The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1837-02-10


fund might 70 ioward The construction Of
highways. and also wiih The exception ii
ceraln SECTIONS Of land given % the new
ssales far The pfomosisn Of education
The irsl seillrrs in what's now The state
Of Ohio purchased al the land IN that
state which Was worth lw0 dollars, and
that which was af poorer quality remain
8. ed. murh Of il uasnld. The amendment
which is uow offered does not propose 10
reduce The price Of al the public lanaa,
Dat n provides that such ss has remained
IN market for ten ysars without a Pur.
chaser shall be sahjeci 60 entry ri one
dollar the ARE. and such Is has remained
unsold Ear fifteen years a. seventy i've
cents. Should this amendment prevail.
IL will enable The old settlers NJ the c0un
. Try 20 add 10 ihrir farms tracts 0l inferior
land for purposes If timber Or stone. which
wl not sell al the present price Of 81 aad
25 cents. The people III Tie West have
frequently urged Ihs justice and expedl,
eney Of laS IL this kind; and So mani.
feslly proper has IL been admitted on all
hands to be. that bill far the purpose
has once or twice passed The Senate. but
has been losI IN the other House for want
Of tine | INV. again. introduce the
principle. and ask lis a.lopiiun a. nea
sure both II justice and Of sound policy.
Frequent complaints nave been urged re
speeding trsspassers On the public lands
Whn pluuder them IL timber aud stone.
II the lands could BE- obgalned al redne
ed price. the temptations 10 such tres
passes would be diminished. We do not
ask. certainly do not. that the. fresh
lands should be reduced 10 price: nor
have heard such an idea so much as
once advanced by any body within the
last Two wears. The amendment refers
Only 10 that which has been 10 market
for course cf years and will not sell.
Having thus briefly given the reasons
in behalf Of the amendment; have offer
ed. | will conclude BY expressing nv
hope thar Senators all do what I con-
ceive TO be their duly IN the case.
Mr. CLAY sould add one or two
words ON this amendment The prnpo-
s'ton Is to reduce me price Of land which
mas remained Tor ten aud fifteen years
unsold To one dollar and 10 seventy five
cents. Now. We hold the public lands
as trustees for the entire people Of the
United States; we are bound, therefore.
To administer the lrust for the benefit Of
the whole peaple. and not for a part only.
Has the gentleman shown that the prize
oil these lands Is now too high! lsn pre-
tended BY any body' Does any one
doubl thai the government will get the
price now asked al sune day! What is
the pregress of things which brings these
lands into market, The Indian mle TO
certain tract M country Is extInguIshed
BY treaty; immediately, the people IN the
vicinity are urgent with Congress IN have
the lands Immediately surveyed. Well,
the lands are surveyed; forthwith they
brslege the President tn Issue ms procla
msuan, and set them up fnr sale; the
President cnmphes. and fresh body of
land ,s thus added To the stock already in
market And what has been the result
ol this eternal pressure on the cavern
menl fur more landl Why. that we
have now me huAdrrd and twenty mil
Inns 0i acres at present in the market
unsold The inference af the honorable
Senator, that because land has remained
ten years ~ market unsoId IL is therefore
not worth the pr,ce asked by government.
is mos, unfa,r. The true reason why
any remain unsold is. that the supply is
so immensely beyond the demand. The
demand nav average from eight To ten
millions Of acres; aud you have had me
hundred and sixty nilllnns in the market.
and sull have one hundred and twenty
millions left on hand. Wat then; there
IS no such ureeal haste; " all IItle, but
do moi adopt 50 wild plan as TO rerlure
your price 10 order to force sale. Take
the experience Of Ohio as an example;
her total amount of pubic land is feduc.
ed tn about two millions and halt OF
acres, aud the whole has been disposed
Of at the government price. Aud 50. as
population goes on increasing, ALL Il be
in other states. There is no urgency 10
the execution Of our uusI The whole NAV
not be sold during lhls generation. and
perhaps the uexI and what then! H.. IN
the faithful administrator If our upst It
should be ages and ages before tine whole
Is sold. is lha, reason for reducing the
prize! Same wears ago, indeed. when
our sales we're two or three millions Of
acres IN year, there might have been
more force N the argument for a rednc'
TON; hut swhenthe saies have risen from
five 10 twenty five mIlibns in year, wall
you reduce Your price that you may still
further augment the sales, and tempt spe-
culatIou more and more. Ii seems 10
me that ia such a plan there IS neither
wisdom nor foresight. - $3.50
On The general subject Of the bill
hope to be heard. but now limit what