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Quotation from Hayne's Reply to Webster (Speech on Foot's Resolution) by Robert Y. Hayne
“I threw out the idea that the public lands ought not to be reserved forever, as “a great fund for revenue;” that they ought not to be “treated as a great treasure;” but that the course of our policy should rather be directed towards the creation of new states, and building up great and flourishing communities.”
Hayne's Reply to Webster (Speech on Foot's Resolution), Opening section, on the public lands (Webster and Hayne's Celebrated Speeches in the United States Senate (1853), Wikisource text)
Hayne restates the position on western lands that Webster had attacked, quoting Webster's own phrases against him.
Citation: "I threw out the idea that the public lands ought not to be reserved forever, as “a great fund for revenue;” that they ought not to be “treated as a great treasure;” but that the course of our policy should rather be directed towards the creation of new states, and building up great and flourishing communities." — Robert Y. Hayne, Hayne's Reply to Webster (Speech on Foot's Resolution), Opening section, on the public lands (Webster and Hayne's Celebrated Speeches in the United States Senate (1853), Wikisource text). (id hayne-speech-on-foots-resolution-q1)
Portrait: Robert Y Hayne, Unknown author, Public domain.
