Note 92 — JUSTICE TO THE LAND STATES, AND POLICY OF ROADS.
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Mr. Webster, in his greatest speech, the celebrated reply to Mr. Hayne, touched on this consideration. He said: "And, finally, have not these new States singularly strong claims, founded on the ground already stated, that the Government is a great untaxed proprietor in the ownership of the soil?"—Speeches, Vol. III. p. 291.