Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-06-26
THE TERRITORIES NEGLECTED,

introduce his bills forthe establishment OF Ian
districts. This motion was rejected By tn
following vote:
YEAs-Messrs Allen, Barr Blair (Nio(, Blake Bon
lgny, Brayton, Brisow, Burch, Carey carter, I 6I
Dunn. English EtReridge Florence, Ferry Eo n,o
Fouke. Hale, Hoard, Howard toho iSneneeker
Love ccaS MALLORY Mcknight MeP Nson ro Ser
Rigs Robinson R - Royce, scranton sheli Totiop
SRnsT T ste%a F Wada wSd 6Gh5hTn
Iros ADAMS Mass Adams ky Alley
anderson y 0 Ash@ aEdS. Br sSh BaDgcn Bur
imgame burnett Durham campbell err ClIP a1 MA
Dawes De Jeanette. Delano, Edmundson Elliot Gar
nett ,to aT GlncS Hill Houston ich Jones
Keitt kenyon, Landrum, Leach tMich:l, Leach n CD
McRse Miles Misom, Moore (Ky.), Moore (AlaJ, Nor
rl olin Perry, Petit feyton Potter, Pugh, Qqsrles
IN c., spauding, Stalworth, Stanton, Stevens, Ste
as, Tompkins, Underwood, Vance, Walton Washburn
wilson, Wrght-9l.
We should have voted to suspend the rules,
for two reasons; first because every respect
full proposition made in congress should have
chance to be looked at fairly and second,
because the Introduction of Mr. Thayers bills
would have given another opportunity to con-
slider the wants of the unorganized territories.
all that is necessary TO provide for a regular
and complete organization Of governments in
the territories. We print here one of Mr..
Thayer's bills, in order that our readers may
have an exact statement of what he proposed
to do -
SECTION /. Be it enacted, &C.. That all the public
lands included within the limits of the former terri
tory of Minnesota, excepting so much as lie within
the state of Minnesota hereby constituted land
district to be called the Dakota land district
SEC 2. And be it further enacted That the people
of the land district above described having formed
A temporary government are entitled to one dele
gate in congress who shall receive the compen
saton and enjoy the same privileges as delegate
from territory.
SEC g. And be it further enacted, That the prcsi-
dent of the United States shall be, and he is hereby,
authorized to appoint, by and with the advice and
consent of the senate, surveyor general tor the
land district above described, whose Office shall be
located at such place as the president of the United
States shall from time to time direct, and whose
duties powers, obligations, responsibilities, and
compensation, shall be the same those of the
yeyor general Of Kansas and Nebraska territories,
and who shall be allowed the same amount for Of
fee rent, fuel. incidental expenses and clerk hire
is allowed to the surveyor general of Kansas and
Nebraska.
SEC. T. And be it further enacted, That said sur
veyor general shall the necessary surveys to be
made in said land district, OF standard meridian,
base, and parallel lines and the township and sub
divisional lines, under such rules and regulations as
SEC s, And be it further enacted, That the said
land district shall be subject TO the operation of the
presumption act of the fourth of October eighteen
hundred and fOrty-Oae whether settled upon before
or after the survey; and in all cases where the set
Element was made before the survey the settler shall
file his declaration within three months after the
survey is made and returned; and that the provis-
ions Of the act of May twenty three, eighteen hum
dred and fOrty-fOuT, concerning town sites, shall APP
ply to town sites in the said land district.
SEC 6. And be it further enacted, That when
the lands in said district shall have been sur
Veyed, under the direction of the government
OF the United States preparatory to bringing
the same into market, sections sixteen and thirty
Six in each township in said land district shall be,
and the same hereby reserved for the purpose of
being applied to schools in said land district. and in
the state hereafter to be erected out Of the same.
SEC. 4 And be it further enacted, That when the
lands IN SAID district shall be surveyed aforesaid,
quantity ofland equal to two townships shall be,
and the same is hereby reserved for the establish
men OF university i'll said land district, and in the
state hereafter to be created of the same, to be
selected under the direction of the legislature, in le-
gaI SUBDIVISIONS of not less than one half section
SEC s. And be ii further enacted, That the presi-
aent pe ana he Is hereby authorized to appoint, by
ana with the advice and consent of the senate or
ulihg me recess thereof and until the end of the
next session after such appointment a register and
receiver for the said land district, who shall be
CURED to reside at the site of the land Office which
hereby located at Sioux Falls City, and shall be
subject to the laws and entitled to the same
compensation as is, or may hereafter be- prescribed
Dy law IN relation to other registers and receivers
SEC y And be it further enacted That this act
snail take elect from and after its passage.
After the bill was printed, Mr. Thayer added
to it the following proviso =
provided, That nothing herein contained shall he
construed to either affirm deny the power of con-
gfess TO govern said land districts or the people
neLeni, y beng no purpose of this act to either
ment.n
1hls proviso was probably intended for
those who might have been willing to vote
with him for the organization of land offices,
without intending, Or even seeming, to deny
that congress should, by legislation, take
measures to have the territories organized as
political communities, with recognized and
settled relation to the rest of the nation
Provision for survey and sale of the
public lands in the neighborhood of the
new settlements, is necessary. 1t must b
made, sooner or later, although the settler
usually desire to have the public sales of tn
lands delayed, especially when delay can d
something to battle the spectators. The Ne
York Tribune, speaking of Mr.. Thayer's bill
says, sit was not what we should have pr
1erred or suggested yet we should have vote
for it as preferable to nothing" But neitht
this, nor any other measure touching the tie
ritories, had any chance of success. 1t VIZ
just as easy to pass bill providing everythir
demanded by the wants Of the territories, as
was to pass one providing for a single an
secondary want
After voting to get Mr.. Thayer's bill befo
the house, we would have moved sue
amendments as would have transformed it in
a bill to secure the organization of territorl
government. First, we would have had Il
bill prescribe definite boundaries, not mere
for land district, but also for the political co,
munity to be organized. Then we would ha,
had it provide that the government organize
within said limits shall be republican in for
and spirit. taking care to put into it all IL
provisions and specifications necessary =
And, also, we would have provided for exten,
ing to the territory the jurisdiction of the fee
eral courts. The action of congress in til
matter Of providing for regular government
IN the territories is indispensable, and therefor
should not be denied. The people in a ne,
settlement do not wish to be organized ou
sue OF the general government, in complet
independence as if they were about to Great
an independent nation. They wish to be re
cognizea and treated as part of the country
ne" anu weak community which will, b
and by, become state, but which NJ nresor
needs protection and favor.
The policy Of providing in every ,erri,ori,
bill enacted by congress, that tho 49, y.
each territory shall elect their own Or
and manage their own aiEairs s,t.