The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1845-12-18

us Nsh Gcfss ~ @Aslr tNAA - 49,
z1.0ss.69l arnTs fpT noFs than "a yezs;
ana l96.I.dssI srrss foE soss ihas kSs
year. k0rh - largest paEsi0n a these
lsa1s wl eo7gEne u be unsslesblsai ne
hlaimsn Pfics 81 skich lhsy are per
niiled - Be 80. % loal = aEgs iernlo-
Ti1s q lsa1s frs1 sAich Ia EaoN ralna-
bis psrlsaf Aase E1l assa salecle1 srs a..
ngsliy bE0sssI i.is M nzrksl by Va -
sernn-uL Va Ia tiss - ne ale -
seiilenrai 81 lhass inisEssr laads. rcon-
mead shsl he pssre "a rrAaaaasd and Re.
dneei ess0w ne prrszxs 2ini1an r.le
eOskning he saiss a &c rsdared prices =
sssleis and euiasssss.. n Lraiied suanli-
ties. n Esadaxisd ard Ssaorsd n psics
Cor hmissd ir-gn. - ens dollar Per sore,
and zfter ne szpirEsica 4 thai psrlOd 10
. seccnl and lkird sEn 20 lover rates,
. la.ss portion n lhe~e lads wcsld Be pus-
chased. and maay worthy eitisens. who
are uaahle % pap kizAsr 1sns. could par
chase homes iaF fAszselTss and their a.
miliss. By adopting he pslicy Of grada-
sEion aad reductions 81 Price. these inferior
lands will be sold for their real value.
while the SsaIes in whIrh hey lie will be
freed from the ineu.veaience. If not injas-
iice. 70 which they sse sablsriei. in con-
sci 60 Of tn United Ss!es sonliasing
Ia own large quantities Of public land
within der borders. not lishls 70 taxation
G. the supPOn q their lseal government.
recommend the continuance of The
policy Of granting PSe-emptions. in lbs
most hbersl exienl 10 al those who have
seIlled, orraay hereafter settle. on the pub.
lie lands, whether surveyed or unssFEey.
ed. 70 which the Indian nile may have
been exiting ishsd % The Tins Of seiGle.
ment. I, has been found By experience,
tlat in consequence Of combinations Of
purchasers AMI other causes, q very small
quantity Of the public lands, when cold at
public auction, commands higher price
than the minimum rate established By law.
The settlers on the public lands are. how
ever, bat rarely able 70 secure their homes
and Improvements al the public sales al
TIA; rate; because these combinations. by
means Of the capital they command, and
iEeir superior ability 70 purchase, render
il impossible for the settler to compete
with them in the market. By putting
down all competition. these combinations
Of capitalists AMI spectators arc usually
enabled 10 purchase the lands, including
the Improvements of the settlers, al the
minimum price Of the government, and
either turn then out o. their homes, or ex-
tort from hen, according 70 their ability
70 pay, double, or quadupls the amount.
paid for them 10 the government. Ills to
the enterprise and perseverance Of the har-
dy p.JneeTs d the West. who penetrate
Die wilderness with their families, suffer
the dangers, the pnva,ions and hardships
attending the ssslement Of a new country,
and prepare The way for the body Of emf.
grants, who. in the course Of few years,
usually follow Them, thu, we are, in great
degree, indebted Tor the rapid extension
and aggrandizene1i Of our country. -. -.
our population ais more patriotic than the
hardy and brave psen Of the frontier. or
more ready TO Obey the call Of their coun-
try, and 10 defend her rights and her no.
nor. whenever and BY whatever enemy as
sailed. They should be protected from
the grssping spsculascr, and secured, at the
minimum price Of che public lands, in the
humble homes which they have improved
BY their labor. With This end in view,
all vexstions or unnecessary restrictions
imposed upon them by the existing pre-.
emption lave, should be repealed or mo.
diied. Il i The true policy Of the govern.
meat 10 afford facilities 10 its citizens ia
become the owners Of small portions o.
our vasi public domain al low and mode
rate rates.
The present system OF managing the
mineral lands Of tie U. States, is believed
10 be radically detective. More than 4
million Of acres Of the public lands, sup
posed 70 cortaa Lad and other minerals
have been reserved from sale. and hume
rsus iesses upon them have been grantee
to individuals upon q stipulated rent Tn,
sysssm Of granting leases has proved to b.
not oaly unPmhtsbls 10 The government
but Unsatisfactory 10 TIE citizens who have
gone spon the lands, and must, If conlinu
ed, ley the ounciaavn u much future diff
Guilty seiwecn the government. and the les
sees. According TO the Official records
the am cunt Of renIs received by the 60
veranen, f,r ;ss years 1871, ls42, 1913
and 1915, was six thousand three hundred
and fi;y-tour doaass and seventy. foul
ceats. whiie TAG expenses of7he system
during tie ssxs period, including salsrie.
Of ssre;inieRieats, agea:s, CLERKS, and in.
cidsnsal expenses. ere twenty-sIx thous.
ana ere hsndged and eleven dollars and
sereH csnis--,he income being less thar
one.feaFih OF the expenses. 10 this pc
caniary mss may be aided the injury sus-
tanned BY the public IN consequence of the
destruction Of timber. and the careless and
wssicful masaer Of working the mines.
The syrc- has given rise TO mrci litiga-
ton Aetweea the Uailed States aud inai-
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