Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1846-02-28

Pubic LANDs.-Mr Wentworth has intro
| duced into the House Of Representatives "a
bill to cede the public lands, within the limits
Of the new States, to the States in which they
lie. upoa certain conditions" We have,
| however, no doubt that the prepondera,ing in
Auence Of the older States will proven. this
matte, Of strict justice to the West till she is
| able and she soon will be-.o take matters
into her own hands, and mete out justice TO
herself. Upon the formation Of the present,
confederacy, the original thirteen States were
not required TO yield to the General Govern.
men. the public lands within their several Dor
ders-nei,her kentucky nor Tennessee were
forced 10 reibqnish the -puh!ic lands within
their borders, upon their entrance into the Tn.
ion-and i. would be no more than an act of
strict justice to allow those States which have
bcen formed. and have taken their place in
| the Union at later day, 10 retain the public
lands within their borders. We are at loss
to conceive how Iowa can be admitted into the
Union "upon an equal footing with the ori.
ginal States" while she is required to relin-
quish the public lands within her borders,
which the original States were allowed to re-.
tain. The quantity Of public lands now SUB.
jsc,so entry at sl,c per acre is 1890. 457
acres-and there are, in addition, los, O35, 345
acres TO which The Indian title has been ex.
,inguished bu. which are no, ia markell
| This does not include the unsold lands in
| Texas and Oregon, nor the vast tract 10 which
the Indian title has not been extinguished.
The quantity Of public lands above mentioned
| would yield, il sold at $l.25 per acre, the e.
normous sum OF abou. three hundred and three
millions Of dollars. TIT
PeNNsvLvANIA.--The Senate Of this State,
in which there is nominaAy democratic ma.
jorily-about such majority, we suppose. as
kept in miserable exis fence tho old Bank Of
the United States-has unanimously passed
resolution instruc.ng their Senators and Rep.
resen'atives in Congress to oppose any modi.
| fca,ion Of the present tariff. PENNSYLVANIA
democracy sometimes appears like tina. found
farther sou,h-is is too ap. to 60 for lts own
interests in opposition to the general good
'Fhis is neither democratic nor Just. True
democracy and strict jnstice advocate the
greatest good TO the creates. number." no,
the promotion of the interests Of few at the
! neglect Of those Of the many. Men, and
States, upon entering into confederacy for
mutual protection and advantage, should do
so with the express understanding tina. emer.
| gencies will continually arise in which the
advancement Of private interests is to be held
in subserviency to the promotion Of the gen.
eral welfare-and neither is tina, man good
member Of community, nor that State good
member Of confederacy, ,ha, refuses to act
upon this principle. Democratic institutions
can rest surely upon no other.
~ Wednesday Of last week was the day
assigned for the trial of Baxter, Birch. and
the Reddings. a. Rock Island, for the murder
of Col. Davenport. We hope these men may
! have something more than the mockerv az
trial-,hat they may neither be- tried in Rock
Island county, nor Tin q. lump" az were
Young and the Longs.
/ u VIM. Bebb, Of Butler county, Ohio, il
the W ,hig candidate for Governor Of that
State.
McK,sNrY, some,i. no since convicted Of the
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