The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1848-02-08

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ny The people ioi special purpose ana iol-
eign to the subject matter involved ~ ms
issue. BY going h'ckfo o"'uue p''nc'p'es'
we go back to the road of peace ana saie'y;
Leave to the the people, who will be elected
by this question, 10 adjust apon Their own
responsibility, and 10 then own mmner, anu
we shall render another irlbunc 10 'hn o'ig,
nal principles oi our governments, ANA tutn's',
another guaranty 'iofl i's perna'iseAco1f f"s
prosperity; ;ruJs-9 c.,
aIn, dear s'r, respectfully
your oDed'on, ss'saa''.
2 ~ 81 q 1..i.t l' a,,% LE"iS CAos;s
'di iA.O. n. f.N'cllolsnn. tsq Nashyhile' inhh'
i'f.H'1 STArE LANDS. = Fi's'sE
Oaio owns .lp.237 acres of land which
is scattered over The north western part ol
The State. By ,ho General Government. ,oaid
in The construction Of canals. Much ofibs
land hr, alreadv becn settled and itu,,toycd
by soul,,ers-who catered upon il, with ,li,
expec,a,iop. whenever ;, sII,uIl Jea otfsfcd
for sale. Of purchasing IL II a reduced dp6cp.
Tbey reduced il 70 pcssession. with at lsast
the ,nnlied pernis.ion of Tho State au,hor;-
Ties. and dnring The luee;odL they lave held
il. have greatly enhanced rs value. IN ma
nv ins,ancesI ;he i,nntovemeD,s which t,Sy
nave made unop Il. have sheen in,htccily st,e
mean, of introducjnr ciher settlers ia this
new coupiTy &C bnldinpo school houses a,sh
CONSTRUCTING roads No injury has cyersre-
suited 10 ne Slate. gsfom,the, luborso Of this
class of settlers: )bu, they have generally
hecn the n;onee,s to leoi tbeiway1 for tho
numerous ooula,iou ,ha, il 6lliug ,his-ney
.rinn. 'f'F'lII SI{T 'tITs
Pin our eoun,y. wa boppeu 10 know how
these settlements bv soaai,ers have beea
m1de. and wa aIcannoi hut regard. the etrx,s
of some .,fou, co,emnoraries Who osli,s i'm thc
,mores deosly populaied ipo,,ious of state,
where none of r.ese lands are 10 be found,
to defeat the measure before the Legislature,
reducing These lands in price. 10 actual SCI.
1ers. as extremely selfish and unsiud. ssv
II Tha SO men should remem mber that all oar
first > settlements. away, from ,mominent
n,ipts. have been made by the hardy class ~
ci,zens denominotcd snuat,crs> wkc were
prevented by their poverty, from obtaining
| less desirable homes. They have fought the
Indians. killed the wild beasts, and opened
tho pa,hway for ciyiliz ,,ion. To this valley,
they came soon after Wayne's Billie in 1894
and from that period. 10 The time Of tho
surrender of Dei,oit in 1873, sixiy-scson
Ensilies had settled upon the twelve, m;io
reserve. at the foot Of the rapids. They
were the fathers west, and many Of their dc.
scendanis, nj this day, are among our most
resp ctabie citizens. In the counties os In.
cas- and Wood.tbere stillircmains about TO-
600 acres of ibese Slate Lands. soma Of
which are occuped, and have bes n iulprogcd
! by suuatters, who have laid up their earnings,
with the hone that sooner or later, of heinz
able to purchase their homes,eads at a roas.
enable price. and secure them from the grasp
of speculators. A greater curse was. never
iuf c,cd upon these couules, than iha,
which has followed their purchases These
nonresident owners. rich though, they MY
he. are unwilling TO share in a,,y of the local
burdens, which tend 10 cultivate and .deyet
ope the country. They will neither, sell Or
buy, nor expend in the necessary improve.
mems !ar,hing more, than the tax iawsre-
qnrcs These are burdens that fau apoatbe
settler, upon the sqaai,cr, if youo please.--A
From whom then does the, stale lose the
most, the hardy settler to whom she sells the
aud, for seveniy-fvs cents or a dollar per
acre, or the purse proud specnlstor vii"
pays one dollar and fifty cen,sa Areinotthe
services OF the one more than sufficient 10
neuiraliEe The, excess paid by the oihcr?-77
Place their lands side by side, and examine
the con,rasi. The sqiatter who has settlcd
three years, has built house, opened the
forest, cultivated fields, and constructed a
road, the land Of the speculaior is bare cpea-
ton. lust ms i, sprung into existence. Which