The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-12-10
NoTIcEs on BILLs, ETc.

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NOTICES on BILLS. ETc .y.
Mr. BERRlEN gave notice that he should on lornor..
row. or an early day thereafter, ask leave 10 introduce
bill 10 be entitled an ACT 70 amend an act entitled an
acl 70 authorize noiaes public TO take and certify oahs
is .os s he soa
row. or some subsequent day ask leave 70 introduce
bill 10 give four terms the criminal courts OF the Dis
Ma B. also gave notice that be shoud tomorrow, or
some early day thereafter ask leave TO Introduce bill
oindemniy the State Of South Carolina for money ex
FLORIDA war with the Indians.
Mr. CHASE gave notice that he should tomorrow. or
some subsequent day, ask leave 10 introduce bill 10
cede TO the State OF Ohio the unsoi remainder OF the pub
lie lands within her limits
WI Mr. GWlN gave notice that he should tomorrow
ask leave 70 otef substitute 10 Senate bill No 346
titled bill ascertain and settle the priv ate land claims
in the State OF California"
Mr. PEARcE gave notice that he should tomorrow,
or some subsequent day. ask leave TO introduce bill for
The relief OF Mrs. Sarah Mckay.
III PUBLIC LANDS MISSOURI
Mr.. BENTON Pursuant 10 notice, ask leave 10
bring N bill TO pay Y the State Of Missouri The amount
OF The two per cent fund winch, By the compact with
that State was TO be expended in making roas or canals
so" the State, under the direction OF Congress, and
which has never been applied to that purpose.
Not being OF the committee 10 which the bill may be
referred, deem it expedent and an abrdgmen OF the
labor of the committee 10 make brie exposition Of the
in which il is founded II will be recollected
that by compact with all the new States containing pub
lie land at The lime OF their admission, five per cenlum Of
served for Tie benefit of the State Of which three per
cent TO be expended under the direction Of the legIs
ature OF the Siaeusnally IN making roads or canals
within the State but in some instances 70 other pur.
poses as in Florida to The promotion OF education; and
in Louisiana to roads and levees instead Of canals In
every instance the whole five cent accruing upon the
sales within the State be expended tor the benefit
OF the State ellher TO objects wlihn to the construc
ton Of highways leading to" the State To it and not
towards itconguity, and cot appoach--are the words
Of the compact and the reason Of ii also The five per
centum was indemnify as indemnity, though
most made quatefor the loss oil the taxes which the
State would have had right to collect from The public
lands and also upon them Immediately when sold) had il
not been for the REIMBURSEMENT OF that right upon com
pact This was the case with all the new States; and
now let how this compact has been carried ef-
feet in the State of Missourito which my bill applies
and whether all that relates TO the two per part of it
has not remained unexecued on the part OF Congress
The three per cent has been paid her that admitted
but no road canal has been made " 10" her and thai
is certain. road was intended to be made 10" her,
and carried part OF the wayhe national or Cumberland
road But that road, after going TO- Ohio and through
Ohio %" Indiana. and through Indiana" to- Illinois,
and into IN Illinois, far short Ct the Mis-
souri, boundary, and has terminated there, and has been
surrendered BY Congress 70 the States through which it
passes, the condition OF its being kept repair
The road Is terminated and all idea OF ever taking tor
Missouri is wholly abandoned, and has been Tor many
years-he two per centum accruing all the while, and
going all the while into the United States treasury where
il now remains.
In ihe mean time The State Of Missouri has kept her
covenant She has faxed PAN Of The public lands within
her limits either before the, sold or within five years
thereafter She has kept the bargain, hard was for
the 1--WE per cenum the hole had paid
to the State accrued, weuld have been indemnify
for the loss OF the taxes while the injury to The settle
ment population, and cultivation of the State, arising
from The taxing power which might have coerced the
Congress to sell the lands promptly Tor what they
worth, instead OF holding them up indefinitely until The
worst should 10 the value OF The best the injury IRON
these scprcesloss OF taxation public lands until sod
and for five years hereafter the OF rard sales
st prices adapted TO Qualities, The taxing power would
have coerced--is injury about ten twenty times
greater than the whole hye per centum. with all the road
grants and school giants OF lands, made be made,
have amounted or ever will amount to.
Other States have had the benefit of the whole five per
sentum; and some OF them agood deal more. Ohio has
had road made 70 her, 10 wit: the national, Cumber
land roads and also through her, wit the road
continued She has had the full benefit Of the whole five
per cenilm. and considerably over Thus The
ton Of the road from Cumberland-the old " Fort Cum
berland Of General Braddock, city Of Cumberland,
10 her bordeI-was ,90l0 %; then the cost OF lis
continuation through her limits was 81 0S ,00s 30; while
the whole amount Of her five per fund only
S966,s92 90 OF which S5s0l35 "a applicable 10 the
construction OF he road or canals within The State, and
1886, 10 applicable 10 making the road the State
90 that upwards OF three times the of her per
cent has been expended in making road TO- her,
within her, and through her--thanks to a numerous,
united, and vgilant delegation.
With Indiana and illinois il is about the same thing
each has had road made to it, and road through
IL and the other deep into it, The two per cent fund
accruing in these States is TO the latest statement Of
the accounts the Of S3S369s so in Indiana and the
sum Of s34o, 266 50 10 Illinois while The expenditure
within those States for making the national road within
them have been, for Indiana 81 35 00O and for Illinois
S746000 Thus these three States have received the
fu benefit Of their compacs with the federal government
and much over, but not enough indemnify them Tor
the loss OF taxation The federal lands and retarded
sales, resulting from taxation which took away from
the government all stimulus 10 SELL
Other States, besides those named have received their
full hve per centum, and more. OF this class are
Louisiana, Florida, Arkansas Michigan, and Iowa, and
that by virtue oil their compacts the time Of admission
for being out Of the line Of any road IRON Washington
TO Their borders they wisely provided, from the begin
ming. TO have the whole i've per paid them.
selves for objects OF Internal improvement education
within themselves and the whole has been paid them
accordngy-namely to Louisiana, S2l4,l93 43; to
Florida, 1886 AZ to Arkansas, Ss5470 ga TO Michi
gan, 81 ,S22 70 and to Iowa. Sl6,422 0j.
Two other OF the new States-Alabama and Mississp-
pbegan with compacts in the usual FORM the three per
cent making ROADS the States respectively, and two
per centum within it, Bat SEEING in process OF time,
that road canal 10 be made TO" these States
they claimed the two per centum which had been paid
into The national treasury, and received IT, II paid
the two States by act OF Congress OF September
and amounted, with the three per cents then paid and
the subsequent accruemeDts Tor Alabama the OF
$635l70 80 and Tor Mississippi the OF S746449 IL
This-he act Of Congress for paying the two per
being prospective as well as rerospectivedoes justice
Mississippi and Alabama and their case an ex.
ACT precedent for Missouri She is the only one re.
naming without justice this poni--the only one
whose Two per cens accrung from the date OF her ad
mission, remain iD the treasury OF the United States
and the for her immediate naturalization
obvious that the question rather i, why she has
been paid than why she should not be- That Is, in fact
the question, and the 10 which address my SELF
There has been bar in the way, for long effect