Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1845-11-11

were confirmed during the same year by The
Secretary of the Treasury, but question
was raised by the Commissioner of,he Cen
eral land office as TO the right Of the terrific
nv to the selections made in the Mineral
Point land district, inasmuch as some of the
lands selected in that district were among
those reserved by act of Congress as mine
raj lands. Five years have elapsed since
the selections were made in the Mineral
Poin, lnd district, and it is a curious fact
tina: nc puplc functlonary or any other man
in the territory, yet knows whether the Sec
rotary of the Treasury ever has, or ever will
confirm the selections. The locate n of all
these lands at the earliest possible period,
was matter OF great pccnniary importance
TO the territory; Michigan located her Uni
yersity lands at an early period. consequent
~ the very last selections re..made, and
the safe has been enabled TO dispose Of
some OF them from SIS, to $40, per acre.
1t is matter Of regret TO the friends OF ed
ucation, that the selections of University
lands which have beeD m'de and confirmed
in this territory, are not yet Of much more
value than ord nary government lands: a
few ceres in the vicinity Of lake Wlncoago
were advantageously located, the rcmallder
hare increased but little in value during the
last five years. Last winter the legislature
provided for the selection of 1888 acres,
being the residue Of The 46 ,OsO acres grant
ed by Congress; should however the 10000
acres situated in the Mineral Point land dis
trict, not be confirmed, (,hey doubtless will
not) then there will be tina: number Of acres
vet 10 be selected at some future time.
have been the more particular to mention
the facts in relation to these lands, TO show
The inc efficiency of our territorial govern
ment as it regards the int, rests of ed
ucation; this inefficiency and Indifference
has doubtless grown out of the prevailing
notion, that while territory our interests
are provided 70: by the general government
aud that we can do but little effcctually and
of permanent character for ourselves -
Far better would it be for the people of Wis
cousin, to be severed in their territorial re-
lations from the general government, and
be thrown on their own resources; they
would then husband their means, look we'll
after every resource, and pursue their true
interests with energy of action.
/, has been repeatedly urged by the OPP
posers of state government, that Wisconsin
will be less likely to obtain pecuniary benefit
from Congress in the form of appropriations
undera state government, them under ter
rtorial government. The means and the
ability which Wisconsin would possess I'M
der state government, TO procure pecunl-
airy beneftstfrom the general government,
| shall speak of bereafter:-Suffice 1t for the
present TO say, that the action of Congress
towards all the new states in the matter of
appropriations, may be regarded as a guar
artee Of what we may confidently expect
will be dono for us. Congress in no ms ance
definitely pledged itself to any of the terri
tories to give them more than about $50 900
acres Of land, (school sections of course not
included) on their coming into the Union /;
bu,Congress has subsequent to their becom-
ing independent states, granted many of
them more than three times that number Of
acres.
The grants made to the new states in
lands and otherwise, since the formation of
their several state governme nts are estima-