The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1859-02-05

been done; aud nov 70 WAS ASKED mat ms two DER
cent, whieh had 4lre4iy bssn expeaded On the road
shoaa be refunded M=os. bsIAuss llc rad had aot
and now asks the otrr wo per cnt bat shs docs not
AJAX tor the original purpose Of badiag road ~ tn
stAie GA the contrary, she desrvs % expend witha
her own hrns and az her discretion MS subject
underwent full nresti4tion 10 the Senate Ia sse and
although tbs interests OF Missouri were la tl hands Of
Mr. Benton. and were Supported BY Mr. Clay VINO we're
iAIar with the whole matter, yet with their powerful
aid after the fun discussion that ensued there wee ony
ten votes In the senate Ia favor Of the hill
Mr. GREEN remarked that the grounds upon Which
this bill vas Predicat had mot bsen fully stated Every
singh new State IN which public lands were located had
had siFen 10 10 hse per cent of the gross amount Of The
sales Of the public lands within its limits except the
state Of Missouri IN consideration Of not taxing tie Uni
Ted States hands Eve years after tey were suld Fle
should expect that The IAN would be passed on tie score
Of justice, there legal Obligation he re-
ferred ~ the Of Mississippi Thsw Vas an agree
ment THAI she should receive ave per oent thTer per
cent To be expended within her limits In her own way
and two per cent BY the United States la making road
70 Mississippi The fodersl government abandoned the
idea Of making that road Mississippi and then Con-
sfes PASSED. a gsing 10 mississippi the other two per
cent All he asked that Missouri should be dealt
| BY ia the same manner.
Mr.. C0I4AhER said the road 10 Mississippi was
never undertaken by the government all il was not
begun.
Mr. GREEN replied that according to that Argument Il
the road had been begun and extended only as m as the
District Of Columbia, Mississippi would not been
titled to the two per cent. Bot the obligation OF the
fedeial government make the road State
and NOT towards The State aud that contract had
mot been complied with The road was d no ben
eht 10 Missouri unless il carried 10 her boE
daIs All these States had received the 1--WE per
cent and Ohio Indiana, and Illinois received more for
they got the money that expended within their
borders. Florida Louisiana. and Arkansas had all re
eeiyed ve per cent and he hoped this act Of justice
would be dome to Missouri.
Mr.. GOlIaAMth briefly replied.
Mr.. POLK stated that Missouri demonstrated as long
1929 against the peryeron Of this fund aud
asked that instead OF having this money expended In
crossing ridges and putting down rnaeadalizi4g al an
immense expense that the road could never by any
possibility reach to Missouri road might be constructed
such egrant from the could safely travel over
With his wagons and his family and thus get Missouri
But that remonstrance UNDECIDED. After the lapse
/ of some twenty years Missouri here again
and finding that the steamboat and the railroad
cars had made suca innovation the old modes Of
travel tla Congress has utterly ceased To attempt to
finish the road and has abandoned the work she then
asked that this plain breach of might he made good
to her and that the amount which ought have been
expended in making roA 10 the State but which has
in reality been expended hundreds of miles her
and from which she has had benefit whatever shouId
be refunded TO her The United States stood in relation
to this trust fund in the attitude of trustee and in
that attitude she could but of positions
Either the trustee has misppled the trust fund and
when asked to refund IT, has make which
the trustee should be compelled 10 refund ii or
else which he supposed to be the better position the
trustee stands in the attitade having ceased TO do any
thing towards giving the gae the benefit OF the
trust fund which has been placed in her hands Either
the trustee should perform the trust, give the @ qR
last an opportunity TO enjoy the fund
The question being taken, the bill was passed.
PRIVATE hills.
The Senate Proceeded to the consideration OF the pr
waite calendar, and the following bills read third
time and passed ...
Bll authorizing the Domestic and Foreign MissoE-
AIRY Society OF the Protestant Episcopal Church in the
United States 20 enter certain tract Of land IN the
State Of Wisconsin
Bill to provide for the quoting certain Land titles ia
the late disputed territory in the State Maine and fer
other purposes
bun authorizing the courts TO adjudicate the claim Of
the legal representatives OF the sieur De Runne and
Cheyalier dc Repentigny certain land the SAUDI
Sainte Marie la the State Of Michigan.
The bill for the relief OF the officers and Of the
brig Gen. Armstrong debated at length by
Messrs- BROWN, MASON, and CRTTTENDES IN favor
and Messrs TooMBs, FESSENDES, HALE and BEN
JAMlN in opposition to when il was read third
time and passed b. the following vote 4s
YAs-Messr Bates Blyari Bell BROWN oaesRui Clark cons
met ciieRln pxons Esh Hanmond Houston, done Kenny
Mallory aa.oa Polk Ha ward saaiaons Thompson q Kenae
NaYs-Nssrs Be1janin Broierick cipgnan nsvh p5Ottr
Hssserien Hn, Hunter johnson q Teaneecs Wade, and
1t announced that the above vote Mcssrs CLar
and Gws, GREEN and FITZPATRICK, WnsoS aud SHIEDa
HANLaS and CnASDLLR, sLADxLL and BglGHr and other
senators had paired of.
The bill to provide for the payment 10 the State of
Missouri of two per centunl of the proceeds of the
sales the public lands therein heretofore reserved u
der compact with that State, indefinitely post
poned, House bill 10 the purpor having been al
| ready passed this morning.
The bill for the relief u the heirs Of Capt Alexander
Rose rejected ON its third reading
On motion, the Senate adjourned