The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1854-06-14

ssAinsi ~ sSktmlt CO.. diafihulieh w.
TWEEN The lands and their proceeds.
and believe that Congress has no psW
er 10 distribste the latter among re
States, after the same has gone into the
Federal Treasury, have been respect
ed the rights at future States ssenr-
cd the dagger of eumpeiision guarded
against. bs limiting the quantity % be
annually disposed Of; the objection TO
the policy Of allowing one sovereign
State 70 huld large tracts u land With,
In the limits Of another avoided, and
the question finally and irreyocably
settled. Bot still We are met with the
assertion that the gift would be value
less 20 NORTH Carolina. Why so9
Are we deficient in fnaneiai skill. or
less competent 10 manage this fund
Than the Legislators Of uiher States /.
No; wherefore. then. will il be worth
less TO as: The working Of the whole
system is 10 heIe simplihed. Each and
every year upon the demand Of the Sc
veral States. warrants for the Quantity
due each will BE- issued u them, as
warrants are now daily issued 10 SOL
diers for Bounty Lands. which being
endorsed in blank. will be put in cir.
culation as mnnes. or sold az hfed
and dehnite price per acre. Over 90.
CoJ.0O0. | believe. Of warrants. issued
TO soldiers. were So disposed of during
the last year al an average shave Of less
than 10 per cent. II this can be done
By individuals. WHY not BY States
or is there any difference between
thrni Would purchasers stop 10 IN.
qulre whether the warrants presented
20 them for sale. we're ISSUED in favor
Of an individual or a State , or give
more for the former than they would
for the latterf are questions TO be an
swered By the objectoss and not b,
me.
I Being driven 10 the wall on Chi,
point. another is raised-n Is uacon
sfifnfionoi to make such a disposition
Of the Public Lands. In vain do ",
insist that this principle has been re-
cognised and acted on bY all partie.
and every department of Government
that the public lands have been grant
ed to individuals, private. corporations
and States. TO the exclusion Of n Ca
rolina---that they have grown and pros
pored upon these bounties--thai oul
rights are equal to theirs Ii is una
vaiiing. still they doggedly adhere Il
their position, like the witnrss. Who
through mistake. said the horse in con
iro,ersy was IL feet high--fhey siiek 4
IL. Well, here again we will leave then
10 draw the distinetion- TO establish
the pnwer of Congress To give the Pub
licsDomain TO foreigners and Rail Road
Companies. 10 Illinois, and Michigan
aud deny the Constitutional power e
divide il equally among all the States
The argument may be smooth. refined
and satisfactory To those who use it.
but one thing is certain. il is against
the plainest principle of justice. against
equality among the States. and rerJ
decidedly against the interest Of North
Carolina.
Finally, and as a Last resort, these
gentlemen say, We cant accomplish
anything. and there is no use in IT., ing.
To this let US reply, "help us--put
Your shoulders TO the wheel-compro.
mise party feeling on this nne question,
aud join US in sending up 10 Washing
ton a united demand upon Congress
for our rights" In the struggle, New
York. Connecticut. Vermont, Maine,
New Hampshire, Massachusetts,. Rhule
Island. Delaware. New Jersey. Mary
land. Pennsylvania. Virginia. South
Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee and Ken
lucky, have an interest in common
with North Carolina. The Public
Lands are nearly exhausted in Ohio,
aud some of the other States not emu.
meratrd above, and they will SOM have
an interest in this question on our side.
But without them. the first embraces
seventeen out OF the thlrty.onc States.
These have the power in both Houses
Of Congress. and also the power to elect
a President.
The policy here indicated, that will
enable North Carolina to extend her
system Of improvements so as to accom-
mediate all sections. and provide fund
for the support Of her State Govern.
ment, and the education of her sons
aud daughters, without taxing her CT
tizcns, will pay the public. debt Of
Pennsylvania and Virginia. and give a
rapid and onward movement to all the
other States. This might have been
done long since. but for the denan of
party. The new States which have
from time to time felt the beneficial
influences of these baunties, send up to
Congress united delegation. Wings
and Democrats from these States JUN
in demanding for local purposes. por-
TONS Of these lands. while we stand