Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-03-06
Epmriiburo s'irointam.
Friday Morning. March 8, 1851.
speech Of The Hes. John BeIi, Of Tesnessse, On
the Dispe.isien Of the PabIie Lands


ted States last Friday. BY the venerable and die
tinguished John Bell, of Tennessee. with view
to equalizng. as far as practicable among the
States. the benefits aeeroing from the Puohs
Lands. Senator Bellacoompanied the bill by
speech explanatory of its objects aud its Propre'
". We regret the necessity of abbrevatng the
speech bat shall present enough of it to satisfy
any reasonable mind that the time for deter
mined assertion of their rights by the old States
has SO fully arrived that there would be criminal
ity in longer delay. i, will be observed that the
proposition of Senator b. falls short of what the
neglected States may with perfect justice de-
mand. nevertheless the adoption of his plan by
Congress would confer advantages of the highest
moment upon Virginia and the South Referring
to the bill he was about TO introduce, he says:
II proposes to do measure of justice 10 those
States OF the Union to which no grhns oil paoic land
have been made for the reason that there were no
puble lands at the disposal Of Congress within those
S,.,.s | think the time has come when every gen
tlemAn will the proprietF Of dong something up
On tbis subject We make large, liberal, aud think
might say in some very exirayagani, grants Of
public lands the land States, 10 aid in the constrgc
lion Of railroads with very little cousiierA ton and
sometimes with very little knowledge OF The objects
10 which these lands appropriated. Asan exam
pie will mention that only few days ago without
The understanding. my part TT least. that the
amount appropriated to these objects ia the territory
.of Minnesota did not exceed three millions Of acres
but have been since informed upon what consider
very reliable authority, that the m!niam quantity
grAsted By that bill may probably be estimated at i've
nillions Ct acres
do not propose any measure which can do foil
Justice 10 the cd Staies Indeed all that il Is in
POWER 10 90 or which il Is e1pedieu; 30 at all !
Greats is % approximate justice IN the enjoyment Of
The public domain By all The States Of the Union 49,
Notwithstanding the large amounts o. grants have
named ABi other grants LOT Internal Improvements /
re4chSag egaty uiaeiF millions Of acres pro-
poss for iaess grants I'd reiaFa o. adequate APP
p-o1ina;e graz. 30 tie Siaies IN which there
pzbiie aa.s This bil Akss ato account simply the
lands zrsaie. &c railroads A1a canals aklag no NO
tier making Aeeoan o he swamp laaas graat-
sA 70 aeeoari ofzuy q lie IA eoyeatafs isf which
uiIsa A1rss we're grAatsi A. oaoe eKesPi 70 ca
1zis Az TIE snporeea' - flse-s ior Whish alter
Fate ssclieas grasie4 Tat is tn Limitation o.
tie sya11 g-kz.s NAsA bAFs tesn llz3e - lie land
Sis;es, T. vtsa F-4p5se sezze adequate eofres-
E,s-% "a g-4Kss io -e reosIess states = tie lnl5a
wssA s4r.as- e. g.sis 80 Is u.' Zee saza8 re the
T+gssssass g z1zs ti ;asi sAsrEe IS H.H#ase3 iH
"a ys1cr ssiss o. s-ratzfl --zt.aE lral grEuts
= -zet Ia q - ;As S-aiss = p.-l "a yat.- d.
res - - - poe = 80 5zsassy4c-
sl1 81 rar zA4s a. cams sesrr slsaa altogether
uIlS-slsrel sssrs tana 5ozsf g operate aere;o-
3ars tvvsfe- ta1tts8s Is asz e Fl. ttss States Re-
F''t .r1aa-as sa5.7e. - - .'4f' s'sae'
AElsi- - ~ lam q sszsk izeAfa't = - at-
eqpG5 .. IL asAer States. sstlne .as l.szs IL
SElr1'! q MA g'liir1 = a. tf~ >'asf5 So upi
pH'l'9ie IN - h''ut AZ = sc U.s. = IL afS
Ills ia = s-hftH- d iatlz t-- $685. - l4'al-
nun 80 - --.-if ~ - t-'t -A't ztAia. Al-
Np.s1 fhEs huFs t-.t-lsi - s1s flztzz fst4s--e
g gaEs.t - .sass >.G.ef = &. bare zszt.rea 10
g-HfN = ~ -fA' it - =. p 't's - taafi o.
Al "sAL aahafE - g. s''isss.s@ - = fsfs = lf'-
gFt - E-ttia = l1t- ie Az >iAie O. with there
IL 2 Yzzt-as -tr-
ftFeAi i1ai SIS 81. tsss sol Interfere With ~
1,Aas 49, - --4tra- fassrT heretofore pgstlcl
- toasrsas = zzas : 'eastzss - F-@1ts q Pahle
li-2s = u ,fif-stssa - railroads. IN fhs nes
h-t.si- : = s=lf--s = l- Fly afsa.oa 70 re-
y-4ia1it - - tsf -'F >i'Hs eai % Eel any hos
i1f7- k15F Sc. re.- - iaat So tie progress az
i-t toTs-11s1'. i-- ;.-e H. come eas derins
is Egezs. = o. preset o. ssrt csFeef may come
nsry zoos ~hta 'ar-s T - msl 1-i'F q he States
i-isrss;e. n ths p4a..- lzaas-'asi ihfg ~ta have
ts-zaea5 pgEsf ~ isse TIE whole ~ tie pubic do
rta 70 t5tTaseFes 4a's = III az eHifAfagani idea.
bi Sc l1s feAliz2iioa a winch Is very probable we
ofn our 80 sa.i-ien'!! 10 the iui4fe ah5zH awaits
us M ttaloa iaAt Dne geHiienaa to-aay IN Pri-
T&te f4afsfsAii0h remarked 10 me u lie tine may
come 1asa sc shall be strong enough "a take al
these lands 10 cur oWa use; az We are entitled TO
them
Ny mend from Michigan M Stuart must allow
me 10 MAKE another remark "a relation 10 the Min
nesoia grant. That bill VAS passed the other day
without any inquiry into It's elect on the public do
main Of the United States The strlttest eons'ruc-
uonis. IN this House permitted that bill 10 pass sub
slai'o oonieniIHg themselves with calling for the
yeas and nays ana voting against IT. In that case
the question Of benefit to the public domain
wholly dlsregarded; no inquiry was made ia relation
10 IT, no inquiry was made as to the effect ON the re-
served alternate sections. have not examined the