The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-01-31


government to cede the public lands Of the Omitted States
70 the States in which they are situated 10 be granted %
actual settlers, upon the payment Of the expenses o. er
survey ans q ns o. s an hs senate nouce
that should introduce bill 10 cede the lands to the
States in which they lie, upon this limitation Slr
have carried out the promise have done what gave
notice should do have introduced bill making pro-
vision TO the end have mentioned IL has been ordered
to be printed and referred to the Committee on the ruoc
wish to add, sir, that hope, view Of the manner
in which my proposition has come before the Senate,
that the Committee on Public Lands will take INTO re-
spectful consideration is no mere resolution INTRO
duced for any purpose whatever II practical propo-
siiion in its terms-a bill proposing law BY WHICH the
lands shall be vested in the States upon the conaiiions
which have mentioned must now take the liberty,
sir TO say that cannot agree with the views mbodied
in the plans introduced by other Senator'S IN all tneiI
parts and for this simple reasonney nave al Iookea y
the vestng OF the lands in the settler occupant and
that is very nearly the whole extent OF them Sir they
have not guarded their measures as think hey sho ua
be guarded to accomplish the great and me gooi enc
which the senators all have in view in taking these
Under any OF the propositions submitted
might not the measure itself be made OF the most ex
travagant abuses and machneres Tor speculation ever
in the Senate Of the United Sates The propo
stion OF the senator from Massachusetts Mr., WEB
srERl seems the furthest removed from objection
He has guarded against the transfer Of these lands @
the propositions before the Senate barely 70 grant piece
land of 100 OF $40 acres to an individual without
obstructng him il the transfer o. y without g v Ing
IN .snsi ss,tIsy the tool AZ the specuator 10 take
; S M accwra t;,Is No, for his own benefit or
ns am g H. bnt for The benefit Of the
e .mI nn unn moi male him iorerunner as il
sa Una - csrersnt 10 on and acouire lille. moi
for himself but for the man who sends him there's and
IN nronosit;on I have submitted 10 the Senate is 10
vast III lands Of The United States in The States respect
lively in which they lie. upon condition that before the
States shall provide by law that the land shall be con-
vavad IN actra settlers ony IN various quantities to be
hahra ja,srmnad hut n1f exceeding lao acres and
py .ne @ III ana ana. nos h. trapserabs shal moi
Se aI;enated bv the individual who receives IT, to any
~ - bo = either the owner or who would
herebw become lie owner, Of more than the quantity to
ha aysn II settlers nv The State third that The land
SS re- aSemnt from forced sale or th levy OF execu
tons tN = e,'r' - a 557,,-
Tba h provdes further that when this stipulation
sha he made bv he States he President Of the United
States shaii ocaIly canse comics Of ali MAPS treaties
and other evidences oi title 70 Be- made which shall Be
enst IF sush transerpon to the United States govern
ment After this is DONE the bill provides that the land
Now sir If gentlemen are sincerely desirous Of making
sposton OF The lands SO as to give us free yeomanry
in the country to make them Independent and enable
norton Of the EXPENSES Of The royernmentif il be really
their object 10 do this let them avoid the possibility
Of these lands becoming source Of speculation If they
desire the benefits to result from this measure, which are
have doubt anticipated by all Of us, let them con-
slider whether is not absolutely necessary to throw
around the measure those guards which have
ted fs{E aa84t si.s Is 45
Why sir IL may be asked is il best to vest these lands
in the several States Why, sir, hear it complained.
are the people of the Older States to be robbed Of their
proportion Of the public lands 1t would seem to sir,
that il would be Tor the benefit of those States that they
should be relieved from the further expense and rou bic
Of creating and of sustaining land Office department for
the purpose of disposng of them in the manner contem
plated would seem that a. the citizens OF the States in
which they lie TO be, to great extent, the beneh-
carries those States should bear the burden OF their dis
position. This is one reason why 1t ia matter OF
Justice the old States that the lands should be vested
in the States in which they lie.
II the lands were to be conveyed to individuals with
out the most careful guards leaving them at liberty TO
transfer them. we know very well that IN very short
time, they would all 60 into the hands OF the wealthy so
that the distribution OF the lands will not remain Tor the
space Of five years. II they are not made Tree from
forced sale execution, the improviden landhoder will
soon be landess and his family will be left TO suffer
from poverty again. IT, then, the movers in this matter
nave benevolent oolect IN view, As unaouoeuy tney
have, seems 70 me INA, 'ney VIII perceive mar
necessary TO throw around the OIL the guard the m
tauohs winch nsyo oneIeu now out usse ocssi
vatOns more particularly or tne nouce Oh the Oomnuee
on Public Lands that when they are considering tnese
various propositions they may take into consideration the
propriety and the urgency OF these limitations
The oueston being then taken upon the motion 10 Law
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