The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-02-11

illinois, MIR. Douglas, ana made ny some
the senator's here. They will say: you in
ended to give us alternate sections all the way !
between the two points but the public lands
we're all taken up by military roads andby pur-
:hases heretofore made. We have got only
Dne-thrd or one fourth ofihe grant of l ,o00,O0O
lcres. And now they have a great railroad,
and will call upon Congress t. do precisely
what you did yestcrday-to au horlZe them TO
locate their lands here in the State OF
Iowa, in order to complete the l,S00,OO0-
Here is The principle abandoned. This Will
not increase the value of the pubic lands; and
yet you are to get twolhirds if not three-fourlhs
of these other lands, distant from your railroad,
Does it not, then, result in this that i'll this
very measure we are abandoning the great prin-
cpe upon which these railroad appropriations
were first made, in constructing the roads |
through the public lands
| am perfectly satisfied that this bill VIII
pass | have been here long enough perfectly
to comprehend it. | know that the public lands
are going to take just ex'ctly the course they
always have, and with all the statements OF Our
r,uhts and interests iii other and different Sec
tons Of the country we cannot prevent 1t
There is a most extraordinary combinat on OF
interests, which will always control this qucs-
ton. And what are they. The representa-
liyes from the new States think they are justly
entitled to the new lands and they act upon
that impres sion. These will combine to dispose
of these lands, and to bestow them upon the
| Individual States. And there is another class
who are unwilling to see your revenues increas-
ed, and your treasury filed, from any other
source than indirect taxation. The friends OF a
particular interest in tins country will desire to
diminish as much as possible the amount OF
money derived from the public lands and placed
in our treasury in order to justify them in IN
| tl,a inIi n the ucODIe
throughout the United States. These two in.
terest will combine t., d. this very thing. And
what becomes of the public lands They go to
the new States, and they are sold by the new
Suites, and their prosperity is advanced. There
are railroads all throgh that country. There
are no people in the land who are going on t.
prosper more than they. do not regret it; bu
what s,y is this Amidst their prosperity
! while thus going so finely, let them remem
Der that it Is out of tho proceeds OF the public
: lands, and that these public lands belonging t.
t every State in the Union. If we act LIBERAL
towards you, act literally towards us. If yo
D are determined thus to dispose OF the publ
4 lands do it ; but do not forget the principles q
4 equity and justice.
I There is the old State Of North Carolina
Every railroad she has built has been built OF
1 of her own money. Although she has man
d thousand acres Of barren land, and her peopl
= are so sparsely scattered over her State, an
i there is not enough travel from one end of it
]; the other to carry your great mail tacltie
I, through, vet the people Of Norh Carolina, b
k hard labor, have carried a railroad for hundred
: of miles through a pna country and lmned
IS atclv in the neghborhood of the seashore, al
5, every dollar of it has been paid by the labor
i their own hands When you throw yoursrlv'
d upon the waters of the great Mississippi,
e that great and fourishing country you find raj
d roads in every direction withou: dollar havlr
TT been taken out of the pockets of the CT ize
a but all out Of the treasury-all out of the pn
Of lie lands. which North Carolina has contribute
$, to purchase as much as any other part OF t!
n, United States. l say to my younger sister
he take this property, but, at the same, come
e with magnanimi.y and show US that you f.
e. some re gard and some attachment for the o
1t States that give you birth, and through whl
u YOU obtained your Independence to enable y
ne /, control and manage those lands to-day. 5
10 them, in your magnanimity, we Will divi
l fairly and honestly with you, and will not col
us bine with the representatives OF the new STATE
IN or with those who desire that the proceeds
OF the public lands shall never g. into the trei
ia ury of the country Come, gentlemen, do u
OF, and you will never hear murmur from me.
lis appeal to this body, whether have ever utter
ad an liberal expression in relation to the nj
nd States about the public lands? have st
to upon the ground Of equality: and | belle
DIV that any senator who represents the new Sta
that my friend from Iowa himself, A
IRE Dad-o,1 if he were in my position-would
'as cupy the same ground, because stand up
the truth and the equity of the case now be!t
u~. | stand upon the ground that hese lar
e,ong tn the people Of each and all Of tn,
United States, either in their individual or tn
in preventative character, and that the people
Mt the d. fierent States entitled to equal p
md tcipation in these public lands Is there a S,
on a,or here who can lay his hand upon his he
and say that this is not true? Not one, sir.
nd Now, sir, what mean TO say, and wish
be understood as saying-i have been gradua
wa approaching the point in all my remarks
ON this; | have been one of those who have be
in opposed to the distribution Of the public land
or | was against it in the House of Represen
ro- tives but my opinions upon this point ia
Ike changed, and am now willing to divide thu
be public lands among the various States Of t
ion Union, for the purposes OF internal lnpro
- ment and the education of our people ant
ich maintain that when we go upon that grouno
ere of internal improvement and educatton-evt
IAN part of the country, co-ex.ensive with the VI
me boundaries OF this nation, IS entitled TO
same share M.t! ll-e.ery o,lser part Of it. A
oo@+!ioW are we to obtain lt2 Let bill pass,
de- let the impression of Justice be made upon
ant minds and hearts Of the Senate and Of the no,
nd of Representatives that all entitled to
uri and we will adopt plan by which old Virg
not ia Massachusetts,, and every other State in
va, Union shall come in tor her share.
ole MIR HALE, lin his seat) And New Han
to shire
as Mr. DAWSON. Yes, sir; even New han
in shire. These my views upon this matt
lis | make these remarks without even vae
or hope or expectation that these blIls can be
Ind featcd If the number of acres were five III
ON ions, instead of 100000, have no do
me that it would be given. Some of the Sta
the have got seven millions OF acres and if /
rec property is increased in value, as they say,
in as to be worth double the government price,
no whole value Of the land given 10 one State
icll be eighteen millions Of dollars. And yet
be friend from Miss ,uri, mir. Atchison,l when
my was making his liberal speech of yesterday, a
saying that fine manly voice of his that
the Looked upon this thing as comforting no gr
ON favor, while we knew that he had applied
ub- a great railroad right in Missouri, t,lked OF
cur public property being transported over the RI
ect free of charge, and seemed to be perfectly
the dgnant that Congress should ask for any :
he OF compensation for the public lands.
for friend knows perfectly well The great advant7
pd his State is to derive from that road and he
la laughing in his sleeve at the habits of the
eel , ates ami their sleeping condition, ana at
20 lac. hat we in the old State are divided
is becaus. there are two interests in the
/, | Sta cs--the tariff and the anti-tarltf Some
against the tariff, and W sh to hold on 10
tor public lands and some say hold on to the tar
IN: and let the publ C lands go. This is the W
las combinations are formed. Oar denocra
ch friends in the western States are laying the w
by foundation for high tariff. And why do In
ers do it, 1t is because they know that they
for more benefited by receiving the public lar
The than they can be injured by an increase Of
100 tariff. Interest is at the bottom of the VIII
aid OF it, and controls every member who desi
it.
ng, A SENATOR. More or less. T Laughter
Mr.. DAVIS N Yes, "more or less.' A
be now why do oppose III Not that | exp'
- that the bill will be defeated. But all that |
,re that the attention of Congress may BE- dir
dill ed to the subject, because AT some future til
ate | intend to move a division of the pu bic lar
&c or the proceeds thereot-ether that c
be be got at. | shall do this in order Il
en- the qu' s'ion in relation to the pub
* lands uay be forever settled one way or