Pictorial life of Andrew Jackson . the United States; theIndians to be reimbursed for their improvements madeon the lands they may leave; to be aided in their re-moval and supported for one year by the federal go-vernment; to be protected against assaults from othertribes in the vicinity of their new residence; and fivehundred thousand dollars were granted for carryingthe same into effect.* During this session of Congress, a highly interest-ting debate took place in the Senate, on a resolutionoffered by Mr. Foote, of Connecticut, relating to thepublic lands, in the course of which, Mr. Hayne,
Pictorial life of Andrew Jackson . the United States; theIndians to be reimbursed for their improvements madeon the lands they may leave; to be aided in their re-moval and supported for one year by the federal go-vernment; to be protected against assaults from othertribes in the vicinity of their new residence; and fivehundred thousand dollars were granted for carryingthe same into effect.* During this session of Congress, a highly interest-ting debate took place in the Senate, on a resolutionoffered by Mr. Foote, of Connecticut, relating to thepublic lands, in the course of which, Mr. Hayne, ofSouth Carolina, introduced the subject of state rights,and contended that the several states within which thepublic lands were situated, should have the entirecontrol and jurisdiction over them. Mr. Websterreplied to Mr. Hayne in one of the most eloquent,powerful, and effective speeches ever delivered inCongress; and contended that on subjects fully com- * Bradfords History of the Federal Government. 448 FIRST PRESIDENTIAL Daniel Webster. mitted to the government, by the constitution, itspowers were absolute, exclusive, and unlimited; thatno state, nor even a number of states, might justlyinterfere in such cases; and that the public lands, notexpressly ceded to a particular state, were solely andabsolutely at the disposal of the United States go-vernment. This speech produced a most wonderfuleffect throughout the Union, and destroyed for a timethe hopes of the advocates of the new doctrine ofnullification; yet the views of Mr. Hayne, respectingstate rights and powers, continued to be entertained MAYSVILLE AND LEXINGTON ROAD BILL. 449 and asserted by a large and respectable portion ofthe people of the southern states. No particular lawresulted from this able and protracted discussion. The question of internal improvements by thegeneral government was also discussed at the firstsession of the twenty-first Congress, and a bill waspassed, in the House, by a vote of 102 to
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