The Yazoo City Whig. [volume] (Yazoo, Miss.) 1844-1851, 1845-12-26

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command, and their superior ability 70 puF.
chase render i impossible fof the seinerto
compete with them IN The market
By putting down oil competition, these
combinations Of capitalists and spectators
are usually enabled 70 purchase the lands,
Including The improvements Of the settlers,
al he minimum prices Of the government,
and either turn them cut Of their homes, or
exlort from them, according to their ability
70 pay, double or quadruple the amount paid
Cor them % The government. L u TO the
enterprise aud perseverance, Of tho hardy
pioneer Of the West, who penetrate the
wilderness with their families, suffer the
dangers, the privatiOns, and hardshlPs al
bending the settlement Of new country,
and prepare the pay for the body OF emil
grants who, in the course Of few years,
usually follow them, that we IRE, IN great
degree, indebted for the rapid extension and
aggrandisement Of our country.
Experience has proved that no pogiion
Of our population are more patriotic than
the hardy aud brave men Of the fronter,or
more ready to obey The call OF lheI, coun.
Try and TO defend her rights and her honor,
whenever and by whatever enemy asSalled.
They should be protected from the grasp.
ing speculalor, and secured, al the mills
mum price Of the public lands, in the hum
bic homes which they have improved by
their labor. With this end in view, al
vexa,ions OF unnecessary restrictions I'M.
Dosed upOn them BY the existing Pre~emP'
lion laws, should be repealed or modified
Il Is the true policy Of tn government TO
afford facilities 10 its citizens ~ become
the owners Of small portions Of our vast
pubhc domain al low and moderate rates.
The ptessnt S, stem Of managing the
mineral lands Of the United States Is be>
Geved 10 be radically defective. More
than a million Of acres Of tlse public lands,
supposrd 10 coEtain lead and other miner
ais. have been reserved from sale, and
numerous Leases upon them have been
granted 10 individuals upon stipulated
tent The system Of granting leases has
proved TO he not only Improbable TO the
government, but unsatisfactory to the CHI.
gems who have gone upon the lands, and
must, IL continued, lay the foundation Of
much future difficulty between the gov
eminent and the lesses. According to the
official records, the amount OF rents re-
ceiyed by the government for the years
1871, 1912, l643, and Is44 was S6,S54
"a. while the expenses Of the system dur
inc the game period, including salaries Of
sunerintendenis, agents, clerks, aud lnel>
dental expenses, were tweniy-srx thousand
one hundred and eleven dollars and eleven
cents. the income being less than one
fourth Of the expenses. To this PecuniaFy
loss may be added the injury sustained Dy
the public in consequence Of the destIuc-
tion Of Timber, andthe careless and waste
ful manner Of working the misses. Ih'
sv.tem has given Use 10 much litigation
botween the United States aud individual
citizens, plO1ucing irritation ana eGcHe
ment in the mineral region, and inVOislpl
the government IN heavy additional ex
nendituIes. IL is believed that simlla
iosspa and embarrassment will conilRu
10 occur, while the present 8! slen-oI teas
ingtbese lands remains unchanged. lhes
laods are now under the superintendent
and care of the War Department. VIII
the ordinary duties Of which they have a
-Droner or national coPnexlOn. ! recon
mend the repeal Of the present system,an
that these lands be placed under the SUI
erinlendence and management Of the OeI
eral Land Office, as other public land
and be brought into market and sold uPo
such terms as Congress ia their wisdO
NAV prescribe resrTving TO the gOvefnmeI
an equitable per cent. OF the-grOss amour
OF mineral Product, and tbatthe pre-enn
zion principle be extsndec 70 reside
miners and settlers upnu them, Al the mlt
mum price which may be established
Congress.
refer you to the accompanying reP'
,of The Secretary Of Nar, to- ltoTmaII
resbecting the present situation Of
army. and its operations DUNG me 2
wear: the state Of our deiences; the c.
dition Of lhe public works; AID our re
lions with the various lndlan tribes wit
our limits or upon our borders. inV
YOUR attention TO the question contaiI
IN that report, in relation 10 these PEOn
ent objects OF national interest.
When orders were given during the ?
summer for concentrating military 70
on chs western frontier Of Texas,
troops we're widely dispersed, and ~ 81
deiachmenis, occupying posts remote =
each older. The prompt and expsditE
manner in which an army, embracing q
than half our peace esiablishmenis
drawn together on an emergency 20 8
den, rejects great credit on the ofic
a. we'll az uPol. the discipline 81 the q
ITSELF
40 10 ia strength 70 protect and del
the people N Pexas, n The event Me-
should commence hostiliiies, q invade
territories with 4 large army, which
threatened; { authorized ihe General
siQned 70 de command 81 the army q
cupaiion ~ maxi ferrsilion ioF addlii
forces from seyeis' 81 he States ne'
ihe Texan territory, aod which could ~.