Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-09-16

not discuss that question now, for should be prupey
called to order il should undertake to discuss it, b1s
in day two hope may have the floor to diseases u
to the satisfaction Of that gentleman. M
desire to know Of single instance where the Sonahs
or virginia particularly has not shown herself the rsEn
might almost say the foster mother of the West,
have referred the gentleman from Ohio to the al
Virginia in several where think the interest % @
West was concerned ! beg him, in each of these Sn-
stances to look and what the of those 1
whom he seems to feel gratitude Who was u thAx
was ior surrenderng the free navigation OF the m1ss
sppi? that opposed the acquisition of Louisiana Who
was 1t that opposed the admission of Missouri into te
Union! Who was it that opposed the admission OF I-
nos even !! They were not Southern If the gem
eman from Ohio Mr. CAMpBELL) will take the painD 10
to the record he will find that that opposition did
not come from the South. But because friendly
to the West because desire her prosper il docs
not follow therefore, that to abandon all
sttuonal opinions, and that to here and,
under the guse Of making needu rules and regulations
in respect to the Territories and under the guise Of pro-
ying for the defence Of the country for the
States from the funds Of the General Government ther
own local improvements. .......
The gentleman from Ohio Nir CAMpBELL) yesterday
made another statement in his argument which is
santly made here and more deceptive one it appnszs
to me, it is impossible to make. He argued THAI fhe
grant of land to these roads benefit to the Gorern
ment that it enables you to sell your public lands inure
readily Well, sir, am aware that the same idea las
been advanced from other quarters high rs that Oh tho
gentleman from OhioI will say higher; than which,
never been made to the American people As to tSe s
Of the public lands that depends entirely upon tss de-
mand for them and the demand is mitsd by tia Do
mands Of the people for occupation and cultivation
You may stimulate speculation; you may, as I'm fhls
hold inducements for capitalists to invest their
money in these lands and take up large bodies Of ht
in the long run, lands will be bought either f1
spectators Government than necessary to inert
the requirements Of growing population, for the T
poses of occupation and cultivation. The Legitimate de-
mand cannot go beyond that Iisimpossibe No znDa.e
land will be sold in series of years than will be reQzIen
for occupation and cultivation You may stimulate sAles
by partial legislation In times OF speculation many gu
them will be taken up without your encouragemenl 80
done in 1886 1887 when thousands and thousands
into hands of SPECTATORS but to The
precise extent to which these lands thrown into The
hands of SPECTATORS to that precise extent will the rsg
lar sales by Government be diminished in the auD
By human device you sell more lands In TIM
long than are necessary mean long perlo0 %
time not in this year in the next year. but in say nj
teen or twenty yearsno more land can be sold than al
necessary supply the demand for occupation and cU
tvaton and that depends upon the increase OF pDn-
atiou. And it, by any stmuant you drive the pursha-
into any particular locality, by that inexorae
law to which l have referred will you withdraw An
equal amount of sales from some other locality.
therefore say that all these statements that made
here with much plausiby, that by such and such
you will increase the sales Of the public lands, ru
utterly fall, cious than which nothing be fal
acous; and but for the high respect which entertain
for Of those making them, should be compelled IN
say that they downright charatanry As far ShH
disposition of the public lands is concerned, bsisve
that the whole purpose Of the Virginia delegation and
Of the whole Southern delegation in Congress has Sesn
preserve them for the purposes for which they Ars
held in trust. If any body show single instance m
which they have not been disposed OF to fulfil that a
faithfully desire that it shall be mentioned The wary
reproach Of the gentleman from Ohio that have h,
very liberal occasions where it is very css1A
we had personal interest, vindcates He has I-
preached US for voting surrender the useless swp
lands only useless u.s. but injurious to the Ss1h
in which they ie He could not have produced An In
stanc Mt won completely
cate the truthfulness and integrity with which we bSsn
acted on this question; for what interest could We hS
had but to do our duty trustees?
The gentleman from Ohio, in referring to the case M
Illinois, said that Illinois prostrate that her crz
was gone that she was the of reputation bas
that we, by muncent grants to her. had raised UP
her credit had put her upon her feet and had enao
her to look the world in the face far her credit
concerned Has it to this, sir that the States IN
this Union are here to this Government to ns
for Are be the great almoner OF the Sss
If there be any thing in this Government in which fe
| a pride it is the independence Of the States $500
Mr.. CAMPBELL, (nterrdpting) desire the gersffe-
man to quote me correctly said, further, thai the
prove by the report of the Commissioner Of the Gens
Land Office that the sales had been largely increased
and the Government had lost and would not Lose
dollar.
4 Mr. BAYLY. I have already answered that poinss
i think although in detail But do say that wfcs
ever the States of this Union shall turn their eyes to this
Government the from which their relief from,
pecuniary embarrassment is come, to look to i'
Government for any other protection than grows ost al
foreign relations the relations of the parties wiz I'm
changed and the Government practically subverted