The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1839-02-28

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iial 10 their oxn undergraduates Than 20
the convenience Of their silizrns. who
would thereby hare their claims. ennneei-
ell with the public lands. sdjassed By
their awn Legislature. instead of being
dragged In > great distance from home On
await the isrdy and uncertain action Of
Congress. Bot their greatest gain would
be-. that they Maali be elevated 10 an
equality with .he other states IN all re-
specis. aud exempted from The eanlrOl-
ling ihauenre of the gaseERmeni arising
iron . widely expanded system 81 land
ofiers.
To the Union The gain would be not
less imPaEIant. Congress would be re-
liered from an immense and increasing
mass Of business. winch now eansumss
al least one IhiId af lis time, and BE- lriI
free tn turn iis attention 10 other subjects
ns deep interest. whirh IL Is nns com
PEELED 10 neglect. The sessinn would hr
greatly shnrlenei--a matter Of isnPor-
isnee. not only in a peeun'ary. but sill
mare in a p"lIiical point of view. But
these, though important. are but minnr
advantages. There are aihrrs inmea-
sarably greater. IL would elnse our
land offices in the new states. and, with
them. the da"r to The vast patronage aud
influence which thew place in the hands
nj the Executive. Who can estimate this
a!Ean;ags! Whn is there. that has a
parlcle nf patriotism ar lave "f Repuh-
liean institutions. who would not rejoice
Al the Teinciinn al such immense palr0H-
age. male not anly without injury. bat
with advantage. to the puhlIr! Whrn
we aid In this that iI would remnSe all
causes of conflict between the old aud
new states: thai II would withdraw from
the Presidential eonIrsl the public lands.
thai prnlIie source n( enrrupiinn in the
hands Of the pr"il,ga,s; anh. finally. that
IL would save our vast and nable dnmaIn
irssli fran being squandersd IN the s'rue.
gle. It is hardly m the power of ralrula-
ton 10 estimate The advantages that would
result.
Having now suggested what believe
tn be the proper policy Ia he pursued in
re!a;ion 10 the public lands wllhia the
new states. aud hastily traced the sdSan.
sagss of the measure have suggested :ur
consideration. the next question -. have
We the RICH, To dispose al the lands IN Iir
manner proposed! ! would not have sup
posed that there could have hren dauhi
an this point. had not the Senator from
Massachusetts Mr.. WEs.TER raised u
on Ibis. as well as On Turner urcssion. !
The Constitution gives la Congress. ex- +.
pressly. the right to dispose ui The pub
l'c lands; and wins may they not dispose
al them t. the stIies ~ well as To InhI. /
riduals! can see no ressun. aud never I
heard one assigned. We are in the dat .
ly habit Of making grants To the states far
public purposes: aud il we may grant. /
may we not ais = sell or dispose OF them. {
as | have proposed. The lands belong
Ia the states, IN their confederate charac- !
ter, as has been stated: and Congress is
the trustee 20 dispose nf them fnr the rom.
mon benefit. They are bound. IN the full
'i:.n-at Il ,:i7 trust. I'D dispose 81 ,hem Ia
'!,= b.; s.!santa.-; AMI If the disposition
prnpnsed be the best fnr all concerned.
Congress has no, only the righI To make
It. but would be bound BY the trust so to
10.
sE:=:::::..::aining these views, il may 6r
.sked why have not brought fnrwari
The measure this session! NV answer
is, there is no time. At The present short
session. 10 digest and carry through a
measure Of SO much Importance, an'i in-
s"lving So many and such cnnniclng in
Ierests.- But | pledge myself. il present
II the next session. Ia in;.mInce i, al an
rarly DAY. aud To Use nv hrs, eiTurs TO
press it To a decisinn. II | can prerenl
Il, no other measure relating to the pub
iIc lands shall lake r'cedencP Of u.
| have nuw presented NV views az To
he policy which ought To he adopted ia
reference TO the public lands within the
new states; and IL now remains. IN con-
'lasi"n. to- assign my reason f"r voting
sgainsI The engrossmeni of thus bill.
Believing that nothing short uf radi-
Sai chahge 81 no'tcy, snch as mat pro-
posed. can arrest the evils unprecedented
from the present system. am of the
'pinion. that I'LL sumo pprmsnen, remedy
can he applied, that the proper course Is
!" vote against all parlal and Iemporsrv
rxpedients like Ihe present: and | shall.
in c"ni"rmity Ia thai opininn, give my
vote against this bill. believe i, to b.
lie r"nrse. not only the hest calculated
IN insure. in the emil, the applications ni
permanent and efficient remedy, hut ais"
/" prevent. in the intermediate E,eri"d. the I
naturally resulting from the
present system. But in ad,lillmn TO these
general reasons. there are Others agains, I
his particular measure. sulIirient to IN |
luce me TO V"ie agaansiu. Passing 9TH
srs nv. ! shall only nnlice nne.