Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-02-13

# no, practicable, mopM It be 7yiSs 10 sting
gls to continue il, til ocefitrolca jyttc force
of uaQroiIabic and Irresistible causes ! !
ask, what would bt the eti,c OF such u
s,ruu.ie : Wovld it not be to excite, III tue
irst nstarce, luminosity and d!ocord be-
tween the old and new S;a cS. and, n the
end, 10 overthrow tho cnlrc land syscm,
with the certain loss, ultimately. OF The pub
liz domain? shall no. on this occasion,
attempt a formal discussion of these points.
propose in order to illustrate, simply 20
show how vain and dangerous would be the
attempt to hold on to the presen. sys:em,
: under these great and growing changes, by
tracing its operation under single aspect,
is bearing on the Presidential question.
| To have clear conception OF tins, we
must bear in mind, that ailcr the next cen.
sus the new States will have five -tweIit!s OF
the electoral college; and, of course, com.
pared 10 either of the o:hcr sections, cno~
trolling voice in the election ola Pres'dens
lie who keeps this in mind, and understands
the workings Of the human heart and ofour
system, must see, that IN the Presidential
contest, {for such it must ever be, the great
Point, hereafter, will be TO secure their ia.
vor; and that this can best be done by Ia
voling their peculiar views and policy in
reference to the public lands. Now one
Of two things must follow either all the
candidates vii! enter into this competition, in
which case the struggle will be VINO shall 60
| fartnest, and lis consequence 10 give the
vote 10 him who may bid highest. 1t
easy to see how this would end. The pu
lie domain, the noble inheritance Of the
people Of this Union, would be squandered,
or rather gambled away, in the contest;
and would thus be made, at the same time,
the means of plumber and corruption, and OF
eleyatng 10 power the most prohiga;c and
audacioUs.
! Bu: it, instead Of all the candidates seek.
ing the favor of,hr new States, a par; should
court their interests, and the others that Of
the old Satcs, the train Of evsn's would,
indeed, be varied, but the ultma,e result
would be the same. On this supros,ion
each of the candidates would resort to
means best calculated 10 secure the section
on whose support he might rely. Those
looking to the new States would push to the
extreme the favorite policy Of those States
IN reference 10 the public lands; while the
others would take the opposite extreme n
favor oflhc old States. Now. when we
reflect that the new and the old States mns
necessarily, from their different position aud
relation 10 tho public lands, enter
tain very different views of the policy
that ought 10 be pursued in relation
to them, in almost every poln-so much 50.
that the other shall regard as nothing short
Of open plunder. as we have witnessed in
this dlscussion-we may form some concep.
lion of the violence Of the conflict which
must ensue in the case supposed. We have
had, even in this early stage, and on this
very question, some indications Of "! at we
may expec'. The most violent animosity
and hatred would follow, and every man.
be his motives ever SO pure and patriotic,
would be regarded the friend or The enemy
of the new or the old States. as his opinions
favored the policy Of the one or the other.
The final termination ofthe conflict would
not be doubtful. Whatever turns offorlune
Nigh; occur, in lis progress, the new States
must, in the end. prevail. Their relative
increase is far more rapid than the old ; so
much so, lha, after lS50-hat is, after the
third Presidential election from The next
they would be lett, as have shown, in
undispused possession ofthe field. In the
mean limH, while the struggle is going on,
the animoslty would daily increase on bot,
sides. The longer it continued the more
bitter it would become, and the more GER
tainly and completely would the present
system be overhrown, if, indeed, tn Union
itself should be strong enough 10 Withstand
the shock. Such must inevitably be the
fate ofthe present system, should we have
the folly, u might say The madness. to at
tempt 10 continue it as It is, so far as the new
States are concerned, regardless Of he great
changes which have already taken place,
and the still more mighty in progress.
Having now pointed out the danger, J
turn next to the deeply important question
OF remedy, which demands the most prompt
and solemn consideration, both Of the Gov
ernment and community. The question is,
what means shall we adopt 10 aver, the
mischief which have shown to be so rapid.
Iy approaching, and which must inevitably
soon arrive, if not prevented by some speedy
and efficient measure? Already one has
been proposed, originally brought forward
to relieve dis.ended Treasury of lis bur.
den, but which its author The Senator from
Kentucky. Mr. Clay has renewed on The
present occasion, doubtless with the view,
n part, a, least, to meet the growing dsor.
ders of the system. Ills proposition is to
divide the proceeds of,hep public lands among
tile States, with the double view. suppose,
to a mora eo,aI n,rticina,Ion -, n, oJ,,p