VEDNEsDAY, SEPTEMBER II, 1883.
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on account af any sums which have been heretofore, or shall be hereafter, applied to the construction or continuance of the Cumberland Road, but that the same shall remaln as heretofore, chargable on the two per centum fund provided by the compacts with the new States"

 Does 1t require one word of comment 10 show that this section Is in direct uioiotiop of epefg one of the grants made by the several States! The eompaets of cession declare, that these lands shall be disposed of tor the common benefit of the United States; this section gives one-eighth of the whole proceeds to the States in which the lands are situated. The compacts declare, that tine proceeds shaii be apportioned ac- eordlng to tine usual charge and expendi- ture; thls section gives one-eighth of those proceeds to the States iii which the lands lie, over and above their due proportion.--

 iesdce ' ie generd2 st'd f chaf9e cf upon tic several States i'll the ratio accor,- ing to which these general charges are made, and to no ofher purpose achatsoeper; this section provides that one-eighth of the whole proceeds shall De applied Co objects of internal improuen.em or education ID tie Stdtes adnaed.

 The compacts of cession are therefore directly violated by this section of Mr. Gays bill III at least three different ways, viz

 l. It diverts one-eighth part of the pro- ceeds of the land sales from the common benefit of the United States to the exclusive benefit oi the several States i'll which the lands lie.

 2. It sets aside the rule of distribution prescribed in the eompaets of cession, and gives to few States one-eighth more than their due proportion of the benefits arising from the disposal of the Public Lands.

 3. 1t appropriates one-eighth part of the proceeds of the land sales to objects of in- ternal improvement, or education, in few States, when the conditions of the cession were that they should be disposed of for the purpose of lessening the general charge up- Ion the States, and for no other purpose whatsoever.

 The single consideration that the Bill is, In these respects, csolation of Me public fatth, ought for ever to forbid it's passage. Solemn compacts based onsound principles and mutual benefits, ought not to be wan tonly set aside by one of the parties, with out the assent of the other. True policy never requires a breach of public faith, and a just nation will sooner suffer inconve- nlence than g i've 1t countenance. There is surely nothing in the situation of our Re- public which can excuse, and much less justify, palpable violation of those solemn stipulations with the several States, by which the United States acquired jurisdic- ton over the western territory and pro perty in its hands.

 But these views may be more forcibly pressed hereafter; for in our next we shall show, that the condition of the sessions is equally violated in other provisions of this Bill.