Vandalia Whig and Illinois intelligencer. [volume] (Vandalia, Ill.) 1832-183?, 1834-09-04

cxorbltant and oppressive.
aud should be reduced, to give every
frt eman an opportunity TO secure for
himself and dependent family "A comfort
able and independent freehold. IL the
price cannot he further reduced (Which
is altogether desirable.) OF graduated ac-
cording to quality, shall contend for
the enactment of a law by Congress 10
authorize any man 10 enter tract of
forty or eighty acres, on the following
terms, to wit: On application
for the desired tract, lift be forty acres.
let the applicant pay ten dollars, and
receive certificate of entry and Of the
payment, aud upon the pay ment Of ten
d )llars annually for the succeeding four
wears, lei him himbc entitled to u patent.
And for eighty acres require the pay
ment of twenty dollarsa year. By the
operation Of law on this principle,
any man who could raise ten, or twenty.
dollars annually, could secure to him
self Il home, and might commence its
immediate Improvement, without the
apprehension Of being disturbed by any
SPECTATOR, or The fear of losing the ben
eft of his labor-and before the last pay
mrnt should be required, he could easily
make the money from his ozpn farm.
rhe justice and ben, fcence Of such "A
law, and the wide door it would open 10
thousands Of poor but vaIuhle citizens
20 secure land for themselves appears So
apparent, that no doubt can be enter
tanned of its passage. And the law
should be so framed as to authorize the
subdivision of quarter sections as well
by east aud west as north and south
lines.
AS my sentiments in relation TO the
United States Bank will, doubtless, he
Expected in this address, and rs il is
proper the voters should kno,p the prin-
cipIes Of those for whom they vote for
important offices, will state that, from
the time was capable Of forming a
Judgment on the subject, have consid,
cred that it would I've both impoliiic and
Iincxpedent to grant it a re.charier. Ii
has now about eighteen months to reach
lis corporate existence, and two years
thereafter are given il to close lis bust
ness; and we have already witnessed
the violent efforts that have been used
by itself and its parIlzans to obtain "a
second lease oflifr & power to convulse
heard some of lis friends intimate the
dissolution of the Union il re charter
should he refused; and have counted
the thousands that have been lavished
ar~.- sc --I---.-.-- --"L rrvesve, -uL E,r
the purpose, as il impudentIy asserts, of
ENLlGH IENlNG the minds of the
people as TO its honesty and usefulness.
II will, no doubt, at the approaching SEES
sion OF Congress, renew its efforts 10 ex-
tort re charter, in which case, my vote,
it elected, shall be recorded in OPPOSE
ton to it. In opposing the continuance
of the present Bank, l wish it not TO be
inferred that would Withhold my assent
10 the establishment of aninslitution de
cidedly National, and its powers and
functions SO specified and restricted as
TO prevent ii from the exercise of an,
inhuance in the elections ofthe country,
and TO he subject 10 annual investiga,
tions by committee Of Congress. To
doubt the practlcabilily OF founding a
bank on safer and less objectionable
grounds, would be wing but meagre
compliment to the wisdom of Congress.
There is anaged and merilorious class
of citizens in this State, and particular
ly n:his District, who have good claims
TO donation or bounty in lard Fl ON the
Government. and which, believe, has
never been presented 10 the considera
ton of Congress. ailude 10 those e,,.
ierprlsing and daunlless pioneers who
first penetrated the wilderness of the
west and planted the first settlements.
ny their tolls and bravery they opened
lhe way 10 permanent settlement of
the country. and enhanced the value Of
the soil. Their patriotism and unbend-
ing attachment TO the republican form
OF the American government was in ma.
ny instances manifested, by their refusal
TO accede TO propositions or 10 embrace
opportunities to secure large tracts of
valuable land from the Spanish author
tiles in Upper Louisiana, where the,
could have amasscd fortunes for them
selves and their children. 1.-THE subject
could he laid before Congress in prop.
er light, no reason can be conceived why
a donation could not be procured for
each of the remaining veterans, whose