The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1843-08-15
From The Nep York Amer;,.,.,7
THE PUBLIC LAMBS

. -, W 'if' Dayton, ono
the Senators from New Jersey lor - oue
OF The Secretary Of the Treasury ~
forth, IN obedience To call Of ibo 'C .
tor, the quantities, surveys, acon,. I'l
sales and reservations of the Public T ,',l
Some extracts follow ''-
Estimated quantity Of land yet 10 /. ,.,l
stale aud Territory, including = g
territory TO the East aud West ar n u,se-
Mountains, south Cf latitude 40 as,,'. "V,
l.0sj.0Gi gqS
D'0"'' ''1'' ''''ohsi h52G,7ig
Leaving Lore 52sla,
Value at 81 25 per acre Sl,s4s. G797,-.S
OF the above quantity the Indian Tia,
guished to 367 qi9 ~, . 'l'l
I uneXitnguished. .lGlI- eS s-i.
Surveyed, o79eica.
] unsurycyed, su liscS@
OF the Public Lands, there hayo ,l,.,l
sold, down 10 Sept 30, ls32. Ia, ~
acres, bringing sl7e S,, 1s,,,'l
Money paid iorexiinguishngI
dian Title, Florida aud I.oui.i.
ana purchase, including inter.
est. sGs, 52l $50 q
Paid for surveying
and selling. in.
Gliding pay Of
salaries s fees. 9.9ce.Gl9 ll-5s49lml Il
Balance, being the net funds defig
ed from the public lands, sqatta,,
Ia addition 10 lands sold, there have be., I
ed 10 The new States. for purposes ~ WY,
improvement education, &c, rrsDts a.,
tary SERVICES reservations made and .,t.
the benefit Of Indians, sc 80. 75C. So sr,..
or the Public Lands, firginia. New Yo,,
Massachusetts, and
Connecticut eeded 5eg'sls lo.4
Georgia coded sssa-ss,
North 4 South Carolina ecded a64JlOJg
Purchased Of France & Spain 9-7. ssa.3yl
Total 9s2,7s3.e73
This report also contains The der,
eesslon from the several States. ever, n.
OF which expressly provides tha, tle n.
sion IS made for the common use and
elf, ofihe several States. We opo,e r \.
The deed Of Virginia Us an example:
" Iha, oil tho lands within the ,rr,..,
so eedcd, &c. shall be considered as q ..a
mon innd for the use aud benefit O.! s
the L. States as hive become. Or sbs
come, members Of the confrdeanr.
fedora alliance Of the L. Sla,cs. Nh
inclusive, according TO their usua. fr,.,
lave proportions 10 the genera, ehslgg 4.
and shnli be ianLiu.N 1.
bon1tde disposed OF for that pufposs. d
or no other use or purpose vhaleg
Also from the eession Of MASSACRE
Whereas, several OF the States
Union have at present 10 uttered I'd
great aud extensive tract IL uucuItg
country lying IN the westerly panoiH
States, and II may be reasonable
he States above mentioned, shou
Interested in the aforesaid couglg 7
.nac,cd, &c
Tbs document IS hn important osf
h0wrng tho common sirtts 9fihe .ala
IA! Staics--ihe immensely IS ihe.fcomu
lomaln-and the fact thai laey arr 30
hing indebted 10 he Genera. Goyeraas,
OF ~ guardianship of the common pr.
fty Of the States. Heretofore, b.,
cen said that tic lands had 81, paid
TIC expense incurred IN surv.y ,ae arl
nv, &c.--thai tho owners slhc State.
ere 40 fact, deeply lndc bied u tie lca n
nj f.nNnwVvs.saF.f
= an insupcrah'c argument against ae
lsllce Of directing the land fluid from .s
aiional treasury. Bar il = 10 longer ID
lperable. The fact, Is demonstrated that
sc Government Is Ha'ccj debtor u ls-
tates vas, amount Lat, 10 other words
be sales Of the lands have exceeded rl
cnses by sum exceeding % millions
oilars.
u IS part Of the present creed q Iae
that these lands ought not 10 10
I'D Tor the bcacii OF the Siaics-lhepr
reds to be divided equally among them
blu, that they should he reserved as
rca, fund ior the general expenditure.
The conclusive answer, IN our judgment
j this argument IS, that unless now, vhla
&c power IS vet with the old States TO OBJ
IN their just share 10 this sast and pre-
Gus domain, the distribution lav he re-
we'd soon, the ncw States, within whill
much OF these lands Is situated, eiIl q
Ielr Fapid growth, ouinumbcr The
les and then, inStcld of sharing ,qa''.
s, these new States may take the Whole
J lying within their territorial limits
Meantime, they would be used by every
as capital 10 build up h's o""
,liiical fortunes.
" Now or never IL The motto loT Ii'
d States,
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