The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1841-02-04


Ind.sns. ILLINOIS,. Alsbsma. Mississippi.
LaBisians. Arkansas. and Missou,i. Ia
he s.. Louis land disnies u Missouri. |
6,d that 90 the 30h june 1873. dee
rsmainsd Of he public lands unsold 2.
2l9.426 acres. These lands were repre-
senIed a. hasing been in market nnder
he Spanish government for farty yssIs.
and nhder this government Tor ten years.
Ii Was further rsprrsenird that they bad
been 30 .pieksd and eullrd' that there
did not umsin one qaarlsr seciRR nf
6fsI-tsle land. They ulerr salued 81 dr.
lsreni prices. but ihe great msss II ia
cents per SIRE. The toi.l sslne Mas e.
lims,ed al S333. 900. OF about ,he third
al million of dnllsrs.
Well. cir. sFsin. 0nihe 30th Sep,em-
Der, 1887. or about nine years lhereat,es,
he treasury had realized ell 900 from
these lands. sum exeeedine The estimated
value nj ihs shole Of lien by three
hundred and sesehiy.eigh. thousand dol-
lars. and leaving then onsaid 100000
acres. much az which, bu. how mucA
am unable 20 stale, has BEEN since sold
:, the government price.
i have selected The 81. Louis district,
simply because there We End great bulk
Of intelligence. aad might have expected
more corrcci Information from thai Than
almost any other district. ald YET from
ihal what startling difference between
the eslimsses and the facts. ] well re-
member how, nearly twenty years ago,
| these halls were invoked in favor Of =
graduation bill, and how solemnly nc
we're assured that The lands on which IL
was intended 10 operate never would
bring the minimum price. liwas argued
in reply. and thought with great appear
ance of roth. that. as the country should
come 10 be gradually ses.Ied. and lines Of
] communication should be opened by
I! iurnpikes and railroads, o. other facilities
afforded for The transportation 81 prncsre.
i he unsold lands would come by Jegrees
{ 10 be contiguous 10 infant settlements. and
. would then GO OF al The government price.
Ii dense population, every foot Of land
|, e. fnr cultivation, though pnor. which
!. ields any snrl Of timber. viii 90 OF q,
. that price. in many instances, IL Tor no
: other reason. than 10 hep Of 100 near
and inconyenient settlement.
1 In looking into The history ofour settle.
|. men,s. il will be found generally. II M.
b universally, ,rae. that. as The country
! oils with population, The inferior and
n refuse lands come 10 be priced. and 90
. 81. And 50. precisely In proportion ss
5 the population advances wesiwsrdly. and
fills each locality, IN The same proportion
Eff'uoes land once regarded refuse 90 of.
!. And SO ii will be 20 the end. excepting
8 Gully ,hose lands covered viii irreclaim-
J, able swamps, or some other obstacle oI
i, like difficulty.
e Such has heln ,he experience Of the
,e old states. In my own, in the portion
IA that | knaw best, lands thai had been
le much worn iifiy or eighty years ago.
,e turned out and recovered with a new
q growth, cannot be bought any where,
there, a. low as The government price.
IN Sir. the grasping propensi'ics 81 this
ID Anslo-Americsn race Al ours, with is
), Anglo.Ssxon blood. (said, I believe. ss.
v 10 be the creates, land robbers in the
c world. would give the government price,
}. az, and more, when the density Of p0pn-
Il la,ion threatened TOO near a proplnqui-
n ~ Of some disagreeable neighbor. A
10 laugh. p@ ~e
+. In Alabama, I find, from this tsblr, The
IN most singular aud extraordinary results.
h There the population has filed, and is
9. yeliilIng. In tie Cshswbs district near.
J. " all the lands have been sold Tor three.
b iour. and FIVE times the amount Of the
a estimated value by the land officers in
n 1928. And so il will be TO The end. To
n the base Of the Rocky Mountains, and
/. when you shall have scaled their lofty
summi,s. and passed to the western base,
n so il will continus to be, until The rest
e less energies Of our people shall be stayed
,fi by the broad Pacific. ! would invoke
:. the serious attention Of senators. more
d conversani with these subjects Than am.
to he marked contrast between the esti-
e mates in 1928 and The actual results as
| proved BY The sales, ] will ask their
!. attention to The sinsuisr accuracy win
= which the predictions Of Tie opponents
5 of grsdustion have been verified by the
o results. In Ohio they have been CON.
!. ple,ely tested and verified. 10 Indiana.
: not so iully: bat the experience is in
d rapid process Of Development. and all The
i indications argur similar results. In Mis-
D souri,. The experiment is in lis ini,ia,ivs
: process. but IS far as i, has gone i. gives
J Eihs most fa,tering promise Of results
. equally satisfactory. Aud so Of all the
Il rest. p
II There is another feature of the bill to
e which | feel 40 less objection; and which
( has been animsdverted on by the senator
i from Kentucky. near me. Mr.. Clsy.) l
Il think il presents strong objection TO the
u bill. The government once feltseverely
e The inconvenieness Of the credit System
o in reference TO tina sale OF our pnbl,c
4 lambs lis. evils will not saon he foruot@