Red Wing sentinel., 1860-05-30

supposing it would meet with the favor Of
of the Senator from Ohio mr.. PUaH1 and
some other Senator'S. Ibid it for tho tea.
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.
NY first duty upon oil questions, excepting
those that arc Ofa constitutional nature, is
to my State-I admit that drew the amend
ment, with 3 view Of protecting the citizens
OF my State. Ialso say that would pre-
fer to have incorporated into it the the sug
|gestion made BY .he Senator from illinois
! can say, truthfully and fseling'y, that /
approve OF every word he has said in regard
to it; !; but, rs said before. aside from all
constitutional Obligations, must firA give
my voice and my vote for the protection
Of the people who sen: me here. l, how
Q. er, accept cheerfAlly the modification sug.
Igested by the Senator from Illinois and
now it the Senate will, BY consent, accept
the proposition I have this morning sub
mitted, in lieu 0fan amendment l. offered
yesterday, with the notifications of the Sen.
ator from Illinois, which meets my most cor
dial appreciation. I propose to present it in
that form. I3i@2fuiliH5tic@ 55#fr 3fift6s
Mr.. DOUGLAS wish to assure the
Senator from Minnesota that L will go to
any extent that l understand him to desire,
certainly to any just extent-,o protect
the settlors Of Minnesota. II go
We do 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 paid
to him by Mr.. Douglas. Mr.. Rice subss,
aa!.entlyy in the debate, called attention to a.
proposition he had made which It carried out
would have been Of incalculable benefit 10
the land States. The remark, are in re-
ply 10 Mr.. Bragg: U ri 1ag .5 -.
Mr.. 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 an1 those
who concur with us ask a greater protection
Tor the early settlers Of the Northwest than
we do for those who may come hereafter
l would like to say in two or three words,
that | think the whole system il wrtng and
regret that any land State should ever
have consented to come into the Union as
. member, and permitted the General gov
ern,nent e to be a landed proprietor within
it's limits, and thus extended the federal
patronage and contributed to the consolida
ton Of these States. If a State presents
herself for admission while have seat on
this toOr. ltnever will consent to one or
those plastic arrangements about taxation.
the State .;uraenderlng the right to tax, and
permitting the Federal Government to send
men into it to control the great landed in.
tertsts, and thus control the politics Of the
State. Ifiny views were carried out l
would cede at once to the States every acre
within their limits 1t should have been
done before u vote was taken on the admis.
sion Of those States. / do not mean 70 say
they should be ceded rs a gratuity, but the
States should pay to the General Govern.
ment the cost Of the lands. Thus We VOID
carry out tho principle foreshadowcd origin.
ally by one Of the greatest Statesmen Of the
age, John G. Calhoun. attempted, by an
amendment which offered Yesterday to
engraft, that principle upon this bill !; but 4
could not get even enough to rise to call for
the yeas and nays. l think this whole
system IS wrong. want to separate tho
States from the General Government. l
not only wish 10 do this in regard to the
public lands-an inconsiderate matter in
comparison Of the slavery q'estion. ii If nv
friends on this side of the House will 90 fr
that, ami for it but until we can come to
9 definite conclusion in regard to principle,
and until we have settled upon princip!s
the details are going to keep US in confusion
For instance the Commi- tee on Public lands
say here that a 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. '''' $50 . ~ y
We have quoted somewhat at length
from the debate, believing that it will prove
interesting Il should bo tho duty Of every
citizen to know the position Of our. public
men upon great questions, and this shows
that Messrs.. Rice. and. Douglas are true
friends to othe Western Sc Understanding h.
each other in battling for his rights. as5T r
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