Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1853-06-18
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RAIIGE. SATURDAY.. JUNE g. 1909.
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articles IN our paper " 9t-y 80 +, q
public lands from the Western A'eInocrat ana Inc
Goldsborough Republican and Patriot
One of the leading Wing issues in 1910, it will
be remembered. was the distribution among the
States of the proceeds of the public lands The elo-
uuerce and ingenuity. of Wing speakers and Wing
Editors were exhausted upon the subject. In this
State especially the issue was considered strong
one; and Mr. Badger vent SO far in his celebrated
Granville speech as to show, by calculation IN
the appendix to that speech, how much money
each County would receive from the general gov
eminent if the proceeds should be Distributed
Well, the Wings went into power; they went III
pledged, not only to stand by the provisions OF
the compromise tariff act, but to see that the
old States got their share, as they termed It, OF
the public lands. The 9th Congress met. The
Wings had maiorities in both branches, and they
had President of their own selection. A distri-
button bill was introduced, passed, and approved
September, ls41. This bill provided that, in ad-
diticn to their full share with the old States, the
new States of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Alabama, Mis-
souri,, Mississippi, louisiana, Arkansas, and Mlchi-
gam should receive ten per cent the nett proceeds
of the sales, and that they should also have, as an
absolute gift, four millions five hundred thousand
acres to be chosen by themselves We give be-
low portions of the act approved in lS41. The
first secton it will be seen, gives to the nine new
States aforesaid the ten per cent on the nett pro-
ceeds the second section provides for a general
distribution after deducting the ten per cent and
the eighth section gives to these new States the
4 500 600 acres above mentioned:
"SEc 1. Be IL enacted By the Senate and the House
of Representatives. of the United States Of AnericG an
Congress assembled, That from and after the thirty
first day of December, In the year oil our Lore one
thousand eight hundred and fortyone, there be allow
ed and paid to each of the States of Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois, Alabama, Missouri, Mississippi, Louisiana,
Arkansas and Michigan, over and above what each
of the said States entitled by the terms OF the
compacts entered into between them and the United
States upon their admission into the Union, the sum
of per centum upon the nett proceeds OF the sales
of the public lands, which, subsequent to the day
aforesaid shall be made within the limits OF each OF
said States, respectively Provided, That the sum
so allowed the said States, respectively, shall be
in no wise affected diminished on account of any
sums which have been heretofore, or shall be here
after applied the continuance construction OF the
Cumberland road but that the disbursements for the
said road should remain heretofore chargeabe on
the two per centum fund provided by tor comPacts
with several of the said States.
SEC. 3 find be IL further enacted, That after deduct
ing the said ten per centHm, and what, by the COM
pacts aforesaid has heretofore been allowed TO the
States aforesaid the residue OF the nett proceeds which
nett proceeds shall be ascerained by deducting from
the gross proceeds all the expenditures OF the year
for the following objects salaries and expenses on
of General Land Office expenses for survey
ing public lands; salaries and expenses in surveyor
generals office salaries, commissions, and allow
ances 10 the registers and receivers the five per CEN
tum TO new States, of all the public lands OF the
United States, wherever situated which shall be sold
subsequent to the said thrty-frst day of December,
shall be divided among the twenty six States OF the
Union and the District of Columbia, and the Terri
tories Of Wisconsin, Iowa, and Florida, according
their respective population aScertanad by the
last census, TO be applied by the Legislatures of the
said States TO such purposes as the said Legislatures
may direct.
SEC. 8. find be IL further enacted, That there shall
be granted TO each State specified in the first section
OF this act five hundred thousand of land for
the purpose of internal improvements"
The same act provided that the distribution to
the States-the old States ncluded-should cease
in case the Tariff should be raised above twenty
per cent. Under this law the people of North
Carolina might have got something; but the Fed
eral leaders, being devoted to the interests of
Northern manufacturers than to the old States,
raised the Tariff d6oge taOersty per cent. by the
act Of 1912, thus blasting at once the hopes ex-
cited among the people of the old States, and de-
feating the object of the very law upon which they
had staked themselves in the campaign, and which
they had most solemnly assured the country should
be faithfully carried out. They committed double
wrong, according to their own showing, upon the
people of the old States-rst, in taking back their
share of the land moneys secondly, in doubling
their taxes by the law of 1912.
This is specimen, and fair one too, of the
conduct of the Wing leaders on the subject of the
public lands. AS we said IN our last, their clamor
on this question has been hollow hypocritical, and
made for effect.
Again: The Wing National Convention which
met in Baltimore, in June last, qOas silent the
Craze on THIS question. The subject is not even
limited at in their Resolutions and one unacquain-
ted with the condition of the country and the his
tory of parties, would infer, from an examination
OF the Resolutions, that the government never held
such property as that under consideration. What
oia TINS show, but disposition to evade and
oodge-to make the most before the people, Of
Inherent views on this question in different ctions
OF tne country Are such men worthy to be trus-
'eo Win the administration of affairs
Inc democrats, on the contrary, have pursued
Inc same UNIFORM straightforward course on this
4uesNon' 1ney have deceived no one They have
adhered to principle-they have turned neither
70 the rlgnt nor left for temporary popularity or