Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1852-06-30
Mr.. Bennetrs Land Bill.

The House of Representatives on Saturday
lastpassed by a vote of 90 to sc, the bill intro
duced by Mr.. Bennett, of New York, making
grants of land to the various States and Terrific
ries of the Union. We are indebted to the New
York Herald for the following synopsis of this
important measure
By the first section. there is granted severaly fol
lows: To Arkansas California, Missouri, aud Iowa
100000 acres each to Alabama Michigan, Wiscon
sin, and Louisiana, 100000 each to Mississippi and
Florida, 100000 each to Illinois and Indiana 100000
sach and Ohio 1900 600, and to both Ohio and Ind
all the public land not sod located reserved, ly
ing within therms and to each of the states of Maine
New Hanphire. Vermont Massachusetts,, Rhode Island
Connecticut New York New jersey Pennsylv ania Del
aware, North and South Carolina Georgia, Maryland
Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee, at the rate of
hundred and fifty thousand for each Senator and
Representative IN the present Congress- and each
the organized territories and the District of Columbia
10000 acres. By the second section the first named
eleven States authorized apply the proceeds of the
lands thus granted to then aid in the construction
railroads therein; to each of which is anedthe right OF
way the land to be taken alternate sections for six
miles in width each side of said several railroads.
serving the right of presumption settlers and lands
ready appropriated for any other purposehe lands
granted the first named eleven States be sold the
work and the proceeds be applied 9th
er purpose whatever The third section provides that
the lands grantedt the first named eleven States shall
be applied to aid in the construction of railroads already
commenced or for which such States have made appro
prations or pledged thercred and the remainder bel
as their Legislature shall designate To this section Mr.
Bennett, OF New York, proposed an amendment which,
was designating the particular lines of railroad to
which the proceeds OF the sale of such lands should be
piled To the nineteen last mentioned States and the
Territories and District of Columbia, authority given to
apply the proceeds of the lands granted them the
support of schools for other useful public purposes
anu the Commissioner of Public Lands is authorized un
der the direction of the Secretary of the Interior issue
y entitled and which they sveraly to SELL
and dispose OF the title which secured purcha
sers BY the United States but no State Territory or
District permitted to locate any warrants, in its
name for its own benefit By the three remaining sec
on the lines OF railroad constructed declared
De post roads forever which shall be nsported
the mails military stores forces. and property of the
nted States such OF compensation as shall be
liked by Congress- all mineral lands are reserved poc sub
iecs ~ law to private entry by individuals and all the
mat may be granted by any other during the pr
uetes o. CONGRESS IN a of railroads is to be
: IN winch such railroads Shall be situated
Inc Herald gives an analysis Of the vo-s nm tbe
ssage Oh tns oail from which tappears that six
w wings and thirty Democrats voted in III. af
'eWe eighty-one Democrats and five VIII,
,o'oo ''she negative. The Democratic platf,rpo
aenooncesth principle of distributing the n,b-
nc laoos amscg the States, and vet we find th;,tv
democrats In be lower House of Congress- w.
ting for an act II distribution. and t6ns DOL.
repudiating one of'the Fundamentals, doctr;,es =
.nei' ua'loliai creeo' This fact strikingly illus
trates the worthessness'sf the locofoco platform
NO member OF the party appears to hold himsel
to the slightest degree bound by its declaration,
except SO far as they accord with his own iudiyid
uai wishes and opinions
We cannot say that we fully approve Mr.. Ber
Nets BILL but it is probably the best that can
obtained, and we earnestly hope that it NAV pa;
the Senate By Its provisions Virginia win b
entitled 10 2,25o,ooo acres of the public domai
which at the minimum price of Sl.25 per acl
will be worth nearly S3,000,0O0.
The whole amount could not, of course,
made available at once, but sufficient sum mipl
easily be realised to relieve the State from h.
present embarrasments, and enable her to exten
The blessings of education to her ignorant popr
lation, and carry out the grand system of intern;
improvement upon which she has entered
We observe that every Democratic represer