New-York daily tribune., 1856-04-28

much uilde- il Winter thar in the New England
States New-lork. or Northern Ohio. AS 10 sol,
10 one could desire better more easy snd pleasant
10 til, or more bounteous in its yield
To-day / close tour On foot Of siIry miles upon
the prsir.e bin. between this tOwr aud tle Mis-
sssiUpi River. ! passed over hundreds Of quarter
sections vet urcl.med. sId now subject % tett!e-
ment and pretmptIon ST Government price. A.
though the settlement OF this country has been
very rapid for year past stll there IS opporil-
uity for locstuG thousands 6f desirable homes
All that Is wanted 10 complete rs speedy
settlement is continuance OF the pres
eut policy OF OaerBg the land 10 pre- mPtors
alone This section .; country was advertised
.or sale lsst Ncyember hu. the sale was al length
postponed. save q ew ranges OF townships along
the river Ipas.ed over two Of these townships
There is Lot 4 score of actual settlers IN tha5
whole district OI seyenty-twO square miles; yet
there is lot an acre OF desirable lsnG 10" IN
csimed Nine tenths of il is in the hands OF spec
rlstors That locality IS doomed 10 Its old sou
tude and wildness for 8 generation hence Ii the
Jresent Administla alton wish to ini,lct upon
this part Of the West the greatest pubA, ca!aihl-
ty-s calamity that shall be felt IN every rainln-
cation of business AID society for ball century
70 come-et il offer our lands 81 public sale aud
private entry during the present yesr. Put all
southern MinnesOts rp at auction and within sixty
dsvs Thereafter. the little land left unpurchased
would be covered with warrants, and the dynasty
OF savagelsm made permanent and certain over II
til! another century dawns
Tie settler new, upon Us claim ought not to
he reauired 10 pay for it short OF two or three
wears The expense Of emiGrating TO new coun-
;r,. s1d supporting a family until the land by
culture shall yield support, is greater than
IS generally supposed. The money laid up to
nav lor lard is found at the ED of the year
all expended in necessary Improvements, or
IN nroyisions for the tamy-sO that offering
these lards for sale, is but putting thousands OF
Moor settlers ard their families into the hands OF
tbe morpy.lender. at the tune Of sixty TO hun
dred rer cent Capital has no conscience al the
We,t II has ONLY what Carlyle calls, yulp pine
morality. But / do LOt wish 10 eXpend male
dictions upon tue land speculatOr and the caPl-
tslist. They only avail themselves OF their legal
rigbts The responsibility of protecting the weak,
encouraging the poor and landless and of con-
rerting the uninhabited West into independent
homes and populous States rests solely upon the
Government officials AT the Federal apltal. lnfu-
eptial men that gather IN our cites and large
towns will clamor for sale-they reap fortunes
cut of il; but settlers upon the lands without
exception, ask delay.
A delay Of sale Of the public lands of Minnesota
for FIVE wears will save millions of acres of choice
Isnds from the remorseess man of money. and
hand them over TO the homeless and landless that
beed them Ii will save thousands OF poor settlers
at the " est from the terrOrs Of 100 per cent. or
loss of their homes: it will insure speedy settle
ment and dense population in lieu of settle
ment slowly aud sparsely; and, as no one can pre-
empt over quarter section Of land, It will secure
~ canal distribution of the sofia policy tending
10 democratic equality and promotion OF the
wealth and grandeur of state. :. L. JONES.