Du Buque visitor. [volume] (Dubuque, Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1836-1837, 1836-08-17

present unsold balances of those lands
stiH less ralua6le; 2dly, and almost
entirely, from the prodigious quantity
Of fresh land offered for sale since the
3Oth of June, ls2s-the whole quantl-
ty offered for sale up to the lst OF jan
uary, 1886, being l69,l7s,O 42, and the
Ito, 259,727. Why then hold up this
immense mas Of refuse lands atprices
the lands willnever bring? The gradu-
alton principle is the nearest approach
to Justice which can be devised, whilst
the refusal to graduate is the most mn
Just and unequal. The new States
seem to be looked to now, rather as a
source ofrevenue from the salesof their
lands, than with view to the promo
ton Of their settlement and prosperi-
ty. Calculations Of the increased pop
ulation of the new States are held up
to the Jealous scrutiny Of the people OF
the old States,as if the new States were
not members Of the same coniederacy,
and as if those calculations were not
most useful which would demonstrate
what system would best promote the
welfare and prosperity ofthe whole u.
MON. Our wonderful growth as ma
ton has been mainly promoted by the.
settlement of the West.
And have not the people who settle
these new States stronger claims to the
consideration Of the Government, in
regard to the disposition Of the public
domain, than the older members Of the
confederacy? The people who have
settled and are settling the new States,
give to your public domain there near
" all its value. But for them, those
lands would still remain mighty will
derness, like the lands Of Oregon, ut
terly valueless, howeverfertile, because
it was wilderness. The people who
settle the new States encounter many
difficulties and dangers. In the early
settlement of the country they are ge-
nerally surrounded by asavage foe, and
the soil they cultivate is often molsten-
ed by their blood. The life Of the pi-
oneer is almost universally one of toll
and danger. lie can enjoy but few of
the comforts, and none Of the luxuries
of life. To subdue the wilderness is
not an easy conquest. The early set
tiers of new country enter the nigh
ty forests of the West, finding your
lands there bearing no value. They
explore and conquer the wilderness:
they make roads and bridges, towns and
cities, with their own labor and their
own capital, and thus give to your pub
lie lands nearly all their market value,
They give these States to the Union
and have surelya stronger claim upor
you, as regards the disposition Of the
public lands, than any people who have
never seen these new States, and ex
pended neither time nor capital in i'm
proving the lands within their LIMITS
Take from the new States the labor and
capital employed there by their citi.
zens, and your public lands would have
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