The Yazoo Democrat. [volume] (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1858-18??, 1859-02-26

u0cODSUltutOudllN, WHICH L w uot m6dH w
D ress upon gentlemen at all, but to which |
desire to call the attention of my consiitu-
ents, is bad enough Its utter iuexpedency,
its tendency to mischief, its inordinae char
acter rs d precedent in bringing within the
Federal Government, within that great vor-
tex Of the Government which does hold the
purse Of the nation almost the entire purse
OF the nation-I say, as precedent for sim.
liar exercises of power, there could not b.
projected, in my Judgment, measure more
fraugh. with mischief About the details
Of the bill, l know very little, aud care Il
great deal less. 1t is the principle; not tine
principle alone Of giving away that which
you have no right to dispose of in that iorm.
bat Che manner aud purpose for which 1t Is
done, holding out bribe to the States to
conform their agricultural policy to the su
peror wisdom of Congress.
! agree with the honorable Senator from
Minnesota Mr.. RICE as to the effect j.
must have upon those States who are unfor-
tuuate enough to hold public lands. There
are to be twenty thousand acres given T.
each State for each member in the House
and Senator in this body, The State O.
New York, believe, has thirty three Rep-
r5sentatives in the other branch, and tT.
Senators here. For each OF them she is I"
ct twenty thousand acres. Theu the bill
will give seven hundred thousand acres G,
land to .he State Of New York for the Fur-
pose Of building up agricultural colleges
There are no public lands in the State o,
New York, and this grant Is to be located
elsewhere, The honorable Senator from ,hc
/ State of Minnesota, where there is !arr
body of public land now untouched, with a
sagacty that belongs to him, has seen the
Ideeterious effect that will be exercised Oh
bis State aad others standing in that cont.-
ton, from locating such large grant ". v.taln
their limits He is answered by the hon
oruble Senator from Michigan BY saying,
that the bill anticipates that; that the
States will not be allowed to become land
Aollers that scrip is to be issued to ,yem,
and they are 70 sell this scrip il the market
and the fund that is to arise out Of it Is d.
be the dowry of the agricultural co'ieges ~
such States
Now, let us work it out. You Issue 30
the State of New York scrip to the aE5Qnt
of seven hundred thousand acres-l .s.e7-
that will be about her share and New 1rl;
puts in the market scrip to the amount oi
seven hundred thousand acres, and the other
!, States holding no public lands do the same
J what will b. the effect lu tue lrat Place,
{ 10 depress to q very great extent the gslce
: 81 t,l de tpt n fEri
f ticn Of it will be this either there viii ba
combinations among the States holding .aa,
, SCRIP or there will be combinations among
l the capitalists of the couptry to possess
| themselves Of the scrip, to make them Ives
: andhollsrs, and to operate, as they usy
e well operate, upon the interior policy If the
- States where the land les Whist is to pre-
t We It the large capitalists in the Nor-lern
b. cities from seizing the scrip in that Tay
c This scrip is not to be gathered, rs the mon
a orable Senator from Michigan said, as bounty
: lands are gathered, as one hundred anu
G sixty acres from one, aud eighty from ao 1tu-
- ef, &c., but to be bought in bulk: ana wha.
d is to prevent the large capitalists IL .ae
:, northern cities from possessing this &mrlnt
of six hundred thousand, or eight Lu -geo
thousand, or u million acres IN any the
i new States, aud then governing 40 .1el~
S pleasure the policy Of those new States
i All this is to be done-for what lna.
=, the States may be bribed by Felera- power
j. to coutorm their domestic policy to t-lara,
y will This is unqueationably the ezte-. to
Y which the bill goes; anu if h0noray. --uu-
IS tors are prepared to say that, admittEg tha,
Z, to be SO, yet we believe it is the boa .amg
j. the States could do | submit to casu at
- ouce, l will not say that they are doing it
$ iuadequately, for | have no discou~c,g IN
e the matter, but they are doing it lrss.up-
4 tuously, to substitute their wisdom aud .u-
d te.hgence in the domestic policy VI. tas
), States for the wisdom aud mteli- i--a.l @.
J. tle States themselves,
Y | shall not discuss the details Of the BILL
,e am unacquainted with the detail. /. is
:, The principle of which speak. God know.
" that the details never can be worsa DIAM b.
lt principle on which these details rost-thc
d priuciple of giving away the pub. property
al =" donating" it, as the title The bill
le says, "a term which think is unknown {.
lie the English language; l supposa ID mean.
OF giviug)-giying away the pu5'i- lands
Il giving away the public property, 10, apply
lie Ing it to any constitutional use and, II
a giving it away, coupling it with condition
III that are of necessity iebauching to the pc
IS, litical morals of those to whom .t is given
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