The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-05-12

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on the part of any Of these STATE $,
(seoryia. is the one that can boast oil It. While
she has talked, much less upon thH subject OF
nulh6catiop than her ncighnr, South Caroll-
n. or some other S.a.cs, She hes dine great
deal more OF il. She id it boldly and defer /
tilinpdly but am mo- Endlng fault with h.
course in relation TO ttlat matter. She did more;
size drive a most SAGE sstui bargain with the
ggnersig vrrnment, and made the l4nds which,
She cedrl to the United States cost them more
lllan any which have ever been acquired even
from fareirn government $. She stood up boldly
to .he fed al government and the Indians, and
she carr d her poiats.
MIR. Dawson. The lands which were obtain
ca b, the general government from Georgia did
not c..s: the general government mere than
about $l0,0ao000. Now, the aggregate pro-
ceeis ri the sa.cs OF the public lands III the
State Of Alabama and Mssi, sippi, which We're
ecquir,d from Georgia, have amounted 10 near
~ SigG,9Da, 030-aiI (which HIS gone i'll o he
Treasury OF The United Sta'cs iftl err ever
vas a bargain made Advantage aus t. the geucr-
| II governm n, that was one, for all know
Alabama aud Mississippi then contained the
| foes; lands bordering on the Gulf of Mexico.
| They have now nearly all been disposed 81 1t
/ the senator will look at The account curfent be
tween the State of Alabama AMI Mississippi
and The general government, lie will lind what
| | STATE 10 be true.
,.r Dodge. The calculation Of the senator
as TO the anonat received from the sales of the
/ public lands within those States may be correct ];
bat it varies very much from what have here
| tot un lrr>tp ID 10 be the fact
MIR. Dawson. | wills 10 the senator that
in iol1 and 1918 some ot' the rsG lands IN Al
ALBANIA sold Al public sale, and went as
! high as $50 per acre.
Mr. Dodge | alluded to this portion of Geor-
| GA history for the purpose o. making connex-
ioa and an application of it to til. series of meas
ures now to be acted up for the benefit ct the
new States. Georgia tllgatted The general gov
ernment do not know whether my friend
helped herr not. She spurned the declsian OF
til Supreme Court oil the United St,tes, and IN
/ defiance of its mandate she hung the Indian by
The neck until he was dead dead
Mr.. Dawson. According TO law
MIR. Dodge. To Georgia law. Certain II l.,
she rallied her people and resisted the federal
govcrnn.e It at all points. That, think, is con-
cedcd The applcntion,s dis Georgia press
ell things To this extreme t. get rid OF the lndl.
ans within her borders. What was the result 20
Arkansas, then Territory Shs was forced
to contract her limits and withdraw her jdris-
diction, laws, and people from about one third Ct
her territory, upon which her citi2eas had made
firms Villages, and manufacturers of salt, t.
furnish place OF ab de for thos, indians VIII CHI
Geore'a was SO determined to get rid of. That
| yauar and feeble State, thus wrongcd by the
4 government during her min ri, y-thus pressed
upon and surrounded by dense body OF savage
/ men, whose presence endangered the lives OF
her people thus used as n convenience to carry
out the policy OF the old States in getting rid q
their Iniian populatnn--is one of those States
which now has bill before this Senate askln.
= Ia Il I..r the
G Instruction of roads vital to the development
of her long hidden resources Can you refuse
| he.s Can YOU re!ufe this poor boon TO that
patriotic youar S ate, whose sole representative
i {Cl Ieli) lett his seat iii the other branch OF
Congress when the news came to hiin that the
torch of war had been lighted upon the RIO
Grande, and th,t the American army was be-
lcayucred at Point Isabel, and, raising regi-
ment o. gallant voun GERS, marched at its head,
amid ri atons and dangers of every sort, up to
the mou tain passes of the Angostura where,
upon the ever memorable day of Bucna Vista,
with daring iinpetaosty, he led his men to the
ch1rgr, and, preciptating himself upon the
ranks of the enemy, he fell in the arms OF death,
1 with II S frank and manly face cut to pieces by
I Mex can steel,
4 not refer TO Georgia and her difficulty
" Ii tire general government, and the Indians,
| w ti any other than feelings of respect Tor her
senator RI for his spilited State. 5000
NJ. President, feel that | owe apology
t, The Senate for having occupied 50 much OF
j its time. am n IT TO blame for the numerous
4 topics which have been introduced into the dis
cnssion other than the distinct subject upon
whici we are &C ing. the fact that the western
pso2, have aband med their opposition to the
n so provision Of these bills, and are now anx
ioas for gratis to build railroads, even though
4 ~. Al ~.
! ment, has greatly augmented the applications
to Congress people believing that they
ought to be allowed grant anywhere through
the public lands, if the Un;tsd States lose moth
ing by making it. How is il in regard TO niy
native State, Miss uri,) 50 ably represented b.
her senator's on this flor, at whose instance
bills have been passed at previous sessions, but
like ours, faded in the House of Representa-
ttives Why a large portion OF the land over
which her proposed railroads will run has been
enriched by the blood of her carly settlers in
defending their homes aud their hresitcs. nj $
souri, was admitted into the Union as State
/ in SCI, after delays and difficulties Of the mos
serious and alarming character, and which il is
unnecessary nav 10 rccapituate. She has yet
4 %, 100000 Of acres Of public land within hei
I limits; and although she has taxed her citizens
heavily to build railroads to and over your lands
Il you have never granted an acre for road or a
\ river within her borders, Her clnims are even
str niger upon your justice than ours mos
sincerely hope that the just and anxious expec
Ia ions Of her people, now greatly excited, are
not destined again to be Disappointed by the
failure to make her the grants she asks, and
which, when made, vii leave her greatly in
arrear of Illinois anl Indiana in the quantity oil
| land she will have received
venture most respectfully to warn some
mt I..taa hos
railroad grants, but who still like them better
Than tree grant to actual settlers, that the lat
ter pfoposilion is daily gaining strength, and
that, too, in those sections OF the country
whence it has not hitherto received much sup
port 1t is measure having the most merito-
| rous and substantial claims to Congressional
favor. 1t is measure for the benefit of men,
not corporations or States 1t has intrinsic
1 strength, aad, though bafied oft, will yet be
won. m
/ wish to do more wish most respectfully
to call the attention of Atlantic members to
this: Heretofore almost all the appropriations
| made for commerce have been expended upon
\ foreign commerce In the mean time our inter
nal trade has increased with rapidly ten times
as great as the growth of our foreign. The in
crease of our internal commerce has been pari
passa with the growth and extension of the
1 country. Within the last thirty years our for
tcign trade has only about doubled, whilst in
that period our domestic trade has increased
tenfold And what, think you, have been the
expenditures account OF foreign commerce
within the last fifty years. More than $780,
| 0O0,O0D. What have been the appropriations
for the lakes rivers, canals and railroads of the
| interior of our country Probably not one
twentieth part of those expended for foreign
commerce. Navies, lighthouses custom house
e., and even bounties--ihe most partial and the
IN st unjust Of all legislation-haye been sup
ported and paid from the national treasury. No
eople have ever borne taxation with less com
plant than the people of the West. They arc
I Id that a navy is needed to cause our nation
t, be respected by the powers OF the world, and
they cheerfuuy contribute to The support of it,
although they derive none other than most
remote benefit roin.it. When upon a recent
occasion Congress voted Sl,o01,0o0 for the
| maintenance Of an ocean steam line, the people
1 II The West did not complain, although the
| partiaify of such an appropriation is plainly to
/ be SEEN ii
The patient acquiescence on the part of the
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