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THE pUBLIc LANDs--MR. cLAY's BILL. Horu fte principle assumed in tlse Biit must

 operate. The importance q presesuing

 tle public taih.

 No man can examine the details of this scheme without perceiuing lha. ..llsers is nothing like correct principle in it. It's ut- ter disregard of solemn compacts cannot be questioned and it aims fatal blow at the political morality of the States and their in- dependence.

 But let us suppose that the compacts of cession are void, as the bill seems to SUD- pose, and ought to be disregarded in the fu- tlire legislation of the country. To what conclusion will this lead us? The United States have no property in those lands ex- cept that which sprung from these com pacts. and if they are Fno longer to be re- garded, the right of the general government to control them and dispose oi inc western