Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-01-06
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THE PUBLIC LANDS.
This seems To be the Standing '"p' :" we ''n'an,'
land Is probably The subject hot has 'rh 'ttc'" WIN
which 10 huiaur the people ~ III coming canp7'gn
Hn Il ms LOST lis novelty Is The uhlc Lands have hec,
used a. raa bloody Tor eiec''oneeI'ns
purposes, ;wo or ihrec OCCASIONS uFtes"ose' Anu
nothing can al ord greater eyidrnc" :" Tue contempt OF
lie iuo, who control the ola ana dee''". gan :" =
der .sa, fg the popu!a. intelligence iian iher attempt
IN rni line n,opl IN renqid L. The distribution scheme
Week after week the public are g'ayeiy 'n"fmeG, now
mnch money Connecticut Viii receive AS h'r iat "i lh'
spolls from The public lands. lhe corrupt lhhlo' VINO
think OF no other mode Of influencing The ninas Of The
c,ors but bv an appeal their pockets, really seeGl
"a sun,ns. that they are 50 stupid as 10 brrrr that
The ueople can BE- benefited By the H""enmen' dts-
,ruuli.. money among them II = proposition 50
plain tint child l." years o!d can Understand H.,
that il can max. 10 difference whether three millions
Of fryenuc derived from The lands or ttc customs =
distributed among the States, III either case, the
amount be made NJ ~ aGoliiohai taxes III some
form It's simply taking three inons Z" revenue and
dividing It among TIE States, and consequently there
mus, he three millions more revenue raised than would
h. 70 cu,rad II ma distribution made The very idpa
Of Governments distributing money among the people
i. pefG.c,Iy ridiculous What funds resources has
The Government, Has II any but what are derived from
the oeopl. by taxation in form: In the L. States
and in some of the nations Of Europe, there are public
lands or Crown lands that produce a small revenue,
wh,c: far goes, seems /" diminish the amount
If taxes Bat IN other country except ours, IS the
revenue from THIS source, Of sufficient amount 10 have
any sensible effect III diminishing taxation. law 10
d,sr,iu,. a part III revenue th,- country or any
other il 10 all nieas aud purposes law 10 increase
tayaiion and impose additional burdens on the people
And 50 perfectly absurd, such measure, That the
history o. The world affords example at lie KIND
before he Of the extra session. the dcpose act
of So VA, only temporary measure, 10 get rid OF
temporary surplus IT was not permanent Law, and
did not involve the absnrdy Of distributing revenue,
which was Ia be replaced 10y Ire 81 taN's.
But to eve some p!ausib!ity 10 ths prepostcrnns
scheme the Cou.ant says that the lands will be seized
upon by the States in winch they lie, and that the other
States will derive beneIis from them tmght with
much truth and reason be asserted, that The Gus
toms viii be seized hy the States in which they accrue,
as the right of the L. 5 to the customs. stronger
than To the land revenue. Ii rests tie Constitution
in both Nor IS the power 81 the I. ) more
complete over the customs than the revenue from
the lands. Are the States IL turn pubic robbers -
II So what security have we for any o' The pnH,lc pro-
psriy: They have the same nigh, ana the power
10 ssze upon armores, nrscnas a9d navy yards
But how the States possess themselves "i the
public dnmln within tier limits. The l. ) has
its officers 10 survey and sell t lands and 10 re-
ceiye the pay for them VIII The States declare hy
IA That title be obtained from the |. :, and
aunor1 SUITS oi eXactments their oan courts aains'
the purchasers; liany State should he insane enough
10 attempt this the question would b. immediately re-
moved the Supreme Cou- Of the T. ), where the L.
lie derived from the Federal Government, would Re
recognized aud established.
Or is i meant that The Western States, wall soon be.
come 50 po?nlous 10 be able IL carry law through
Congress, ceding the lands 10 S;a,es which they lie
This can occur. Ba, suppose II could Cannot
the same majority repeal tic law and then cedc the
lands or DISPOSE ,hcm they iii aud would not
thls aw which takes the awaits Of the lands entirely
from the States, where the money collected ~ divide
among the other States lie the strongest possible IN
ducenen, i,r them to a;,ep, appropriate The lands
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