Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-03-21

What j. the annual value Of these lands
and what their ultimate yalue-nre questions It
val moment to thu people Of Nireinia.-We sish
to give facts FIR the cool judgment of the tax pay
or.
In I-:2-ih average annual proceeds of these
land. amounted IL $4,000 U00. The portion If
Virginia would then have amounted annually to
S2l5.793. The snrs have increased each year
since is.s2. with nur increasing population. until
in So aud 81 they amount 40 the sum OF GIL,
1881. The share of Virginia would now be a
bout $3.50 O00- annually But in the term of ten
year, these annual sales will greatly increase and
our portion Of course will be enlarged. We may
fairly say That Virginia for the next twenty years
will have an average amount Of one million dol
lars per annnm, from the sales Of this domain
How long will these lands continue tn be a
scarce of distribution What qnantity-what tx
tent-what number If ncres thus held by
Congress 10 be disposed Of :. for the use Of the
United States-''NIRGISIA INCLUSIVE" and
for no other use or purpose mhattuer."
In 1872 accurate examination resulted in an
Official declaration that the public domain then
embraced surface of ONE THOUSAND AND NINE.
rY MILLIONS OF ACRES =! Since then we have
acquired almost a continent of territory from
Mexico. We fud it stated by the Hon Mr.. Car
lie in recent speech in Congress-that our
public domain is now moro Than TWO THOUSAND
MILLIONS OF ACRES -
VOTERS AND TAX pAYERs-These are not fig
ores of rhetoric. This is no fnncy sketch pre-
sented TO dazzle and mislead your judgment. -
They arc facts taken from official papers preser
we'd in the archives ct your government. You
will see thercfrom that for more than one hun
dred years, the share of Virginia in his great ma
tional treasure will amount annually to more than
one million Of dnllars.t
Thi. is not all. The presiden. in hi. me- sage
of l553and u, states that these lands after deb
ting them with all the cost OF acqu sition- In
dian iites--survevs-- sales &c. have yielded to
the treasury of the United States the large sum
of FIFTY THREE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS !! Sir
ginia is also entitled To her disirbutive share of
this fund-held by the federal government 'for
The use o I the States--dnd for no other use or
purpose whdfeUer.'!!!
This claim of Virginia the federal treasury
amounts to about THREE MILLIONS FIvEHUNDREp
THOUSAND DOLLARS ].
We call upon the tax payers to pause; and tn
ponder with these facts. Why not claim and
receive this money! 1t is our duet is our in
heriiance. The federal treasury is full of money
they are perplexed with surplus; why not pay
this debt to the individual States!
Behold the blessings which this money would
bring with it TO the people ofNirginia here 81.
900 can be had at once II simpl eclam
Besides which Virginia will have an .nnuiiy oi
$1,000, OOO-per annum for one hundred years
to come
Voters of Virginia:-This grent interest in the
public domain has heretofore been made part y
question. You have been kept out Of your in.
heritance hv your own representatives, in Con
gress and in our State Legislature. This can no
longer be allowed.
Ponder these facts Choose your public ser
wants in reference to these vital interests. Trust
no man who will not pledge his utmost exertion-
both in Congress and IN Richmond to hnve jus
tico done us on this great question. This mon
ey will complete your great lines of improve
ment-it will fill our State with schools and col
leges-it will pay our large State indebtedness
it will free rs from the burden of taxation that
now grind the faces Of our people.
Remember TINT he who opposes this measure
would continue upon you all the evils of taxation
and poverty under which you now groan.- Pied
mont Uhig.