Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1850-02-02

beginning as demagogism-I say stands upon elevated
ground when compared with these other propositions
These are my views upon that point. And again, sir,
there is another thing at the bottom of this This Is the
great machinery of Government and its operations have
deep and tremendous influence upon the public prosperity OF
this country, either in sections in whole This very dis
position Of the proceeds Of the public lands and the
Of making them great national charity, finds its position
alongside Of the protecionists Of this country. have
doubt Of it. sir and meet in the beginning and say
that honorable men, representing the interests Of the Anne
Tcan people, who founded these institutions and have reared
them their present emnence they the first people to
considered. Who it that has done all this II your
located citizens who have discharged those duties
from the foundation Of the Government to the present day.
But the whose homes fixed upon the spot of their
nativity not regarded They pick up their all and
go to distant country and because they do it, they
not the equality with the who took up his
all in Europe and came here.
SENATOR. Perhaps he had nothing to bring.
Mr.. DAWSON. And who shall not even be put to tina,
terrible necessity, in the language Of the Senator Texas
Of gaining his daily bread by the of his brow
Mr. HOUSTON. will not interrupt the gentleman now,
Mr.. DAWSON. consider that as one Of the happies
hits have head-I mean it, sir in Pickwickian senses
Now, MT. President we will come down. Texas we had
pay for when she I'M California and New Mexico
we have to pay for Who to pay for it Now sir
in any court of equity the property purchased would stand
security for the payment of the debt But how is now
The property purchased be made charity to be given
to those who dropped particle Of or split one
drop Of blood They must have and the who have
brought about all this state Of thngsthe old people, the
haban the cizens-must pay the debt; in other words
you tax your people to raise money to distribute
foreigners that to this country, and other individuals
who entitled to vote at the ballot box That is the whole
secrehe meaning Of the whole machinery and yet public
opinion to be started here by various resolutions and
influenced by the combined efforts Of various gentlemen brought
to bear upon the public mind at and public opinion
sinks down into perfect camness and satisfaction and
Lo this is all right" And when you come make your
m
revenue arising from public andshey have all been given
away. Where, then, you to obtain for carrying
on the Government and paying its expenses Then comes
up the tariff and told we must raise money The
tariff comes into operation and after that the great question
next to the question of saveycomes to agtae this country
Look at the sources from whence these things spring. and
il is not the part justice and prudence make eec
tuai effort to arrest their progress.
And does il not strike conviction upon the mind of every
man that these frequent elections these aspirations
for high elevation calculated sap the foundation Of
institutions Where is the system that is perva5ng the
countrywhere the party that carrying any sysema-
tic course of legislation conduct this country in its
prosperity and its ultimate glory There is none, every
thing confused all is disorder and tending disunon
And yet we are biddng upon the partition Of country
merely for elevation to Office and forgetting to 60 down
the acts OF injustice which have been perpeaed by
ton on the other, and endeavong to those things
and restore harmony and unanmy to the land We forget
all that; we disregard it, we rampe upon as we would
upon the spark until the flames break out upon and then
you will net have the engines properly manned to put out the
confagration which you have kindled.
have looked to these things and Iproess to be of
the moderate No man is conservative in his
views than DESTROYS for the perpetuaton of
the Union in its prosperity and glory than But yet,
sir look with sorow-yes sir, with deep melancholy, upon
the present aspect of affairs broad patriotism, found
ed upon national grounds which can unite all every
thing tending to sectional combinations, that will be pro-
ductve of injury which fear cannot evade.
Why is it all Because the great minds of the country
invade the institutions under which organized Govern
men and seeking merely float into Office upon the
current Of excitement which Of the present state Of
affairs.
had idea that any thing could have induced offer
word upon this subject but such my feelings and views
in connexion with the present condition of the counysuch
my apprehensons and when look around and combine
every thing together see, in my humble Judgment nothing
working well and thought would, upon this occasion,
present the opinions which entertain upon the subject
And results this that the foundation of society," the great
Of the people, who have been here from the foundation
of Government and raised their families and settled per-
manenty in the States to be entirely degarded The
and the payers for all the purchases made from
the Indians and from foreign countries thought of
We have been egisang for the extremes and doing nothing
for the great centre deRyng the who is the pillar of his
country the rights which you give to the who has
lifted his fingers and to have il proclaimed here, and boldly
too that out OF the number of which millions cannot
the fund arising from that land should not go
into the Treasury for the public good but that it shall be
used for purposes disconnected with the general admnstra
ton Of the Governmenn other words to create just such
Now, call for the power which gives to Congress the right
to distribute this fund by way Of charity, Towhom does the
fund belong 1t belongs to the people of the United States
In their capacity corporation federal union, each
holding its share and sitting here to exercise de-
egaied power and have right dispose of part Of the
public domain public property except according the pow
delegated to us by the instrument under which act
And yet told that the from the public domain
shall not go into the public treasury for federal purposes but
that it shall be under the control Of Congress- to be disposed
of they in their judgment may direct am opposed to
these things and in the language Of the gentleman who
spoke yesterday at the proper time shall protest against
them look upon the beginning of which, like
many other beginnings will grow here until it becomes in
suferable
Mr. DOUGLAS Mr.. President
Mr. DAWSON. would say to the chairman Of the
Committee Territories that spoke Of the resolutions, and
not Of his bill. That have not read.
Mr. DOUGLAS. / the Senator had not, and his
speech would perhaps create very unfaverabe impression
in regard my bill from into which he has fallen
from not having read it, if permitted to to the country
corrected If the Senator had read my bill he would not
have made The speech which he has, least he would
have made two thirds Of it.
Mr.. DAWSON. I stated to the Senator from Illinois
that have read his bill have spoken of the resolutions
therefore, and not Of his bill.
Mr.. DOUGLAS. l understand thai. What was
marking was, that his langusge-he several propositions
being and so-woud leave the public and the country to
infer that the bill liable the objections which he urges
against the resolutions Of the Senator from New York; (Mr
SEwARD although combining these various propositions
together.
In the first place. then, the Senator's position that this po
icy is solely for the benefit Of foreigners from Europe
and other countries instead Of American citizens is not well
founded No such proposition is to be found in my BILL
the resolutions of the distinguished Senator from Massachu
sets, (Mr. WEBsrER,) from Texas, (Mr. HoUsroN)
Each Of these propositions provides that there shall be granted
go of land to the actual settler whether foreigner
nativeto the actual settler upon the public andsand that