The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1852-03-05

he mag hereafter display more illusiri.
ously the blessings Of righteousness, hap
piness, and immortal life. This opinion
Is favoused by 81. Paul, who says, sihe
law made nothing perfect, and that it
was shadow ofgood things to come"
JUDGE TAYLOR's RESOLUTION, \
Presented ii The Ohio Senate, february
IL, 1852. on Ae Allen Land Claim.
Mr.. Taylor offered Cor adoption the
following resolution: WT'1}l AfF
WHEREAS, The Senate has been in.
formed that one John w. Allen, has for
some time past assumed 10, act and now
assumes 10 act MS agent for the State Of
Ohio, in regard to the public lands,
claiming 10 appropriate large, and
valuable portion thereof to his own use,
in virtue Of an alleged contract with the
former Governor Of Ohio; which said
pretended contract is without authority /,
and in disregard Of the law by which said
lands have been granted 10 the, State ol
Ohio, Therefore, X n,
Be il eaactcd by the General Assembly
of the State Of Ohio, That any and all
agency Of the said John W. Allen in
regird 10 our public lands, is hereby
soleinnly disavowed, and any, and all
authority which the said John w. Allen
may by any meaus have acquired TO aci
in reforeucc thereto, is hereby revoked.
The preamble and resolution having
been read, Mr.. Taylor said: gas \.
Mr.. PaEsIDEST;-lt may be right and
proper for me 10 give some Of the reasons
for Offering this preamble and resolution
| do moi, understand legal propositions,
| am not lawyer, but thcrs are lawyers
who will understand whether | am right
or wrong. dqa ,
Here is resolution upon which this
contract is based, this resolution reads as
follows: .yo,,.
.Resolred, That the Governor is hereby
authorized io. employ such means as ha
may deem best for ihe interest Of The
State, 10 oblaln from The government OF
the United States, any lands TO, which
the State may De entitled under the
grants heretofore made by Congress, for
canal and other purposes, SC: Provided,
that no charge shall be made ON The
Treasury for carrying this resolution into
effect" ss,,',l \, !,
Now, as l said before, | am; moi a
lawyer, but | do profess TO understand
good common sense-and | do believe
that, a mere simple resolution cannon
repeal the law. Z, 4,
This resolution contemplates that The
matter Of these lands should be settled
in the use of the "best means for the
interest of the States" then would ask !,
is il for the best interest Of the State to
allow Mr., Allen 10 appropriate abonl
$4,000 acres Of these lands TO bis own
use. The resolution under which this
contract was made is prefaced by a bean.
iiful preamble, which ! have moi in my
possession, wish had it. !,
The preamble sets out that it is "the
best interest Of the State 10 have these
lands go into the hands Of actual settlers.
Ii abuses land sharks at great rate.
This preamble, as | am informed, 10
getber With The resolution, was drawn by
MI, Allen, and if | am right, the resolu-
lion should agree with the spirit Of the
preamble. The preamble means one
thing and The resolution il, construed 70
mean another. Ii \. X
My constituents are looking to this
subjec, with intense Interestingly un-
ders,and the bearing il will have upon
The northwest part Of the State where
these lands lie, They do not wish them
10 be appropriated to single individual
they would still remain in the wilder
ness, Would il be for the "best interests
of the, State" for those 10000 acres Of
land to be held by any one individual?
| will here read an article found in ono
Of the papers Of the northwest; ills short,
| will read II and then take my seat.
Twenty thousand acres Of land held
out Of market for few years would be
worth 100000, and il Mr.. Allen is still
accommodating more claims at Washing
ton, and The should be successful, norh
western Ohio, in which these lands lie,
may be for years cursed with depend
ent tenantry, with unsettled territory,
backward education and crippled pro.
sperity;, and AL this, that base fraud on
the State may be consumma,ed as a
strictly legal right" .,35@
.r ] hope, sii, that for the reasons above
stated, the resolution may pass without
opposition.
!. Mr.. Mungen said this resolution coD-
templates rectifying something radically
wrong. It affected the whole Of North
Western Ohio. In every gathering Of
the people il was a topic Of conversation.
Land monopoly was the curse Of that
section. If John w. Allen had done
service in procuring these lands, he
should be paid, but he did not think he
had any rigb. 10 claim one.third Of these
lands. He did not know as this resolu-.
lion was exactly what was wanted, but,
an investigation must be had. He was
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