Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-02-27

Nprih Western Territory ere ->i,u,a,ed, in
Seybeits Statistical Annals, 10 coa,ain--
AcRFs.
or pasnld lsrds. ...................2c poo INN oG0
or Lands sold ..................liG g1. l2J
To WHICH add Tennessee. .2j 600 O3o
And the aggregate number OF acres
In those states and territories will
bc... .......... 23T 2o7, t25
Due thiitN->iNth part at that asgte.
gate number, being the amount ct
appropriation tor common schools,
....................... ,5oi.5s0
Add One NTH patt o. the common
school approximation as the appro-
priaiinn Tor Colleges and Acade-
niieS... ..-......... ....,.-... I.:lS3i1
Aud the aggregate number nf acres
appropriated tor The ruips.es Of
education in Ohio. Indians, Hi.
nois Tennessee, aiissis ippi. Ala.
bama, Michigan aud the Norih
Western Territory. will he ....... Z DOG 913
Al 2per acre, which is less. ac
Cotdlng To SryberIs Statistical
Anpa,s than the average price of
all the public lands, which have
heretofore been sold, The amount
il" money will be l5.sio.sO6
Stybprf estimates the lani pnrcIa>~
I'd of France by The United States
in 1903 Observation-Disclosures. .28O ODO 0no
Bv the laws relating TO the survey
and sn'rs Ot lands in l,oniSIa.a.
Missouri ard Arkansaw. appiopr.
atoms at land tor the purposes OF
e'iucetiOn have ocen made after
the same faiIO,as ~ the new STATES
ard territories nn the east oi the
Mi sssippi, aud tbs presumed the
same policy Will be adh"i ed 10 in
relation TO the whole OF the pnblic
land on the west of ;at river. On
that superstition The apptopra.
tons for common schools. tina: is,
one :6ih part of 200 coo 900 acres,
VIII be. -............. 10 ,JJ5, 555
Add for Colleges u Academies Que
5b part OF The appropriation for
common schools. ...............IllI.l III
And the aggregate number Of acres
will Observation-Disclosures. .GcG GCc2
AT - per acre, The pm"unt l..
ney Will be........S Is 333 333
10 the aggregate hnmi'er Ut sCIes
appropriated Tor The support or
literary institutions on lie east
si,ir oi the Mississippi. ..........7 SOC, 900
AID me ag.regair number al aces,
which II the system heretofore
followed, should be, las il ouIht In
be- adhered 10, viii ultimately he
appropriated 10 literary purposes
Gil the west of The Mississip ri :. IS G66 ,6jfH
Aud the total of literary appropri-
alton ih the new sidies aud Terrific
lies VIII be... ............ i,516 .5O93
AZ 81 pei acre, The amount iu money
wsli be. ............... ........S 20,lj3, 1893
Such u tie vast amount ut property, ues
,iaed for The support and encouragement OF
learning IN the states aud tel giioIies carved
ont OF the public lands. These large arpru-
prlaiODs oil land, The common property al The
union, VIII ennre Ia the trc!Hsire benefit OF
those states and Ierriioiirs.-They are aDpro.
priaiiOhs for STATE, and not tor NATIONAL
purposes they ate OF snch Il nature, that
they might have been extended 10 all The
states they therefore ou:h; 10 have been
thus ex,endcd. All the otbeT states paid their
ftll sf..tNn
OF the Mississippi, ana for the eN,iugni>hment
of t.c Indian iiiie, on both sides OF Ihdttivcr.
Massachusetts. Conneci.cut. Nirsiria, Norih
CarO'iha, Scnih CdrOii, Il and GeoI sia, besiaes
payinc ,hcIi proportion Ui those exneuses,
ceded all their vacant territory on HE east
side OF the Mississippi All these STAGE,
therefore, might with great rropr,eiy cont
piain OF raItialiiy AMI MUS ice. i! Iliett ap
pi"aiions To Corgtess tor similar az piopra"
lions Tor Ike purposes siiond be Iuiustd.--
Bat of this refusal they need have $50 arpre-
hrnSiOn u they are tue tu tsiF owu Interests,
ADD are uniied in asserting them; tOI, lf con.
irary 10 all ira>onable expectation The states,
which have already received the beUehi OF
literary appropriations, should be 0ppas,d iu
tue extension OF them 10 tieir sister stairs,
tile latter are more isiaa two thirds III uunbrr
OF all the United states, and have a xiii lay
ger proportion vi representatives. IN Congress
These states ave Vermont, New kamp,hirs,
Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode i>inud Goa.
necticut, New York, New Jsrsry Psmn>ylya-
MIA. Delaware, hiai>land, Virginia, SOFIA
Carolina, SOnth Carolina Georgia and Ken
lucky, aud together have one hundied aud
sixty 'u.nc REPRESENTATIVE ia Congress. The
favored siaieS Un Tie contrary lave only
serenicen representatives. The excluded
States have therefore al overwhelming nnio-
riiy IL Congress, aud have il completely in
tbsIr power Ia make IpprO rIialOHs for Ia.
benefit of their I,ieiaty Institutions Hpou Iue
Improbable suppoSiipu, that ihe repIe,eni,i-
tlVes o! The fa'oured state would oppose
q ..
iiabie 10 their character ior justice TO be adj
mitied"
The Legislature t'en go show what proportion Of
the land would fail to each of the purposes of
Eucston graduated upon the territory in zach
Of the states. The estinatr FOR Virgins follows
Virginia coEiains a. 100000 acres.
One So,i lart for common sci.us. I,944,4i4
Que hid' Ofonc ,d'' pIrt ior Colleges aenics
Total fox Virginia, (icrc.) i4ls,ssl
The Legislature ,Ien proeecd argue ;e justice of i
allotment:
Your committee do not crnsure the en-
!ishtencd policy Which governed Congress ~
making liberal appropriations of land Tor the
encouragement OF learning la the west. nor
do thry Wish 10 withdraw one acre vi them
from the paiposes, 30 which they have bees,
devo'ed; bnt they think they are fully Juslifi~d
III saHins, that iuIph'liai justice rPgnIteu that
similar appropriations should have been OK
teudtd To ait The states alIkt. SupDose
CongesS should appropriate 20J,OJ1 scfes OF
The public lands iOr tie suppou OF Colleges
aud Academies in New York and Virginia,
who gave up aud reded great portion OF
those iauds to the United STATES, OIL the ex-
press coldiIion, that Mey slaaM Le considered
as u common fund for the use and bPprft Of all
o. Them. dccOrttHg 10 their usaHl reSpecfiee proper
tiods IN the geRtrat ciidrse and crpenaitHre"
sh6n apply tor d sin'ilr grant, and. br, ap-
pIicdiioh silOn'd be iciaseh would she not
nave right TO complain Of the pa,li.l,is al
rucb ined,uT and 10 chArge The tcdetai 20
VeFnilient with Il breach OF good faHh, and
all infringement ut the conditions, on when
the tesslOn was made? II cammOt be denied.
thdt she would. Congress- have already madr