasury-not dollar
IRON the vaiue OF the public domain, by the grant Of
these alternate sections The provisions of the bill
were perfectly Clear 1t did not propose extract
On motion of Mr. YuLrE, who submitted an amend
en ne bill was set aside. to be taken up again when
called for.
The OREGON RESOLUTIONS.
On notion the Senate resumed the regular order Of
Mr. BREEsE rose and called the attention of the
tof ifan Name lr Evans to report Of his speech of
ported to have said, that the Senator from Illinois
had said, substantially, that he hoped thought
Of bon s states ms and rsa BT m
tam, and that MIR Evans thought SO too. MIR. Breese
said said that his declaration was made as probab
Aty OF the future, aud that il suggested by a
speech Of the Hon Daniel Webster in Faneu Hail. last
summer. MT Breese did not desire to see separate
government established in Oregon; nor had he
said so.
EvAss said he understood the Senator perfectly in
error in the report 80 '''o' "a'' 'eie'oe' Du' -
Mr. JOHNSON, of Md, thereupon took the floor. There
of our relations in connection with this nuas,nn hn,
that time he now believed had passed by-these apprs-
dent mad declared our ti.la to the whole
territory, and when this followed up by the warike
toned with the profonpdest alarm From what had
gam and the senator from ni,u"s ~ i Rruasa
but more than ALI from tho snswlarv wari,La denon
stration of the senator from Oh9o Who in h;s s;mni;
city he mir had sunnosaa W q. aSvssd as the v;ar.
of the Exscuva he had he an ia - faar ~. ,ha
try wa. actually in the danger they had represented
the Senator from Michigan seemed IN have becomc
tired. then, in his own sneuaSe war r. mu.t co . -
and that the national rights must no for.;,sa a. M,
maintained by arms But Mr. nov reio,cea in boping
and bslieving ,ha ihe tears Of the
s,a,smsriike we a, n, ,,fI. h, ~ a. sana,or frn
New York who sddresssd the Senate far DIX, breath
ma ks oi she senaor tom Mi.,omri 'fcaI s",onI aaa
di.ps led his sppehensIons sma bis bopes of ,.ace
tor from So caro M II ,na % ans ssns
siton OF tnst On. ioen,.h.I ,.a,toc ,nv cns,msn =,
the Conni tie of Comme lce and from MS known init
he persuna and otic,s reistion, wnh :hs Exseu iv.
ne eit assured bat ina, Senator ba moi snoken vi mi
AUTHORITY Mr Job SON advs,,.a 70 Ia, Tonssa,, ), d.
bate and to the aleg al ,ns 100
leaders OF the ultra Oregon an fM.,srs Allen and Han
neea,S 10 rsrsehis ms ss.s,as ,ea' Ne Gri'
when ne should close his rens,ks Aud 90 psit,calsr
these Senators form of the n,errosa.
tories that the Senator from Iudiapa Mr. Haunepsn)
had reduced the pt,pcipsl one 10 wi inr with the de-
ngn that if not answered catseoreali, The seoator
from Ohio Mr AsrS shou,S hoI ,n s';on ."I 70 he
constr in the evasion or refusal 10 An.
swer And in this keen encounsr OF wits Mir Johnson
said that he constrained confess that the
ator teen than match for the two or that the
two dsing Senators had got rather the worst of
the contest And what vas peculiar in this wns that
the Sepstor from Oh, nor the senator from in
diana had spoken snce uron the subject ,hen in dispute
MIR HANssoAy referred the Senator 10 the Goyern.
ment paper.
Mr. JOHNSON accordingly took up the Government
paper Of Friday last and said that i, was a. clear to him
as the noondsy sunshine that il susains the grounds
assumed by the Senator from North Cardinal But the
honorable Senator had heretofore denied the Onion as
being the Government paper by Executive authority
MIR H.HrEcAs said thai the only evidence he had that
IL was the Govarnman, nan.r was froo ,s colnmns
Mir JoHssos niimated that that was snoush. He then