The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-03-05
MINNEsorA AND OREGON.

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was referred TO the Committee on Territories.
RESOLUTIONS STATE LEGISLATURE.
| Mr.. STANTON, of Tennessee, presented the
resolutions OF the Legislature OF that State asking
for appropriation for the navy yard at Memphis.
in that State; which were referred 10 the Com
mittee on Naval Affairs.
Mr. STEPHENS, OF Georgia, presented the reso
utions of the Legislature of Georgia declaring
that II Is the policy of the American Government
| 10 maintain friendly relations with all nations, bat
cntaugllng alliances with none, which resolutions
were laid upon the table and ordered TO be printed
PUBLIC LANDS.
Mr.. HALL, from the Committee Public
| Lands, reported bill granting the right Of way
and donation of public lands TO the States OF llli-
nois and Indiana, TO aid in the construction OF rail
| roads therein.
MIR. MARSHALL, of Kentucky, said that the
bill proposed to graut alternate sections OF public
lands lying on The route from Indiana, above the
iilis OF the Obto, to the city of St. Louis, for the
purpose Of aiding in the construction 0. the work,
and on which three hundred thousand dollars have
already been expended, The company has been
chartered 10y Illinc'b and Indiana Ii would be
precious litle that these States would get out Of the
donatcn asked, at best. The principle having
been settled that grants like this may be made, he
thought, under all the circumstances, that the
House would not be travelling far out of the beaten
path to make the one now proposed; and gentle
men oil the North and South need not fear that by
passing this BILL any great robbery OF the public
lands would be apt to Occur. The work for which
tins donation is proposed Is essentially national
one After stating its impor he said that he
would as Boon send the bill to ''the tomb of the
Capulets" AT once, as to refer il to a committee;
and expressing wish to have n vote on the
grossInent of the bill, he moved the previous qucs
| ton. However. he withdrew the motion at the
request OF
Mr. STANTON, Of Ohio, who said that il he
derstood the objection to grants Of lands for such
purposes, il is that the domain would pass into the
hands OF spectators, and thus prevent the settle
| ,fy mo- hrrh R,tf
would pass through settled country, and the
lands have been many years in market. Although
his own State not directly interested In the
work, except as connecting link, he was anxious
that the bill shall pass
MIR. JONES, of Tennessee, moved that the bill
be referred to the Committee of the Whole on the
state OF the Union, and demanded the previous
question, under the operation of which the motion
was agreed to.
Mr.. HALL, from the Committee on Public Lands,
u which referred the bills OF the House granting
to the States of Ohio Indiana and Illinois, the right
OF way and portion of the public lands TO aid In the
construction OF a railroad from Toledo, Ohio, via
DELHI and Lafayette, in Indiana to Springfield. H.
hnois; and public grant to the State of Michigan,
and the right Of way, for the construction of ship
canal around the falls OF st. Mary. reported the
same with amendments and they were referred TO
the Committee of the Whole on the state Of the
Union.
Alec, the bill granting the right of way and do.
nation of public lands to Wisconsin for the con
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Lake Superior; which, with several amendments
proposed, referred to the Committee Of the
Whole on the state of the Union.
Mr.. COBB introduced bill granting the right
OF way and donation of public lands for railroad
purposes i'll Alabama and Tennessee. This was
not disposed of, when
The House resolved itself into a Committee of
the w hole on the state of the Union the bill TO
encourage agriculture, commerce, manufactures,
and all other branches Of industry, by granting
70 every who IL the head of n family and
citizen of the United States, homestead of one
hundred and sixty acres OF land out of the public
domain, upon condition Of occupancy and cultiva
ton of the same for the period therein specified
DEFENCE or GgsERAL W. o. BUTLER.
Mr.. BRECKENRIDGE, of Kentucky, said that,
to the bill before the committee, he had as yet
formed no opinion, and therefore he was not pre-
pared to discuss il. He had been rejecting whc-
Their az II Representative of Kentucky, he should
vote for measure the effect of which would be TO
depopulate the State However, If there was 10 be
a grab game, he did not know but that the best
disposition which could be made of the public
lands would be 10 give them to actual settlers. He
did not wish TO be considered Is expressing
opinion with regard TO the bill before them
lie proposed TO avail himself of the latitude
usual IN the Committee OF the Whole on the state
Of the Union TO offer few remarks chiefly in re-
ply 10 the gentleman from Florida, (NIr CABELL,)
who addressed the committee al the time thu
Bounty Land bill was pending. Feeling an in
t'rcst IN the bill, he (Mr did not feel disposed
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occasion. Ii would be needless task TO notice all
the points advanced by that gentleman; II was
sufficient 10 say II was the most miscellaneous adj
dress yet delivered in the thirty second Congress
The gentleman said that the Democratic party.
ia their National Convention. will nominate "soIne
such man William o. Butler-a man whose
opinions are not known except that he never held
slaves, and that he would be sustained by Van
Buren, and Company" And again, after blowing
hot and cold on General Scott, but reaching the
conclusion that it is too late for him to be elected
the gentleman adds "Whst the Democratic party
will do know not, but they may go for Butler or
n mum candidate" And other similar allusons
were scattered through his speech He believed
this the first time that the gentlemen had in
PRODUCED political points In conneriOn with the
Presidency. II would III become representative
from kentucky 20 be client under the attack one
of the uost eminent citizens, sincc nominated by
the Democratic Convention If that State. lie adj
dressed the committee 10 yindicate the Kentucky
Democracy and the man Of their choice His OBJ
lcct was not 10 dIsparagc other gentlemen. II the
occasion was proptious, be would pay becoming
tribute 10 Democratic candidate, General Cas-,
whose undesoryed fate IL was TO be defeated, but
whose principles had since triumpbed. The Dem.
Ocrauc party have able men, any one of whom
would adorn the Presidency, and administer the
Government on the strict principles Of republican
faith, and whom be would trust.
The gentleman from Florida not only oppressed
preference for President Fillmore. but thought
proper 10 contrast the two gentlemen, and drew
conclusion 10 tho disadvantage Of General Butler.
IL no had simply uttered eulogium on Mr.. Fill
more, he (Mr. b would have had nothing more
10 cay. But first, 70 the specific charges, nc pro-
nouncod the imputatOn Of the gentleman az wholly
grstuitOus aud unfOundCd, and he held the gentle
man responsible 20 sustain or retract II. When he
lays that the principles Of General Butler are not
known, 1t is important for his own purposes, and
no other.
The gentleman says that he Is a Wing Tho
Wings should he modest on the slavery question,
Tor they have sboltOni1ed the whole body Of their
party. n Fillmore and Webster had aided Butler
o. stop the difficulty At the origin the deporable
consequences would have been avoided The dis
,.tcrs Of the last two years fulhlment Of the
caus's lying back Of them, and the causes and the
actors should be shown, and the country will fix the
responsibility.
lie then proceeded TO show where Mr. Fillmore
aud Nr. Butler stood in tim pact, maintaining
that the last named gentleman, in the twenty sixth
CJurrcss, occupied "A soundcr and more becoming
position the question u slavery and abolition
petitions than the former yet the gentleman pre-
icrred Mr Fillmore.
Mr.. CABELL explained portion Of his'rctnarks
made on a Former OccasiUu, saying that hc would
not vote for any man for the Presidency who was
NOT IN favor Of the llualty Of the ComprOmisc, and
thit Mr. FIllmOrc's opinions were we'll known
upon that subject.
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