Red Wing sentinel., 1860-05-30

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States," the words ''or Territories" or else
strike out tbs words within the States"
and let it apply to them alike.
{ Mr.. RICE amswilling.
s Mr.. DOUGLASS I hope the Senator
will 50 modify his proposition.
+ Mr.: ICE. "A word. to put myself right
l drew this modification Of my amendment,
|supposing it would meet with the favor Of
Of the Senator from Ohio Mr.. PUan] and
some other Senator's. Ibid it for the rea-
son that the bill now before the Senate, if it
should pass, in its present shape. would
not be benefit to the State Of Minnesota.
My first duty upon all questions, excepting
:hose that are ofa constitutional nature, is
to my State-I admit that I drew the amend
ment with view Of protecting the citizens
of my State. Ialso say that would pre-
fer to have Incorporated into it the the sus
gestion made by the Senator from Illinois
can say, truthfully and seling!y, that l
approve of every word he has said in regard
tO it but, as l said before. aside from all
constitutional obligations, must fir.s' give
my voice and my vote for the protect.On
OF the people who sen: me here. |, how
ever, accept chccrfnliy the modification sug.
gested by the Senator from Illinois and
now ii the Senate will, by consent, accept
the proposition have this morning sub
mitted in lieu ofan amendment offered
yesterday, with the notifications Of the Sen
ator from Illinois, which meets my most COZ
dial appreciation, propose to present. it in
that form. Gstf,te .r~ e7att
Mr. DOUGLAS. wish to assure the
Senator from Minnesota that will go to
any extent that understand him to desire
certainly to any just extent-,o protect
the scttlors Of Minnesota.
We 10 not think our columns could be
occupied to better advantage than in giving
place to this debate, and extract the above
20 show the devotion of Senator Rice to
the measure and the tribute which was ba::d
to him by Mr.. Douglas. Mr.. Rice subse
''11Aentl:y in the debate. called attention to a.
proposition he had made which if carried out
would have been Of incalculable benefit 10
the land States. The remark, are in re-
ply to Mr.. Bragg .....
MIR. RICE. am not going to reply to
the Senator from North Carolina. lie is
certainly mistaken, however, when he says
that my colleague and myself anG those
who concur with Us ask greater protection
Tor the early settlers Of the Northwest than
we do for those who may come hereafter
| would like to say IN two or three words,
that think the whoe system is WI ng and
regret that any land State, should ever
have consented to Come into the Union as
o member, and permitted the General gov
ernlnent to be landed proprietor within
ITS limits, and thus extended the federal
patronage and contributed to the consolida
ton Of these States. If State presents
herself Tor admission while have seat on
this ho0r. never will consent to one ol
those plastic arrangements about taxation,
the State >uraanderng the right to tax and
permitting the Federal Government to send
men int" it to control the great landed in
terests, and thus control the politics of the
State. 1finy views were carried out,
would cede at once to the States every acre
within their limits. It should have been
done before a vote was taken on the admis.
sion of those States. do not mean to sa,
they should be ceded as a gratuity, but the
States should pay to the General Govern
ment the cost Of the lands. Thus we wod
carry out the principle foreshadowcd origin
ally by one Of the greatest Statesmen Of the
age, John &. Calhoun. attempted, by ar
amendment which / offered Yesterday te
engraft that principle upon this bill but
could not get even enough to rise to call 70,
the yeas ard nays. think this whole
system is wrong. I want to separate the
States from the General Government.
not only wish 10 do this in regard to the
public lands-an inconsiderate matter il
ccmparison Of the slavery 'es,ion. II IN,
friends on this side Of the House will go fl
that, AMI for it; but unit! we can come t
a definite conclusion in regard to principle
and until we have settled upon a princip!:
the details are going to keep us in confusion
For instance the Commi tee on Public lands
say here that certain portion is worth
. twenty five cents an acre. and another Ger
ain portion worth one dollar and twenty
FIVE cents an acre. My friend from Ohio
(Mr. Wade) points to the clock, and there
fore will stop.
We have quoted somewhat at length
from the debate, believing that it will prove
interesting It should bo tho duty of ever,
citizen to know the position of cur public
men upon great questions and this shows
that Messrs. Rico and Douglas are true
friends to the Western Sc Understanding b.
each other IN battling for his rights. = +!
JUDGE DOU&,LAS' GREAT SPEECH
We extract from the last great speech o.
Senator Douglas, one paragraph, which has
the merit Of stating most forcibly the posi-
ton Of the factions, North and South, tina,
Oppose his position, and ignore the doctrn
Of Congressional non interv ntion Il is as
follows : sf'
lie would not say Mr.. Yancey and his
associates meant disunion. 1t was said that
the orders Of Gen. Scott before the battle OF
Cerro Gordo were a complete history of the
lbattlc after it was fought, and SO the pro.
,.gramme o. Mr.. Yancey. published two years
:, a %.,,thc,l L;.k.,,., - Il.