The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1857-07-22

vsice for themselves, their own b,st interps
AID j'.sl rights. bAlare the people af the ne,
! states. VIII" understanding their interest here
4 t"i IRE have upited az inst u. stall bpcom
sufficiently numerous and strong III powe
anti Influence as u get all the lands.
Mr.. Glmer read from the circular an
) speeches Of such men as DR.. Montgomery a
! Grunge. as gn,d Democrats AZ any can \
! dare b 'ast 0i beng, that thew were for nix
rbution, and pledged themselves never 4
cease their escrtions in this behalf until tlis
tr'butinn should be effected. lie expresse,
} himself highly yrA'iied that the force Of popn
lar feeling was bringing over many Of nm
leading friends If the Democratic marry
/ That nearly all the democratic candidates |,
this Stale werc for distribution by way q
dspa.itlng with Stats the surplus reycnu,
l@ the Uaited States Treasury--and other
VII" heretoiee have opposed distribution, ar,
now SAYING that If the system ofgiyiny ava,
the psblic lands TO the new States continue:
then they are Tor distribution. A question
~ relation TO which it is truly ridiculous /,
apply the word "J." when Congress, to Sc.
cure LAYER with the new States. has aIread
gwen 10 them upwards Of one hundred ana
NIFTY mi'iiniis OF acres for their improve,
,aeats, ssy,ums, universities, public buildings
schoeis, rail rnads. aud companies, and mol
one acre. or the value Of one acre 10 any Of
tne .'d States. except IL the Deposit act o.
1880. ~ which saiI Favored new States had
ais" !" addition their full share. Then If III,
people u the old States have not their eve,
npen to the Necessity of union for distribution
pray ahed will they become alive to their
own best interest.
! suppose, sad Mr.. Gilmer. North CaroIina
had been As fairly dealt With a, the new
States had been. especially tie people of III.
State "i lillnois. who saw aud report that they
have al eidy been benefited to the extent ni
over tlilris millions 81 dullsrs BY their gift.
I 81 pubic lands. h0w would our people stand
- the score d public improvements and take.
As compared with our present condition and
prosperity. lie declared that il was most as
,onl,hng that there Gould any longer be any
division "i "plnIon aiming the people Of North
Garnl'"a on this subject. Tut he hoped the
time WAS ~ hand when The people d tie aid
states would unite, and With united y1ice
demand their jn.t rights, the only thing
necessary 10 secure them.
In connection with this subject, Mr.. Gil
mer showed conclusiyely how sqnatter soye-
reignty, alien suffrage, in the territories
incorporated IN the Kansas Nebraska bill,
operated against the interest, influence and
power OF the old States, and was hurrying
on the power and number of the new States ;
that alien suffrage permitted all who actually
sci IN sAFr - ~
they came from the States of the Union or
any other part Of the world that the same
chances for land, voting or holding Office
that are gwen to our own citizens, are also
extended 10 foreigners; that foreigners in
the old States were required 10 remain FIVE
years, show that they have been good citizens,
well disposed towards our own government,
and take the oath Of allegiance. before they
could vote aud become citizens. Not so in
the territories under the Kansas squatter
sovereignty alien suffrage provision all who
went 70 the territories, could vote as soon as
they actually settled and declared their in
tention to become citizens. The late poll
cy oil the Government, aud Of those who
professor 70 iasor Southern Rights through
Alien Suffrage, was 10 persuade and entice
foreigners from all the world TO come 10 this
country, settle IN the territories, because
then at once they are placed on equal foot
ing with American citizens aud 10 increase
the wealth, power, and number OF the free
States.
Mr.. G.lmer showed from the Census that
the natural increase Of population in the
Southern states was equal to the natural in
crease ~ the Northera aud Northwestern
States that the free States in Congress had
~ 100, majority OF five members only,
but now had minority 81 fifty -four members,
and would be increased in the next amor
tiOnment; that the free States nov had
minority Of two in the Senate that ac-
eording to the same ratio Of increase OF free
states against the South, arising alone, a.
the Census shows, from the millions III for
eigners enticed 70 this country, and induced
TO settle in the Territories by reason Of the
superior and peculiar privileges given, II
they settle there, over what is given 10 them
in the old States, the time is not FAR distant
when the states IN interest against the old
States will be able 10 do with them a. they
please, but 10 strike from the constitution
itself, the only guarantee the South has for
her institution in the Union. In support Of
this view, he might have rccounted, by fg-
urcs, the progress Of immigration ia this
country since 1870, and which i as follows:
fion 1890 to 1910. twenty yens, 10000
1870 - i.sn. ten yeas. $4,000
Isf0 10 1874. ten yesr. sl9s.g
1871 20 isin. Ten year. 7ss AGO
1910 % 1850, ten years, 1871 $50
-
Total or The entire sisiy years. s.12s,lss
Pom Iune lsi 1880. % Decemhrr 1881. Tie
nuinhef Of fotsgn Immigrants arriving IN
this county. was $4,000
N The year lss2. b5bOOo
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