The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1843-04-06

he Psymeai az ne aatioah deht. hare
esainbaied more = eaasaminase an cor
rnpl the agents an1 officers of Iosern.
menl than al other canses combined.
They are hid up % the highesl bidder IN
The political makes 70 influence iaAividn-
als, ard . bay mp STATES in fhr Prrsiden-
IA eleeiion- They are pahlie Stakes On
The Congressional table. llai shrewd spe-
eulaios sai Polieal gamblers PLAY cor.
Ia Thai way pablic property Is sacrificed
and eonseried 20 party purposes. Hence
all hose Eha scnfiie and scramble lor the
leaves and fishes. and who look 10 The
pablo eri5 foT support. make war upon
this great Conservative measure. The god
of their idolairy is.ihe federal treasury.
The polillelans who are most interested
in preventing dislribalinn. object. and en-
deav.r 70 persuade The people The tariff
Will be incre>sed, IL The land money isdi
vided aud given "a The states. Objections
are oflen made. when the true reasons Cor
them arr carefully concealed. Yes, the
bait j. oflen presented. when The hook
Is carefully cOneealed.
Some Of Ihose Win oppose distribution
have proposed in congres 10 cede and
give away 10 the new states all the public
lands in their respective limits: and that
those states should stipnlale and pay into
The treasury Of the United States FOR the
other half Of the value OF that land BY Ger
tain inslalments. That's high move
for any one who is in favor Of IOr taxes.
That would be high per cent. for this
governmentiog give one half offs resonr
ces. or taxes 10 collect the other half. if
payments were made according TO con-
tract; bni when themnnsy promised fell
due, The new states might with great faci-
lity nHiify,oE repudiafe; and then the
land and money too wonld be sacrificed
and lost 10 the government and the peo-
pie. Ifitbe right and just TO give away
One-haJ OF all The public lands to the
new states. it surely cannot be wrong To
give North Carolina the one fpenfy s;rfh
part Of the value OF that land. Party po-
licy may decide Otherwise but justice
is in favor Of equal rights. ..-
The party that objected to distribution
have again and again voted and appropii-
ated hundreds and thousands OF acres Of
the public land TO the new etaies: TO
make roads and canals. 10 erect court
houses, and other public buildings; TO
individuals and to corporations to com
mon schools and colleges. But few
years since they appropriated and gaze
lcay four hundred thousand acres Of
The public land 10 the state Of .9labamG.
with having the terror of the tariff before
their eyes. They have frequently made
similar gifts 10 other new states. When
a virgin state is wooed in such an in
ieresting manner, she is very apt 10
own the tender passion, and 90 over in.
10 the arms Of her bsuniiful benefactor.
Well, ifcongress had power, and il was
just TO give 70 Alabama four hundred
thousand acres Of the public land. | do
not see why they nigh. NOT give North
Carolina an equal number ofacres, or the
value thereof in money. Why make
flesh Of one and FISH Of another! Why
take money out Of the treasury and gire
it TO Alabama, and then tax the people
Of Norh Carolina TO make it up! Such
men can swallow camel, and then choke
at gnat.
To talk about reform, retrenchmeni,
economy, and correcting abuses in pub
lie affairs. while those who administer the
government have the money and the
means TO indulge in was,efuf and profit
gate extravaganza. is abont as reasonable
as 10 attempt 10 extingsish hot fire by
piling on i, dry wood. Powc. grows on
what i, feeds. Infs23. gbefore the land
money wen. to pay the annual expenses
of government the contingent expenses
of Congress were only fifty thousand dol
lars; and IN 1910. (after the land fund
went TO pay the annual expenses of GO
vernmenis the contingent expenses Of
Congress amounted TO The enormous sum
ofiwo hundred and sesenty-six thousand
dollars.
Similar outrages can be adduced in 9th
er branches Of the public service to show
the rapid increase ofexpendiiures sustain
ed and nourished BY redundant resources.
used and wanionly wasted BY the general |
government. Such outrageous abuses |
can only be corrected by limiting the
means and cutting of part Of The sup
plies.
advocate distribution, because il gives
North Carolina equal advantages with
other states; because it will compel the |
administrators Of the general government
To keep strictly within the line of duty,
and make known every measure which
is passed in Congress; because it will
hold the representative directly response
bic and accountable TO his constituents;
and because that Just policy will lessen
the taxes Of the people. strengthen the
state governments. and purify the general
government.
1.-THE land fund was in time of peare
distributed among all the states for the
use and benefit Of the people. 10 educate
door children. IN make Uaed roads, IN