Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-05-14


On the bill which recently passed the Senate
of the u. s. eppropriating from a million and
half 10 two millions Of Public Lands for the con
s,ruction Of railroads in Town. "a debate Of some
length las we learn from the National lnielli-
rencer) sprung up en- motion tn fer the bill
| in question 10 the Committee on Public Lands,
| in order 10 be by them reported back tn the SEN
ate with such amendments or recommendations
a. NIGH, be deemed proper. THIS debat" wac
participated in by Messrs. FooT, BidGs. and
| CgrrTESptN. who advocated lis reference. aud by
Messrs. JONES. Of Town. JoSrs. of Tennessee,
YrrEr. DOUGLAS, ADAMS, CAss, WILSON,
STUART SEWARD. DuRKgE. GsYgR AND COLA
xgR lmo.t Of them democrais) who opposed this
DISPOSITION of the bill and advocated IL immedi
ate pa-sagc. Mr.. BnopHEAD spoke both against
tho reference and against the passage Of the
measure. Mr.. CRrrrrspES, while ssosing him
self favorable to the general policy Of aiding in
ternal improvements by grants Of public lands in
ihe new States. comn' nted upon the disadvantage
under which Kentucky and the other old States
lahorcd in being denied the enjoyment of such
aid from the Federal Legislature in lis appropri-
alton. ofihe domain which had been originally
ACQUIRED by the very States who sh trrd the least
in such appropriations. Mr.. STUART. on the
other hand, though, the new States were subject
ed To- disadvantage. rs compared with the old
States from the fact TINT their citizens were com
PEELED I, buy su, the proprietary right the Fed
ofa Governments in the lands occupied by the
settlers of such States. even after their admission
into the Union; whereas the old States sole
owners Of the land within their limits. The equal
ity IT the States, about which. said Mr.. s..
hear 50 much now a days. had net in his opin-
ian, been recognised in the mntier of public
lands. and the inequality existed the side Of
the new States rather than If the old. The bill
was finally passed by the Senate; Yeas 81, nays
o" The Senators from Y,rgIda. not wishing.
perhaps 10 confuse the democratic creed any
further oh served discreet silence in the debate
The syes and noes which append show how
they voted They also show how completely the
democratic party j. divided On This question If
iarcrnn improvement by the federal government.
aud how utterly poweress the nppo-i ion Of
Southern Democrats Is 10 prevent he sqnand'r-
ing of the Public Lands for local and pnrlnl
n.rs. aud especially for the benefit aud aggrnn-
di-enfnt az IN" Tree sou Sthlts. We put tue
simple question to men Of sense, whether when
this fnot has been demonstrated beyond cayil or
controversy. il is not better that the Southern
States should also receive from the federal gov
eminent that share Of the common domain to
which in IN equitable Distribution they would be
enitledl The following is the vote:
YEAS Messrs. Adams Allen. Brll Of Ten
ncssee, Bigler, Bright. Brown, Cuss. Crtcndep,
Dodge, Douglas, Durkee. Fish. Fitzpatrick, Fos-
ter, Gcyer. Hale Harlan. james johnson. Jones
of Iowa, Jones of Tennessee. Mallory, Pratt. So
ward, Slide Stuart Sumner, Trumbul, Weller.
Wilson, and Yulee-3l.
NAYS.-Mcssrs. Briggs. Brodhead. Hunter.
Mason, Pugb. Reid, Thompson of Kentucky,
Toombs and w AIDE