Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1837-1839, 1838-12-08

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guage OF The United States al such hs ha
lou bound yourselves. they would saw. ii sa'ss
To unite The waters OF Like Erie WIN aasa
Tue wabash at navigahtc points, and to c,,~a
t'sa' o. tree way To them. Have Won 49,.
Ana Is either Lafayette or Covincton one 81 :, ~
points! hou see they ,.o, ana ,ou kno..
cannot De i"r sesera! months in the y.ar 20
reply could Indiana makre How COAX =. "a
use he,se" TOR the noniaifitmcnt Of her az
uoo. hv saying that she oaiy took lana.
siss her 'n the mouth of Tippecsnoep w.
she not lake morel The gran, ya.. hs,r.s .
na'igable point 10 the other; nav Ia n,as.S
foreign interference, the appointed T..
public servants the agents TO select and 800
Tor her Don't you see Mt glance how y.aa
hcaii, nay how utterly impossible IL ~ools -. -
the State TO limit the United States righ, Of e.
wa, snort oil Ferre-Hauiee VIVA, follow, ,s'a,
why simply this, that fthe United S,a,s. ga.
CAIN aud ENJOY this RICH, OF free way. Indian. =.
claim ano take the lands that we.a y,..-
as the consideration for that right In &C.,
uenerai government has virtually acknowL
me soanuness OF the principles here cDn,a oa.sks
by allowing Ohio,under precisely sim;l,r -,
stances, lands for the extension OF The s,,.'a
terminating on Lake Erie. hope ma, Ia -i
uoned Tor SO minute an examination Of this s,A.
lsc'. MY only excuse is its Importance. Tn.
conclusions be correct the Stat. ! .n,;,,"Is
near three hundred thousand arres .r,a"n 1880
than she has vet received or tat. ''' more
certainly of to" much value and IA ,,. -.
circumstances, entirely too necessary To .,,en.,l
en- and sustain us-,o be either yiven nm ., l.,
without n struggle W.
The line OF this canal extends along the u.
bash river from Terre-Iiau,e to the Ohio stan. H..
which according Ia the rule agreed on sons -
d CO. between our then canal mmissioners All
the commissioners of the General Land ,sf,. ).
/ 10 al Al, :
OF land-315, ESQ acres Of which have bee, .t..
dy selected, or are in the wav of Selection -
Tor that par, of the canal between the Ohm ,,,s
line and OF the mouth OF the rippecanoc rive, "a
( Terrell iaute. The act of Congress You vii, a.
serve, makes il the duty Of the Gov ernor a, a.
person having charge Of the CONSTRUCTION If 81.
canal, TO examine and ascertain these lands A.
cordIng thereto, as the Governor OF the state ,,a
4 to my assistance, Messrs. Austin W. Mcrr,s. n...
glass Mcguire, and Judge William Poke and Al.
ring the past summer selected 73, 10 acres of Tim
land, and reported The same to the secretary 4
the Treasury of the L. Statcs-pos tponinr .urss.,
selections to a future .iay. These lands lie ma
cipaiiy Al the counties of Marshall, Fulton mi
! kosciusko and embrace all the Indian Raesrr
so called that have yet been surveyed The co
quiry may possibly be made. why resort 10 ibes
lands? why not take them the line Of the canal
For the simplest and best Of all reasons the lana,
on the line of the canal have long since heen s.Lj
by the General Government save 6,723 acre.
which fall to the share of Indiana; and therefots
the late Governor, shortly before retiring from Of
hce, opened correspondence with the presen
I commissioners of the General Land Office in wh,ei
he requested that officer withhold certain Town
ships and reserves of land from SALE in order tia
e the State nigh, satisfy her clam out Of them
I This, it appears has been DONE and the lands
e have selected are part OF them. However th
d commissioners reply--in short, the whole cores
g pondcnce.i beg leave TO refer You 10, espeesFf
= -, .i.- ~r al. late accord seh
/, those have here advanced ] also take pleasy
n IN laying before you, A joint communicates d
i dressed To- me from our entire delegation in Cs
gress, together with the individual letters Of s
n Hons. William Graham, James Rariden, Gee,
= II. Dunn, and Albert s. White upon the sane ss
d ject.
: In relation TO the lands selected, a rss~s Of
IS which, with the necessary maps, tract books h.
is will in due time be laid before YOU. Ihaveism
ID quest that you will provide for the sale Of ihsn
" a, such times and on such terms YOU nav tsm
rs most advantageous for the general intesea Of
I'd state. The third emo last section Of The set d
10 Congress making the grant us afofesa suhar
to ses the state, after the selections shall inssbssa
O. made, under the authority Of the legislatsre s
sell dispose Of these lands and 10 mike the PSF
ly chasers valid title.
lie On entering upon the public lands 70 make sh.
lie selections aforesaid, found the great malrsy 4
ot the finest tracts already occupied by ,no'slda
X who had settled upon them with view 70 me y
OF States prescription law and who, on the lsia
"a that law, had made permanent and valuable .
he provements, on them To avoid n colilsIoa d \
on :erests with neriforious class OF our feiDs
= citizens and TO secure TO them all the benehs /
m this law sought to enable myself TO make 4
er. tectioDs elsewhere by requesting the commfssa9
on er Of the general land office To instruct the f1
IRE tiers Of the several land offices throout the sn1
in to withhold from sale all lands ! might seise
are nv filing with them in their respective oifss
the schedule Of the same. This request regr'
to say was not granted, which left me no oshss
Of Tentative but TO continue the selection sfom
of public lands not brought into market. aeT,]
do my letter together with the commissioner g
en- accompanies this communication. Hes'".
ted Justice To the worthy settlers, ! rcoc0h
hou their behalf that they have the privileges y
ing chasing the lands they occupy at the m''
ter price, the legislature may nix upon shens
ely failure Of that, some Just provision he D's'
nth compensate them for their improvemedu-
{ Of The returns Of the assessments Of taHse =,
par pertv the present year, exhibits stfasee =
tie: Of contradictory facts. The rumbef o. %
In increased IN the ratio anisr,paseo-~s
ions fraction over $4,000 whist last ear w.
end bu, little over 50 ,0OO-in 1887. y, ieshs -
rate Of land were returned as taxable, va'aeo
t. 794 ,5l2 showing an increase oil faxans
ner 1873 ,Os2 acres and a decrease IN the 4ss
the value of the whole Of $3.50. ID; arsm
per- Of tow n lots in 1897 was 90, Isl .44s