The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1839-01-24

=, ,h.ir hssaefs.'' h.d hen lFaRss'aiis~f
a h;a "a hs laii bsEHr the Legislature
hi. sI.in hss bern set nP By al the
new STAIRS. hss been .dsora'sd b. Tie
F.,r.ars Al shr uhion. All sFfesrs d
hem.kiue i,s w.y IN bib h"usss 81 e'"n'
sre... IL sppasrii"a !" ibis unjust elai'H
on me par. Of she ecu 'laIrs' The Gosrr'
nar remarks:
Iea,er,ain a solemn eonEiriian that the
,doo,ion Of ssrh a measure by i'"nerrss.
you'd he llaushl With gres, misehlff IA
die ,rsrSual,ly Of The Tn'"n. h Pf''due-
tive Of much injury Ia the prosperity aud
Interest 0f this commonwealth. - vel
a. az an the Other sislss having M public
l,nI, within thsir llnlls-iRT"lse sse-
uEre Of The rights reserved IN their sets
ofees.ioa hy Vrsinns. Ses i"rk. N"rIh
Carolina. Genrg,a aud Other states. and
eons,i,uts a hrsaeh 81 tie terms an whlrh
the ,rus, vas conf ed g. Congress al dis
nn,ipg If she public lands. | dsem II
nv duly. thsrs'orr. b. cal y"oI rsriien'
a, .,,en,i..n IL the PIIrnt &c the CLAIMS
nos made Oh hehalf of the sta'rs where
The puhl l,nds &c. anh b. 'sr"'R'nrnd
,,ynu the sla; I,a IL s,"h ne, a. y"u
NAV rnnsad he.t. i.f InIrrp'~lng the
.v,bnr,ty aud furner of this state {"
,r,,eu, Ihr ,ukr--. OF the measures caH-
trmjlairi.
The paa &c. h~r"'0fHs pursued in Ee-
Gard 4. tie puhlr lands. has brrn sufii-
c,rnlly l,brral. Under Il. operation. the
n4S states namsi "u, OF this nrT'inry.
haze nul 'pl'rd. grhsn sud Pr"sPrTrd ~
ws.llh. p.pularnn aud Paaer. Ia an sx-
teal uusx.nPlrd ~ the hisinfv al the
warli. The sbuudanre and rhearne,s
Of thai rich dnnan have InVtrd r"n-
unnsd smscr tam. Whirh. while IL fur
nlshrd an Iu,lus uous. hardy, and en,rr-
prszing pnpulsnnn Ia tie neg states. has
heen perpetual drain upon the tes"ur-
ees and prosperity If HE cid states nf he
Un,on. While the new states have filed up
With astonishing rspldiiy. many Of th"se
on the Ad.urc. have hern. IL not decreas-
ing in population. agricultural improve.
msnI and wealth. eIlher stationary. ar
making very incnnslherahle advancement.
The land sy.wm Of tie United States.
o. established al an early period BY the
general laus for surveying ihe lands. ii.
iering Them for sale al public suction, aad
siIusing such as were not sold Al public
sale, IN be entered al a minimum price,
Vas Adopted AFTER great drlibersti"n. with
Q SPACIOUS oh, and just regard 10
The interest ~ he al as veil ~ Of the
new states. |! oaensl competition 10
The purchase of the chnice lands to the
risizsus uf all the States. |, pr,h,hnsd,
under severe psnilIes, the settlement aud
oceupsliun &c tie pubic lands, hy per-
sons inlruding ua,n them without ute.
aud 10 drrng4lipn 81 the rights 81 the pub
lie. II wss calculated IN Iheary H. Sc
cure fair AMI .utiicpnt price inr Ill tie
land. offered fat ale sccHdiaS TO H. daft
ferent grades II s.iae; snI By providing
me means Of LhitIng the qhsn'ny lha,
vas SURVEYED sad thrown Iain The mar
ket. teadrd h prevent that depreciation
II value Of landed 20 perry which Is the
inevitable consequence of increasing th-
qusniiiy for sale beyond the dem md. The
system, N fscl. re- ardsi the psh.Ic lanjs
as the cammon properly of the people ri
oil the ss.'ss--as cum non fund ~ be
sp lied iu ,hs cnnmaa benefit IL Ill; aud
HAVING been srqure AID preserved bv
i1sR uaIiei exsrnns and v-l0r. or paid
idr out 0i tie common ITe4sUrY, SO 10 be
dIsposed 81. a. wnu.d brst prrnnis the
eanmaa interest ol alt. Ii cannot be
disguised, hsseEer. thai lr.'n % M ,use
or other. &c have been disappointed in
the success If many ii the objects oGttaI
Use. liberal. snd eqatl system-phai
iEon time To ums inrusis ~ and de,Iar-
iur-s fr"sa IL. paIley Of lie system have
ben mads-lhai Tor many years pact u
ssens 10 have heea the desir- II The gov.
rrnneaI 10 bring inll the market almost
sni'rIei quanIliss Of The pubic lands.
81 much 30. that Se s.ei nfprmrd bY a re.
port from the Commissioner Of tie Cen
er-l Lad dice in Washington, that
there remained nasoI and subject tn pri-
rae entry on The 3)ih of September
1887. upusrcs Of eighty eight millions "i
acres. notwithstanding The immense sales
OF 1885 and 1886, aponniing to neat fnr-
" millions Of acres. The Consequence "i
ih's has been, that vast quanti'ies..of the
pubic domain, ss fertile as any in our
men wss'ern country, and much Of u
worth ron G;ly To fly fire dollar. an
acre. a. soon as i, 10 rntrred. have real
n-' 10 the government a prize merely
mammal compsred with the real y.lne.
we KnHw. tao, that sI,hi1 thu last ten
years successive ar's have bren pissed.
granting peculiar ed, .a,.ge, Ia u .'se VIM
se."eH nP'n AMI nr"u ,urI ,he public land
before II ~'s s"ty, Vel. AID rhrnxn o,rn
10 ''s e"m''''i &" nj a." people geapra.
", mus Fesar hog Iys rad nf ,,,,,,,.t,,n.