Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1853-11-16

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Treasury and thereby lessen the taxes and barens
the people have to bear for the support the Gov
ment Just before elections Wing leaders always
endeavorcdSto make the people believe the country
was about to be ruined if Denocrats succeeded and
the land question had been q prolific theme. on such
occasions for years, IS both Wings and Democrats
would not fail topemember Even IN S4S we were
told that North Carolina must lead off for the Wings
and elect a Wing Governor, and Wing President,
and tfeywould certainly get the public lands diyi-
ded North Carolina elected w higs Governor and
a Wing President and we had not heard of the pub
lie lands till the elections approaching again.
nI840, Gov Reid said the leaders of the Wing par
ty told people if they would elect Wing Gov
ernor and Wing President they would distribute the
proceeds of the sales of the public lands among the
States and that North Carolina would get sufficient
amount TO enable her to build Railroads throughout
the State and carry liberal system of schools to
educate all the children. We'll, said Gov. Reid, a
Wing Governor was elected, a Wing President and a
Wing Congress The Wing party then had every
thing. Did they pass a distribution act? Yes they
did They passed an act to distribute the proceeds
of the sales of the public lands among all the States
providing, however, that nine of the new States
should first have what would make up guaranty
equal to five hundred thousand acres of land to each
of said States and providing that whenever the ta-
riff raised above twenty per cent then dstrlbu-
ton should cease This act was passed in 184l. The
nine new States went and selected their share of
the choice lands under this act In 1912, the next
year, the same Wing Congress passed the tariff act
of 1872 raised the tariff above twenty per cent,
peaing the distribution act and thereby cutting off
the distribution to the old States This the way
the leaders Of the Wing party distributed the public
lands, and then attempted to taunt Democrats with
violating professions! The only distribution worth
any thing that North Carolina ever received not
during Wing but under Democratic admnistra-
ton. During Gen. Jackson's administration, when
the public debt had been paid off, and a surplus
manned in the Treasury, it was deposited among the
States. When the government shall be found out
of debt and a surplus in the Treasury, it Will be
time enough to talk about dividing it. Gov. Reid
said Wings had promised most, but it clear the
Democrats had performed most for the State of North
Carolina. He called the attention of Wings and De-
mocrAts to the facts. Gov Reid said when Wing par
tizan politicians told the people that by electng
Wing Governor and Wing President, they would
get distribution of the public lands he hoped the
people would not forget to tell them that they had
heard these promises for years, but they were only
made for effect before the elections He said it was
notorious that the leaders of the Wing party had
opposed every measure by which the Government
had acquired public lands; but after those lands
were acquired by Democratic policy they tried to
ride into Office by proposing to distribute what they
now call an inestmabe bounty, but that which they
characterized before it was obtained worse than
useless. A K.