The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1840-02-20
From ne Fayet'e5ill, oLsarer.
4 GRAND DISCOVERY

The following remarkable paragraph We
find 10 the last " estern Carolinan -
+" Cali0BH's BH.--The bill introduced by Mr.
Calhoun on the 81 inst, to cede the Public Lands
to the States ia which they lie, on certain condi-
lions II i said will reduce the expense OF the
government nearly oSE MILLION OF dollars, aud
maze q great curiaIlment IN executive patronage.
TIM is The now states under the bill viii have
TO begr all the expense Of surveying the lands,
makug titles, &c. which has heretofore cost the
government a great sum Of money annually,
whlle il " III abolish the necessity Of having such
host Of land officers and others appointed by
the President and dependant upon has bounty
Now, this reduction OF the expenditures OF the
government and curtailment Of executive patron
age, is what Mr. Calhoun and his political friends
have ever ccntended for Mr.. Clay and his
friends have been clamorous in the same Cause,
and nor turn about and abuse Mr.. Calhoun for
this effort to perfect SO desirable object. L.
there not in such course, greater show Of per-
sonal hatred and party raneOr On the part OF
Mr. Clay and his friends, than Of elevated patFi-
otisfl We think decidedly"
Perhaps the editors Of the Carolinian
forgot, IN their zeal TO show of MIR. Cal.
hcun's efforts to +" reduce the expenses ot
The government" lha, his bill will reduce
the income also about fire times as much as
II viii reduce the expenses. Indeed the
average receipts from the public lands for
! five years past has been more than ten NH
lions Of dollars per annum. And even The
last year, hard as the times have been, the
receipts have amounted TO nearly seven
millions. And yet II is urged as a matter
1 Of economy, TO give away what costs mil-
+ hon a year and produces ten millions We
shall next expect 10 hear the worthy cdt
tors advising a planter who realizes ten
+ thousand dollars a year from his Planlatio0,
TO gire IL array because II costs him one
thousand to cultivate it, and because the
( employment Of an overseer and hands T.
work il gives him too much patronage
Bot suppose the plantation did not belong
! to him, but was only held ~ trust for the
real owners, what right would he have 10
give It away We contend that the pub
he lands belong to all The states, because ii
Is so expressly stipulated IN the deed OF
conveyance from North Carolina, Virginia,
&c. To tie United States as to some of the
Ian4s, and the remainder were purchased
out Of the general fund belonging 10 all the
states. The United Suites Is bot The trus
tee, and II will be an act Of gross fraud TO
give away the trust property. North Car
DINA, as one Of The old states, and one, too,
which ceded a part Of the land, has a righ;
10 demand that the trust shall be executed.
She will never consent that her property
shall be given away 10 create political cap
lta for Mr.. Calhoun, Mr. Van Buren,, or
any one else 10 trade upon. She has here.
toiore asserted her RICH, to share in this
Immense property, and wo be TO that poll.
ticlan who shalt dare TO set her will at def
ance on that point. The House Of Com.
mons Of the last Legislature unanimously
resolved that the public lands we're the com.
mon property Of all the states.
IL the proceeds Of he public lands are
necessary to defIay the expenses Of the
general government, why let :hem be up.
piled TO that object We think they are
not. If proper economy were practicod,
and the expenses Of government were
brought down to reasonable standard,
the proceeds Of the lands might be divided
among all the states.
But how can those defend Mr.. Calhoun's
bill, who have rallied out against Mr.. Clay's
bill 10 distribute the proceeds among the
states, on the ground lha, the money could
not be spared; that If that resource we're
taken away We should be compelled TO re
sort TO another high tariff TO support the
government Do no, the Tories see the
Inconsistency in which they are involved :
Those who have charged Mr.. Clay with
design to fasten another tariff on us, be
cause be wishes to give this money to lis
righiful owners, either advocate Mr.. Cal
houns bill, which would take away tue