The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1841-02-11


WIN any man, who can get his .eud on a
credit Of one or two years, buy It Cor cash
especially when be can dispose of his cash
at rate Of IS per cent. interest, as prevail.
ed IN Illinois and some other new States
This Is a grave feature 10 this new ex.
pertinent, and deserves the serious conside.
ration of the Senate. To what will such
system lead Have we no experience Oh
this subject When you have parted with
your land from year 10 year thus on credit,
you will at length have accumulated mass
OF debtors, on whose behalf petition AFTER
petition will be presented here, and their
inability TO pay will be most palhetically
set forth, till at last your compassion will be
moved, and you vii forgive these poor
debtors the entire amount of their debt, and
consent TO take remuneration ior their land
IN some other form Of advantage to the pub
lie service.
II is not correct, though i, has been said
and repeated by some gentlemen here, that
The sole difference Effected by the pre- emp
ton law IN the price you receive for the
public lands Is some two or three cents per
acre. First, there is the difference Of SIX
cents which The President states; and how
IS this made out? The public land is sold
either at auction or by private sale [; but ow.
ing 10 coercion, TO violence, 10 combiDa
iIcns, aud the open contempt Of the law, IA
state of things which has grown with the
multiplication OF pre- emptiou laws, the pro
ceeds OF the auction sales are now much
less than formerly. cannot believe with
the Senator from Missouri, Mr.. Linn, that
The people Of the United States are neon
peteni to protect their own property. | be-
lleye that II cun be done. by steady, firm,
and upright administration OF the Govern
ment believe that the people Of The Uni.
ted States are capable OF protecting their
rights against all who assail them, whether
from within or from without. Assuredly,
II the Government cannot protect what is
is own, ii must be incompetent TO protect
Us aud ours. But, ask, how is the six
cents excess Of sales over the minimum
price, referred TO By the President, made
upi Il IS got BY running an average over
the total amount OF sales, both by auction
and by private entry. Now, the amour,
sold al auction is not Que fourth, no, be
.ieve, not one tenth part Of the whole. The
Secretary takes The auction sales, where
The lands brought from IS to $50 an acre,
aud spreads that amount Of excess over The
remaining zine teuihs Of the total arLouni
sold BY private entry and then lie makes
an average aud draws the inererfe that
the whole gain 10 selling the pubic lands
IL the established customary method over
what they bring under the pre- eruption laws,
amounts to SIX cen.s an acre. Is this fair
But even tbs amount ii SIX cents, under a
proper administration cf the system, would
cover the whole expense Of survey and sale
But Is hat ali Iou are 10 add Two years
interest on tie rfnlmum price, which, on
credit OF tao yHfs, amounts 10 fifteen cents.
II one years crHdit alone is given, It will
be seven AM half cents, which, added to
SIX cents, f.akes thirteen ard a half cents
90 every aero Of the public domain, which
would " gained BY the continuance Of tie
old system.
But more. This bill amounts 10 ytr
igaI repeal Of the auction system. That
system apples only 10 new lands recently
brough, into market. But Of what avail
IS an auction If YOU proclaim TO the whole
world that they may get the land at the
LinImum price, If they viii only come and
settle on II, aud that before survey The
entire existing system IS superseded by the
introduction Of this wooden horse" wth
all the means Of injury with which it is
lraught.
have now described, Lu, not With ell
that force IN which the circumstances Of the
case would warrant me, the difference be
tween the old and long established land sys
lem Of this country and the new aud fearful
experiment now proposed. You mus; have
seen that the change Is thorough and radical.
Now put i! to the Administration Senators
10 this body-to their candor-lo their pat
rotlsm--to their sense oflustice-is Il right,
On the close oil the administration of dis.
missed Ministry, to Introduce new aud to
tally different policy 10 regard 10 one Of the
greatest interests ofthe country lsuright,
IS IT far, that the policy Of the existing Sd
mnis,ration 70" passing out Of power, shall
DO made to lap over on the new Admnlsira.
ton, without consulting them or paying the
east regard 10 their j9dgrneui in the mat.
teri The progress Of the administration Of
the American Government has developed u
the practical operation Of our system a new
feature, and one Of the most profound impor
lance. 4 different political phenomenon
takes place here from any thing which exists
10 Europe. H. European constitutions Go
ernmeuts, when Ministry IS dismissed or
goes out ot office, The King or the Queen,
as the case may be, yields to the change of
sentiment, and comes round with the nation.
But here, an Administration may be dismiss
"a and still remain four months in Poirer.
What, in such a case, is II their duty 10 do ?
| will tell gentlemen What would do IN the
like circumstances. would institute no
new measures Of policy. would simply
keep the political machine in motion. |
would grease the wheels and repair and pre-.