The Hillsborough recorder., 1853-06-22
Bennett,s Laud Bill.-Mr. Levi,

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his speech st this place recently. among other oh
jerfioas TO Brnneii's Land Bin. stated that by il
Nonh Carolina, aud the other States with her.
were restricted 10 the use 10 he made ~ the pro-
eeedk Of the Lands when Distributed, 10 the sup
Poit Of schools and he read from printed CO.
Py sf The bill. taken. We believe. from The Globe
newspaper. to prove his position. This. he con-
tendcd, was strong federal feature in the bill.
and ss such Mr. yenahe shouh not have voted
for il. He remarked that be had made this OBJ
jeciion Al Raleigh, when Mr.. yenahIe produced
pamphlet cnpy of the bin. in which The resiric-
lion was moi so limited. bui extended TO schools
and other useful public purposes; and stated iha,
il was correct copy Of The bill as Il passed The
House Of Representatives. Mr.. Lewis. il seems.
joined issue with Mr.. venahle upon the correct-
ness Of the two eopies-Mr l.. having. as be sta
ted, the Washington Globe, seyeral Democratic
papers in this State. and Messrs. Ashc and craige
TO sustain him. Reference was then had. as ap-
peared ham Mr.. L.'s statement. TO the journals.
TO see il the bill had been amended 50 as to take
away the restriction. But the parties were still
left Al issue-Mr. v. asserting that the journals
showed il TO be as he had represented il. and Mr..
l.. coniending that they did not; and the people,
in the meanwhile. amid this contention. were Iefl
TO grope their way through the fog. Afer this
reference TO The discussion at Raleigh, Mr.. Lew.
is. in his speech al our count, proceeded to charge
Mr.. venahleswith having attempted 10 deceive
the people. and in.imaied that i, was because o,
Mr.. VS. unwillingness to meet this ISSUE that he
was moi present to address The people here; and
the plausihiliiy Of Mr.. Lewis's statements evil
IDENTITY had considerable effect among his hearers.
But since then new face has been given to
the whole matter. II has been au,horiiaiively
announced in The Standard that sickness in his
family prevented Mr.. yenable from attending his
appointments IN Orange and Johnston; and the
Standard Of the 18th instant, al The request Of
Mr. ycnablc. has published certified copy Of
Bcnneii's hill, as printed by the Senate after il
had passed the House Of Representatives; from
which it appears that The bill was amended as
stated by Mr.. venablc, and that North Carolina
and the eighteen other States, with the Terrific.
ries and District mentioned in the first section
We're seseraly authorized 10 apply The proceed.
Of the Pubic Lands thereby granted I" 10 the sur.
port Of schools. or for other us.fui public pur.
poses" The amount appropriated was at the
rate Of $50. .0e0 acres of Land for each enalor
and Representative in the SD Congress. TIE
share Of North Carolina under il would have
been l,65O,00o acres, 10 be applied 10 such use-
ful public purposes as the Legislature might ,li.
rect-ihc only limitation which seemed 10 be i'm.
piled was, That the p,oceeds should not I've alb
sorhcd in the ordinary expenses Of government.
With this showing on the part Of M. venable.
we leave the question at issue between hin, and
his opponent. Having noticed the charge Of Mr..
Lewis we deemed il due TO Mr.. venable TO make
this statement.