The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-05-05
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nner. WheR did Mr.. yinton make

those remarks?
Mr, Doage. During the ,srssinn If 1S:36- "a 81
read from the proceed Of the J7th of Jan
uary. 1887. The resolution Of Mr. ALA has
f"r ITS "blfct The diatrihu'on Of the psocceds .o
the sales Of the public lands 10 a give,
number ct St"tes--,hat measure whol, 'upe.
a lar,er scale, subsequently became. fcr !
very brief pcriad. the law Of t!e land an
which was so long an! 50 bitterly debated in and
out Of Congress, and was finally wiped from Tie
statute book That rss distribution. Indirect.
but wifs some little !, spect for the sovereignty
Of the 8 ats
This is Partition degrading, 1gnoninous par
t'i'n- l"wa, Illinois. Wisconsin and Missouri, /,
na ionr mos. favored Of the public land Statrs
m tf'illiy Of soil and means Of npproach, are
10 pe pafceil'd ont-thc soil within their bor.
defs !" nr aPpor'ioned 10 the nld States, which
own ana nave nn)"yed the benefit Of al the
lands in their own limits f1 9i'f ss'aaif "a -
Eon,,,.l ' ~, .:'',..'F.., o' me ssnaf3r iro'a
.''e "''e"'y A'ian.'c sn N' S'a'rs e. = New
lu,h ana rennsylvanIa may take nearly sir
"''iohs OF acres OF land III the vSry heart ot
."waI'he iand III our geographical centre be-
ing az 'aoie TO Dc swept under its provisions,
70 an extent exceeding the, area of or 6 Of
some eld ntlies
mr. PRESIDENT, before measure is adopted
"hich would break mp and unlingr the whole
political and moral foundations ot States, / beg,
ut 70 can 'he attention OF senator's to the hor.
| o o"t tne truthful representations of violated
| i""' coh'emncd authority, and open di, light
| ss'ss','it,oh ana murder Of shertfs and posse
| upon tie large Van Rensselaer, grants in the
near, oi me "id and civilized State of The Sem.
a'or irom New York, Mr. FIH,l now in my
eye. l ask you u you are going at this iime tn
| adop' system of legislature, in disposing Of
| he public 'nnds OF your country, which is to
produce, IN p'i'tic<, religion, and morals, the
s'a'p o. thnss whfch exists IN the anti-rent die
,iic' on the otate OF view York! trust not
had fndiy hoped that the opposiis policy-the
poisy OF subdivIding the lands and graduating
'helr price-was about to be adopted. These
are measures near and dear TO my heart and
yet' when they were brought forward and offer.
ed as amendments 10 bills which thought
should be passed or rejected on their own
,n, Iheiits, did not hesitate 10 votc against
mem. k.,,
The Senator from Kentucky felt d.rn ;.,.,.
est in the bill making land warrant. os.ivuable
because of the increased value he tbourht h
would inpa:t To the large number held by hi.
constituents. was no, friendly to the ass,on.
mcnt but consented to it if registers and rece,v-
ers could be paid When that bill, for wbose
passage he was thus anxious. wa, under conxid
eration,the senator from, Wisconsin Mr. W.rx.
ERl Offered his proposition for the disposal ,,r
the public lands as an amendment. and. alt,,ouob
It appealed strongly 10 nv sympa,hies. and
would be Of immense benefit to nv Sta,e.I
voted against it, because I thought a meaxnr.
of such magnitude should be passed or reiectrd
on its own merits But now the Scnatar frar.
Kentucky rises and proposes. to conpec. hi.
mammoth proposition with the Iowa hill Sir
If you have any special or concealed reasons
for objecting to our roads, vote them down nnon
their own merits. Whether ours are passed or
defeated, / shall, believing them II be rioI,t
gladly vote for the bills Of NV friends from Mis-.
souri,, Arkansas, Lou;siniana. and elsewhere.
but we wish no combination.
The distinguished senator from Tennessee
Ar. Bell, who treated my colleague and
myself with much courtesy. and our hill.
with muci, fairness and friendship. discussed
among other matters, the que stion Of the i'm
provement Of rivers and harbors, and broncht
the senator from Virginia [Mr. Hun,eTl d.
rcctly to points as 10 what he wonld dnl a.
not do, IN the way o. internal Improvement.
II is, Sir, doubt not, r very unimportant
matter that should define my position on this
question; but choose to do SO, not only be-
cause others have done it, but because | have
bill which proposes TO appropriate
one hundred and fifty thousand dollars TO re-
move the rocks in G rrtan parts Of the channel
OF the Upper Mississippi. The principal OBJ
strnction designed 10 be removed is just at the
boundary Of Iowa; and although our
delegation may ieel more lively interest in the
accomplishment If this work than others do, il
Is one in which the nine States fronting on our
great "inland sea- are interested, as think al
are who desire to advance the commerce and
business OF The whole nation. But, sir, wish
this measure combined with none other, and 70
be passed or rejected upon its own merit or dc.
merit. whether the senator from Louisiana,
MIR. Soule,I who honers ina with his attention,
shan vote Tor my bill or not, ! shall vote for
deepening the channel OF our great liver at the
Balize "a work for which he has heretofore man.
ifesteG much interest l will vote, too, for the
removal Of the snags in the intermediate post.
TONS OF the river-those snags which have 70
long obstructed navigation, and have caused the
destruction Of human life to such an extest as 10
have conferred Upon particular localities the
cognomen OF "grave yards But, sir, want
no strong and laudab!e measure to be made u
pa'N "ean ahu "oi'hiessohcs.
will sote to improve the channel Of the
river from the Bal;ze to the Falls Of
ST. Anthony but Will not vote money out Of
the common treasury to improve the Wisconsin,
The Illinois, the wabash, The Usage, in Mis-
souri, or the Des. MONIES, in Iowa, because
DO not think that rivers OF that class are Of
national importance. those rivers which
course exclusively WI hin the limits of sover-
eign States can be much better and more econ
add, that would vote Tor the Improvement Of
the ArkanSas lted river, whch run through ana
eyond States up into the vast territories OF the
United states, ana where tney have their lndi-
ans. thelr iorts. ana troops TO be supplied
go ior apP-opriatIons Tor national objects;
when 'hey become iocal go against them.
have referred t. these rivers because they are in
ana OF our own magninc"nt valley. They are
the h'gh ways ana outlets OF ny neIghbnrs, TO
whohi choose 10 speak PLAINLY. admit that
The precise point at which an object ceases to bs
national, and becomes local, is difficult to do
hne; but Vt exists and, as has been suggested
by one OF the w'sest ard most prudent states.
men That ever held seat IN this body, Chs
WrIght,) the best practical mode Of
arriving at 1t Is, to let each object IT appropria-
lion undergo the ordeal OF separate vote in
the two houses OF Congress, unconnectcd with
any thing else. -
But to return TO The amendment, IN which l