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February 22, 1854
Semi Weekly Standard
Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina
What is this article about?
Political critique of Congress quietly allocating public lands to railroads and new states in Nebraska bill discussions, referencing Whig grants under Fillmore and 1841 actions that favored new states while cutting old states' shares and increasing tariffs.
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Congress appears to be quietly engaged in voting away the public lands to railroad companies in the new States, and in the discussion of the Nebraska bill.
Fayetteville Argus.
And yet no bill of this character has become a law. For several Congresses last past that body voted away lands to the new States, and Mr. Fillmore, a model Whig President, 'quietly' signed the bills. And then again in 1841, the Whig leaders, with Mr. Badger, Mr. Ewing, Mr. Webster, and others at their head, after promising the old States great returns in cash from these lands, 'quietly' passed a bill giving the new States about four millions of acres, and then 'quietly' repealed their own act, cutting off the old States from the last dollar, and at the same time raising their tariff-taxes to an enormous amount.
Fayetteville Argus.
And yet no bill of this character has become a law. For several Congresses last past that body voted away lands to the new States, and Mr. Fillmore, a model Whig President, 'quietly' signed the bills. And then again in 1841, the Whig leaders, with Mr. Badger, Mr. Ewing, Mr. Webster, and others at their head, after promising the old States great returns in cash from these lands, 'quietly' passed a bill giving the new States about four millions of acres, and then 'quietly' repealed their own act, cutting off the old States from the last dollar, and at the same time raising their tariff-taxes to an enormous amount.
What sub-type of article is it?
Historical Event
What themes does it cover?
Deception
Misfortune
What keywords are associated?
Public Lands
Railroad Grants
Nebraska Bill
Whig Policies
Land Distribution
Tariff Taxes
What entities or persons were involved?
Mr. Fillmore
Mr. Badger
Mr. Ewing
Mr. Webster
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Key Persons
Mr. Fillmore
Mr. Badger
Mr. Ewing
Mr. Webster
Event Date
1841
Story Details
Congress is accused of quietly granting public lands to railroad companies in new States via the Nebraska bill; past Congresses under Whig President Fillmore granted lands to new States; in 1841, Whig leaders promised old States cash returns but passed a bill giving new States four million acres, then repealed it, denying old States funds and raising tariffs.