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

them, and | uoald cherish them 70 ne
exI-nl o. my sbililY. Vet, wiih whsi cen =
sisleney have we sern The gentlemen SET
= a held 20 Us Ihis lsngBagel Viii
thsy consent 70 . $500 liA.ii<'iohi No.
To 81 900 lsmilaiionf No. sir. They
invite 70 eompslitisn with them, NOT on
" ihe wealthy IL our own eenniry, but
The whole world. af every tongue and
cline. whether they conc 10 rags. or Fuf.
pie and 6ne linen.
And yet shey talk . iflhe billsere 80
pecialIy Car he poor. Who can believe ~
Or who does not believe and kaaw that
The bill i what one afiIs friends dsscrib-
ed il. (Mr. Anderson. the irs, step 10
cards a FINAL disposition Of The public
domain!
an moi. indeed. dispoard. ether %
q private indisidaal or q public man. 90
regard Tie public domain purely 10 .
financial view. The genera govern
ment holds these lands a. trust. They
should administer, orrsiher execute. this
Hus, repOsed in .hem. justly. bus With Y
bersliiy.
am not Tor restricting The sys:em 90
such rulrs ~ bud . master IN Chaneery.
! 1 would, if | enulJ. elevate myself 20 lhe
position Of stsiesmsn. would regard
The public Jomsin o. . trusi. IN which ali
Tie states have an equal interest while
| an just. 1 would be liberal; but. while
liberal. would be just. ! ak. what
right has this federal government 10 sd.
minister this Trust. but in such manner
lhs, il shall inure 10 the benefit OF all the
sis.esl Where do gentlemen find their
sulhofityi Nowhere.
To Judge rightly II this specific nles-
sure. we must consider il 10 connexIon
with The graduation bill. Aud who can
doub, that the two united will eui deeply
into The financial resources Of the eoun
luy!-,ha, they will deduct large sums
from the fscsl means Of this government
What is HE FIRST step in The practical on
Grafton Of this bill Ia the frs, place. 81
the lands likely TO bring price over The
: ,inimum established By law. will be seiz'
!. ca = forthwith. not only BY our own e..
Y iizens. hut BY the .sneeadoes and aliens
e of the Old world. Ana then what re-
D mains-whst gentlemen call The refuse
] lands ill be brought under The auc.
) lioneer's hammer on behalf Of the govern.
I. meni. Who will bid! No one. What
9 next These lands having been offered
8 and remsining unsold, the auction system
will be withdrawn from Them. and the,
y viii then be subjected 10 the Procrusteal
9 operation OF the eradication system. de
scenJing rapidly from OIL 10 90 cenfs. 2:
/. cents, and I2l cents, and ,hen an nncon
. Jiiional Surrender Of the residue 70 thl
: states respectively 10 which they he
J. The average amount of the auction sale
j under the present Administration does no
much exceed the minimum prjce. Bu
s LEI III The lands which in the FIRST plac
j, wonld sell al prices greatly exceeding n
IL minimum 90 y AZ the minimum; an
i then apply The graduating principle to N
= residue; is il not plain that the averae
income efrom auction sales would b
i greatly below the minimnm!
u On this subject my auen'ioa has bee
y recently drawn 10 very valuable al
4 Important paper. which discloses tlIi
system OF jelusios which has for man.
e years been played OF upon the publ
d mind; such systematic scheme Of DC
sep,ion and impo.iure as never eoul
d havh believed TO exist. had il not bee
c proved by official documents. ! refer
pfl als, has been constantly mid US 10 refer
q rnce 10 this principle or graduation. ] vi
: not deiain the Senate by going ihrouel
j. all The details, though they eminendy dc
e serve the most careful and attentive con
Il sidera,ion, and hope will have IL iron
: those mnre familiar with the subject thai
!. I am. and if gross delusion has beer
$ praciised, as | conceive, for years upo'
il The old states, | trust il will be correct
il ed.
q | find that. in pursuance OF resolution
n adopted by the Senate. the head oil ih
II land bureau caused returns 10 be made o
n all the public lands unsold, in the resPec
i tive states and territories, accompanies
with sucl, other Information as was deem
j. ed useful in forming a just estimate Of III,
e value Of this great national property.
Il find thai, on the 30,h Of June. 1898
!, there remained in Ohio 2.5S4,347 acre
!. Of public land unsold. The land officers
e es,im a,ed the value Of this mnre than wv,
II and half millions Of acres a, 5 TAT, l25
d or nesrly one million and ,hree-quartes'
Of dollars. These lands had been offsret
/. and in market from seven 10 twenty .eigh
|. wears but little less Than halt OF then
i had been in market twenty years and up
T. wards. They were represented as infe
II rior. and 10 effect sales the prices ought q
IL be graduated. Well. sir. on the 3Oth Sep
,fI ,ember. 1897. some nine years thereafter
!, upwards Of two millions of acres Of ,hess
n lands had been sold a. the minimum o
| 81 % per acre. realizing TO the treasury
4 q. 726 .599--exceeoing the estimates 0
e the officers. who ough,to have been wei
,r informed. by The sum Of Ss7s.473. o
e nearly one million Of dollars: there thel
- ..,.., :, ~ h,nN naarlv fec hnuflra.