Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1853-03-04
rhe Pubic Lana.

The fuss and struggle over the npb,;4 :,
the proceeds of the public lands refnnS. ands and
gal anecdote. witness on the stand ~. us Of L.
Z What did Mary say 90 The oppos;n, vas asked
jected to the question, and vent into VI1uneL Oh
learned argument TO show that 1t was mt and
The lawyer who had pronounced the o,,s.. peent
tanned that it should be answered and Az. MAN.
into legal lore to sustain his position III ed deea
sifted the arguments of both the chamnalne Jndse
the authorities, and finally decided that th Quoted
should answer the question-.'What did Ie Witness
was asked and the reply was. sNot Wy sayn
And thus after all the sqnabble about vba,
be done with the proceeds of public lands lat Is to
out that there are no proceeds but On n. IL turns
the expense of surveying and bringing CONTRARY
market has been greater than the amonnt ZEN into
for them, received
But some contend that the Government.
fray the expenses and divide the REGENTS oud de-
States. This would only be sitting the ~HOns the
one pocket to the other The Governmony Iron
draw from the people the money to nav fonn would
surveyed, and then return them noft;,h ne la31s
they had paid. Why not let the money ron .! what
them, and let the proceeds of the lnpds '"'h with
defraying the expenses of bringing tboeS towards
ket The tariff laid on imports to furnish n'o mar
tie, comes out of the people who Consume ,b re'en'
ted articles. 1t is but an indirect wov oF ,mPC
them, and If the amount received for tie i'aIng
not go into the treasury then the ind;o ,"S does
must be increased. Thus the captyatine .axatou
of giving to the States the proceeds Of ~ s0efOsy
lands is but gllded hook whose barb is h pubic
iH-a pretext to fost that I'D exploded thas n tar
the whig party upon the people '"s"uef Of
1t sounds remarkably well to saw that rns
should have his lands surveyed the Indian f,la. ram
tinsushed, &C. and then sell them and cva h;s eS
new to the boys But where does Tho -, I've MS mo,
the money to have this done! Whv tho bonO get
contribute it-must pay little higher for Ivy :, must
and various other articles, which woud bo sOnes
sary if the old Uncle would Just 20 alO unneces'
the money he gets for his lands to nav 60, anu h take
them into market His lands are LARGE and ui"g1s
and will yield him revenue and ban 'I'uaoie
afford to lower his tariff which will cbeanon nc Gan
of the articles that bis boys have to buy, Tb 'aIy
will prevent his Northern sons from growing rich w.
impoverishing his Southern ones for the dpman Nv,
cal lberaty of giving the proceeds of thu Tnir
lands is but trick to increase the tariff and au'
the Northern manufacturers ''u
Some astute ones, although they profess n h -.
posed to tho distribution of the proceeds ftbn
are in favor of distributing the lands hcrspro".u
mong the States. Now this is simply stuff oamroa
every bit of it. If the General Government .l
all its wealth. wisdom and power, cannot mala r'u
lands profitable how is it to be expected that ="
gle State can, when the lands belonging to one S,,
lie in another. at the mercy of The State in which,
they do lie to the amount of taxes they Shall nav
Suppose for instance, North Carolina has 5O0Mo
acres of land in Illinois. Illinois may say, aYm
have no business with that land here in nv terrto
: ry. will give ten thousand dollars for It, and
yon not willing to take it. why will eyy I,T
of so cents per upon it." And this is Just abou,
the course that would be pursued by the new State,
in which the lands lie.
We say let the public lands remain in the hands
of the General Government Let it manage them
they are too unwieldy for State where they lie be-
yond the borders of the State to which they belong
If Uncle Sam can't manage them 10 advantage che
Mountain Runner