The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1837-04-21

neartHa Ct guns 1870 -
dollaT.: md wilh thls fund We can &C.
eomplish every objee. which he patriot %
Dh,lan.hrspisl eaald desifs. The ~bals
sseee. of The country nay be changed:
he commereial. moral. and intellectual
conditiua u lhr peOple may be advanced
and improsed. 10 40 exirni Shafh can
scarcely he plesarsd hy The most lively
imagination. And after I'll this shah
base been done. there will he 2 surpias
al money lris scfhrienf "a suPppfs our
State Government. without any lsxailnn
"a be- Imposed b. The General Assembly
updn our osn ein1shs.
Neither would the people Of the neg
SAFES be subjected by hrs npersiion. 70
any tar. rs has been sbsardly eanlended
Cor On somp occasions. They bny the
land which brIonss equally 10 The pee
ple IL I'll the States. and The properly
they rerciEr is full aud jasi equivalent
I"r The money they pag. An Iaslisldusi
wha buys . horse would have T'iiie -
good reasnn 10 say that she vas taxed
in order % get Pn-sessIon NJ The horse.
The land ~h,rl, The people ol the nr~
States purchase. is often worth ten. hsea-
IL. or fifty times a. much ss they pay
tor u, aud therefore the price asked BY
the Government should be considered -
a great favor conferred upon them. lnsirae
Of being viewed 80 n tax. Bot suppose
the Government should give the land 10
diem, il - evident. thar the amount given
must be taken away from the people Of
the old States. And can il be just, ar
wise, or equal, To take lrdm ihe people IN
one part Of the country, IN order IN give
tn the people IN another part! Surely not.
There Is no pri,cipls Of Polrlics or mo-
rails winch would saRctlon any such doc
uIne. e.
The hostility manifested at all times To
the land bill, and mole recently In the
continued and efreIuai operation nf tile
Deponie Aes, appears 10 be'lnexPliesbIe.
Any other disposition ef the money aP-
pears TAI b. preferred by many members
Of Congress. Last year a. proposition
was made IL Inses, the surplus IN The
purchase of Stale Stocks; and al this ses-
sIun bill has been offered in the Senate
to pay ~ sdsan.e. 90, of the National
Treasury. Two milton five hundred ihos-
sand dollars. on accoun, Of indemnity
due Ia lev cilIzens Ot the unlled States.
under the ueaues with France and the
kingdom nf The Two SIcIlIes. The effect
Of this measure, Whatever be the motive
which prom"tPd il, would have been 60
reduce the surplus which might be dePo-
sIted 10 the State Treasures under a re-
newsl Of the Law for that purpose The
United States, moreover, would thus
guaranty IN individuals the payment Of
their CLAIMS. II - enough for eur Co
sernmsnI m collect the claims Ut aur eth
zens from foreign nations. without be-
coming endOrsers" fur the eventual
payment; lor If sny accident should delay,
or finally illustrate the payment, The Go
sernment nigh, lose the money alIegeIh-
er. The holders of the claims reside,
chiefly, in the grea, cities. and not more
than one ~ ten thousand, or perhaps .
hundred Thousand ol cur people would
derive the least benef, from the payment.
II would consequently be derelIction OF
duty, for Congress tn sacrifice the ints-
rests Of the many 10 that OF the few. IN
the manner proposed by the bill which
was offered IN Ihe Senate.
nope. fellow citzens. you will not
believe too much Of this letter is devoted
10 the subject Of the public lands. A q
pecumary qneslion, il far wanscends in
Importance any which has arisen since
the foundation of the Government A
great deal Of misrepresentation, aud not q
little Misrepresentation, have existed in
relation 10 II; and have fell it to be an
imperative duty, TO give somsthlug like a
comprehensive but limited view Of The
matter, 10 order 10 place il before you in
a just point Of light Il is nov about
eight years since frs, directed your at
IenIlon To 1t, for the purpose OF guarding
the interest you have in tha, immense
fund Of national wealth. While one por-
ton Of the community have inclined 10
credit my statements, another portion
seemed disposed not To regard the evilcon-
sequences which were anticipated. II has
been said " there was no danger Of our
losing the public lands. tina, we hold them
by Jules the most Indefeasible, and ny com
pacls the most solemn, aud therefore all
fears tliatwe should al sny tine be strip
ped of them, are idle and Visionary" But
those WHO entertained this opinion, either
had not observed the signs Of the times,
or did not weigh we'll the testimony Ihey
afforded. For many years the designs Of
the new States have been published 70 the
world BY resolutions adopted in their I.e-
g,sls,ive Assemblies; bu, al This session,
disclosures have been made by their
members. on the aocr of Congress, which
leave no room for further doubt and ii
we do not now omen our ewes. n may