Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-03-06

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acres Of land out of the public domain upon condition OF
occupancy and cultivation Of the same for tne pe10a
therein specified. -. u,,,
he heyan Yesterday He thought that while gentlemen
were rraipnug Presidential candidates, they had better
look to the source which they would obtain votes
Nowtbsianng the remarks Of the gentleman from Ken
hckv fr BaEcKESRpGE) yesterday in reference to Gen.
Butler the House left in utter darkness as to his po
tion In relation to the great question OF the disposition OF
the public lands. The gentleman also passed a nigh
suIogium upon Gen Glass; but he (Ar. CO. would appeal
Ia any Of the friends Of that distinguished whether
during the whole Of the political contest for the
Presidency in l848 Gen. Cass gave the country to
understand what his principles and feelings the
great question of internal improvements When upon
the lake shore Of the Ohio he appealed to- and his
attention called to the disasters to commerce and the i'm
loss of life and property which occurred upon the
Western waters the only answer he gave was that the
noise and confusion great that he could not be
heard And yet the gentleman from Kentucky announced
yesterday that Gen. Cass went before the people making
known his principles where Again. when the North
west driven almost to desperation by the refusal Of the
General Government attend to the improvement OF these
great thoroughfares held convention at Chcagonot
convention Of any party but convention Of all classes OF
peopewhen the distinguished Senator from Michigan
invited, circumstances prevented his attending He
mr. CAMpBELL able to ascertain the opinions
Of Gen. Cass Gen. Butler upon this question.
He remarked yesterday that the question Of the dispo
stion of the public domain devoved upon this Congress-
for well understood that the General Government
would longer regard Of revenue, and he
therefore had right demand Of candidates what course
they would pursue should be given Them upon
this question He would tell gentlemen who were build
ing up platforms the subject of slavery that there were
people in the Northwest of oil political parties who IN
tended that the candidates should make themselves per-
fectly understood on this subject
He favor Of the principc cnabodied IN the Dill
which had been reported by the gentleman from Illinois,
Mr BIssELL and it one which addressed itself at
to the best feelings Of our nature provided SIMPLY
that there should grants public land made to all the
States of the Union for the purpose Of enabling them TO
found sustain hospitals the support Of the INDECENT
insane great deal had been said in relation to the bill
under consideration by which they were to vote farm to
those who were able buy He was in favor OF this
to extent but he held it first to be their duty to pro-
vide homes for that class Of who had been unfor
tunately deprived Of their reason.
He was also in favor of giving to the States reasonable
quantity the public land to enable them to found
institutions of learning because they to place
faith in the reasoning of that document which lately had
been regarded of meant the Fare
well Address of the Father of his Countrthey were to
look institutions for the dissemination of learning as
the surest basis upon which our republican structure
stands
He was in favor to certain extent of the principles
of the bill before the committee because he believed
that by providing the means by which honest poverty
might be able to sustain itself they would add to human
affections and promote national wealth. The remain
der of the public lands he would give works of internal
Improvement He then proceeded discuss the consttu
nonal power OF Congress to donate the pubc land Tor
such purposes the of his remarks referring to
the inconsistency of the Democratic party the question
Of internal improvements
t.
Tested the part of the House to squander the public
lands and seemed useless to attempt to resist it, He
would only that he would against the proposition
under consideration and likewise against all propo
sons dsposng of the public lands for railroad inter-
nal improvement purposes.
He then referred the latitude given debate in Com
mitee Of the Whole and said that he intended to avail
himself of the privilege which he believed recognised
by the rules of discussing questions other than those
pending before the committee. He did not propose to
vndcate make attack upon of the asprants for
fha
dcate his position and the party with which he
now acting-the Union party of Georgia.
The position of the Unien party of his State had been
greatly misunderstood by and greatly msrepresent
ed by Others and he proposed consider the
which led to its organization the principles upon which it
stood its past action its present policy and its probable
destiny His object to put the Union Democracy
right before the country and defend them from the
just and unfounded charges which had been so freely
made against them
The compromise measures of the last Congress were
passed by of a majority of the Democratic party
those had gone before the country for approval
and confirmation and the Democratic party, by over
wheming majority, had approved and sanctioned them.
Without intending disparage the claims of the Wings
who aided in the adoption of these measures he felt
authorized to repeat that the compromise Demo
cratic measure based upon Democratic principles,
and passed by Democratic votes and if it entitled its
supporters any praise honor the Democratic party
should participate in the greater portion of it. IT. the
other hand the of fraud injury to any
portion Of the Unon the responsibility should fall upon
the Democracy IL he should be asked for the proof of
the correctness Of his assertion that the compromise
Democratic measure he would point to the records Of
the last Congress- which must forever stand unim-
peachable witness of the truth of what he asserted The
compromise was contamination of those principles which
our republican fathers and the Democratic party had al
ways maintained.
When the compromise had become the law Of the land
the question of acquescence submitted to the people,
and it became with the people of Georgia paramount
question: and all other political questions were absorbed
in the consideration of that alone During the tendency
Of this subject before Congress there had risen up spirit
of deep and bitter opposition to the principles upon which
it expected the question would be settled and upon
which it ultimately settled and threats Of resistance
to the Government and dissolution of the Union became
household words with those whose morbid sp
rts brooded the destruction with al
most total indifference.
Before the final action of Congress the subject
Of the compromise the Southern rights party form
ed, whose principles set forth at the Nashville
Convention. Opposition to the compromise the
to the point Of making that opposition eectua 1t was
cpated by the South been realized by passage
the compromise They proposed remedy this
evil set forth in resolution of the Convention by
commencing to all parties in the saveholdng States
refuse 90 into oil Conventions whose object might be
to nominate candidates for the Presidency and Vice Pre-
sdency of the United States under any party denomna
ton whatever, until their constitutional rights should be
secured This after the passage of the compromise
measures and the Southern Rights party declared that
they would not go into any Convention until their const-
uonal rights which they asserted had been lost by the
adoption of the compromise should be restored Their
second remedy call for Southern Congress, whose