New-York daily tribune., 1842-08-11
The Land Question.


The Portland argus will not yet understand
tha: a primary object of the Land Distributor Is
to save the Public Lands from spolsatton, and
from being aienated without equivalent, either to
RI, Union or the States It will state the fac,
that we objected to the vote of great portion OF
its party in Congress for Mr.. Calhouns PROPOSE
ton to cede The Lands TO the Near States to be
sold out 6ytAsm at the halves Gn effect, to give
them away; for States that will not pay their sol
ernly contracted debts would be very clear OF col
lecting some millions from their citizens to pay
over to the Federal Government;) and for Mr..
Benton's proposition, to graduate the price Of
all lands remaining aensold doacn 10 25 cents an
acre not 81 2j as the Argus untruly quoted
us and then gice the residue away altogether to
the States IN yhich they lie respectively. This
proposition was nearly carried three or four years
ago; we firmly believe something equivalent to 1t
will soon be, when Iowa, WiskonsaH and Florida
take their place in the Union, if the Land Distr-
button be given up. While that is sustained,
members from the Old States will not veto to di-
vest their own constituents of their just and equal
interest in the Proceeds of these Lands. he real
question to be decided by the fate of the Distri-
button Act is whether all the People of the Union
| shall be benefited by the Public Lands, or part
| only We stand for the rights and interests OF
the whole. and contemn the course of those who
stigmatise just appropriation of the Proceeds to
the use of all the States and People, while they
tacitly favor every project for giving them away
to part.
| The Argus descends to the usual Loco-Foco
argument against any Tariff, and in favor of Free
Trade (on one side) and Direct Taxation. When
ever the Argus S party is willing to make upan issue
| with us or that ground we shall be most happy to
meet it, and the sooner it comes the better we
shall b. suited. Meantime, we see no use in ex-
posing the utter unsoundness of the Argus's posi-
tions and the futility of its arguments, while that
party is bush-fghting and dodging from Incl
dental Protection to Revenue Tariff, and
from that to Free Trade and Direct Taxation. ;
| If it will take decided and unequiyocal stand
any where, we shall be ready to try conclusions
with it.-But is it possible that the Direct Tax
argument of the Argus IS from the pen of the re-
| sponsibe editor of that paper? We have greatly
mistaken him if we have not hitherto known him
| as friend of more than Incidental Protection.
From the Union of last e1ening.
NJ Greeley SAYS it is false about his taking breakfast in
company with the negroes in Barclay street Shall we
publish the names of the two gentlemen who eit Mr.
citizens OF Tongo Islands, black the ace OF SpadeS
We have their names
! 20 We ought not to notice this old villain again; ;
but as he virtually ubandons by his silence all his
1 other falschoods, we must pin him on this. Now,
Major Noah! your statement above is falsehocd.
We dare you to bring any responsible man
who will sustain your assertion by statement over
his own name No qubbling now, but attempt
to justify yourself, add another TO the thousand
instances in which you have stood before the pub
lie detected calumniator
0 The Plebeian of yesterday contains an arti-
Gle headed "Disgraccful Prescription which
charges Capt. Leech of the Fifth District Watch,
with turning :. an old gray-headed woman" out of
the Watch House, where she had gained liyeli-
hood by selling coffee and cakes to the Watch
men. We are authorized to state that this story
is an entire Sad slandeross fabrication The
woman quit the place of her own free will, and
another was then allowed to take it-not till then.
Yet the Tattler repeated this falsehoed last even
ing and Tray, Blanch and Sweetheart, will pro-
, badly take up the chorus this morning. Is not
this retailing of such garbage miserable business
for journals pretending to dignity and decency
Mr.. CA1HouN.-We meet almost every day in
some Of the Loco-Foco papers indications of a
preference with great portion of that party for
Mr. Calhoun as their Presidential Candidate
Paragraphs like the following from the Columbia
South Carelinian must be especially gratifying to
the Undertook chess.player:
:" An intelligent gentleman in Washington City
writes us: MIR. Calhoun is undoubtedly rising
in popularity here every day, and from all hear
from Virginia, have no doubt he is decidedly the
choice of that State. Another remarks: think
Mr.. Caihoun's prospects are improving every
day.
10 We have good report in various ways from
a Poem delivered at the late Commencement of
Rutgers College by BENJAMIN F. RoMA1NE of
Peughkecpsie. Can any one inform US if it is to
be published?
70 We are not greatly surprised at the extent
which our city is dsgraced by the flood of hor-
ribly obscene prints published in our midst, when
we find such euffs of them as the following in Mr..
Godwin's Morning Post:
!, THEPIcroR1AIWAeis is the name OF a sgittq sseek
ly which MIR. Nickols, tke c6le editor Of the Are
nG, proposes TO publish in a short time.
D The Wings of Columbia County, Pa, have
called meeting of all in the county friendly to
the nomination of HENRY CLAY for President
in 1914.
! 70 Cumberland County, in Pennsylvania, is
soon to hold great Clay meeting.