New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-01-04
TuR PUBLIC LANDs-BEyNETT,sB BILL

Hon. Henry BENNETT, NJ. c. from our Che
mango District, has published very temperate
and telling reply TO late bulletin Of Col.
Benton, denouncing his Public Land bill as
scheme of "plunder," &c. &c. The truth
is very clearly made to appear by Mr. Bennett
that, of all the schemes extant (and their
name is Legion) for deyOting slices Of the
Public Lands to purposes of Internal Improve.
ment his is the fairest and least eXceptionable
Mr.. Bennett thus shows up some of the great
Mssourian's misstatements:
This bill grants 10 the old Stsfes In land warrants go
that one Stste shall not hold lands within smother
Stste) - go 600 Acres and no Or This u exsZgerst
ed by Col Benton into 900 600 acres worth s72OOO
600 He also says nearly l0OOOOoC0 acres have been
taken for soldiers warrants when the letter from the
Land Once published with his, shows the whole amount
Issued and be issued q about 40 10000 This
has no connection with the grants the Staes but
shows the proneness 10 exaggerston-
at is said the new States given mere 'pttance'
Nv this bill and most unequal terms 50 far from
this the new States with population OF over 7OO
OUO receive 81 2l90O acres aud the Old states with
popu alton OF over l3OOoOoO receive only - 10000
scrs that il the States receive more than twice
much as the old States IN proportion 20 popuiston
say nothing OF former grants 70 the Western states aud
Territories Of over $4,000 600 acres snos; a. nch
has
Incl udrg former grant, the new spA;es are gwen more
than SIX times much e the odd states.
As 20 inequality among the new ct4fes Iowa Is In
.tsrced IS recevng 3c0c acre. and ~ having oefcre
received more than any other state. Missouri also
receives 100000 scres. Iowa has bsiore received
ana S5 acres MissOuri has before received J-i26Z
scrts (5edes the grants made tor raro4ds AZ last ses
SION Oiprooably 900 acres more There are nine
states thst have each received Ands than Iowa.
Rhode leland and lows tire equal IA representation
Iowa gets 57l3s55 acres Rhode Island 10000 aeras
The 'pi,tsnce Of the new state L more than mne
times as much a. the cid state gets.
"One object OF my bi u % equthze the grants b all
the States And unless general bA 4 passed, there
never viii be anything ike equally, even among
the new Sixes In this bil Their In0urts.tave not
been 20 much gnzted bypoPulzfon by the. wants
Tor n !lrcads the amount OF former grants Sc aud
i believed viii veto them equal benent AMI DO them
equal ustce The amounts or the oil S,sies have been
Fixed upon heconstfa,onal basis OF represeniAon-G'
far aeds as could 81 sdrp1ed IL shoEld be passed
Firt &c do,usce all the States second 70 eq1Aze
tie grants the States unless Is desired ~ have
them remain a. unequal a. they are.
I'm regard TO the Old S,stes Col Benton ssys the de-
tAs ef tks b seem TO be founded IN total IgsorsHoe
Of te history il regard 70 the public lands &c and
irsisroe NewYork one Of the States that gave no
lands o. the Federal Government No man should
CHARGE others i'm ignorance in matter where be ex
roses his own: NewYork was one Of the States that
dtd lands % the United Stnes and the trr Safe that
DID so az early Isl The land. ceted 10 be Tor tie
use and bcnenr OF such Stz;ss should become merl
bers Of the FedesA allisnceL' Her example was FOL
lowed by Virginia in I7ei MASSACHUSETTS, IN l7e5. Con-
neereut l7s5 South Carolina IN lTei, North Carona
in l7s0 and Georgia IN le02 These grants were made
for the common benefit of all the stztes.' And the
lAnd. are held N trust by the Government not for the
benefit Of part Of tie States but for the benefit Of all
and 20 far lands granted 70 the States, seek
the addiction Of that rE but u faithful <eczfsoa
The States that made these rxnts 90 ask snnal
them They claim more, On that account, but Only
their equal and Just share IN common win tins 0the.
states. They neither bcxgars b2ndlt.i they
desire nelsher 'pandsr charity. They claim an
Equal interest In the pahhc domain. and AK ony for
ress 9tses sstss ssys had md shsR they Do hsr a.