The daily union., 1852-03-17

which II cannot be- would show that the value of the
iahd twenty years ago was something like fifty per
acre, instead Of being VI %. as you estimate it. II must
oe ecolleced hat The value OF your land made 10 of
TWO elements-prce and time. Ii not merely the price
mat you put upon the land which fixes lis value,
but hls The time within which you sell it, II you
can sell land now tor 81 IS, that is lis air value or if
you add the interest for given period, il s lis fair value
oul " you Oder property for sale al given price
and cannot get that price for fifty sixty years il Is yery
evident hat you have asked too much for your
Il is entirely false calculation for this country 10 sup
pose thai us national domain worth I'll 25 per acre.
half of that sum That is distinctly shown by what
have already stated Tor you have been in market with
your properly Tor sixty years and have not sold one
q sons Ge time what has
! all this progress have descrbedl What has been the
boon he has really offered! In other words what has
been the fair consideration he has actually paid for the
benefits he has received from the abors and pryaons OF
Others, which have given additional value 10 his prop
eny can tell You in very few words In my own
Stale, how does the account stand There has been
granted 70 Michigan. independent OF the school
lads liua mors Than 5oonlo arres That i
/ yon nave granted 70 that State about one and
hall per cent OF your propety as a full conside.
efatlon Tor the Improvements that have doubled. and
lrebled, and quadruped its value. And that all you
have done. Illinois, which has received the largest grant,
has got about per and the average far
have been able TO ascertain it by cursoTy examination
OF the subject for all the States is about three and
half per cent. OF the amount of Jour property.
That is the only contribution you have made. II is the
only you have taken in this great work of progress
that has given TO you an empire IN the western country
desire TO knowl wish any gentleman would tell
II he can-- there is or ever another government
the lace OF this globe that has done so little Why.
France, and England. and Spaln the nations which pre-
ceeded in the occupation o this county, all gave their
lands away grauitousy and considered they were re-
warded BY the progress OF settlement and the increased
advantages TO power and wealth thereby given to
ihem Many OF the States have adopted the prin-
cipe; but we have held on with the clutch OF mser,
giving iiie; and when we do give, grumblng much.
ihat has been the history OF territorial berality
b sides The land, they nve
per cent OF the mel proceeds Of toe sales but Tor
Sha.l The matter lies . very short SPACE
You have given II IN orier 10 exempt your properly from
STATE taxation, from paying OF the expenses OF
tue goverumrnt and what was that exemption worth
! will 'ell ,ou IN very lew WORDS No man doubts
that the lands were private property they would be liza
bic TO taxation. Tna - The ndefeasble right OF the
State governments The land would be part OF the gen.
eral slock OF property belonging 10 the country, and as
such liable 10 all the expenses incident TO the govern.
ment of society That rs b, has been abandon by all
The new States and what have they got for it They
have got five per upon the sale And what did the
Statrs give ny Tor that patry consideration will tell
you what Michigan ha- gwen up She has within her
lm,is than IS 900 belonging the Uni
ted States AT 81 IS per tax per cent
THIS properly would give annually S3l2OO0. at 81 per
acre, il would give S250000i and at so cents per acre
IL would give 81 1885, 900. am not going into the ques
ton OF the amount of taxes the wesern country.
Gentlemen will recolleci that these consist OF State.
county, and township, and, IN many instances, corpora
ion taxes They will recoec that these are levied for
many objects ha, do not necessarily arise in the
much OF the work which in the East has already been
done is dong TO be done in the West. | have
doab that The average taxation is beyond one per
cent. But assume thai rate and have the
suit What do you think Michigan has received for this
REIMBURSEMENT, She has received five per cent OF the
ne sea ba ~ s 2. @ s
Union, has amounted BY the last have TO
$4,000 And you put the property. as haze stated
only fifty cents per she would have been entitled
TO si25 900 per from taxation Putting your
own value, che would have been entlled 10 $4,000
annually Her actual annual receipts will average but
little more than some $4,000 ii the whole OF $3.50 900
IS spread over all the time since her admission INTO the
Union.
Never was such fair inheritance bartered for such
consideration since The memorable contract between the
sons OF Isaac, by which the elder yielded his binhnght
TO the younger Ii is the merest OF potiage ever
given tor such consideration. We have got IN Michi
gan $780, 900 for the whole time have been State.
when we might have had thai amount, and more too,
every year oil our political independence How was this
donet Was II fair contract! Inc contract oil Jacob
\ and bis brother was only improvident Each
party knew what bis nights and sacrificed his
own Tor mess Of poitage-a great estate for an agresa-
bic dish Still he had his choice, and only himself TO
blame. But we had such choice You LAID down
tain conditions and called them articles OF compact and
told us thai II We agreed 10 them We Rxht come into
the Union; but if We did not, we should remain where
we were for an indefinite period OF ume-in state OF
colonial vassalage. We bad nothing else to DO but 10
accept your offer The bargain was all on one side.
You bad the strong arm; and you laid down the only
terms by which 10 escape from state OF thal
dom, md enter into political hle-one OF the dearest as
a
lion in which you placed Lei ask my friend from
Iowa. the from Missouri, the from
any State OF this URion whether they believe that II
this open question, and II The parties stood IN
the relation OF equality in which all ought 10
stand who have fair bargain pending between Them do
they believe that one SINGLE Stale would deign make
such an arrangement No; not of them would thus
beirsy their interest and forfeit their seli-respect u
not a bargain at all repeat, il is all your side
You make the bafgain yourselves, and take all the ad
vantage OF II and hros II up and say; "We have
made arrangement with YOU and you get ye cent
\ by IT," Well, you have mads such arrangement.
/ But will remark-no | will carry out my compafI-
son, bat w only say that il Is such an arrangement
! as the sJronz often make with the weak. Thea you
nave grvea three bali per cent OF your property
to carry oths great work OF Improvement, from which
i you have reaied such immense financial advantages
And you have given hye per cent Tor exenpng your
property from taxation That l. precisely The statement,
the debtor and creditor scco1E between this government
and the states.
i vi.h N, honorable senator from Georgia fNr. Dav
SoNl were here out he is not, and am obliged 90
iin my renaGss Shci connect themselves with his
obs. .rvaons B. ore however. proceed, allow me 10
Observe generally hai good deal has been said about
the cost 0 puble lands ard on the doctor sse there
has been bio8zni the purchase o louisiana and oil
FofiIs the ldian wars an4 vsfoas expenses OF thai
KIND Are these far liens such charge Dad we
buy Lou4sIlua FiJla oT the value tie landi Were
not nU-e States worth double aad fyle the amoant pad
for them osessious only protect hs weak snd eh-
rsei paris OF the eountyi II was essegua % ne meg
rty o. the Union. No coasilesaron 20 relaion 70 tne
vsue Of the lands ever e3erej Toto ine mhas on lne
purchasers Toe Statesmen who es1daelsa ana con-
le,uieI tnese arrange nen.s Influenced ~ much
hIg her coh-lael atlons
| Arsin urh rss.,ec, 10 I dian wars Do you believe,
4 ", p,.s,4ao, voa xould have bal Indlan NJ