Litchfield enquirer., 1840-02-27
THE PUBLIC LANDS.

Senate OF the United states on the introduce
ton of Senator Grundy's report upon the
debts of the several States, bids fair to lead
to some important results. MIR. Crittenden
of Kentucky, on Monday last, offered the fol-
lowing resolution for the consideration OF the
Senate:
Resolved, That the debts Of the several States, 80
tar as they are known to the Senate, have been con-
Tacted the exercise OF the undoubted right and con-
stltutonal power Of SAID States respectively, ana nat
there is no ground warrant any doubt OF the ability
or disposition Of those States to ul' their contracts;
tribute the proceeds OF the sales OF the public lands
among the several States in fair and Fateahe proper
TONS nd that the condition OF slch oil the states as
| contra ced debts is such at the present moment oil
pressure and difficulty, as to render such distribution
especially expedent and important"
These resolutions Mr.. Crittenden advoca-
ted with his accustomed eloquence and abll.
ity. They were ordered to be printed, and
the further discussion of the subject post.
poned for dav or two. The movement is
q seasonable one. The question of the dis
tribution of the Public Lands is of vast i'm
portance to every one of the Old Thirteen
States. The share of New York in the pub
lie domain would suffice to pay off her pres
ent debt and complete all the links in the
chain of her improvement system. The pro-
portion to which Pennsylvania would be en-.
State from the cumbrous debt which is now
weighing her down to the earth. Thus far
there has been but one plausible objection
started in opposition to the measure; and
that is, that the proceeds of the public lands
are required to defray the expenses of Gov
eminent. But this, when closely scanned, is
but an additional argument in favor of the
distribution. Let the expenditures of the
General Government be brought back to the
economical standard of former years, and the
receipts from customs will be amply suftl-
cient. It is only because the profuse and
lavish expenditure of the last and present
Administrations, have outrun all calculations
that the proceeds of the land sales have been
regarded as q necessary source Of revenue.
If we cut off this we compel the General Gov.
eminent to retrenchment and reform; and
were there no other reason for the distrlbu-
ton, this of itself would recommend the pro-
nosed measure to the favorable consideration
of every true friend of republican institI-
tons. But when to this is superadded the
lust claim of the Old Thirteen to fair share
of this vast national heritage, we cannot
doubt that the great majority OF the People
of the United States will cali upon Congress
to adopt and carry out the principle embod.
led in Mr.. Crittenden's resolutions.
Albany Advertiser.
II is worthy of remark, that those States
which are most desperately involved in debt
at the present time, are precisely those which
have been most exclusively under the control
of Loco Focoism. And hereby is furnished
an additional proof, if any were wanted, of
the utter insincerity and false pretensions of
those who claim to be the sole advocates of a
hard money currency. Pennsylvania, Mis-
sissippi, Alabama and Michigan, are in pro-
portion to their resources, more deeply in
debted than any states in the Union, and
their affairs for ten years past, have been
managed, or rather mis-managed by the Lo.
co focos. In three of those States, the peo-
pie have likewise been infested with the
most worthless currency that ever existed
since the days Of the French assignats, and
years must .elapse before the debts due
by their citizens to the citizens OF other
States can be liquidated. Previous 70 the
commencement of the war upon the Curren-
cy, Mississippi possessed but one bank only,
and that was conducted with eminent ability.
Its capital was $3,OO0,O0O. In two or three
years time the nominal banking capital was
increased to $60.OOO,O00, and ruin and insol-
vency ensued. In Michigan and Alabama
the same causes have produced the same re-
suits. And such is Loco Focoism. Every !
thing it touches, it communicates. Wherever
its baleful influence is felt. all good institu-
lions wither and die. Unable to rise, except |
upon the ruins of commerce. credit, and eve
ry species of industry, it seeks to sink all |
classes of the community to its own low lev.
81. Where ignorance, vice, and inertnesS ex-
list, there it finds its most ardent worshippers.
Protesting to be actuated solely by a love for !
The people, as has been the fashion with dem.
agogues for the last three thousand years, its !
chief priests have wrought more evil to those
whom they call the "people," than any 9TH
er class. Their love for the "people" is of
the same nature as that which the wolf of |
Esop professed for the lamb, and they have
proved to be the most expensive lovers that |
/" the people" have ever been blessed with
But, thanks to the unbounded proAigacy of
the impostors, the People have at last discov-
cred that they were making love to their
money bags, and not to themselves. They
have therefore determined to try the benefit
of the "old school democracy" for few
years to enable them 10 pay their debts, send
their children to school,and make themselves
comfortable.-1roy Wing.
At a meeting held in Maysville, KY, Mr..
Samuel p. Armstrong responded to call,
and delighted the house in q sententious,
sprightly and spirited address. interspersed
with many gems of wit and humor, which
ELECTED frequent bursts of laughter and ap-
plause. He declared that he had been Lo-
cofoco-he had advocated Locofocoism, and
rejoiced in the success of Locotocoism. "But,
Mr. President" he observed, with great en-
phasis, it was in IGNORANCE was thus
chained to the party. When light burst up
on my mind, the shackles. sir, were torn off.
stand forth, redeemed, regenerated, and am
prepared to unite. with my whole heart, to
the battle cry of the Wings"
John Neal, in racy article written for the
New York Tattler, says:
Build boat to. morrow of Lucifer match.