Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1852-03-19
.1..rn ron RAILROADS. IN IOWA.

| moved by Mr.. Underwood. granting for purposes |
of education and internal improvement to the
| State of Maine 5S3,040 acres; to New Hamp- |
shire 317.760 acres; to Vermont 313,920 acres;
| to Massachusetts 99i.240 acres; to Rhode Is
land 1880 acres; to Connecticut 370,560
acres; to New York 3,097,280 acres; to New
Jersey 4S9,280 acres; to Pennsylvania 2,311,- |
$50 acres; to Delaware 90,560 acres; to Mary |
land SAC, $50 acres to Virginia 1881 $50 acres;
TO North Carolina 753,290 acres; to South Car |
olina 514.240 acres: to Georgia 753,2S0 acres; |
to Tennessee 906,560 acres; and to Kentucky |
S97. go acres.
Mr.. SUMNER addressed the Senate in support |
of the argument before adduced by him in IA
vor of the bill, and in opposition to the amend
ment
Mr.. BELL moved to amend the amendment by
providing that the lands to be chosen by the
States shall be selected from the limits of the
Territories of the United States, and not within
the limits ofany state, which amendment was
agreed to.
Mr.. RHErT opposed the amendment, and sta
ted his objections to the bill.
Mr.. DOUGLAS replied.
Mr. JONES, of Tennessee, said that on this
question he had paired off with the Senator from
Arkansas, (Mr Sebastian.)
Mr.. SUMNER said he had paired off with the
Senator from Georgia, (Mr. Dawson.)
ed-yeas 5, nays 26, as follows:
YEAs-Messrs. Badger, Bell, Clarke, Coop
er, Davis, Fish, Foot, Hamlin, james, Mangum,
Pratt Seward, Smith, Underwood, and Upham
-15.
NAys-Messr.. Atchison, Bayard. Borland
Brodhead Brooke, Cass, Chase, Dodge of Wis
consin, Dodge of Iowa, Douglas, Downs, Felch,
Geyer, Gwin, Jones of Iowa, King, McRae, Ma
son, Morton, Rhett, Rusk, Shields, Soule, Stock
ton, Wade. and Walker-26..
! Mr.. SEWARD offered an amendments the eff
feet of which was to strike out the road from
Dubuque to Keokuk, aud to provide branch
from the other road to run from Fort des Moines
/ to Burlington.
Mr.. JONES, of Iowa, opposed the amend
ment.
Mr.. DODGE, of 1owa, snil that he hoped the
bill would be passed as it now stood. The
amendment, however, with slight modiica-
tion could he changed Into a provision for an
other road, whchswoul1 call for grant of only
about three hundred thousand acres of land
While they would prefer the bill to pass in its
present shape they would not, if the Senate
thought proper to provide grant for the addi-
tional road, be too modest to accept it.
These roads run--one, east and west. the
other. north and south. Iowa WIS Union State,
aud desired to be linked with both North and
South.
Mr.. CAss said that this bill had been matured
by the Committee on Public Lands Ifanother
road was to be proposed it ought to be sent to
the committee. He hoped no change would be
] made in the bill.
Mr.. SEWARD defended his amendment.
Mr.. HALE urged that it would be great saw
ing Of time if the amendment was modified so
as to give this 100000 acres of land for the ad
ditional road If it were given now the Senate
would not Lave its time occupied hereafter in
discussing it. As TO the suggestion about link
ing more Fl, mly the Union with these roads, he
thought. from the remarks of the Senator from
Arkansas Yesterday, that the only question up
which t"are' was any doubt of the perma-
nency of the L 1on to the strength, &c.,
of the feuHGatit of the wings of the Capitol
Mr.. BoRLAND zepied. He said that on yes
terday he had kicked the free soil out of the
foundation of the Capitol with his boot And
judging from the ne VS. of the day he supposed
the people of New Hampshire had done the
same thing with their Freesol representative.
Mr.. HALE said he would say nothing of the
taste which prompted the personal remark of
the Senator. 1t was the fate of free soil, when
its opponents could not compete with it, to re-
sort to such means. The boot had been used
before. But as in the case where the Senator
removed with his boot the mortar from the
foundation, pointers followed, and with the
trowel and fresh material, soon filled up the
place caused by the Senator's boot; so, when ee
free soil was disturbed, the pointers would go to
work and fill up the vacant places. He was
perfectly aware that there were more of those
persons who wore boots than there were Free
soilers.. He had been defeated on former &C.
casion; and in that case boots had much to do
with it, 1t was probable that tie Senate would
be deprived of his services, as it of those of
the Senatorf ON Mississippi. (Nlr. Foo,e.) On
one occasion that gentleman had said that he
expected at some time to have to pass judgment
upon him in Mississippi While this had not
taken place, that gentleman had been the death
of him in New Hampshire; for the people of
that State considered, as the Senator from Mis-:
sissippi was no longer here, there could be no
necessity for his MIR. Hale's) presence in the
Senate Laughter.
Mr.. BoRLAND disclaimed having had any in
tention to ofehd the Senator, for whom per-
sonally he entertained high feelings of respect.
The amendment was then rejected.
Mr.. GEYER submitted an amendment provid- |
ing that the reserved sections should not be sub
ject to private entry until after they had been
exposed at public sale. Which amendment
was agreed to-yeas 33, nays 6.
Mr.. BRoDHEAD submitted an amendment, as !
substitute for the whole bill, providing for a.
graduation of the price of the public lands. He
said that it must now be decided whether the |
policy of graduating the price Of the public |
lands, Or that of granting them away for rail
road purposes, was to be adopted. Both could !
not be adopted.
Messrs. GwIN, DOUGLAS, SouLE. aud DopeE
of Iowa, expressed themselves favorable to
graduation of the price of the public lands as
separate measure, but opposed it as an amend
ment to this bill. And, after further debate
leave was granted, and Mr.. B. withdrew his
amendment.
Mr.. DAVIS said that he would vote for this
bill, but did not desire to be understood by so
doing as committing himsefin favor of all the
many propositions OF similar character pend
ing before Congress, by which he unde stood
thirty millions of acres of land We're to be grant
ed away.
After some further remarks BIZ Messrs DouG-