Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1854-05-23
IFpE THE KSQGIREn.

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GOrc,nmcntS. S!a'1 a"d N"i'o"Gf.
Sur. enough. We have llick"ry-llke Veto from
sPrrsidcut Pierce His veto of the lnd.ent Insane
Il and I;;ll i II snashcr II is catl.blow upon the
sinnd.schcmc and -p"at"rs, who are saliGinS VIII
srhe public lands IL stake. Let the frrs"irht hri'
Y stand uon the priurpc %! thai Veto ANA CRATE
ilul people will s;!S#in him.
Returning more immediately TO my SUBJECT, lei me
srclnark that there is just enough Ut sound prnGlplC
:d pIauSib;!ity iii the arguments o the hail l'pa"
scbcrcrs who avucu,c the donation o alternate Sec
s:oIls %! the public lands. to tickle the iicGs o 't
Friends of "lr"grcss, par Grcaie"cc ana il'ke c'
.al ont nr tie nurnatr rage iur internal improve
9mcnt hy governmental ilsrumrutali!ics. hat III,
sErdcra Government, acting i'll lts htlucary calci'y
shss the constitutional rich, I" give away ntcr't'
srctions of tie public d"nnln, when II appears clca
lint the reserved sections will thereby cnllianu III
lcrcaScd prices, may be admitted > ho'cSr in u u.i
ssnrhistcatrd men cannot perceive milch ulicrehc'
shtwccn the giyin. of lands AMI the granting h money
diur internal improvement purposes anu II VIII apl"h
xtn ANY maj, WHO will give himself the trnnpc 10 IN
y,st:atc the subject thoroughly in all ITS bearings
,, surh n system cnnnnt hc ca. ed mo practice
sw;thout yinlatinr the obligations under which tn
sovrrnmcnt holds the lands i'll trust Tor Tie Stics a'
ahc people ,,,, H., a,
! Even the experience so triumphantly plcat by tn
sricnds of the alternate section sys'ri! Is
y;,y, as the iurs they advance arr tntS' iG6S. lhc
sr. moi the rho i,aik. When they brag "i the lac'
ahat The Ian!. ang thcr projected railways are Il
s,ncc hro,rht into market, AMI sold ior c'Hh III e',
shuncc,l prices, they give IL IL" account ~ now mug
sbcitcr lands were thrown "u q" market i"r ''ci''
lrriu,is of timr There seems I" lr Il s"rt "' h'o"u
annn;, fnr nruulino l. public lands Ill hurry; ah'
ahcy seem tn CONSIDER any man VIII" h''kS 'ic''i ~
A. Old Fnrv N the cunt phrase goes: i'"t l'' I, I,r
creative laws nf nature are t"" slow i"' ''i,'
nnncr,i,u which exists the !hl iIIarhc'S
~ ,,.Ii -. i, nil ,Ihcr~. hctwaem supply ant demand
Ai. di,rrrar,Icd hv them. As Tor th' rops'nu''on m
all who even nr.:uc in favor "i lis "oii@al"is' af'
aIuundci ~ Virginia absrac;i"nIstS.
NH yir..;uia, God bless her shame IL Is thht silt
ors no: hriu. some ri her apsi!'c,'"lls ~ oI" 1
Acr own state councils effectively as she mas don.
amnnn National usulrpcrs and usurlhtIolls III i''o
Il 10 she aided alone by her daaghtcr' NehtuGhy; 'r
aar,.,,, the march Of Federal aggression, WIN Ill "
ar sister States protesting and Numbering lrl '.
S,hcnns arars; her She. nevertheless, moi "nly pu
Il I,, ,b II,nn md Scun laws. but led i'll the gln
drins. hlnnllcss Revolution "l lHO0. but hcr iyor
t m Lyisr- mons jGiTc. tlc us ulunc,l IL applied Il
zFcd,ral power does not nj all times Hu'cc' "n
Minus, sometimes depart !rom system wh,i Is rsi'
alnd working well, not only tor ""!SeNcI, uI' W. m
whole world us works bcl:clicent ah. system
and resort To an,anoistc schemes o legislation, III or
Ter 10 hold back the unri=heouS powers "l ulilst'
,aIlS schcmcrs. In the ineN"!s"It DE - 49,
,urhi not 10 have cuncntc'i hc!sch Win SPI ~
G nine and protesting to men: wh" were tc'ii, du
q J LruL IN I'll her nupcnis. She ought To have III
u , ,I load in favor ot some 0Frmditc "hinS0h'St'
Il k,yc1syy,. When Presidents TAYLOR anu fhiHior
threatened wax upon Texas, she ought 10 nave r"n'
nard The ruc, in terms bu;il respectful ~ te fNe
utiyc ard whicl, would have been conservative o e
3rshts. This was attempted by Mr.. MeIde one Q :
r then representatives: but he nr'l h!' bacIcrs u
4,,wrJ il IA r:ss bv without even having been Know
by the v"' ronn'y in; 70 ,",SnS@ nin ir ,Ian TS
caters, then missed good chance 70 gun i"i ''lci
' .,. thanks and rrl:clu! plau,,its ut just men
the riS for "eins ling G he part pp"n.,i"1, Gi Ri"1,
& Im;y;,r the National Legislature ought surely {"
srs"arled as paramount to the EAecut'ye, when it nj
Am,,s - wage war against one oil the States W'th"T
q m:hnr,,v. Mr. Meade and his Southern rights 'rlch
. onul, tH have made issue upon his resolutions hn
:! n:.I,l for them without cca-n.. BY so doing me
g .ouid have, commanded more Northern hcil' III"
sshry could have gnincd by any other isste' H.,
q I:u, a iigrc>sing The friends ot senator iii.,
dcr are lacking eagerly 10 adopted some 7urn p''
H.. his rulu;.:ioil h in regard I" the r:h!ic ills
cnnlmcns ltscll the favorable c9nstnern'm mc
boih the old and new States. ii tulthiuIi! ul', r.
.s.sn,ly cntendetl lur. it will ciectually tn"' II
gg ggshionahle gambling with the public domain. m,
n Bu; have written enough Tor the present. "''
g saarcsumc the uiect ere long: op AT.
q i FRIEND To TIE RIGHTS Of ALL