The Arkansas advocate., 1832-04-25

their Representatives, and ought to be considered by the Representatives enti- tied to all the weight that the iniorma- ton and official standing ofthc individ- uals, utterlng such, can give. Admit tlng, which cannot be denied, as recent occurrences before Congress prove, that the Ten Sections were granted forthe purpose ofanswering the immediate wants Of the Territory. and | that those wants were such as to recuirc the immediate attention of the members of the Legislature, to provide fer this great political hobby horse, this mighty { subject, the Ten Sections, which, to believe the editor Of the Kentucky Ga zette, and Governor Pope, has shook down in the political scale tomere mailer of trash, the cxpediency Of which must be determined by the value ard coli venienee of houses and lots offered by Crlttenden, compared 10 the probable value of the land which was to have been given in exchange. Insuch light, and in no other, canit be presumed the subject came before tileRepresentatiyes of the people.
 SECOND The Lcgisfaturc, the proceed angs an committee, as understood from c JNenaber, and inthe Houses. = The dayon which the session opened, being wet and disagreeable, the condition of the old house, (drerched as it was with rainzA uh fla ,,,.,..h n r. ,,,at A..e.,,I. to the mind of each the necessity of dis posing of the .Ten Sections of Land,n and providing a more suitable house. .--- 1t wass perhaps, the first general sub- Ject on which they conversed, and all appeared to agree that it should be the first attendedto. On the second day of the session, Manly, from Independence, introduced resolution in the House of Representatives, for raising joint com mlttee ssto enquire into and report the best means of disposing of the Ten Sec tions of Land,' &c. The resolution was adopted by both Houses, anda com mlttee olive members from each House appointed for that purpose. iis'he gen. tlemeh appointed metin committee, ,and a proposition in writing from Robert l Crittenden was submitted, offering his house and block of lots for the land, ac- eompanying which was survey of the property offered in exchange, with an ] estimate of the eost-ten thousand and six hundred and forty dollars, made by D. G. Eller, the principal builder at Little Rock. There was also submit ted T letter from ". Nick. Ball, offer ing ten thousand dollars for the land, on credit of I2 months; and a pro- position, offering the dwelling-house of Chester Ashley. The whole were dis cussed, and the two latter propositions rejected without question. Itwas re- marked in the case of Ball, before the committee, that his proposition could
 be considered in no other light than iIn- pudent---a man, as he appeared to be, withoutany visible means, to offer him. self principal in d credit purchase to that extent-that if either of the gentle men whose names he had rendered as security, felt an interest in the pur- chase, which it seems they did, it would have looked betterforone of them 10 have come forward as tho principal, and in such case, the proposal would be entitled to more consideration with the committee. Before any decision was made in committee, on the disposition
 ot the land, the subject of location was
 discussed, and 1t was unanimously a. | greed, that in no instance should the To- cation interfere with the improvements of individuals, without their consent- that to locate for the Territory, under such restrictions, and offer the tracts, so located, for sale, they would come in competition with the United States lands in the Territory, and the lands owned by individuals under Lovely claims, many of which of the most choice quality were then in market, at one dollar twenty-five cents per acre, and some could be had at less price that should any of the locations be iniu- l diciously made, 1t would be years be- fore sale of the whole could be effect ed. A mode was suggested, by which 1t was believed funds could be realized in short period, which was by the is- sue of quarter section warrants, orper- mits of location. In this way, it was believed, the owners of improvements would find it their interest to purchase, at the minimum, one dollar and twenty five cents, making the "Ten Sections i | worth cipbt fhoi.Sand I1llar, Cr;&41x,