James Buchanan actually said...

The true meaning of these words is clearly stated by Chief Justice Taney in delivering the opinion of the court (19 Howard, p. 436).

But I can not so read the words 'dispose of' as to make them embrace the idea of 'giving away'.

This bill, which proposes to give him land at an almost nominal price out of the property of the Government, will go far to demoralize the p...

This state of the facts raises the question whether Congress, under the Constitution, has the power to give away the public lands either to ...