The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1852-05-07
REMARKS OF HON. s.P. CHASE,
OF OHIO. y II

On the Bill granting to the Sfate Of Obi
The unsoh Lands remaining withiI
that Stdte.s 4l ds ,ra,sss,
IN THE SENATE OF THE U. s., APRIL II. 1859
The morning hour not having expired
and during the presentation Of petilioni
Mr. CHASE said: 38
| Mr.. PRESIDENT 81 wish TO ask favol
Of The Senate this morning. 1.have nevel
lbefore made such request, and hope
shall not ask in vain. A bill granting
the unsold residue Of the public lands il
Ohio, which, at the present time, are
reduced TO only two hundred Thousand
acres, BY the process Of sales which has
been going on more than sixty years
stands second upon the calendar. am
obliged to leave my seat for few days;
and unless the bill is taken up now, i,
can hardly receive The action The House
at the present session. But, desirous as
arm 10 take il up, | pledge myself that
i il it takes over half lau hour, will con.
sent 10 lay it upon The table, and submit
to Ihe Inconvenience. Therefore move
to postpone the previous orders, with the
view of taking W that bill.
Several SENATORS. Let US take up
the bill.
Mr.. MANGuM. |! hope we will not take
it mp. | have u resolution which | wish
to introduce. a ft
Mr.. DAVIS. Aud have another.
| The PREsIDENT. Neither reports nor
resolutions have been called for. The
motion is TO postpone all other business
to take up the bill named by the Senator
from Ohio. . "i
The motion TO. postpone was agreed
to, and the Senate proceeded, as in Com
mitlee of The Whole, TO the consideration
of The bill to grant to the Slate Of Ohio
tho uusold and unappropriated public
lands remaining in that Stale, Which was
reported from the Committee on Public
Lands, with various amendments.
Mr.. CHASE. hope the amendments
of the Committee will be agreed TO.
! Mr.. DAWSON. | wish TO ask a ques-
ton for information. The reservations
of Indian lands are pu, dawn at fihy-6ve
cents per acre. Has the General Gov
eminent the right Of fixing the price or
lands reserved for Indians under treaty
For il il is not in their power to dispose
uf The lands at that price, you will have
an application To pay ont Of the Treasury
the amount they could have obtained for
these very lands.
Mr.. CHASE. The answer to that ques-
ton is very short. The lands are moi
reserved 10 the Indiana; they belong 10
the United States. The United States
is bound to account TO the Indians at the
rate Of one dollar and twenty-five cents
per acre, reserving seventy cents per
acre for charges incident to sales OF the
lands. There will remain, then, fifty
five cents per acre, in the event they he
sold, which would 60 TO the Indians
But, instead Of waiting for long perioc
uutil they are sold, the State OF Ohio i.
at once to pay into the Treasury fifty five
cents per acre, so that the Indians ca,
get it wilhou, further delay. The land.
have been offered for sale, and are sub
Iject to private entry.
MI. HUNTER. | understand this bi!
proposes to give the lands IN the State b
Ohio, which have not been sold. to ,ha
State. should like to know how nue.
land it IS proposed to give?
Il Mr.. CHASE. II the Senator will ALLOW
the amendments TO be acted upon, will
answer his question very briefly.
Mr.. HUNTER Very we'll.
The Amendments were agreed to.
i Mr. CHASE said: The bin now unde
consideration, Mr.. President, is one o
considerable importance 10 The people o
Ohio. |, grants to The S,a,e The unsolt
residue Of The public lands within he
limits, except that portion lying within
the Virginia mil tary district, which can
not be ceded without, the consent Of Vir
giuia. The quantity Of land granted i
no; large; bn, il is large enough TO mak'
I, the gran, desirable to the State. Nur i
the land of much value; but II is Of mucI
greater value TO the State than to th,
General Government. The principal oh
jeci of the measure is to terminate Fed
eral ownership within the .lilni,s or th
| Slate; aud think the time has arrived
when all will agree, that SO far as Ohi'
is concerned, the proprieiorship Of th,
General Government should como TO al
end.
] | ask the attention Of Senators TO
| brief stalemen, Of facts which will exhibi
clearly the merits Of the bill.
4 The q,laaiily Of land, unsuld in Ohio
on The 3Glh Of September last, was oni
12l6,O7o acres. The quantity sold b
The General Government in Ohio, IN /,
that lime, had been l2,6I6,909 acres
Besides these large sales there had bee
granted TO ME States Of Connec,'cu, an,
Virginia, as inducements to the cession
made by them ato the United States
1876, ,769 acres; and 10 companies aDt
lindividuals. mos,lv in iarpe trarts and 70