Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1841-09-07

Ire WAY 1T Is MADE.-rhe federal wings hay
ing asserted that the nation was in debt when the,
came into power, find themselves put to their trump
90 to make Il appear This they wish to q
Tor double purpose to make their dupes believe
they told the truth and to have pre;ext for run
ning the country still further into debt. Those il
Congress act upon the same principle as those who
have controlled the affairs Of this State. They vii
do every thing having tendency to build them.
selves up private fortunes; and when they have rur
the country, as the latter have the State so far il
debt they VII. take the ground Of some of the VIII
papers in this state and saw let the locos have the
power and lie; them have the responsibility of az
tempting to get rid Of our embarrassments. Some
cunning in this: for they suppose that, having pu,
1t beyond the power of the democrats to relieve the
people without calling somewhat heartily upon their
means, they Will become disguised, and reins,ate
in power those who first caused the difficulty In
this we trust they vii. be mistaken for do not
believe the people to be so ignorant as not TO be
able to comprehend the Of their embarrass-
ments " hen fairy laid before them
As an explanation Of one mean Of making it ap-
pear that debt was left by the late administration.
we note the following: report of the Secretary
of the Treasury read in the Senate, showing the
amount Of public lands brought into market this
spring compared with that brought into market dur
ing the same period in previous years. From this
it appeared according to the Globe 'that there was
now surveyed and prepared for Market S,i69 .J67
acres, and that only 81 800 had been offered
for sale since the fourth of March last and that in
the four previous years during the months of March
April, May, June, July and August, about &c, 0OO
Geo Of acres had been advertised to wit: In $40
the quantity OF 6, l4l9s3 acres in 1899 the guam
Try Of 9,7395l2 acres: in 1883, the quantity Of
10. 1878 acres; in 1887, (the year of the bank
suspensions tie quantity Of l33,lsG acres
M. Benton proceeded to comment upon the sin
guar fac, revealed by these statements He said,
they confirmed what he had long suspected, that
the public lands were purposely withheld from mar
ket to create deficiency in the revenue, and JUS
tiy the loans and tariffs which the wing party are
proposing. During Mr.. Van Buren's administra-
ton, the average amount of lands offered for sale
from March TO August, was about nine millions of
acres; including the year 1881, the year of an
iyersal bank suspensions. When the sales d.
mnshed exclusive of that year. the amount ad-
verised for three years, was an average OF twelve
millions Of acres; now the quantity offered during
the same period is only about a half million of
acres About ght and half million of acres are
now ready for sale, bat are withheld from sale.
while the wings are taxing or borrowing. and send
ing in Treasury Reports to prove the Treasury emp
lty!
Now fthe large amount Of lands thus kept ont OF
market had been advertised and sold as usual iudg-
NC from the past it would have put by tins time
about four mil IONS O. dollars in the treasury. These
lands would have BEEN taken by those who wanted
them aad who had tie money to pay for them; and
Of course the necessity Of tax Of - per cent. up
on coffee, tea, Iaolasses, salt &c. you'd have been
unnecessary. But the wings lcra this tar also.
Hence they must make it appear that it is necessa-
ry to tax those articles; and when that IS rus
ed, and the money to be raised by the other bills in
their hands creating national debt Of some fifteen
mions then Will the lands be brought into market
and sold to Increase Their OF retaining them
selves in power, by forcing the people to support
them there til their ambition and avarice is salts
fed. Then Will far come. The people, ground
to the earth, VIII ask why these things The
reply wi be- as in this state if you are dissatisfied
by democratic reicrs; knowing that it VIII take
years and heavy expense to bring back country
to It's original economical purity.
The wings say the country is in debt What is
their remedy To run slilldeeper in debt They
have SHUT out the means paying the debt which they
aegc to rx,st, by distributing the means used to
pay 1t, and shutting the door to the reception of the
most libe al source of revenue and then they ere
ate heavier dctt to pay the lesser. How long will
the people be triAed with in this manner! How
long VIII those claiming to possess common under
standing, lie iooled-be led away by such demago-
guism
TEE Observation-Disclosures CRow.-Eour Of the
Chapmans have been elected to the Indiana Legis-
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