The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1854-01-27

unsOld IN Ohio, was taken up, and the
subsiiluta offered by MI. Atkinson wa,
agreed 10, and the joint resolution wal
passed, as follows, V9isSy1M9 q
WHERnAs, The ownership Of the pub
lie domsin is vested in the General Gov
srnment Of the United States, ia 1f1sl
for tie benefit o. The whole people; and
whereas, II il The tue policy Of our Gov
eminent TO e6tohtagstShe diSirlbniion ol
its public land amohgstisidles citizens,
and 70 prevent the mcnppOlizIng ,hessme
10 the hands Of specuIaiors. Therefore
Resolred BY tie General Assembly oj
ne State Of Ohio, That our Senators 10
Instructed, and our RePvesentstives re-
10 sscn,eyif possible, the pas
sage Of an act, by the Congress Of the
Unised States, gaming 10 each .indivi,
dual who win settle upon any OF. ,be
public lands and improve iie sane, one one
hundred and sixty dcres thereof, al The
actual costto tho Government OF survey.
ing and locating The samea and from
henceeptth entirely abolisaing The system
Of disposing Of ihe public lands 10 mons
residents ala spectators al any Price.
ResolDsd, b5'ha the Governor 30 rs!
qnested TO forward aaccpy of the tforego,
;ng preamble and resolution 10 each. oI
3. our Senators and Representatives. aip
SSS'sss Se'sssstss. bsgofcnsi- fgs ayiforio
~ WEDNESDAY,, Jan. 10, 1854 =
, III tho House, y Senate JOINT reseluS
lions lrela,ise 80 distribution Of public
iandsi,o sctual settlsrslwere resd.lq laag
Mr.. GET moved their, references, q
Commi,lse on Federal Relations. L
Mr. RcoRRs called for the yeas aus
'nays on said motion. 2l0si2sm HAiso2
J MfgGHsT withdrew his mo,i0rGH rbsbs
Mr;ECKtEY movedilocsm smsndiby strik
ing out % much as proposes that settler
4 shoNuldd Nda pay ;1e cost sodfyeF 81 surveys snf
locating.
\ Mi. WAtkbpsa said he wasT in favor o
lslHkisg out, bn presumed yihe motion
was .hadss.o sprejudics ihesRassAge5 o
the lleseuiions, lie was in favor soI
granting the lands 10, actual settlers, and
this had been always Tie doctrine Of The
Democratic party. The time had come
fwhsti irwas nccessarygtoErescue the pub
lie lands from spectators, ioiibs held il
reserve for our landless- cisizens.5 TIN
was matter in which he Mr., Y. } coult
moi be nndeibid.
Mr. EcKLEY said lie had 9affefed iii
lsmenslmsnt in good'TfsiihJ o.Herwsss il
favor of the distribution, and il was I
principle that be thought would soon bt
generally acknowledged. The, actua
settler suffered considerable privaiioh
and odgh. not 10 be buribened with The
cost OF surveys! asssrg 2 shafloGsdq yg
Mr., GEsT coniendedi that The opera
tons Of such law would NOT be equal
II cul of from the benefits Of the mea-
sure The small farmer and mechanic. lie
was for giving this class the same PIivil'
egg, e,upon then affidavit tlislihey designed
the land foSi their cbildren.g nuaala ysI
Mr., ,ByRcnARD moved 10 amend By
providing that the expense 10 tho settler
should be ihe cost Of exiinguishing The
Indian 'tilleB.s This, he said, was athe
very Language used insreference TO this
subject by one Of the fathers Of Demo
crscy, Apdrew Jackson, lie conttnded
that Congress could moi, under . strict
construction of The constitution, give away
the lands wholly without consideration,
After some ftiftlIer remarks by Messrs
O'Neals Burchard, Elwell ard Gross, ,he
House look q recess. s,.sv Nae Iss,i,,,
- AFTERNOON SESSION.
MI. Mackenzie said that, ds The gen
tleman from Trumbull (Mr. Bufchard
had denounced this measure as fedora
doctrine, he fell bound 10 give the rea.
sons for The faith that was in him. The
amendment offered BY the gentlemsn
from Carroll (Mf: Ecklsy) had been
sustained ibys,he resolutions Of the Dem
ocracy of the Northwest, and purer ol
more radical or more correct Democracy
does no, exist in the Union-on the
earth. The proposition oi The genilemaf
from Trumbull was TO ievade the prin
ciple and uio deny IL while assuming te
supp,rt il. h Ia, Nj, Van ,Buren's ,secopt
message, he shows tbst the exiinguish
mens Of The Indian TILE for Jig, ,000, ,00(
acres, cost $72 900. 600; and add lo.bi
cost the expenses Of survey, and the