Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1832-04-30

/ The reduction ot thu rfier II the public land.
necessary 10 arr,l,tatc the settlement all PoP0a
I'm Of tue States Within wh.h thy NJ SITUATED
Tho State are ONO, Indiana. Illinois Missouri
Alabama. Mississippi, aud Louisiana Il thrr
Growth has heen unr, asauahly slow aud tfdy ~
mnv conclude thnl some irrsh impulse sllh that
undts. consideration. isu,cdrl Puol To the treaty
of trern,Illr concluded IA ~ tht1 VIE hut low
seltlements Within the limits Of the rfesent state
| nj Ono Principally since TINT reuod thAt u.s.
within "a term OF about forty years. TINT State, from
u wil5tnaas the haunt Of savnfsef and Wild beasts
has rlspn INTO a powerful commonwealth, contain
M, Al this umr, population OF 4 mli1eh oi SOUS
aud holding thu thrd OF fourth rtnk among til,
largest stl.s VA the union. bunng tn greater
paa Of lhat t.rm the minimum prre Of the public
lands Was two doore PCT acre aud et Tho large
quantity with which the s,ttieme@ ei that state
eommcnecd there ou'y remains 10 beaold 35ob,
| s3i acres
The aggregate population ofthe in'ted States,
exclusive Of TIT Territories. increased hom 'ne
Yen, l~a0to $50, from 9519s3 10 i'.ioh9'
The rate OF the increase, during tIe whole tenn ol
ten years. including fraction may he stated at
thirty llnec pcr cent The principle Il population
resumed 10 have Il sc#pe gen,nalp lnol pmt
OF lhe Uhirl States. ANY SAte, Therefore which
has exceeded or fallen short ol that rate, may be
falilv assunrdto have ea5ued OF lost 10y cml%rn
ton neurly To the extent OF the eNeess N drhernoy
From "A table accompanying this report tmathed
| i the Senate Will scc presented various interest
me VIEW Of the progrcss of population III the ',V
eral States. In that table, It viii hc arfn that each
Of eleven States exceeded aud each OF thirteen tell
| short oil an increase at an nv,rag, latr oi thnty
three per cout The greatest increase during the
torn WIS IN the State of ILLINOIS, whore II was one
| G,., ar tlr mi
! Is pr cont per nununr aud the least WI III Del
aware, where It was less than six per ernt The
seven 5tates embracing the public ands had IA pop
ulation, IN 100, of 2O7 l95, and III lslO 223s,
! e02 exhibiting an average increase ol - per cent
Tho seventeen States containing no pat OF the
public lands had population, IN 1870. Of s3i2-
707, nld, IN lojO Of 10 III SO, presenting an ave
rae Increase of only - per cent HE thirteen
States. Nhase increase according IN tn table was
below u percent, contained, III l52o, a population
Of ) ~ ~ and IN 1880, OF G,9666oo, exhibiting
an ayrra.c Increase Of only seventeen per cent.
The increase of the seven new Slate5 upon cap
tai winch Ut the commencement oi tie tenn was
2O1 To- has been greater ihan that ol the thul,cn
whose captul then was 1888 10 In three OF the
eleven States, (rcnncssac, Gemglaa Manc,) whose
population hcavcfage increase ot33 cent
there wcro public lands belonging 10 hase Stotc, ,
and ~ the fourth (Ncw York the cNrfss Is plobo
bnbly attributable TO the rapid growth oil thc city of
Nv yo,l.. ,o,v,s,,. lands N ibewe.tr,n put Of
d., SIT, and T., ,L ,,,c.t lr,, epr,arpl Of #, ,,at
r,.,,,,, lao ,,,,. or ,v,,,.,y, ,,,.,,,s,l ,n,nloy,
,.,,i,
I,I.#s. ,nlb,ntI, ,,c,ya Of the proaI4as ol popu.
,,l,,. a. ,I. ..y,r now Slnirs demonstrate that 1t
,oost rapJl and oranfyine thna needs no such
additional stimulus as a further reduction IN the
,,,es a, Ia ,,ul,lIc land. mud that by perseycnn2
-, had svsrcn, for .elll - tIarn thu day
, ,,t I,5,rd when these Stat. now retllratlblr
No., I.,,.. .,,, NJ and nogcffll msl,lbeI, oil the
r,,at,4Ia,.,r,
fa.4,.I,t,,fs ,v,st IN theme Stnlrs. TINT Iargc
l,dl. l,nd lfclt reflective territories, b. M
owned l.. the C,n,,ol Government. arc exempt
from lavlon tn NICE, the ordinary rAlons,a If Tia
STATE ,.,y,,,nrnr, ond Other local 81 argts that
fbIa# ,,,mnrIen continues for fle years aIlcl the
s,I,# al my particular tract, and t4ut laud being
In, rI,,rl ounce, oC,bc1,y ii iho.f States
m, undue Io,. ol the buahen Of sustaining the *.
,,..,...# t,,.. SINH, ,,o,crnm,nIs fN uron the
,,.4.I.st r,,,,,I.,ton 10 aIIlbrse complaint, il
,..,, s,g,r,, ,h,, Inv voluntary con,pact, be
t,,,,, ,l,r,.,p St,t,. r,sn,,l4y,Iy md The Gene.
raj ,o,.rn,,,n five. pcr cent Of iheaett proceeds
I'LL H.. .,I. ot,h,. ,,ui,, Ir,ad.. ,urlullrl within
,l I,,,.le a .,n,,r,rr,at,d for internal In,,royc
,,,,. I.,lr,,, To- ar ,yuh,u i,o-e State. Tint n
,e,,o at land N ,ocl hip. N thirty SIKH
mart Of the whole Of the public Iaatl4 embraced
,,,i,,,, r eqncr,,vc bonudtflr4 ba been rcs,r-
sd Co. .,,,r, sc c,l,,,,,,,,. and That the uol,cy
oftbe f,,nornI Government bas bon uniformly
,,.,ls l,v ,rc,t I,h,ral,ty toward ibeaev Snt,.
,a.l.,.,, e.,,o. and .ofn,qr,. extensive. gI.,t~
l., ,,d. C,r I,..I ,sifrl..s But IN me-
rordanrc with The SHINE snI,a u, hberallty, the
committee wouId recommend m appropriation to