The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-03-04

bill making grants of land to the several States oil
the Union on some equitable and just principle
MIR. b., in continuation of the remarks which he
made when the bill was last under consideration
addressed the House in favor of the amendment,
advocating the rights Of the old States 10 parfi-
cipation in the benefits arising from the sales Of the
pubic lands, and opposing what seemed to him
TO be IA grab game" in relation to the public
lands.
Mr.. STANLY, of North Carolina, .moved the
previous question.
Mr.. CAMPBELL, ofOho, desired to reply to
some serious charges which he said had been
made, In the course OF the debate, against the
Western States, and his own in particular.
Mr.. STANLY said that the subject had been
debated tor the last three weeks, aud he thought
members were now prepared 10 vote on it as we'll
as at any time.
The previous question was then seconded, tel
ers being ordered, 70 to 69.
The question being on MIR. Bennett s motion to
refer the bill to the Committee of the Whole with
instructions to report bill granting lands to the
several States upon some equitable and just prin-
ciple.
Mr.. KING, of New York, asked for the yeas
and nays, which were ordered and resulted-yeas
10, nays 96--as follows:
Weaknesses Appleton Of Massachusetts,
Ashe, Barrere, Bartlett, Beale, Bell, Bennett,
Boyd, Breckenridge, Briggs, Brooks, Chapman,
Churchwell, Cleveland, Clingman, Curtis, Davis
Of Massachusetts, Dockery, Duncan, Ewing,
Florence, Fowler, Fuller OF Pennsylvania, Gen
try, Goodenow, Grey, Hammond, Haws, Has
call, Haven, Hebard, Horsford, John W. Howe,
lngersol, Ives, Johnson Of Tennessee, johnson
of Georgia, King of Rhode Island, Kuhns, Kurtz,
Letcher, Marshall Of Kentucky, McLanahan
McMuen, Meacham, Morehead, Morrison,
Outlaw, Parker Of Pennsylvania, Perkins, Riddle,
Sackett, Schermerhorn, Schoocraf, Schoon-
maker, Shelton, Smart, Stanton Of Kentucky,
Stevens, Stone, Taylor, Thompson of Massachu-
sets, Tturston, Venable, Ward, Washburn,
Watkins, WEIGH, Wells, and White of Ky.-7O.
NAYs--Messrs. Abercrombie, Aiken, Allen of
Illinois, Averett, Babcock, Bissell, Bragg, Bren-
ton, Brown Of Mississippi, Buell., Busby, Cabell,
Cable, Campbell of Ohio, Campbell Of Illinois,
Cartier, Clark, Cobb, Conger, Cottman, Daniel,
Davis Of Indiana, Dawson, Dean, Disney, Doty,
Durkee, Eastman, Edgerton, Faulkner, Ficklin,
Fitch, Freeman Fuller of Maine, Gaylord, Gid
dings, Grow, Hall, Harper, Harris Of Tennes-
see, Harris Of Alabama, Hart, Hendricks, Hem,
Hubbard, Howard, Jackson, Jenkins, Johnson
of Ohio, johnson of Arkansas, Jones of Tennes-
see, Jones of Pennsy lvania, King of New York
Landry, Lockhart, Mace, Marshall Of California
McNair, McQueen, Miller, Molony, Moore OF
Orr, Parker of Indiana, Peasee, Penn, Penniman
Phelps. Porter, Powell, Rantou, Richardson, Rob-
bins, Robe, Scurry, Seymour of New York
Smith, Snow, Stanton Of Ohio, Stevens, Strother
Stuart, Sutherland, Thompson of Virginia,
Townshend, Wallace, White of Alabama, Will
cox, Wildrick, Woodward, and Yates--96.
The question then recurring on referring the bill
to the Committee Of the Whole, the yeas and nays
were again ordered and resulted-yeas 81,
nays II.
So it was decided in the affirmative
LANDS FOR ACTUAL SETTLERS.
On motion Of Mr.. BRECKENRIDGE, of Ken
lucky, the House went into Committee of the
Whole on the state of the Union, and took up u
bill originally reported by Mr.. McMuLLEN, from
the Committee on Agriculture, :" to encourage as
riculture, commerce, manufactures, and all other
branches of industry, by granting to every man
who is the head of family and citizen of the
United States, homestead Of l60 acres of land,
out of the public domain, upon condition of occu-
pancy and cultivation of the same, for the period
herein specified
Mr.. DAWSON, of Pennsylvania, spoke at full
length in favor of the bill.
Mr. ANDREWS, of Maine, moved to recon-
slider the vote referring the bill to the Committee
of the Whole on the state of the Union. The yeas
and nays were ordered, but while the motion was
pending,
At 3 clock the House adjourned