The daily union., 1852-09-05
The question being taken ON receiving the amend
msnt, II was received. #
The amendment was then adopted
Mnau n AN ca1nn pAuRnan

i mobiih AND IAhO hAlLhoAD*
i Mr. BELL. desire TO offer the following amendment
to Ia under the head OF surveys OF public lands
| "Aadihe Commissioner Of Ihe General Land Office I,
hereby au honzed 70 cause such and
be made OF the public land within the space OF fifteen
m~s width. aud side Of the Mobile aud Cairo
railroad, Ia The States OF Alabama ana Mississippi and IN
all other districts Where tue office Of the surveyor general
has abolished and baI Tor the length OF The line OF
said railroad through tue Cekasaw reservation in said
nss IN width through III sad reservaon an equal qusn.
Try may be selected within fifteen fniles o. line %
Tlar iand shall be granted STATE within tue niis
Of he orer, ana thar said land shall be received
tembsr 90 is5o" sr
| Mr.. HUNTER. | would inquire il there is any law
estimate Tor this. II understand it, is an additional
appropriation ior a railroad.
Mr.. BELL No, sir II is not for additional appro-
p0ailln. II IL mol the amendment which submitted to
\ lbe Committee on Finance. | waived that amendment
because found that II would meet with opposition do
4 noi suppose this vii.
| Mr. President the ac, OF 1850 appropriaing portion
oil the public lands Tor railroad IRON Cairo 10 Mobile,
which is a continuation OF the Chicago and Mobile rail
road provided that equal quaniy OF land in proper
tpa 10 The length OF the road should be granted the
States OF Mississ'ppl and Alabama, 10 what had been
Saned BY the same bill 10 the road between Chicago and
Cairo. The object OF this amendment is TO provide for
deficiency which occurs The line OF that road,
ming through the Old Chickasaw nation Ii does APP
poprale additional acre of land. That part OF the
read which through the Chckasaw nation has no
public land on either side OF IL, and the object OF this
amendment rs 10 remedy that deficiency. The act Of
lSJu IN grants 10
land equal in proportion TO the length OF he roa TO what
granted to the Chicago and Cairo road. | had in
tended propose another amendment to extend the pro
vision 10 Cairo from the Stale OF mississippi; but upon
consulting with The chairman OF the Committee FL
nance be thought it would give rise too great discus
sion at this late period OF the session. and that would
not be proper 10 present H. and SO waived il that
count IL does not appropriate any additional quantty OF
land, but only what the government admits to be legal
simply proposes to ake on the line OF that part OF The
road which through Alabama and Mississippi, south
OF the Cbckasaw boundary ne quantity OF land equiv
aient, propoonaly, that which granted for the
whole length OF the ne on the ground that the United
States owned land that nation By the treaty with the
Chick asaws BY which that country ceded to the United
States the Whole of the lands belonging The Chicka-
nation ceded, and houg there is but
Of them remaining, we have right 10 touch acre OF
her land The surveyors office is abolished there and
part OF the amendment authorizes those lands 10 be
surveyed within The space OF fifteen miles in width on
each side OF the road. There not additional acre
appropriated, and hope there will be no objection TO the
amendment
senator from Tennessee, Mr. BELL aud for that pur-
pose will first how understand tits matter, and
he will tell if am correct This road is already pro.
vIded Tor by grant OF alternate sections In regard to
that portion OF land through which the road runs known
as the Chickasaw reservation OF The United States
have no control or title.
Mr. FELCH. Then, what | wish to inquire is this
Does this amendment propose TO allow quantity Of land
equivalent 10 what would have been given if that
vaon had been public land, 10 be selected elsewhere
Mr. BELL. Yes, sir; il proposes 10 allow it TO be
lected in mississippi and Alabama
Mr. FELCH That subject to which the at
tenon oil the Committee Public Lands called and
they investigated II bills which have been referred
10 ihem particularly Tor road in California Ii will
be found IN several instances that the line OF the proposed
road-and this is Que which was passed in lS50-will
across many portions OF the country which Tor some
reasons not government land Therefore,
give The land within the space oil miles each side of
the road This, then, involves the general question,
when pass lands OF that descriptions which are
Indian reservations, which, account OF grants from
ormer governments having jurisdiction them for
any other reason, the title 10 them is not in the United
States, whether the bills gve ought give, land else
where he uniers aniIng OF the committee that the
bills which nave been passed upon that subject do
give such lands. The principle urged IN one case
before the committee, but they thought it advisable,
Tor tine present at lest, not TO adopt IT. think the
honorable na,or will lind that the hill OF $780, instead
OF granng tbe quantity OF land through the Chckasaw
reservation, land through that portion of the
country. IL am correct then, the grant propose ed
10 be made - new grant, and, consequently, ii the
State allowed 10 lake land else ewhere for the quantity
sptcined will not he equivalent for the other
land, because u Is mol granted BY tue bill think am
correct
Mr. BELL desire TO correct The senator The act
o. lo9J, express iern- provides mat The States shall
AXE quanly OF land IN proportion to the length OF The
oad ard that they shall have the quantity that
was glven 10 the Stae OF illinois first proposed TO
extend lDe operation Of amendment the nth OF
ne OHIO nver, Dat have waved that for the present.
nasnuch have not time consider il. The grant
s gwen Tor the whole length oil the road The senator
from Mlchlr will observe there alton
VI lal tract o cOubIl LIE IhckasaW country through
which The road runs not excepted by the bill
was Il pretended that any pablic lands held By the
government. but the provisions OF the were that they
should have quantity proportion 10 the whole length
e4ual 10 the qudnuy granted TO the Safe oil Illinois
Consider the rOpJsiJn 10 be 10 conformity with
Tue provisions OF the act 10 the quantity OF land pro-
vhed undef The bill OF 1852. approprIaing public lands
fU the construction oil this road think the senator
ifom Michigan - mistaken 10 supposlng that IL did not
mean 10 gTat an equal quantity OF land for the whole
eugtn ol the road
hlr. GWlN. think the honorable senator from Ten
nessee did MOI ate III, strongly deserves 10
be stated These Cbickasaw lands are lands OF the Uni
led Sates but toe proceeds, when sold co. by the treaty
the ownership. Tue Chocaw lands also were sold and
large poron reserved and The only difference is that
BY the treaty the proceeds OF the Cnckasaw lands are 10
be gwen TO the Cnckasaws. The government has con-
uJ over these lands, and portion oil them have been
ceded 10 the United States al very recent period In ad
dton 10 that the route oil tbs road through Alabama
aud Mississippi ls over poor country, and | per-
ectly confident that the donation OF land asked BY The
amendment would add very little TO the capital that has
already been granted. think there is great merit the
amendment and tnat IL ought TO pass
Mr.. BDRLAND. would inquire OF the senator from
F-;-~see II is competent for to do anything OF this
act sfS - ~ ~
hfs part ol The bill appropriang lands 10 The State OF
Illinois do not think, II this anehdnent were under
STOOD ~ the Senate that there would be moments hes
ilaon IN passing H. The only interest have in ii is
that lie road ~ expected, in time, to pass through the
wesen part OF Tennessee. There expressly given
by the act oil 1850, quantity OF land, from Mobile TO
CAIRO equivalent 10 the quantity OF land given in the
Stale y ILLINOIS, IN proportion to the whole length OF