Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-02-21
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

Mr. ORR, by unanimous consent in pursuance of pre-
vous notice, introduced bill to facilitate the attendance
of counsel residing at distance from Washington by
classifying the docket of the Supreme Courts which was
read twice and referred to the Committee the Judi
ciary.
Mr. LANE by unanimous consent presented = memo
rial Of portion of the Legislative Assembly of Oregon
praying that the number Of the members Of the Council
of that Territory may be increased from nine fifteen
that the Territory may be furnished with and
tons Of that appropriation be made by Congress
for military road that appropriation be made for
the improvement Of the Willamette river, &C. Laid on
the table and ordered to be printed.
The regular order of business being called for
LANDS FOR RAILROADS.
The House proceeded to consider the bill granting to
the State OF Missouri the right Of way and portion of
the public domain to aid in the construction of certain
railroads therein and the amendment moved thereto by
Mr.. HALL.
The question pending on the motion Of Mr. JONES'
of Tennessee, to commit the bill and amendments to the
Committee of the Whole the state Of the Union
MIR. MILLER then addressed the House ut length in
support OF the BILL stating the advantages which would
from the construction of the railroads for which
proposed to grant lands and insisting that the
justice should be metea to Missouri had been awarded
Mr. RANTOUL then spoke an hour in favor of the BILL
which he said far from embracing local or seq
tonal interests The disposition Of the public domain
Of great national concern and should be managed
with view of building up great national interests, which
to all sections He contended that the West
being agricultural community and the East and North
east manufacturing community would be to the ne-
of both to the two sections thus opening the
avenues Of trade between them
Nh. MOORE, of Louisiana, argued the constitutional
power of Congress make donations of public lands for
public purposes, and spoke in support of bill pend
ing before the Committee Public Lands granting the
right Of way and portion Of the public lands to the State
of Louisiana to aid her in the construction of railroad
from the banks Of the Mississippi opposite New Orleans
to the State of Texas
Mr.. FICKLIN then discussed the question under con-
sderaton and convinced the he examined the
subject that the policy Of the Government demanded that
it should be liberal in future than it had been that
instead of acting in parsimonious manner instead of
holding in misers grip the public lands the Govern
ment should deal them out literally whenever such dona
ons could be made to subserve the public interests The
wealth of the nation did not consist in holding its hundreds
of millions Of of land in its wild state but rather
sisted in planting upon every quarter section of land
tenant who would be able to improve and cultivate it.
and thus subject it to that for which the God of Ma
ture designed it, He in favor Of the bill under
sideration and others of similar character.
Mr.. ORR then obtained the floor, but yielded to
ton that the House adjourn which being agreed to-
The House adjourned.