The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1847-05-28
Thc Cincinnati Enquirer--The Cam
aIE.nnds-The nrcsenf law.

In "ihe Cincinnati Enquirer" Of the 20ih,
we notice some remarks prsfacing the publi-
cation Of the act passed at the late session
ofthe General Assembly in relatisnsto the
Canal Lands. These exhibit al disposition
to fnd fault with the author knew not ex-
actly what, as we'll as the most profound ig-
norance Of the subject, Of which he attempts
to treat. 1.-THE author rscelleeis Alright more
than one half the these lands are held at
the minimum price Of $l,25 per acre. The
author happens not to recollectright. There
are neither maximums nor mnimums known
TO the prices Of the canal lands; and the au-
thor (whom We may presume TO be the ex-
Auditor ofState) ought TO have known SO or
else said nothing about il, and thus saved the
exposure Of bis ignorance on the subject
Two classes Of these lands are, or were pri-
or 10 the passage Of the present law held a,
their appraised value. The other class was
and still is hold at one dollar aud twenty-five
cents an acre. The whole amount Of land
is approaching to three hundred thousand
acres, while oftho l,25 lands there are not
to exceed 5000 acres and they are no, re-
duceda farthing in p rice, and were not no.
ticed by the act because their quantity was
SO insignificant as TO be unwodhy Of notice,
and because their price was thought to bo
somewhat reasonable. II the author had
saidaha,reae hundrsdM par. Of these lands
were held al $l,25 per acre, and that they
were moi reduced he would have bsen in the
neighhorhood of the truth.
This writer says that more than one half
these lands are reduced TO eighty-thres cents
per acre. This we have already shown 10 be
false. But ho says again that they are worth
twic that amount. This any sensible man
who ever saw the lands lying adjacent TO the
Miami Extension, and Wabash and Erie Ca
nal, knows to be equally false. And the ex-
Auditor Of State should have known il from
the simple fact that the whole amount Of the
sales Of these lands will not average per year,
for the last four years, ten thousand dollars.
The lands belonging TO the State will hardly
sell for one dollar and sixty-six cents per
acre, while the General iGovernmont holds
hers In tho same vicinity at $1,25, and
cannot sell Them at that. a.,.-. ~.
The Enquirer thinks the limitation 10 ac-
tual settlers "sxccedingly lame," yet admits
that ii could not bo beitered except by
total forfeiture. Now the fact is that not
one Of thousand of the hardy pioneers who
buy these lands and settle down in the wild
erness ofthe north west would commit pur-
jury for the value Of the lands purchased, and
the Inducements of speculators cannot cor
rupi them, for there are now more than hun
dred thousand acres Of land held by specula.
tors in this region, which can be bought at o
price much lower in many instances than
those Of The State can be had under the
present law.
But the Enquirer appears 10 think that
these lands should not be sold 30 low be-
cause the State is disposing Of them TO pay
her domestic debt. This is the argument Of
the article we suppose. The Slate should
not dispose of her lands at a reasonable
price, because by so doing she redsems her
domestic bonds! Ifthe ex-Auditor ofState
had had tho sagaeity and boldness, while be
was managing the finances Of the State, TO
urge the reduction ofthese lands to a reas-
enable and selling price, these domestic
bonds would never have been hawked about
at fifty and sixty cents on the dollar, as was
the case. . ge tI.,
I We have leng known that the fsderalists Of
the Miami Valley were disposed TO cripple
BY every possible means the growth and pros
periiy Of North Western Ohio, and refer
ence to the journals of the late House Of
Representatives will show that that the ten
men who voted against the present law were
| ah teuefaists, aaa Hoaily al Hoh 'p"t AZ"
calty. But we hardly expected to find so
wiling an ally of their narrow and ungener-
Gus policy in one Of the leading democratic
papers of the State. b.
The New Post Office Arrangements.
| We learn that Charlee is now made the end
of the route hitherto from Sidney TO Defiance.