New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-07-10


the ex pensive preparations making by our Govern
nent forremoe and protrac'ed service, to commence
At far future day, forbid the expectation
Passage Of tho Land Graduation Bill through
the Sennte.
At length struggle of years draws TO close
and the Public Lands Of the United S,ates-,he no
bles, patrmopy ever held by any People, the safety
valve Of our depraved Social System and the hope
and reliance of the Future-are recklessly gembled
away for Presidential Votes The generations 'o
come after us are to be robbed of their priceless
bir,hright that the present may be debauched and
corrupted The Graduation bill has passed the Sen
ate of the United States by party VOTE and Its
ps,ssse through the House is doubtless already
contracted and paid for The following is The bill
n It passed the Senate:
src l. Be IL enacted &C. That all public lands which
sha have offered for sale ten years or more on the
drst day OF March eighteen hundred and fortysevrn
thereafter DO subject entry at one dollar per acre
p,,il the 6rs dsy OF March one eight hundred
and ftty all then remaining unsod sohil b. subject u
eurry seventy five cents acre until the h'st DAY OF
March one thousand eight hundred and MY three ana
ali then remaining uusod shall be subject 10 entry At NJ
~ gents per until the fret dsy oil Macn one tnous
and eight hundred eod fv.sx when they shal De 'uo
ioct 10 entry twenty tive cents per acs unt the rst
1sv M March one eight hundred aud hty nine
Src Ind be IL farther enacted. That all public lands
which after the r.t day OF March one thousand eight
hundred and forty shall have been offered ior sale
tan yesrs the fret day of March one thou
ssud eight hundred and hty shall then be- subject TO
graduation entry and cessou in like manner and at Ike
nsrods of three years and that all public lands which
mail have been offered for sale years or more at the
NEXT succerdiug period subsequent one sha De
subject In like to graduation. entry q hke ue
riods Of three years as they conaccutVey occur Ffo
pdsd That NO one person. under The provisions OF this
nat shall be authorized u purchase more than one sec
ton at the lowest rates Of fifty and cents
per aero.
Sxc g. And be IL farther enacted That upon every re-
6uotion 10 the prices said which sba take place
by the graduating process Of this act the occupant or
seers upon any the said lands shall have the right OF
redemption such graduated or reduced prices which
rshr shsl! extend period OF six months from aud
Altar the dates which the respective graousons shan
take place and any land not entered by the respective
occupants or settlers within that period shs be Hhe to
b eptered purchascd by auy oher person. until the
next graduation reduction 10 price shall take place
wnsn shall NOT previously pure ased be agaio sub
jeet the for six months aud 30 on
IRON time time said reduction shsil take place -
Prcutdsd That nothing In this act contained shall be
construed to interfere with any right which has accrued
or may accrue by virtue Of any act granting preemp
ton TO actual settlers upon the public lands.
SEc And be drther enacted That all acts and parts
Of sc.s provide exemption from the Imposition
Of taxes upon spd sod the United Sstes for five
from and after The day OF SALE be- and the here
by, repealed.
just consider whittier this bill tends: All the
Public Lands surveyed before 1887 are to be let
gradually down to twenty-five cents per acre in
1855 and at that price subjected unrestricted mo-
nopoly. All the Remaining Public Lands are TO
take the came course after brief period. AT the
end Of twenty years from the date of its survey and
exposure for sale, all the Public Lands hereafter to
DO surveyed as well all surveyed since 1887. are
70 be Ia the market at enty five cents per acre
Ofeourse very little besides choice locations will
hereafter be bought at her price. The squaIer
who holds by possession and pfeempIion will be
careful not 10 buy al ten shings per when The
price 10 TO come down two shilings every three
years to one 9Th Of the original sum- He will sim
ply bold on and trust 10 his rife and the rifles Of
hundreds of thousands In lihe condition to make
good his claim. The Public Lands as source OF
Revenue are substantially gone for ever.
But this we esteem OF little moment compared
with the immense field opened for monopoly and
speculation. The minimum price of the Public
Lands is henceforlh not shillings but two shil
Nngs per That is the price at which The grea
mass of them will be bought and sold. The shop
keeper or lawyer who has made ten thousand dol
lars by his traffic or practice may, few years hence
hny herewith Forty Thousand AereS of the now
Public Land of the United States and set up his he'll
In the business of renting out peddling out Gods
Garth to those whose necessities compel Them 10 buy
or hire it. The pretsnce of combining each buyer &c
asnye section 640 scres Is cheat Of the most pal
pahse kind. There is shadow of restriction or
one mans buying million acres if he chooses a
eeeoad'hand, so tina, he who wants Four hundre'
Thousand Acres has only 10 add few dollars TO hi
Hin sd AdaT Nd ~
Tom, Dick and Harry who will be proud and happ,
70 share In the farce Tor the price OF quart OF bis
1y each The next momen; they will turn roun'
md deed 10 him who paid ihe cash and siood treat
and no becomes the landlord OF County, iron
which Que Hundred Thousand Human Beings mus
ultimately derive their subsistence. Here is III
foundation laid for futare aris,ocracies on The
hand and degraded teaan,ses on the olher with Ant
Rent troubles, beggars, iders and thieves in abui
dance. The cunning and the srssping will loo
ahead and thrive; the multitude Will be content
live a. ever; and the second generation Will See h
capers,ruclure erected. This rascally preience {
limiting sales, when there is really no liuai, wha
ever stsmps the character OF the whole measure.
There Is but one hope left TIA, rests on the psi.
e,,ls of the FKxkpoN oY Tux LANDS In small lrac
fno, over go acres) TO Actual Settlers only. ese
having sum adequate TO The Cost OF survey, &c Il
The Rish, of Occupancy only, suhjecs to The right
Eminent Domain In The Whole People. OF oour'
inaienable excep, by the free consent oi the hode
land bis wife, if such there Be- and not aliensei
then e1cep, 10 one who possesses no other land
This sacred and salptary principle OF reseFvns u
yet unappropris,ed Soil tos the use OF those WI
shau need it. aud utterly iosbiddins its monopoi
by others, has hitherto been mos, important but Ii
passage Of the Graduation Bill renders It's sdopuc
Indispensable, we would not have our Soil curse
BY tho permanent division of those Interested In
ie.o Owners who reap the fruits without earnin.
and Cultiystors who produce bar may not enjoy
Before the price falls TO Fifty Gents a. acre th
priacipIe ola Free Soil for Free People mus, b
yiaaseassa and s'ssblishsd'