American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-03-07
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comprehensive and patriotic speech de-
delivered by Hon. JOHNS. CARLISLE,
on yesterday week, in The House of
Representatives, in Committee of the
Whole on the State of the Union, in
support of the bill, introduced by him
q short time before, entitled, can act
to equalize the grants ofland to the
several States Of the Union," the effect
of which, if passed, would be to do e.
quail justice to all tho States. Wehopc
none of our readers will neglect to give
it careful perusal, as it gives in a
short space a number of cogent argu-
ments in support of his most excellent
bill.
On the occasion referred to he said:
It's not my purpose, at the close Of
the session, to inhict on the House any
thing like a speech, or to be instrument
tai in retarding the necessary public
business. l have obtained the floor
for the purpose of calling the attention
OF the committee, and the country, to
o proposition which / submitted some
weeks ago, and which is now pending
before the Committee on Public Lands
in the shape ola bill entitled ''An act
to cqualize the grants of land to the
several States in this Union" That
bill the Committee on Public Lands has
not yet been able to report. and it is
still in the possession of the committee;
but am informed they are ready TO
report it whenever an opportunity af-
fords. Intimately connected with the
subject of the tariff which has occupied
for some weeks the attention of this
body, is the disposition Of these lands.
! The chief argument why there should
be change i'll our present tariff law
arises from the fact Of the abundance
of money locked up in the Treasury, &
withdrawn from tho circulation of the
country. ...E. ............
The argument heretofore urged a,
gainst the disposition of the public
lands has been, so far as I undcrstand,
this: that the proceeds arising from
the sales Of the lands went into the
Treasury, and TO that extent relieved
the people of taxation. The argument
has now no force. You have an over
flowing Treasury. You expect that
al, ,I h, oloSo o. 'ho next li'e"I year you
',n ""'. .' u..'.s' SUMO cnan@e DC maze
ty odd millions of dollars. 1t does not
require any great familiarity with the
u.s.. "'." .I ii..e' en'S VI thc country 10 sec
sIa. ". 2T'" sli"s "',ni'lN" IRON CHI
.;n"s "S la'"''y o'l al sec
MUS o,H:'s' WV e,ei ''le'ost III Tue country.
onw fo".e now shaIi ~ - no nnS ,".,'
in mootinn T. "'' e''''"|'' '''''e
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- 'A ,''.'n'., 'S,''I''nS mas oeeh urge"
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,'o".' " ,i'''tp mp "is'I'ot''o'i OF tfese
,""'I. o"' no'' '''a', III we" OF inc
,s, $50" - VIC paStl III view OF ,.hnee
nntna .r" ""Iu" o ,s IL, u"TsIi''ohe .ns
coJnJ tbo lnnJs g. SS $3.50 m'lio''
IN visw IF tho v ~ op'G," ,trlpoIes,
tr,st hoe hoon d;nahnn..oI - o ~ Ina, in"'
bnck to tho Stotos 10 r. 49, J na5a 'Ht"'
t;onoI WV ~ wI;.h -. az ~ "SS, ~.
trust ST. wn IF ,hot sno,;n 1922 ne t .%o
county fran, wh;oh 1900 o" y. VIZ
nr"aah,J ,n;,i, In:N ou"'s' orc re-
provcmcnts and in prorrcss, That
backwardness is CHARGED bv ocntlemcn
stylina themselves lovers of frecdom
to the existence of the institution Of
slavery; and thew attribute what thew
please to call their progress in tho
, march of Improvement to the absence
of that institution. .." I
Sn. th;,l tho,.bo s4o.;.a1,1:.c
t;n, ub;aL WV II, S'',''5'''I' my
House tho other day. by q resolution