Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-04-17
Democratic Nominal iioIiils.
Our Financia1 statesml an.

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at this time. when she is striving, to de-
velope her resources. and is necessarily
compelled 70 incur heavy expenses. that
she has some one to care for her and look
after, her welfare !; or. rather. il aOould be.
ifhhe person who has assumed the task OF
paying her debts, completing her improve
ments and educating her children. pos
sessed the power to do so. But we fear
that that consummation most devou,ly
to be wished" is not yet 10 be realized.
|. is an old and generally accepted axi-
ON. that he who does not judiciou>ly
manage his own affairs, will not so man
age the affairs Of another ; and it is not
only fair presumption. but the facts
prove that the seductive scheme now pro
posed by Mr. Garlic and his Know-No
thing confcdera,cs, will not only result IN
u veri6cation Of the adaIe, but in grca
ter ihumbug that Know Nuthingism itself.
Nc Garlic has undertaken the manage.
ment Of the monetary affairs Of the Old
Dominion. and we very much fear. that il
they are left 10, bis control, she. too, will
be compelled TO take, The benefit Of the
Bankrupt Law or plead the Statute OF
Limitations.
lie proposed as the sovereign balm for
all our ills. the distribution OF ali the lands
belonging to the Federal government.
among the several States. lie says that
the amount Of lands that would fall to
Virginia under this arrangement is sixty
millions of acres, wh.c" would yield to our
State treasury seventy.fve millions
Of doIlars-euough TO pay our State
debt complete our improvements. and
educate every child ia the Comma wealth.
This is truly magnificent project, and
its honest realization would cause the
heart Of every friend of the old Common
wealth to leap with Joy. But. alas !!
those who lay the Anttering unclion to
t2rir souls. that Mr.. CarlIe's land scheme
viii work out this wondrous good. are
d"med To u sad disappointment.
We nave paid some attention to this ques.
non. and We find. with our limited know
led % at arithtnetic, that the receipts from
the public lands would amount TO a mere
song when divided among thirty one
States, and that the expenses ofthe Land
Office which would be required by each
State to survey and sell the lands appor
toned 10 them. would more than absorb
the whole amount received from the sales,
and leave them charge upon the State
treasury, instead of a source of revenue
to it. The rule is simple one-divide
the receipts among the thirty -one States
and multiply the expenses Of the home Of
fee. adding the expense Of surveying and
selling the portion set apart from the
State. With the other thirty States AS
competitors. forcing their land upon the
market. Virginia could not begin to real
ize her expenses from the land. AS ma
ny OF the lands proposed to be divided
will not now bring I2t cents An acre,
Virginia would have to sell at less price
than the cost OF surveying and selling, or
keep the lands on hand until the other
States had sold all theirs-an hundred
years hence-and submit in the meantime
TO the annual tax of the expenses OF the
land Office. Besides this. as Gov. Wise
says. the idea is chimerical and would
virtually commence the dissolution Of the
Union. The territory coded must even.
tually become States. and what State
would consent to have another State owu
all the, lands within her borders =? But
even besides these reasons. the scheme is
impracIicable. Mr.. Carlile's bill was
never even reported by the committee. so
visionary was it considered .by>the last
House o!uRepresentatives.. But IL the
House were to pass ii by mirAcle, il
would ,rfquire two miracles to get it
through, the Senate, and ttree could not
make the President sign it, -. Co..
OF all humbugs we ver'heard of-the
South Sea Island Scheme the Mniticsu.
lus Speculalion-she Wooly Horse. ard
Know, Nottingham. s. Csrlile's land bill
rather takes the rag off the bush. 81!
Gy, We Ppapblish il another column ln the .
card Of Lieut.. Gov. McComas. published
in cOnnection wishrhis resignation of his
Office! twill be found complete refus
tati6n Of the charges made against him
last. winter. ...,i.. 80 80. 80 III
/ IA Human affections are the leaves,
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