Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-02-27
DOMESTIC.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.-We are au-
ihOrized 10 state, that the Ship of iae
Line, now building at The Navy Yard
here, will be prepared TO LAUNCH Oh Sa-
turday or Monday next, as the weather
and toe may SUIT.
The situation 81 the open grounds be-
lew the Navy Yard affording manv more
comnodious sites for viewing the launch
than any part within the walls Of The
yard, II Is deemed necessary and proper,
in order tOatoId severe accidents, bv admit
ling too numerous an assemblage OF per.
sous iii the yard, and, of course, for HE
general safety of those present, that no
persons should he permitted TO pass with
III The gate without having and producing
a card al admission.
To prevent disappointment, on the
morning intended tor launch hing, The CO.
Tors OF The yard and OF the ship will be
ioisted al SUNRISE and i've guns fired,
III quick succession, al least two hours
previous TO the time OF the ships going
oil the stocks. Nat. Int.
Commodore CHAUNCEY aud General
MAC0MB have departed from the seat OF
gONcrnmeUt. III.
1t is not ALWAYS the subject of most
importance thai is most discussed among
ernmeni The most beneficial that is NEST
approved. The most important mea-
sure, probably, which has been before
Congress lie present session, is that
which has passed the Senate, and is now
before the House of Representatives, for
abOlishing lie credit OF all sales of Pub
lie Lands, after October, 1920. The a.
mount due for the sales Of public lands,
all, be il rccolIecicd, from the people of
the transmOuiane states, has gradually
swelled, since the wear 1902, from tour
hundred and fifty thousand 10 seven mil
lions five hundred thousand dollars, and
Is rapidly INCREASING. Already has the
passage Of acts by Congress, 10 deirr the
time OF payment for the accommodation
of purchasers, become almost matter of
course and, at this session, some OF lie
purchasers have even asked that The in
iercst on these deferred payments should
be wholly RENTED.
The relation ol debtor and creditor be-
tween the people and The government, is
one of great delicacy, and, too far extend
ed, might be one III great danger to the
peace, If mol To- the existence, of one OF
ile parties. The debtor, loo often ill
dulged, will fad il grievance TO be al
length called OH 10 pay the amount OF his
debt. Being aggrieved, or thinking him
sell so, which, III the present case, would
Amount 10 the same thing, il is to be fear
ed he will seek relief, by violence, from
lie burihen Tie law would impose on
him.
Under present circumstances, there
eau be nU ground for any such appTc-
tension. Seven ar eight millions OF dol
lars is not an amount sufficient 10 pro-
dUce SO deplOrable Il stale OF Things; az,
for instance, is Witnessed III some ol the
states, in which the Legislature doreS not
refuse 10 pass an annual acl OF indulgence
to those whom IL has permitted 10 pur-
chase IFS lands OH credit. But, with
| prospective views, we consider the inea
sure Of abelishing The credit as wise one,
not only 10 check wild spiIit OF spccu-
luiiOn ~ the Public Lands, but also TO
avert hat al least teuds 10 evil.
Tie effect Ola debt Oftwo OF three hun
| dred millions, owing exclusively from ii
| particular section Ot a country To Tie go
VernmeH, would be, conlesscdly, 10 be
| deprecated and any one who will take
his pen and calculate how soon, by d
| rlthmeiicai progression, lIic amount of
arrears due for public lands would reach
! Ills vast amount, Will lind, HAT, under
| ihe present ~ stem, some who read uIese
| Ines might live To realize 1t. IL.
Accounts from all paris 81 the county
concur ~ assigning an unusually mild
Temperature 30 the present season. 4
letter l.am a gentleman ~ The southern
part Of Kentucky, OF date lhc 4lIi inst. TO
bis trend ia this ciiy, states, that ille
weather since Christmas has been unu-