The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1839-01-31

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sbr rhsrsrsrr 4 the l..esl rlEraisiaon.
HIS iFesass.hls lhr ss'nelesIan. And
hos Astonishing. nat sssshrrn mel
shasId BE- E.uaa supporting q EystrW
wh,ch 10 IN bald % lhe noTlhsrR cities
m he .xmsse & the saath. slFssdy En-
h..s,ed hs eaEsrnmeatsl rxiOraions
TIE s,h resolution. 10 which your A.
t,n,isa 70 nexl solicited. asserts that ihs
nnhl;s I.n.ss af lhe United Slalss arr The
sommaa property Il I'll Ihr sssirs. and
eonSsnns the late srI ri Congress. al
lowirs ssulers on them Ihe right el pre-
emn,ian NJ he minimum price. a. an aeI
of gross iriusIi-e % the old stairs. Shleh
originally cedsd then or contributed q
common fund far their purchase. To
sn.sls you q understand IlIe foundation
of N. claim which North carnlina has 10
prooartia.ass share 81 The rrareeds D.
uslnr IRON the sale Of Ihe public damain.
70 nav be Necessary 90 give briei his
snry af The eessians made by the several
stases 10 the General Government. Al
the time The arllclss II Reconsideration were
recommended. several states objected IN
them. because the ~asIe and uneulilssied
land wi.hin The ierTii0ry OF some Of the
states Vas not surrendered - common
fund 10 delrsy The expenses incurred do
rins Ihs gar af The revolution. Tins
var had brought On the states heavy
fareign dshl--ihe pnh.Ie credit was like
ly 10 Be seskened-Ihs finances were
deranged--and the national faith on The
eve Of pfoslrsIion. BY the difficulties Rhich
appeared in The way of establishing .
more permanent and seI,led government.
New York. Virginia. North Carolina.
and sesersl other states. xhIch owned va
cant lerril"ry. promptly stepped forward
and er,led il Ie the UnleJ States. nn cer-
tain cnuaIuans sud under Certain trusts,
specified IN Ihrr respective deeds. The
grant al Ma York, expressly sIsles that
~ the and Iaer-hy c.tiri &" rs for tie use
and bsnsfl Of such Of he STATES as are or
shall become parties Of the COgeiesa-
lion" The ,assi.ns of VugInia aud
North Carolina are on nraTlS the same
conditions. The WnIds Of the latter are:
IAN ihr lands intended H. b. eedr'l, BY
virtue Of Ihis act, 10 The United States.
shall be coasIdrnd 40 enmmna fund for
the use aud benefit 0f Tie linitrd States
Of America. NORTH CAROLINA IN
elusive, according To their respective
and usual proportion Iu the general charge
and expenditure, aud shall be faithfully
disposed of for that purpose. and for no
ether use or purpose IrhaisuSr."
The same conditions. in substance, iT
not in express teims, were incorporsI-
Cd into the deeds from the other states.
These, thea, are The agreements or obli-
cations into which the confederation en-
tired with the respective sssies. Ia 1889.
the present constitution mas inrmed. in
the Isl paragraph "l The 9Th article of
which. is the follow ING:
'- "Ail debts contacted anil engagements
entered into belnse The adoption OF this
CONSTITUTION, shall be a. valid against The
UaiIed Sl,.es under This constitution IS
under .hs confederation.
The present government. then, assum-
cd all the Contracts Ol The confederation.
and bow sny one esn prevent arriving al
she CONCLUSION thai North Cztolina has .
"a interest IN the proceeds IL the public
lands. 81 according In her prop"rIlon in
the general charge and expenditure" is.
" me. ineomprsheasible. Il not the
General Government bound 10 perlnrm
the Irusi' c4n IL, more Than an indlsid
usl trustee. GO beyond the express st,pu-
lslIODs Of the trust! To test The ques.
tiaa: suppose Caagrss. should eede The
sh"ls Of the pubic domain 10 one or iwa
al The sls,ss wheh bore noae Of the bur-
thea ii he var; would this be perform
ing The requisilioas III the Irus, IN equity
add good conselence! All would reply
in the hesause. Bat the government is
virtually dang il al this time. BY the
bill before Congress The prrre ~ about
70 millions Of ares 10 To be redserd from
one dollar twenty-five cents per acre Ga
seventy Eve cents. Congress had. epi-
DENLY. a. well give the lands away; fpr
she price 10 mere sominsl one.
But lei % inquire ~ha. has been done
i"r North Carolina, eompsred wnh other
states. in reiara Coz the immense body ~
land which she eeied to the government,
ILLINOIS has received l.0s0.ee8 acres of
she most valuable possinn Of the public
DOMAIN. foe The purposes ~ educatioa;
Missouri has obtsined l.277,7Ig acres:
Michigan about l.l36. O10: and The states
o. Mississippi. ALABAMA. Louisiana. Ohio.
ind'aHs and Arksasss nearly in The same
fahn. the eoIaIaon school land of Mich
'ean is valued, by her sapesntenden's NJ
paea'e schools, a, ~ 100000. That Of
missouri 81 S5.9s3. 1854. the interest on
INCA tss5.ss9.) amounts TO nearly half
we annual revenue sl North Carolina D.
rising non taxation. And. pray, felio~