The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-06-20

tainty about the boundary lines between the
States, and of course their respective titles
ceded by several States 70 the United States and
also that all Of the States interested in said
luton vas framed by me convention and know from
the same evidence that the clause relied upon by the
President was designed merely to any such rights
or titles which had not been and which sho uld be
ceded 10 the United States and also at the
save just claims which tie Uned States had BY indie
pendent Of such deeds of cesson Now 1t absurd
say that the bill before US preudced any claim Of the
United States for IL assumes that the property disposed
offs exclusively the property of the United States 1t is
equally absurd say that It preudices the claim of any
particular state for state has laid any claim c,n
lay any claim to the lands in question hfs dsposes of
SUPP limitation in the third section Of the fourth
article The sixth article has manestly the
public domain 1t Is in these wordse debts contracts
and gugements entered into before the this
constitution shall e valid against the United States
under this constitution, under the coneder ,tion II
satisfied by applying IL to the then exist ng public
debt and TO the then existing treaties. We learn from
the fsde,aS that it was so by the trainers
CT tie constitution. Ar Madison rectes it in the fifty
third number OF the Fterals with this remark" this
only be considered decaratory proposition and
may have been inserted among other reasons, for the
satisfaction of the foreign creditors Of the United States
who cannot be strangers to the pretended doctrine that
aciange in the political form of society has the
gca elect OF cissol'pg its normal obligations" There
is, then, limitation qualification of the absolute
power Of Congress to dispose OF the domain contained la
the constitution itself Nor the provision contain
ed in tie deed of cession from Virginia affect It Let us
now coneede that the constitutional power to dispose Of
deed Of ssi, Virginia There IS nothing in the
III which conflicts with that provision The provision is
siaered common fund for the use and benea s % an h
States and be faithfully and bona dde posed Of for
| consider the ten millions of acres a common
| fund for the and benefit of all the States
m and does faithfully and bona tide dispose Of il
for their common and equal and benefit. But the
| president argues that the public domain or the pro
ceeds resulting from the sale Of it. and not expended,
main a common fund, which as It has been pledged
heretofore and is now pledged SO hereafter it may again
proves too much 1t wouM nyalidate ali cr.nts Of
bounty lands in consderaon Of past services in the
military service of the United states and Il. would
equally invalidate all gts for the construction of ca
mails and raj roads; ne of which modes Of disnnsinr
president seeks to extricte himself from this d;lem
by raising theory which has no foundation N the Con-
and ;us,ises the Grants for tha tc.;p ~ ;aa oa y,
md canals mon the nr;ncin,a That tSa Ir,as ~ Stta
NAV Ia vfulv Give va ono ror,;or NJ ;ts Inas ;tSt
tor ths vMe ~ ,hoh a. ,s @
vaIna If what roro;nl. I ~ 7. ~ =; e .etne sue
The fact thai tbs 1ina 20 th a ; ~ uopenu upoa t
more than the Increase of tho vaIna of vhot ya.;
and 80 that uovernment must r;iv ra;s tb ;
of the lands retained to the utmost Of as
Sucb course ;s never nnrnad Th "nrass ;s vaue
sbould nmrsne II mightact "a rrnSent .nShnt ht
wouId a. tha ,ra t;raa 80 80 .; s ol'
nicsj rnlsr This theorv That ah ppvert %n & t
as a prudent landhlder seems to me- az Inc;S
and nOsr n05 eapaIe M o. Application At al Places
micbt giva vav ono Tnnrth of h;s ,ar5 =; go. Ie
to enhance th value of the rest and At othe s
half and q, other t;nss hrse Soryrhs hit ny owo
where and always tho sama nronosit;on ~ pnt thaa;
another Consideration which is fatal to the beorv The
a. iandhoder to increas the vana ~ bis ;eh
be Altogether Inconsistent with the policv wh;ch 1rea
crease the wea ith he rreatnsss ons Tho " tnth ~
nation MANY q nrnde1t nronr;etor has Oh Saad h,s
havs tbsr
limited States are NOT more land owner. ThaS a..
State political State. Thew are indeed iandhoider
and thev onght to ha nrnaant ons hnt srdn wnarsh;
Ia tho lowest ~ their frnctions nnd i.nt s"omItap
ought to be the last which thew should without
tracino nrthar this ne ana ;ala thaorv oS ra. @
netoship it nav he d;smssed with ~ r1
that Il rests Altogether upon the resraining nroy;
s;or cor+anad l., ts saaa os scass;o, rra W;!S PS;,
anned ony to the original domain Of the Uned staes
and not 10 those portions since acauired Second that
the ten millions Of apportioned BY this bill
and entirely distinct from that original domain The
Presidents next objection is that there is an act of Jan.
payment of the debt contracted in the Mexican war /
reply rst that that is virtually paid inasmueh a.
we have surplus revenue constantly accumuating and
are buying up the stock in advance of its maturity al
enc rmous premiums and the creditor who complains of
that pledge understood prohibit ucious ap
propriaons of the public domain and the objection If
good against this bi annus all the laws By which we
b % q
capitalists cover with network of railways the broad
region which stretches from the base of the Allegheny
mountains to the Mississippi river The President
presses deep that this contribution by the ede
raj government to the states should impair their vgor
button which they are at liberty to reject and which they
to apply to a necessary and to proper purpose of
government entire independence Of the federal gov
! ernmena can wound their self respect, or deprive
them Of any of their attributes of sovereignty
The President moreover is deeply affected with ap
prehenson that If the policy Of this bill should be pur
sued It's noble purposes WOULD be defeated and the foun
tains of charity within the States would be dried up
The President must not needlessy aic himself in this
wise or the score OF humanity Experience Is against
ms ears. Every community tnat mas received from tue
federal territory or property military oounties or pen
sons IS at least as brave ana as patriotic as 1t was
| the same sources contributions for the purposes
1 OF internal Improvements, are more enterprising
than before every that mas received aid for
Its schools OF learning has been rendered moro Jealous
and more imminent IN the enuse OF education Thus
sir have reviewed the PRESIDENTS objections In con
eluson IT remains for me to express the opinion that
as IL the carly Gays OF the republic there was scnooi
OF a AUTHORITARIAN construction OF the constitution,
which school was quite erroneous so also was there
school whose maxim was strict construction, and this