The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-02-11
CONGRESSIONAL.

Tn. followipg is the letter read by Mr. SHIELDS and
referred 10 in the remarks OF Mr.. CLAY, already pub
ishsd
GENERAL LAND OFFicK, January n, 1861
SR have the honnr ply to the inqn conia med
in your letter OF the nh instant IN the order in which they
sppea.. v s,,,.s h.. ~. a.. - .., s,.
Answer. To Alsbama, Mississippi. Louisiana, Forida.
I'd Into many States have roads been constructed
by the general government, to be rnbursed Of this
iund for the smount ex xponded !hsf
Answer. Ohio Indiana. and Illinois. .
I'd How many Staes have yeI derived no benefit ON
Answer Missouri has received any part OF that fund
nor the Cumberland road been bor
ah Has The whole Of the two per cent fund accruinx
from in Ohio Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri been ex
10 s.s 2s and there had been expended s. 049
WIN s's'' ''ip'f ISnil' 'ssssas coa%o
Hon JANIS SHIELDS, U. $, Senate.
Mr. CLAY having concluded.
Mr.. BEN TON asked for the reading of the amendment
which had been made to the bill
The amendment was read, as follows:
To DO faithfully applied by the legislature of said State
roads and canal. and works OF Improvement within
limits ofths same
that amendment as an answer in itself full and complete
to all The last part Of the senator's speech.
Mr.. President the senator from Kentucky [Mr CLAYl
dates the origin OF this road from March, 1906 believe
ii about that year that the senator the
Senate He dates lis origin from March, 1906 if caught
the date sght and ne says was at that time 10 60
"to" the Ohio river. II caused great struggle after
wards about the year 1890. to carry the Ohio
This is the senator's history of the origin of road
Now SO happens that the acts for this road commenced
in April, IS02 -four years before the time which the sen.
sor supposes aud ,hat lar from stopping the Ohio
tver the very first act and the compac, with Ohio upon
the subject povdes Tor carrying il through the Staes
which they reached The very first act and the com
pact Of the State OF Ohio made upon The propositions
submitted by Congress. commenced The 3o,h April. 1902
and by tina, proposition the five per cenlum was TO be-
long absolutely to the State, and the road not only
to be carried to- the State, but through
through it, This is not mere of time in the
aor from Kentucky but an OF substance in it's ap-
plcation to this argument la 1902 We had Missouri
no Lousiana-and nothing which Congress then did had
any relation to her. louisiana was Then part of the
dominion Of the French republic, acquired by the First
Consul in his treaty with Spain in the year 1900. The
senator them think is in great error, in point of chro
noogy, IN giving his date OF 1905 as the birth of this
road, and thereby making our laws applicable to Mis-
to his date for making the Cumberland road cross the
0ho tba, was provided for in lso2sEhleen years be-
fore the time that the senator supposes The very first
proposition Tor the road TO carry il and through
the State OF Ohioto carry from the navigable waters
emptyng into the Atlantic ocean to the new State and
through it; and one twentieth OF the proceeds OF
The land sales within the State reserved for making
the road The navgable waters OF the Atlantic was the
starting point; and II is IN consequence OF this initial
point fixed the law at that time that the old Fort Cum.
beand OF Gen. Braddock, the now city OF Cumberland
became the point OF commencement for the road These
the facts OF the case will read the third proposi.
ton submitted to the State Of Ohio by the Congress OF
the book:
Aet Of Appil 30, 1902
Third That ons-,wen'eth OF the proceeds OF the
AFTER ,h,sth Of Juue next after deduuss ali expenses
incident to the same shall be applied tho laying and
i.s the Aaa~ile 10 ihe OHIO, 10 Ms .4id State. ard
hroxEh the said reads be laid under the sn-
,hrousA which ,bs pas. Provdsd, oisay That
The i"ee foregoing propositions herein offered the
condition that he convention oil the sad State shall pro.
vide by orduance rrevocxble wsut The consent Of
the United States that every and each Of land
sha be and remain eIen Il from any lsx a5 by ordsr or
snder authority OF the State whether for State, county
ownshp or any other purpose wbsuv-r, Tor tho OF
nve years from aud after the day of ,alc."
This is the original roposion- date the 3Oh April
lsV1 IL was Immediately accepted by Ohio. with the
Other ARTICLES OF the compact This fxes the origin OF the
ROAD before our acquisition Of Louisiana; and il also
uoishss the Tact that the road cross the Ohio
IiveI, and 20 through the S,ac-io go to its western
Iml., instead OF being terminated, the senator from
aeniueLy suFposes at IT'S eastern limit This was the
oEn OF the road and the surrender OF the sovereign
tght OF axng the public lands the high price which
'h' young State paid for H. In the year, lS03 this article
2. me COMPACT was slightly modified 40 as to divide The
reserved und into two pars-three 6ths 10 be applied in
making the road 10 the Saie and two. fths within and
through II The object remained hs same; the amount
oi money remained the same the character OF the roads
remained the same the mode OF applying the money only
was altered
quote from report OF the committee OF the House of
representatives OF 1885. which shows these facts and
especially the great point that the road to 60 "io'
and Through" the State:
the OF Sd March, Iso3 the above proposition w,.
% odihed ~ 10 commit to the State f6hs III. re-
efva'ion or roads, be pended within the State resev
roy wo-hfhs, TWO per the sale be appropa-
eo sgreesby the terms Of tho act 10 roads kad,~s s
and through ths Slate"
lay stress upon these words "to" and Through" and
spea' mem many times because the senator from
Aen'ucky,h caught his words right seemed TO have
vey INDEFINITE ideas--very vague and erroneous-on
ms important point he seemed TO think, and 30 to ex-
OUTSIDE OF the State, and also that II was sufficient
me oaas were made in "drscfro~ fousyds The STATE
mss ms words, hope to be set right Now
Woias OF the senator neither the words OF the
Az, nor their equivalents. They are different words.
nnerent meanings, and lead to different conclusions
w a.. implies no con'guiiy-no conact may be
my distance on ITO" isdefnite and precise-and re-
alres -eontact-touching In Me dlrscsion
srd 70 moi equivalent 10 "fo and through" II may
syvhefe-ln the moon even--prov ded one end points
"ssouri. NO, SIR, these are neither the words nor
ns meaning OF the words. Missouri made 4 sad bar
sn Wnen she gave up the night OF taking forty millions
S. 81 and 'or three per cent Of the sales to make
p ",nin the State, and two per ceot to make a road
asI, That was sad enough. but entailed upon her
ne compacis OF the previous new Staes She would
peeh senselese to have given up such 4 right of
suon LOT road "ostsde' OF her limits, or for one
V,nn.ung IN The direction towards her.
read The acts OF 1907 and 1902 both of which
~ y, ne road had s birth. In 1916 compact Was made
W. ne s'afe OF Indiana; and that keeps up the same
'''"a' msa OF contigui'y II says;
hve per cent Of The proceeds of ,be Iv
a's ,he said Terutory. and which ,hsil be sold Nv
h-, dsd ION sna ai,oi the first day OF December nsrt