Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-03-27
cLARKsBURG, FRIDAY, MARCH ~. 1887
Democratic NoIninations.
The Land Question.

r. The Land question: .H
Those who have for the last eight
years fattered themselves that the old
Wing measures>of 1841-the Tariff, Bank,
Bankrupt Law. and Distribution Of the
Public Lands had become obsolete and
abandoned, must be somewhat surprised
at finding the proposition to "equalize
the grants Of land to the several States in
this Union," advocated with so much zeal
in Virginia at the present day. And
those who recollect the radical position
assumed against that measure by eur last
representative in Congress. Mr.. Garlic.
while member of the Virginia Senate
and acting with the Democratic party,
would be greatly astonished to learn that
he is the principal resurrectionist Of this
defuuct question in this State, if that gen.
tleman had not already established an
immortal reputation for political ground
and lofty tumbling. Such being the case,
his advocacy of the doctrines now, that
he so violently opposed then, excites SIM
ply smile of contempt.
Disappointed. defeated and dispersed
upon their old platform. of which this dis
tribution question formed prominent
plank. the Wing party hid itself under
the dark veil of Know>Nothingism. Be-
hind this curtain many pseudo Democrats
were found in the pursuit Of Office. Car
lille there met his old colleagues of 1910.
and they welcomed the prodigal's return
by killing for his feast their latest Con-
gressonai calf. And he. to prove the
sincerity of his repentance, has done
what they had not dared-has revived
one of the odious measures Of their old
discarded platform. He is certainly enti-
tied to the credit Of manifesting some
courage in his return to his first love-
1t is said that desperate diseases require
desperate remedies. The remedy of Car
lille is desperation itself. Who, that was
not the personi6cation Of desperation and
egotism, would attempt to override and
change all the previously entertained
views of the ablest statesman of this Com
monwealth upon this subject? Virginia
has heretofore refused to become a party
to the robbing OF the Federal treasury
Will she now turn freebooter at the solici
sation of this political adventurer
Mr.. Garlic is anxious to be reelected
to Congress-. aud finding that the " in
tense American feeling" has oozed out at
the fnger.ends of his party adherents,
and the clap-trap Of Americans ruling
America has lost its seductive efficacy,
he has been compelled to hunt up a new
hobby-horse upon which to run the race
for the $4,000 salary of Congressman
In his explorations for this political thun-
der. with his usual heightened patriotism,
he has discarded all principles of political
economy, and confined his researches to
pure " buncombe." He knows that Vir-
ginia is in debt. and that she has taxed
her energies, like an honest man, to pay
that debt. He also knows that the peck
ct is the most vulnerable point of attack
to many persons, and accordingly he d.
reefs his heaviest artillery upon that point.
His land bill is the result of this happy
conception. According to Mr.. Carlile,
this is the great panacea for all our ills.
1t is to pay our debts, make our railroads
and turnpikes, educate our children. and
put dollar in every mans pocket and a
clean shir: on his back. Baruum says !:
Humbug rules the world.' Carlile
is certainly disciple OF Barnum, and it
is questionable which is the greatest hum
bug-Barnum's woolly horse or Carlile's
Land Bill.
In order that our readers may more
fully comprehend the extent to which
they are to be benefited by the reception
of the land fund. we publish an article in
another column, which shows the amount
to be realized to be most ridiculously
small amount. but enough, it seems to
buy some men. We presume. however,
it is as much as they are worth-4 cents
on $4,000:
We shall haye more to say on the Land
Bill hereafter.
Literary Society.
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