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

Hr.snrS has rrzl,xsd lillie mate. an the
Aggregate ii al the lands snld. Than Iiar
minimum prize al onr dsillar and twsRiy-
i've rents I.er arr: aud ihSa l.rl lIhe enn-
spqarn~~ al Ihe Ihrllless Rnd wsslrlul
pail~y wh.eh has hrrn pursued. i naS
Earnestly and psTpsiusliy urged - \ rea-
s.,n ~hy ihr g.rlrr sllnuld he sill faElhrT
d,mrnishrd-Ihsi Ihe Publie land should
cease Ia he rrsaTds.i a. = s"uEee Il rev
snur. and shsrl.i. IA riIsri. h. surrendered
t. she stairs IN whleh the lands lie. By .
system nf selilrnrni rights. rre-rmPi,"n
laws. anal eras.naI'a bills. 50 lar fran
Ihis, resnlis such a. Ihrse rught 10 an
.ins.e an Iuqnsrg he,hrr tie - STEM dies
nnI nred reformation, II ahry are Ia he
traced Ia tie private e"mhInalians aud as
sncl-t,ans II sriilrTs ar ~prrui.tnTs. - irh
pat dnan ranprtHi0a. Ihsse eaahIna
times and ss>0ria' ons oaghi ia he pro-
hlhusd and pnnlsh' d; !: iir gu .ut'iy nf
land surveyed aud brought I"t' market
- t..n large. 1T M InaTe h- nlfrIsd uniIl
There - a mater .qnsiny he:we"n the
supply aud .irmaa'l; Il Il ne that The pre-
rpp,Ion system furnishes the rlinirr lands
II tie mIalmum pTice. such legislation
"nghl ,a CEASE. aad the laws Prohibiting
insrnsinn. aud requiring the removal Of
lnlrudtr.. a"gln Ia he EigI,ily enfHere-
/ and II lhe e.II Is t0o inVsirrale Tor cor
rsc,una hy any sc these refnrns. let the
minimum price IT the land BE- rai, ed.
This subject is nn~ IN whirh thase
sI.te.. aud especially Virg,nia. by wlnse
cr.."ns To tie uunrd States much the
largest PARTON al h" public lands Srrs
ohla,nrd. except what were aeqnlred
under the Louisiana treaty aud the
! purrh,se e Fl"rIds. nnght !" feel deep
aud lnel, interest. ard have, IN some snri,
\ ,aculiar rtshI TO mieri,re. Al The rl"se
ai the Revolutionary " AZ. The whsle al
The domain. n'a compost g the sIsi"s "i
! Alah,ms. M,.sissipp'. Ten"rssse. keu-
mrky. Ohl". I.dians. lilIn"is. Michigan.
aud The irrttnry al Wisconsin. were with
in the chartered h,nrl. al and rlanneJ by
Nes York. Vagina. North Carolina and
GrnFgia. III that va.i region. the N0rth-
Se,lern truir,ry. Virginia had double
clam al chartered tlr and right OF cnn-
quest; Err she arqa'rrd the actual passes.
sion nf ~ murh ii u IS hAd hren Ir"d hy
the iani Il the Whi'e man. by conquest
with her own trnops. rccrising M assist
ance IA thai Quarter from the other slsirs
during tie revolutionary war. Aud u
may nn, he oui of place tn remark that
macy al The gal4nt officers and snl,liers
wha ar.,Irye'i lhis arda,us conquest. haze
MT vet received The bun'y lands " hlch
were promised them by VHg'nia fur this
servIcr-cEeu al thi> mnnr"I, while
projects IRE nn f,n lnr the suurnjes Ia
IIie staiss ~ ahtrh they lac. ni the very
lands acquired hy their hardy valar, and
nut Of ahIrh thrsr "nsaeRm"nis "ere 10
b. sau>6 1.
The states wh;rh In"n;inned as claim.
lag these lands. yI-Ii,ng 10 the natural
aptrrh~ns'"ns and jraI'usies Of some "i
t'ir n,h~' sites of the cnnlederacy, and
prrirrfiag harmony, union aud liberty.
To ppSei. agreed ta setile their own com
Il cnng clMm,. ard tai qnst all Tears aud
c,m, tihn's. hy re'!ing TO the United States
Ill these lands. But while making ihl,
CONCESSION To harmony ani union. they
accompanied the surrender with cnndI
uUns anil reservations, Contained IN the
acts Uf Session. which were accepted by
Congress, aud to- ,hv nbsrrvaure Of which
the Urisd States government is bound
by tire CHEST "hligarI"ns Of public iatt':
aud fm llIe perlnrnance of which. 50 tai
a. Virgin is concerned, the Congress at
the Cnnfrslrrary. whose ob!ig atoms. IN
this respect. have lrValved upon The GO
Vrrnmsnt II tie Uni,n, expressly engag.
ell by the ur,l,usnre al 1857, Which has
ever since hren regarded as a solemn
natt"nsl c"mpmt.
Aier d~soI"g the public lands In the
payment G The national debt crealed b,
the revolutionary war, and To the retm-
hnTsemrni "f tH- expenses ii Virginia 10
defending th- trrri,nrI redrd. the gets "i
eessrm by Virginia. aud ihn.- I'll Tire other
skdFrs Su"rtfbbd"A NtbNthrNs y Hdh WV
!en,Is ceird should br considered a COM
mon funl fur the brn.f f, of surh 81 thu
United STAIRS ~ have hesnme, ar shall
become memhers nj the caHied'raey "r
federal Alliance &c the sad saes, VIZ
ginIa nrlu-iVr, arrnrjIng t. their usual
rrspecave pr'p"r'I"ns ~ The general
s.haggr and expenditure. aud sh III be faith. |
fully 4nl u, fde d,-po..d nf f"r tina,
purp".r. snd f1 no o'Irer use Of purpose
Shs,>oaver."
H~rr :. az explicn stipulation. incor-
p"ra1s'I IN the very grant To the United
Stae.. arcepird and rsnfi"d by the orII.
lance rrIrfred Ia. BY whIcii these public
lands sere Ia b.. held as c0mm an fund |
"W The hen H. al III tie states. and If not |
fitt(u'iy dht bona fife dispasei Of for |
fha' purpose. md for no oiasr purpose
aciai-aeUer. tire soletnn engag"taen "I
np limited Stzta. R,ti Ia Stt,t lad -Ihss /