The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1844-02-08
sRUMBLINGn IN ADVANCE.

Pa3tiSutai, WHiSi -, "itoSCihOf, aoout uS Sfi-
~ an attempt at selfglorfcation as ever
emanated iiom thai great light of locofoco-
ism. We should not, perhaps, allude TO il
but for the Post Script which the s.Oregon
Member"-as he is called in the House
has seen fit 10 append, in which he says he he's
sent S'a duplicate of this letter to the ''True
Americana and would do SO also TO the
Evansville Journal, Rockport Herald and
Corydon Gazette, did he feel assured they
would be disposed 10 insert so long COM
nunication fiom one whom they are in the
babitofcalng 'locofoco.' If they are so dis
posed and will give place TO a letie on sub
jeots certainly interesting TO majority OF
their readers, shall consider myself under
obligation 10 them for such fair deaIing."-
| UD the present lime we have been ex-
tremely cautious to acknowledge erery ia
vor secened from the Representative fioml
bs District, and have more than once so far
ltrauscended our rules as 10 insert extracts
iiom Washington City papers of his own
! marking-a favor seldom by us granted 10 a
Wing. We have done more we, have sent
him our paper, gratis, that he might see we
! had properly acknowledged his attention 10
US: and we must say this childish grumblng
in advance at the supposed injustice of the
Wing press, and the insnuation it conveys
of he unwillingness of Wing editors TO en-
| linghten their readers, is part and parcel of
the man.
i Owing TO The late hour at which our at
tenton was directed to Mr.. Ovens letter,
we have only time this week for the follow
ing extracts, which we insert as showing the
course be will be likely to pursue in regard
10 the prayer of his constituents for grant
of lands for the completion of the Canal to
the Ohio river; and we must say if he takes
T the course he marks out for himself in our
, opinion, the obtaining of either grant will be
D defeated. Should we be mistaken in this,
a and both the Canal and the Wabash obtain
!, the aid asked for, with the restrictions Mr..
D Owen feels disposed TO throw round the sale
ofthe lands, the object will still in great
measure be defeated. 1t is but fair and right
> ii The completion ofthe Canal enhances the
value of the lands that they should sell for
: that increase, and SO TO dispose of them would
: prevent what Mr.. Owen seems to feal
: would be the case, their monopoly by specu.
) lators-
Should our room permit, il i possih j
Il have received numerously signed Me.
: MORALS, which have been presented anu re-
d feFFed, asking for an appropriation of lands
! 10 be applied as some of The memosialsi.
4 ask to the completion of the Central Canal
and as Others demand, for the improvement
of the Wabash. This subject shall receive
, my most strict attention. TIE proper refer.
J, ence of the memorials is not, as some ma,
10 suppose, TO the Committee of which, some
:. whai unexpectedly, find myself Chairman
!. that of Roads and Canals; but, as it involve
" grant of Public Lands, to the Commute,
g on Public lands, TO which my colleague, Dr.
it Davis, pesides. A day or two ago, DR.. Davi
= submitted 10 the House resolution which
was Adopted and sent TO his Committee. di
y recling them to enquire into the expedienc
70 OF appFopriating the vacant lands in In
IT, Siawneeiown and Palestine districts, in lii
f. nois, and also those in the counties of Kno,
- aud Sullivan, to the improvement of the rirer
and OF apP'opriating the land in the Vincen
mes land district, with the exception of Kno
and Sullivan, (Vino has hardly spv v,can
" lads in that districi) to the completion of
r. Canal
h. 1If the committee on Public Lands de
: eide upon this compromise, shall conside
my duty TO support it, (unless lrecelye a
IS intlmatIon adverse 10 it from large humble
Iu- OF my constituency on tro conditions: frs
he mat IN thus appFopriating these vacar
iinds, the rights of the actual settlers upo
Hg fAens. presumption, &c, shall be secured
De aud secondly, that the lands thus appropr
res ated shall never be sold higher TO The farme
i, OF other first purchaser, than if they had re
manned Government lands; in other word
ne that they shall always remain subject to Ell
Try at Government prices. cannot consel
that the Improvements should be made at III
he expense otihose who may desire to purchas
our vacant lands, and open farms among u
One of the circumstances now acting tl
'"' most inurlousy TO The State of Illinois,
by the buying up of her land, in immense tract
,ei as in 1886 and 1887, by nonresident spe
nd alators, who now hold il al FIVE dollars a
acre, or higher; and thus either impose a
enormous tax on the settler, or retard a
yes settlement of the country.
we s.What the Government price will be.