Weekly national intelligencer., 1847-01-23

the land revenue 3D. it would million Of dollars
Sd, il would maintain the public credit.
As to the amendment proposed by the gentleman from
Kentucky, (M BorD, restricting the sale of the scrip, il il
the that which bad been offered in the Senate,
made the warrants not asgnabe at all before the patent
issued for five years afterwards and then
designate in detail the rules of evidence &c in the transfer
On this Mr.. " said that, in his opinion the House had
power to impose such restriction. II had authority to
designate what should be the pursued in the transfer
what should be the tenure of it, If the land must be oca
ted in Territory, then indeed Congress might do it but
not to land of the States There the moment Gov
parted with the title the land must follow the State
laws Of transfer and descent and the State laws of evidence
must govern in all In respect TO Government land
within any Of the States the General Government had parted
with the right OF jurisdiction to the State authority all tire
tancd the right Of soil when this passed the soldier the
relation Of the General Government the land ceased-t
at end. The State must settle all questions
respecting it according TO State laws. II, indeed the Sate
Legislature chose to acquesce in restrictions imposed
gress all very well but if they determined 9TH
all legislation the part of the House would be Of nocct
Mr.. BURT suggested the inquiry whether if the Govern
prescribed the conditions on which the land should be
held before any patent issued when the patent did issue
those conditions could no, be mpod upon the acnec, he
asserting To be sure the land could not be made forever in
aienable but could not just law become binding upon him
Mr.. YINTON replied that the General Government hav-
ing surrendered both right Of jurisdiction and right Of soil,
the land became necessarily subject to the local jurisdiction Of
the State and all provisions and conditions contrary to that
would be necessarily void Suppose Congress should declare
that land should goto mans widow instead Of his heirs
the State law directed different course of descent the land
must follow the State law.
Mr.. McCLERNAND asked how, under contract between
the States and the General Government the Government
could prevent the State from selling the land for taxes
Mr.. VINTON said he had been just going to put that
question No Government restriction would go for any
thing question would be raised whether the title under
the scrip would be good the spectators would avail them
selves OF this to depecae the value of in the hands Of the
poor soldier get his scrip oi song and then here
and get remedial law, and put the difference in their pockets
He knew that, the face Of the bill, these restrictions
looked il they would be very beneficial to the soldier but
on that subject history the hest truth The bounty
law 1912 had been carefully guarded and yet the soldiers
sold all their scrip The transfer to be declared to
be null and the specuas took the scrip under that risk,
and hence got for far below parn some cases as low
twenty dollars then they CAME to Congress and got all the
restrictions removed. and sold the land for its full value.
That would be just the course Of things again There
fore Mr.. v. opposed TO imposing restrictions OF
any sort. Let the soldier get for his warrant all he could