The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1853-06-15
From the Democratic Free Press
The Public Lands,

/ We propose i0 submit Ia The good
sense of The readers Of This paper, Few
plain remarks upon the subject of the
pnbIic lands, in such way that all may
understand Illem. and sapperiri By such
calculations Only as the official ,lru>
menIs AID repor,s warrant. tits perfect.
~ understood, that The present conductor
of ,hi- paper would have supporird ur.
ucRse iar Congress. IL he had not with
drawn. His position upon the Land
QUESTION, and our own opinlon upon il
cnincidei II was directly IN cunii
with that ot Mr.. sshr. and ,liai was rra
snr. beth being Democrats. we exerris-
ed anr preference against The latter, and
IN layor of the other candidate. II is
also true, ila, Ih.re 10 no Hunger con-
test. The disirihaiion OF Lands !. moi now
IN issue here. hui IL Is attracting allen
lion all over The STATE. Public men are
expected To lake position. We 60 with
those who are fnr ,lislribulion nf the
Lands 10 Norih t'srnIna, as well as Ia
Ohio. 10 l.llnni.. 10 Michigan. 10 I.onisi.
ana. To all The West. 10 FiurIJa. 10 ul.sis-
sippi. We Rail Roads 10 build, in.
sane Hospitals IN The course Of ereriion.
Sc!l"ol- Houses aud Schnul. 10 institute
and fnsIes as well as ihey; WHY is il
that we, who have shared in the heat aud
rangers by which these lands were made
,he properly of The Union. should derive
na benefit fran Ihcml Are we Ia sil
down forever aud see Them gradually alb
sorbrd by other States wIo have nnly The
same lilIe! That is the qnesli,n. Not
wiihsian,lIng the hmm, nse don al,ons
which have herH made 10 other Stairs.
lierejyel remain u 400. 600 .Oo0) fourteen
hundred sailliens Of acres lie present
property Of the States. Two or three
mIllinns will sai,siy North Carolina.
They can well hr spared nul of this vast
domam. let certificates or warrants there
for. va alternate sections, he given Ter,
AZ 10 other States. and ihey viii bring,
even Al 'he government price. more H.
enough 10 complete all our public works,
and forever exempt The people Of Nor |,
Carolina from laxaIion fnr these purposes,
Is nm tins matter al some importance
10 us! Are We 10 he driven from this
Just demand hy an min eligible rlamor
about platforms aud parties! VIVA, are
they Ha'le i"r. u they do moi propose
The public goods What binding Eorrr
have they. when they attempt 10 deprive
Us 81 our equal rights! We care no, i liz
Tor Brnnets Bill. or any other Bill. We
approve The legislation winch has hren
had upon this subject. We find M faul,
With NJ. t'ass or Mr.. Douglas. whe have
successfully carried iiliough sia,,lar mca-
surrs Ter Michigan and liiinuis. We
want Viz. Ashe. d eleried. and The future
Sensiors o North Carolina. To do The
same tor US as these leading DetHerrats
,hre dome for their States. In iliuois
md Missouri. Rail Roads. each " three
hundred m'les and upwards, have hern
'aA' wiih this cuniaon fund, upon The
nation and appeal af these gentlemen.
Whai Is there ~ The .pssillnn oI North
'a'"l'na Drmocrai which prohihi,s linn
rom asking similar favnrs for our { ,ennal
Rail Road! While nnr ihxcs have been
i"uhled. aud we have appropriated fiye
Millions 81 dollars. aud are now. aud have
, en- tor years, paying between Sc, aud