The Arkansas banner., 1850-09-17
rAs Dlssribus,sn sf sAs Internal improve
 ment Rund.

Ths ulssEibntasn ef shs internal RmRrove-
 meat Fund.
 On former occasion. we expressed hope that the nsxi General Assembly would prove eqaas to the high trusts csA6dsd ie them. and piece the State by ths pslisy shey snighs adopt In happier and mass commanding posision. h connexloa with shiA we sdvcrssd 0 important measures which voaIA demand ihels deep consideration, and among them cited An aeg of ss lnst Legislature. of which the caption og this article is . common designation.
 We propose to show that the distribution Of the Intsrnai Improvement Fund. as contemplated by hs law. Ia directsOisisa of the provisO or trust under which t granted. that such disposition of Il wfr not benefit. in say important degree. ,hs interests sf the Stats ai lasgs thai it has bsea yir tusly rspudlaisd by the people. and that it should bs repealed.
 The aet of Congress grnnting this splendid dOna- ton. contains the following clause. unmistaheable ln lDs meaning and intent,
 "And the nett proceeds of the sales of eaId lands shall bs faithfully applied 10 objects of Internal ln- psovement within the State aforesaid, namely roads. railways, bridges. canals and improvement of water eosrses: and such. made or Improved, shall be free for Me transportation ef tie UMited Stafes mail and msaitieas ot sceS, end or fkr passags e er troops sstihSat tAs paywisat cf ssy tOu rhaterer."
 Nothing caH be plaineT than this. The United States proposes ts make this grant of 5OOOO acres provided the State of Arkansas wil heProceeds iu making such wosks e are des!guaied, asd over which she may hsresfasr have the right of way, aud parsske of the benefits free of charge. If Ar ksusas then accepts this donation. she must take t with inc conditions under which it is sivsu, and she h selsmnly bound to carry into effect that part of the agreement, which by accepting the donation she has bound herself to perform. Will the mode adopted in the distribution act. enable her. In any degree, to fall her portion of the contract ia aord ing these reserved rights to the United States IL is not svea supposabls, that the sam which each county will receive, will enable any one teven fl 1t is not los, or misappied), to make an extensive or permanent improvement within her own limits If h s attempted to construct roads and build bridges, the Advsniugss of such an expenditure of the fund must be confined 10 a small portion of the commit nity and alogather Of local character. and it is extremely doubtful i the roads of any two counties would connect, or even run in the same direction Therefore, the qsid pro quo, which was aceeded to upon ie sccsp,stiOa of the grant is altogether abro- gated by this system.
 The evident design of Congress in besiowing this land upon the Stnte, was to enable her to make some great chain of improvements which would bring her remote points nearer aach other. and by great arteries of trade and travel lesdiEg from the East to tho West and from the North to the South, bind her varied interests In one. We have but to turn to State admitted into the Union at the same timsy our twin sister, Michigan. and mark how with her plank roads. railways and canals, aud other facilities for ingress 10 her territory of com mercs and migration, she has ouistrpped us in to race for wealth and greatness. With soil aud climate equal, fl not superior, with mineral resour- ces Of daily developing richness, and people not inferior to hers, have fritterei away our means, wasted our lime and permte her to leave us forty years behind. What if she is in.debt. So are we. aad had we but applied the proceeds of our loans as sine has, had we instead of establishing banks, pended our three millions usfai interuaI improve meuts. in erecting Universities and Schools, who can doubt but that we should have been far more populons. moro respected abroad. more happy at home7 Where now we see villages almost sirug- aling for existence, we should have behe!d thriving towns and cities; and where you pass mile sf,er mile of splendid land, silent and solitary, un- cultivated and untrodden. you would snder better system, have been greeted with the view of rich farms and 6sds teemipg with luxuriant crops
 This Is no fancy sketch, and the people are not blind to the truth Of iL The policy must be chan gsd, and when we said that the mode contemplated by the distribution act. passed the 3oth September, ls4s. of disposing of this fund, was repudia'ed by the people, made tho assertion not only from in- formation obtained from intelligent geu,lsmen with whom we have couversed. but from fact we learn from the Auditors office, that bur hirteen out cf f1y-ens counties hsee srse mixed or araed Themselves of the bensf e tais sef These counties arc Frank in, Washta, Polk. Scott. Madison, Dallas, Ma rion. Carroll. lizard, Newton, Van Barren, John- son, and Greene.
 If this Is not conclusive. we nave nothing more to | do bat to end our article.