The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1852-03-17
rHR PUBLIC LANDs

The PUBLIC LANDA I
The Psblie Isndl. lhs area and Fslus
Of which have besn neEs Than d0ebled ey
she extension Of oar boundaries 70 hss
Mexico, Utah. California, and Oreon.
are now being % neklessly sqaandefed
By lesislssion 10 Washington. thai Inc si-
lenuon cf State I<ftsisiures--iofemoH ..
moax lhem that ef New fork-should
be direr,ed 10 their rights and Interests 10
sl,e premises. fssfieen millions Of sefef
in lsnds. worth el Csc. per sers, are .
bsus 10 be given away in RsiIrosd bhiss
&c see. thirty miliions Of acres rs'e
sisen away by The last Congress, IN what
are called "Sxanp Lands" often me
b<st and most productive. as in louisiana
and these thirty millions. when al are
surseyed, may run up 10 hundred NIL.
lions Of srres. rThe Governor Of Cab
fornis, We see. says all the srable lands
there are swamp lands. About hlsy
millions OF acres we're given away 20 me
Bounty land Bill Of September 5oih.
lls5I. Ihderd, over eighty millions Of
acres 200, 500 ,369) have already been
given 70 the new States.
These are facts. thus grouped. The an
I.hen,icily Of which may be relied upon.
lll,al demand. and Immediately, loo. me
Iaueniion OF State Legislatures. Internal
improvements in all the States, on The
Lakes and Rivers. are arrested by me
Federal Power. became OF authority de-
MED 10 The Federal Government underline
Consultation; bui here are going alternate
sections Of the Public I.ands BY mllliona
of acres TO the new States, ior making
Railroads. The old States GET nothing
and are moi likely TO GET anything. unless
. they arouse their public men 10 The mag
] niiode Of The prize that % passing iron
: ihrm.
: The magnitude Of lhis prize Is almos
impossible to comprehend, 30 vast. u
immense, is il. Returns from The LAM
Office show that since our Mexican &C
6 auisi,ions there are l.399,5S6. lao ION
b billion and over) Of acres Of unsold am
unappropriaied. or Of offered and unoiier
9 ed. Lands. GSes statement Sept. Soih
J. 1877 Congress gave way, The Lar
u session, 4s, 1000 900 OF acres 10 Bouni
e Lands, as the Secretary Of this Tseasur
e estimates. A Bill, we see u stated,
}, now before the two Houses OF Congress
:. extending the Bounty Land system so .
e 10 give away thirty millions Of acres nor
. ibis session! There 10 a monstrou
I scheme alloai, we also see. alter maxim
y Land Warrants as.ignable. Ia open The lfes
., unsurveyed Public Lands, with all shel
.. besl mill and water privileges. the miner'
= Lands and rich bottom Lands, 40 ihes
10 assignable Land Warrants; so that Ian
v Warrants worth, al Government price,
d 5000, are 70 he deprecated 10 eloO b
= The immense number of them and a,en
d that reduction brought up 10 immens
= masses, TO be located by square miles Of
= on tile richest and most valuable unsul
s yeyed I.ands Of Nebraska. Minnesota
n Utah. New Mexico. California, ~ Oregon
y This has hecn well denounced ia cor
~ aress 10 be a gigantic scheme Of Ian
Plumber, . stnpen,lous Land Swindle, an
4 NO hope the pronunciation will be heede
., 40 well as heard. a''N ~
al "A prize OF over . billion Of acres I
60 Public Lands, which cos, she. FEEDER
D. Government, in Indian and other vars, Il
is dian Treaties, lndisn Agents. Indian Al
o. nuiiies, Land offices, Surveyors, &C., DC
le millions and millions Of dollars, for whic
Il We have all been taxed. is certainly som'
= thing worth saving. II the New Yor
n Legislature would drop Kossu,h. fo
70 eign affair. and take up this billion
W acres, now in the market 10 be squande
40 ed, and postpone The foreign 10 this
. merican affair. i, might do something us
W col TO the Stale The proceeds OF pa
On Of this more than a billion Of acres
IL Public Lands. devoted 10 clearing u
" Hudson River of its obsiruciions, or
IIarbors on Lake Ontario and Lake Ell
he would do world Of good.
~ But. at any rate. we do our duty 10 d
" Public in calling attention to the gigani
~ Land movements now going on in Wasl
No inglon. They demand great deal mo-
attention than they are likely TO get fro
9 the People; but il that attention is u,
e given Som. there will no, be an acre
as The Public Lands left unsquandered. III
e. country has been groaning for years. al
y, Is dibly, almost. that Mr.. Clay's mode
distributing the proceeds Of the Publ
u Lands among all the States was no, !,
= ,lopled hnl il is not TOO late yet 10 ga,
a plank IRON The wreck. is 10!
!" t A. y. Ezpress.