The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-11-30

should be demanded after which t. fsAssl
any nev siss and the speedy and osts.
Of that title should commence 70 be operated By Just
and liberal means First-A donation for hsmsstesd
widow. single man the age Of eighteen Wpina
NO land less than that quantity, who would nh.bl
and cultivate 1t for I've consecutive years Secondly
prices according to the length time the
has been in market to all purchasers ThiralyIbers
grants to the States for railroads. and other improve
nts FourtblyAn immediate cession to the States
Of oil the lands within tbs influence Of malaria from the
swsmps. Fifthy-An absolute cssion Of ell the laad,
emsnise updsposed al in each State the frat day
qhs would be bet both for the State and tho federal
government 1t would promote settlement guilty alton,
and in the state increase their
and give homes . multitude Of meritorious IA uies
whore labor would be beneficial t. the whole country II
would give federal revenue, arising FROM the annual
cultivation of the lands superior 10 few years
price demanded ON them, con.inusbe for ever
ceved through the regular operations Of commerce
the EXPORT OF domestic aud the i'm port OF foreign proiuc
iions and the duties paid upon them by the home
sumer. This is economy which Statesmen understand
and which the history Of our finances annually Illus
two millions per apnum; tho revenue derived from
custom house duties is fifty millions per aunum.
Nov, this revenue Is derived from imports which
are purchased vihEiexports chiefly the pro-
OF the earth which cultivation brings forth. l
speak Of the whole Union; and It gives twenty Ave
times much from the annual cultivation Of
the lar DIS from the annual sales How much Of this
msy be set down TO the cultivation in the States
not ve,y material to knowerhsps the ons half; and
times A. much annually from the cultivation OF the
htstes from the sales OF the lands within them; and
therefore has the deepest interest in increasing tho
amount Of this cultivation 70 effect this the OBVIOUS
to the public lands rapidly into the baads Of
the enthusiastically to the general purch and
grstuitously to the laboring man whose small
would find ample employ ment . small refuse tract Of
ore burdred aud sixty acres.
General Jackson in OF his latter meseagea pro.
claimed the principle that after the extinction Of
revolutionary debt to the payment Of which they
pledged. the pubic lands should no longer be ussd
q source of That deb. paid or
in the year 1885, being the second year Of the
oopd term Of his glorious administration; and his wise
and patriotic reconmsn dalton thou,d have taken effect
seventeen years ago Why has It not done so! For
want OF unity Of will and concert Of action among Yves
tern mep--ior want of western spirit in Ocngre 6,
which would give the West lead the head of
interests instead of subalern position o. the tail Of
Atlantic projects Seventeen years have passed by
the public lands ought to have ceased to be- Of
revcnuehow many more to elapse before that aus
picious event takes place! The States have in
creased in numb and the late has given them
augmented population sud increased represeu tation
They nearly half the states OF the Union and
than third Of the national repres They
strong enough to command justice and have only
stand toge her upon principle Of rightupon the pru-
pie Of jackson atonn order to obtain the
great justice Of the extinction Of the federal title all
the lands within their bounds by the year 1860