Southern marksman. [volume] (Clinton, Miss.) 1838-1839, 1839-02-13

the two preceding years at higher prices, +
assumed the position hat the sale oil the
whole public domain was limited 10 a de-
mand OF about three and q hIf millions
annually, aud came TO the sage conclusion
that The sale would not be at al profnoted,l
by reduction of price; and Is evidence
Of the correctness of this position, be.
maintained the mode the price vas reduced /
hv the operation of the Chickisaw treaty,
the less land was sold. Mr. President,
said Mr.. w. tie Senator helt up this re-
port of the Secretary of the treasury and
exultingly proclaimed il to BIZ refutation
of the graduation principle. Mr.. w. would
call the particular attention O the honora~
BILE Senator to the subject. On the cor
rectness of his position he would fearlessly
risk the fate of the bill now Under consid~
Grafton. 1t appears by this ame report oil
the Secretary Of the Treasury from which
the gentleman read, that The first sale of
the Chickasaw land in Mississippi was
commenced on the 4th day of January,
1886, at which sale $50, O23 ceres were of
tered. and at the close of the ale there re
NAMED nnsold and sr' ,ject 10 sale al private
entry 576,892 acres at 81 25 per acre for
twelve months thereafter, during which
time Dos, 545 acres were sold; and that
during the second year, when the land was
subject TO entry at 81 per acre, 37,Ol6
acres were sold, amounting to an average
sale of 1Ol acres per day, after which time
the land remaining unsold was subject to
sale or entry at so cents per acre, and SO
continued to the date OF this report, the
3Oih September, 1888, embracing period
of near len months, during which time SIS,
565 acres were sold, being at the average
rate of 1877 acres per day, nearly doubling
the sale of the previous year.
| And now Mr.. President, said Mr.. w. let
MS examine the second sale began on the
9Th September, 1885; there was then of
fered 1901, 13o acres, and at the close OF
the sale there remained Of the land then
offered and nnsold 2.O2R, 1877 acres. subject
to private sale for year thereafter, during
which time lS9, 800 acres we're sold at 81
| Is pei acre, being al the average rate of
Sic acres per day, and that of the balance
remaining unsold, and subject 10 entry dur
ing the second year, al s l per acre, 81 e o
acres were sold, being al the average rate
of 1O2 acres per day, and thereafter the
land remaining unsold, was subject to sale
at so cents per acre, but the repnrt of the
Secretary of the Treasury covers only a
period of twenty-five days, from the 5.h to
the 3Oih September, 1888, during which
| time 90 $50 acres were sold. being at the
average rate ,O49 acrs, per day, aud yield
ing 1924 per day, while during the pre-
ceding year only 81 OF per day was re-
ceived, when the land was sold at s per
acre. Here, then is an exemp ifcatIoD oil
the operation of the graduation system,pro,
ducing just the result the friends of the
measure have always commended it would
Droduce-enrichc yong Treasury a"c FRO.
mote the sale OF reused land. Mr.. w
i...;usied the opinion ofthe Secretary of the
Treasury, and ofihe Committee on Finance
so lightly treated ON yesterday, are fully
sustained by the practical operation ofthli
great measure i, one of the States.
! Mr.. CLAY, of Kentucky, thought tina
the data given by the Senator from Missis
sippi did not controvert the proposition h
had heretofore suggested, and thought lha
his views were sustained by the return
; embraced in the report, that the sales o
The lands were limited to the demand, ant
were not increased by the reduction of tn
price.
> Mr.. WALKER regretted that the Sena
tor from Kentucky, (Mr. Clay,) whose Pc
siton ought Ia identify hi - In feeling ane
|. interest with the people of the West, shoult
persevere in bis hostility to this great mea
sure, when other statesmen, even of hi:
own party, from the far distant East, were
, found 10 be our friends and advocates Mr.
w. regretted that the distinguished Sena
tor from Massachusetts,, Mr.. Webster, Viva:
not here to speak his'own sentiments on thu
subject of graduation; but, as he was alb
sent, Mr.. ~. would read an extract from
the speech of that Senator, delivered a
, Niblo's Saloon, in the city ofNew York ,oI
the 18th of April, 1897
!, ssThe main object in regard TO the pub
lie lands is, undoubtedly, settle them a
, fast as the growth of our population, am
: its augmentation by emigration may enabl
:, us TO settle them. The lands therefore
should be sold at low price; and, for one
I have never doubted the right or expedien
CIV of granting portions Of the lands them
: !, selves, or of making grants of money 70
: objects ofinternal Improvements c. nnectet
! with them. Ihave always supported llbe
raj appropriations for the purpose of open
& ing communications to and through thes
! lands by common roads, canals and rail
: roads; and when lands of Little value hav
!. been long in market, and, on account Q
/, their Indifferent quality, are not likely I
. command the common price, Thnow no OF
: lection to a reduction Of price as 10 sue
E lands, so that they may pass into privat