The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1852-03-03

because my friends from Kentucky and Tennessee ar
gued these matters so fully and ably that felt IL to be
unjust aud uespassng upon your indulgence go over
i. have dwet merely upon questions untouched by
them.
NV friend from Michigan, now in his seat [Mr.
FELcHl talked about the great connecting links which
are to through these States and connect them TO.
gether by bars Not the iron, Perhaps may have
been little more fanciful than he-out that was the
idea This appropriation is be made TO carry out the
great internal communication and commerce OF the land
me transportation upon railroads Now, sf, lei me pre-.
sent Tact TO this country, You say gentlemen, mat y
is Tor the public good you do this and Il il did not benefit
the whole country you would be doing wrong, because
exclusive benefit OF part You say that you want to
connect with Now then, let US begin at Boston
built the railroad from New York 10 Philadelphia from
Philadelphia TO Baltimore from Baltimore 10 Washing
ton, and until you strike the Georgia line These
the great connecting links for transportation, for conve.
nence, for rapidly Who built them They were built
by the people They built BY the individual capital
and enterprise Of people Of the Unted States equally en-
titled and equally bound. rs 10 the benefits, and Sec
ond for the consequences OF our government The peo-
Pile did it and when you get to my own Sateone Of the
youngest oil the Old thirteen, and one OF the humoles
kept down for years because che could not extend her
government coexensive with the land within her limits,
portion OF being IN the possession and occupancy Of
The Indansyou find that when she the condition in
which this great country was placedNorh and South
and that connection and facility for rapid intercourse
desirable, in order to bring them to each
other and increase affection for another TO make
us love government and love another. she did
what. Mr.. President In the midst OF her poverty, she
commenced the line upon the Georgia bank OF the Sa-
vannah river, where the railroad would cross from
Charleston TO Augusta and with her own enterprise and
her own money, she that road not only through Geor
gia but to the valley OF the Mssisspp and il is in
operation She went over TO ana asked an act
OF Incorporation and permission to the road through
Tennessee until should strike the waters oil the Mis-
sisspp; and il was done.
Let invite tbs senator from Missouri, who sits
fuhest from Mr. ATCHIsoN who said that Georgia
wanted her share of the land- have doubt with the
best of eengs-to take trip upon that ROAD, and we
will carry him il at the rate OF twenty miles per
hour, over mountain and through tunnel will then
place him upon the waters OF his own great West he
may travel by steam from end OF Georgia to the other
and to the steamboat communication with ms own state
And then will ask him 10 tell me how was all TINS Dullt
| And now we want a communication from Cairo with
that road We have road for 100 miles, with
capital OF something like millions OF dollars, at
our expense continuing the road to the valley OF
The Mississippi. But when you get TO CAIRO, and want
TO 20 up to Chicago the President he should ever
be there's what do you find You land from the steam
boat opposite Cairo, and you find railroad extending
with its branches for 500 miles And who built that road
The people OF the State Of Illinois stand upon that road.
and look magnificent and consequential as II they had
paid Tor it out OF their own purse, and as was upon
| their land. But those 600 miles OF railroad were
built at the expense Of the Uaited States They cost
SO 900 ooo and by the contract the company make near
ly twenty millions out OF It, And yet the gentleman
says that Georgia wants her share l. Illinois was en-
titled to this then she ought have it; and only ask
Tor Georgia she entitled to receive Because Geor-
ga has already completed this work BY her enterprise
and her energy, is reason why any fair. JUST and
reasonable man should get up and say You have done
the work already you have expended the labor and the
money and you ought 10 be satisfied NO. SIR the CUES
tons which ought to be propounded are these: whose
money is it, How should il be divided To whom
does It belong But my friend, believe, will 30 with
vou ouphs to have your share BE that now but be
fearful of endangcng the bill by the adoption OF this
amendment.
that | was astoashed when | the course OF
and representatives oil the Old Thirteen States upon
the land bill some Of whom have come out ana ylnal
all these public lands. ! read speech made by
gentleman in the other branch OF the legislature with
perfect establishment TO find him yindcating these
vast appropriations of the public money and the pub
lie lands, leaving his own State without any equva.
lent but when came to search the matter out found
that he belonged to OF the companies which pur-
chased the 900 OF the public property state
thus charge. have no doubt that il IS an honest
as na. can Fay waas 1ne ' as Is b TO-
of capital, and denounced the idea that capital
should be brought within the view OF this Capitol TO in
huence members in their conduct here And yet you
doing here that give capital TO the amount OF twenty
seven millions TO company TO construct a railroad 1
trust these gentlemen will become alarmed at the idea
that the public lands 10 go into the hands OF capital
/ lists Where is the senator from Wisconsin, Mr. WALK
that he does raise his voice against this accumu-
a'on Of wealth and property in Inc hands q great land
ga Massachusetts, old North Carolina. or any one OF the
other old States and ask even for what justice
would give us, and they tell No; we never can sub.
nit to such great landed propreors within the limits OF
Individual States Look at It, gentlemen. See what is
already the result in Illinois.
/
as we are doing have taken occasion TO look at this
thing, and let state what Congress has done Con-
gress has made grants TO communities and individuals
for various purposes They have made grants to the
States for education for internal improvements Tor pub
| lie buildings and have granted land TO corpora
tions colleges &c. for educational purposes and they
have granted il for the deaf and dumb Where did you
get the power TO do all these things From the const-
tuition IL you benefit all the rest OF the world,
why cannot YOU benefit the States-the old States ?
Where is the principle in the constitution which gives
you the power do that for others which you cannot 90
Tor your own States 1t is insult to the understand
ing and calculated merely to awaken the minds OF the
people and when they are aroused upon this subject,
and have heard the loud demands upon them and have
seen how the lands taken away from them, wo to
that and that party which seeks to deprive them OF
the public lands You give the land 10 cuuyaors OF the
olive and OF the grape for wine making and where dd you
get that power You give the lands TO Georgia,
Kentucky, North Carolina, Massachusetts, Tor they
are States. You give II TO individuals VINO wisn 20
cultivate the olive the grape and then YOU sMna up
before honest and intelligent community ana tel tnem
that YOU cannot give us lands because you have nothc
power 1t seems to me that the argumsn. SHOWS very
little respect for the intelligence Of the old States feel
amazed ali il and yet feel still more astonishsd 10 Ind
that these opinions prevafin some sections Oh the COM
munity where the lands are nearly or quite gone.
| Nor is this all You have given lands TO Lafayette
an ind yidual That is all right You have given d.
vision OF the proceeds OF the public lands and that is all
night Now il you divide the proceeds OF the public
lands will any one tell me the difference between divi-
ding the proceeds and dividing the lands themselves
Where is the difference between the right sell the lands
and divide the proceeds among the several States OF TINS
Union and the right divide the lands among the States
leaving TO them to dispose OF them IN their own way
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