The southern press., 1851-05-28
presidential BIddlngs.

| Us, t"i'S 'o"' ~ Any W"h "ao 'ou'u o"S'
passage of argument, of information or of beau
ty, he has been Tucker than We.
Mr.. WEBSTER, who was detained by the i'll
ness of his son at Dunkirk, went on alone t.
Buffalo, and was there received with much dis
tinction--and made the longest speech deliver
ed during the tour.
We give the following extract as spe cimen
ard We insert it also, 10 show Whit is the pro
gress of bidding in the North for national honors
"Well, gentlemen, as we are here indulging
| in sort of saiurnalia, and as we are talking
Of ourselves a httle--(cries Of "who?" $50
on"-let me say, that frcm that day TO this we
have heard of 10 pretensions on the Part OF the
Bri 'sh goyernn ent, that it could send IN oiHref
on board Of any American ship, and take from
her any human being whatever, and, never shall
(great applau~e) Lord Ashburton, with whom
| negotiated and correspondent on that subject
was jndcions and wise m.n. He was good
deal in this country. He was married in this
country. He knew something OF this country
and he saw various relations between this
country and Engl nd in far more philosophy
cal point of view than most others, and he
stated in speech, which is on record some
where, i must admit that when British sub
ject Irish, English, or Welsh, becomes an
American, and claims no longer the protection
of his own country. his own country has no
right to call him subject, and to put him in a
ps ton TO make war on his adopted country /;
and it appears to me" he added, - that we may
count it among the dispensations Of Providence,
that the new facilities of transporting men from
country to country, by the power of steam, and
quickly, are designed by higher wisdom" He
said, we nave more people than land, and you
have more land than people. Take as many
from US as you please. That seems to be the
order Of things; and 1t is not TO be stopped"
| told him that was my opinion too.
Gentlemen, this emigration Is not to be stop
ped we must keep things as they are we must
impress all who come here with the necessity of
becoming Americans. We must teach them; we
must endeavor TO instill an American heart into
all their bosoms. fAppause.) Gentlemen, it
it were not so Lite in the evening would say
few more words-(Cries of Ego on, go on,")
about the public lands of this country, and the
best disposition o be made of them. What
shall we do with them! There they are
amounin ing to a vast extent of territory-rich in
its natural ferti ity; lut can any one tell me
what is the value of land unconnected witt,
cultivation and social lfea A thousand acres
would not, In such case, be of the vane of
dollar. What is land worth in the extreme in
teritor? Lind is theatre for the application
and exhibition of human labor; and when labor
goes there il creates it. value, and without it il
is not worth rush from "Dan TO Beersheba."
| don't wish to say on every acre of ground there
must be settlement but there must be human
labor somewhere near it there must be some
thing besides The mathematical divisions appor-
int. Lolf
sections, before land is of any value whatever
But, gentlemen we have had a series of events
in our commercial relations. The commerce OF
the country is filling the Golfers of the country
1t hus supplied, and now supplies every want
of the government What, then, shall We do
with the public lands 7 During last Congress,
acts We're passed ditributng large quantities OF
them-varying fru& l60 acres, or more, down
to 40 acres, to those sho had rendered military
service TO the country. This was all very well
nobody goes further than do in desiring 60
make happy those who have borne arms in their
cOunirys cause, rs well AS their widows and
n hans: bit this does not appear TO me TO an
swer the exigeneies of the C 80. What is to be-
lone what il to become of those who come /"
this country and have nothing To- buy land vi Il!
That's the question. gentlemen; the last measure
proposed by me before the last Congress- va
the short and simple proposition, that every man
of twenty.cne years of age, who would 90 on
any uncultiyated land in the country and TAXI
up 100 acres and cultivate it for five years, il
should be his, and there was an end Of it, and il
his widow and children did the same, they have
il. One Of the great evils Of this military bounty
business is, that when warrqn.s are issued
nansge II as you will, they fall into the hand,
Of spectators, and do not accrue to those whom
il was designed to benefit. They sell for .
trihe, and they fall into the hands Of spectators
~ have already stated. Let me tell you az
lnecdote on this snbect.-l brought forward
this matter in the Senate OF the United States.
aud soon afterwards ! received letter from
Europe, stating that il was wrong and unjust
because it would interfere with the rights oi
those who had par, hIsed warran's. TO settle on
The rublic lands, as n matter OF speculation
Laugiier) | wrote TO them that il WIS JUS
he ling wanted, was glad il was So, ard !
wanted il should be so. My proposition wa,
hat these lands should not be slienated, that
hey should be free of claims fr debt, that the
should b. free Of debt, that they should no. b
transferable, ard II man lett his land befor
i've years lac should lose IT,
Now, Mr. WEBSTER, and other NortherI
statesn en-, mry lie inf tua,d enough 10 sop
po,s that Il Is constitutional, and national mn.
lauduble TO advocate m, nsures that exclud,
practically end inevitably all the people Of tn,
South Who are at ached 10 her institutions from
he occupancy Of the common territory ofthe
Union, nd to give that territory without price
10 European power but he will impose Difficult
ask on the Union demagogues of the South, to
Justify that policy to the Southern people. What
a glorousU Mon that wrests the soil oftheUnion
from American citizens and makes gift Of II 70
foreigners! Nay worse than that, not only is
the common property Of the Union after being
appropriated TO one section converted into
bounty TO foreign emigrants to swell the polit
.al power Of the ruling section, but il is offered
as bribe 10 Southern emigrants TO forsake
tn. ir own States and institution, Qor the pub.
lie lands are now chiefly in the North.) thus b,
the same process reducing the population and
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