The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1857-03-12

; ssisss s-1ass 81 '.T ffHf fT 2
tho, ., this late day AMI ai,er w many prc.
ceslsats ~i hy tonrry~ of anprupriating the
public lands for railroad lx,rpoAPs ~ AT
tempt ucw 10 ehangr thts lxascy woahi be
VERY inelT~tual M I'm rxst ~ any ssesntor
IN this Noor We have passea = larWe
number of ra,lroai hills giving grants Of the
public lands. We are INV aAked u add
snc,Aw, Is~ rAiluad IN estent nearly n
Thousand Wik~. in Minncsota, il ! under
sta,sl the provisions of this bill, Y not on'y
provides inr trunk road, hut Tor branch
rm.ls extending bctw~cn Miar hundrwl and
thnsunml miller, and aucw,ling ~ tle sstt
HaAie that las l,ean maalc, appropriaisx o.'e
million hyr hunslrl thonxapd arvS " the
public lands. No Inquiry srna 10 have
lhwn ,nAaIr ~ 10 hew tArsr rcadh run. and
tisir sxsssa Wo have mcreiy ~ sstlssic
mnln W. II u,a lAlsrius nepArtnanh With.
out Knowing with rrtaiuty that this In
the extent ofthe erSnt whirh W. nm now
n,nkiug 'Hffai s'Qoa tfa0aa
Nv parpaas h IN c~ii the sitsstioa of u,r
s~uAie To this o.hw eaorn,ous grant of thc
public Anls i,~ railroad parpvcs, and TO en-
iev my lrots~t. ksb,r thougt Il may bc.
against this ipliey tring parss~l any far
ther. Il sci.s ~ me. Mr. rr~i,lsnt. u,At
tls expriens u the past should have aa
monish,d W that whatever may have been the
intention NJ thnsr who inanrirsted this poli'
~, Il h time that Il should stsp and that
thcru slsonh he An eed VI IL know that
by my uppusition cannot prevent the pas.
sage u this biIl hut cau do al that am
al,lo ~ do. slsi that b to cwll the attention
n TIN Ssnasc 10 I'm suoeuiiy VI This cEpan
disHre ef tAe ,,shle lassds NV being oapcxL
ID, aud. ~ Sspaiof npresenilng ouc Of
TIM ohl Htats~. 10 enter my protest against
this, Il &enm 10 me, hviah AMI extwvnRMnt
appropriation NJ shs pablic lsnds ibr tho
has,Nat ii oar rcetiuu 10 TIN Injury u ths
pullic, shall call for the y0ls aud nays
on tho passasv II tie bill
Mr.. Foot I, scetns 10 me uuite too late
In Tho day. sir. ID rwimr the objections which
hAvW tsRm siartsd by tho honorable senator
rum North Csrnl,sa, 10 hills of this char
aater Thr policy has alr~dy bccn e~tab.
IisArl. h wiit b. rrcolle,si by the senat~
that, st the laat sxssoa of Congress, W.
sassls assch larger appropriations of ihe
pablic Isasls iov Tho purpose ot aiding In con
stfucting failwsds 10 rvcry new State In
the unIon ELEVEN. tclcsr, IN NIL. Now,
slr. think thIs n tlse lsss application of tho
hind. etls~ ft0m Htats " 'twrltory lying
IN tl,s valley u The Mirisslppi- n Mipns~ota
being the only Territory OF State Ia that
valley 10 which th,se grants have not al
rva,ly lssa mAslr This grant carries with
Il but elsoat half the amount Of public lAnis
which have b~f, granted 10 the Htat's of
Iowa, Missouri, and othef land Htat@
When dhis subject w9 belse the sensse at
ID" last sss.loa. n viii be rsnlieutssi. = very
iAll and elaborate DISCUSSION took place M IA
ii,c principle and pplicy II making these up
] opposed. AMI wtrnnously
appnmsl, mn thu policy d that ymsticalar
hlll. but tlp extent 10 which that I,olicy was
catriui " that particular ca~, carrying, !
think, sp,pethIng like three mllio,s u Acr~
NJ public lands fur four dnsfent puHak4
roads Through thu Atats NJ l0ws. Ny oh.
joctia,s, however, wasc ovenulNl By deci-
del majority of tlp senate. aIsl that bill waa
iMassl. TiaN followed appropriations M
|Ikr chsrxris~ fbr mll thc otisr ncw tstsiss In
Tim Unism. Aow, u m~uis W mn guIts IN
graclous. and quite too lste Ia the day, ~
rsiSs objection ~ this bill, rsting ~ II dos~
uIpn The sasne IwInciplr, and which asks for
a,iy about half thu alnoant NJ iMnd gFnhtaA
n esrh ~ the INV ktsts~ IN the uni01.
sase nothing morn W ray upon this bill.
Mr.. Stuart. In tl,e thirtwnth line II the
arsi section, afser thu word "braSch," wish
10 insert via Psrihwnlt.'
The amendment Wa sgr~.i to, th~ bill
wW ord~ci In le engrosssi fos thlrd
Trsdias. sssl was rod I'M third tiws.
=. NJ, uisgs .sllra Ca he ssss-ssd sag Sc
Ia y'sa~sve and tlry wce orirssi smi h.
ag taken. rxnI,ssi4~yea- ~, nays 10; "a
'ellowsi eit f.
YsAs-~hssss Alien. hep u Tsna,, iksys
asn. nssvn, Case cFitirssdsh, Dodge, DssalAA,
pmtse, tisk, vBsh. tsoss. tssisr, 0syst.
;gssa, tysrspi,, JANes, Johnssn. Jsnsp u rean.,
Mallory, Noass~, fsssfs, hnsk, Hsbastisn. Sev
lsa. eSssvt, fesssb.. fsum,ui. wsds. Weller.
\ Giisop, iutre--sy,
Hays- Nss.ss Riggs. Bsirf, Bvodhsad. Clay,
!vsss. hssass. Nssss. paSh. Rid. Hsadst--i0.
~ tls bu VA gs~s~i.