The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-03-23

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The Land Laws Of Virginia.
We should consider that the present Legislature
had achieved very great good for Virginia were
ftte relern the present land laws aud put an end
Go che sale Of Treasury Warrants at tDo cets and
&elf On acys--wafraats that warrant nothing, give
40 location Of any lands, and that are issued with
ost TIE positively ascsrtained fact that the Com
moo wealth has any lands TO sell. II isasystem
which sells the right 70 anybody 10 set mp claims
auywhcre, either 10 lands which justly belong TO
iodiyiduals or are forfeited TO the Commonwealth
for about the cost of drink Of common whisky
per acre. II is System nader which in the past
two years. according to Governor WISE, have been
praettsed the grossest frauds, which ought to
be exposed and punished" Its abolition would put
an end 10 these land frauds and open the lands at
reasonable prices to honest aod industrious cit-
zeas, Instead OF throwing them into the hands Of
soeeulators Thus we should have new incen-
eve to immigration In Virginia, and the West, now
RETARDED by immense wildernesses of waste lands
sguabbled over By land dealers, would Oil mp
rapidly with thriving population, and Der forests
woaid give way TO well cultivated fields aud cheer
Gut homes.
Theirs has been, as far as we have seen, not e
single word uttered In any quarter in defence of
the present system. The unanimous sentiment
eczema TO be, that 10 Virginia IL entitled to lands
forfeited under her laws, she ought to know where
they are-thet she ought to sell no warrants us-
less they are for such lands aud that she ought to
get a reasonable price for thsm.s This is plain
semmon sense. IL is the plain statement of the
saterest and the, duty Of the State-hsr duty TO
HIR psofLE, as we'll as herself Yet this Is not the
Interest Of the spectators, which is to keep the
s-rcsent ahominable law uualiered upon the sta
.uso beck. They want the chance TO seek ont
see4s that have lain long without the attention of
real owners-the lands Of distant proprietors aud
of widows and iBfants-and having espied ont
these feebIy held tenures, 10 buy land warrant
for Two cESrs AND HALF An ACRE, aod set them
selves down quietly upon them, cnce there they
are immovable. The process demoralizes not only
land hunters, bat coanty officers. Warrants are
oiled on warrants litigation upon litigaton-and
SAoltfS utstufDaHCss Ptoautea III Ntofrpftnh toib-
ssnunities.
The system Is denounced by public sentiment
generally. 1t Is regarded abroad as one of plum
Ser--many innocent persons in this country and
Isrope having boon grossly defrauded and invei-
ged into situations Of great distress by swinders,
whose frauds have been suggested by the State
law. Can such a system be continued in the face
ofits selfevident absurdity and indignty, and In
70 wis or II, he no univ al
tmsnt Of the pablicl
sIf the State owns ungranted or forfeited lands
ssey aybt TO s.l for at least much the United
Ststes government lands in the far West, viz: Sl25
per acre. They embrace good grass lands and lands
rich 10 minerals. They are all well timbered. The
wood alone. leaving ont the pine and chestnut IL
inverted into potash, will yield S. per clear of
expense. aud the land cleared will be enhanced in
value. The illinois Central Railroad Company has
been selling its lands given IL by the Unt'd States
10 actual tiers at from s6 to sn and lands in Kan
and other Territories have been selling ut $40 to
SIS per And yet here 10 Virginia selling land
warrants at hco and hoif cents per acre that by the
knowing ones are located upon mineral lands or
lands that are underlaid by limestone or that are
whether limestone or not, good grass grain and To-
baeoo LANDS and that are always heavily timbered-
lands that must prove 10 be worth fit III location
and quality, as much as these Of the far North
west
Portraits Of Seward and Douglas.
The Washington Union has lately drawn the
portraits Of W. Ii. Seward and Stephen A. Dong.
las. 1t says "Mr. Seward Is we'll educated
cold, psssiontess, painstaking, ambitious man.
What he lacks iu positive intellect, he more than
makes up In prudence, caution, industry and ener.
gy. lie Is too, very much of costumer of ideas
doing up his own in a fancy style. and dressing up
Others for his own special uses Mr.. Seward is lite.
rally and truly a Bsade man, enthusiastic, as all
such men are, over his own works, for he knows
that what he has accomplished has been the result
of hard, patient study, and a careful hushapJ:n1
Of hs resources. Hr. Douglas is, right on the
other hand, u natural growth, with greater DOW
er, no more heart, and far less finish. Dir. Doug
las Is bold, dashing cavalry oficer-a pouy.nag.
coed for abrush, but too unreliable and bawky for
the course. thorough early trimming for Mr..
bouglas would have impaired his powers Of
'uind. Nature educated him just as he is. Mr.
seward, without education and special training,
would have been nothing. This is precisely the
difference in this respect between them. They
are7both now great men. Mr.. Douglas is great in
positive intellect. He has, too, some logic He
IS not serupulous logican. He is a stranger to
the chemical faculty Of analysis. lie cares moth
IN
segrity of argument. lie is ambitious, like Mr..
Seward and we take it, 1t Is this that has brought
them together: They are both travelling to the
same destination, they care not a fig what road
they take to get there. In another RESPECT the
difference between Mr.. Seward and ,Ir Douglass il
Obvious enough the former has less of the i'm
aud OF course the greater power of conceal
ment. MIR. Seward il more OF "a courtier. Mr.
Douglass is most frank and manly and appears
best, when most excited. lie is reliable as par
tisan-in war-in strife, when the battle RACES
aud then his intellect, his resources, are
most available. In these respects Mr. Sew
ard Is valueess. lie viii msnpuvre for a posi-
ton, arrange ambuseadcs and strategic move
ments, issue proclamations, excite the passions of
the troops, commend their courage aud promise
them plunder, hut somebody else must do the
fighting. Dir. Seward Is remarkable for persis-
teDce, vigilance, patience aud for using other PEG.
Pies IDEAS and other peoples labor. SIR. Dougins
Us sefreiant, courageous, hrm and wiifui. His
heart Is not as large Lis head With so great a
disparity In this respect, 1t Is hardly possible that
he can ever render his intellect truly available"
e In the main, this Is correct picture Mr.
Douglas was, until lately, the biggest gun of his
party, but since he went off halfcocked, his ia
Tents appear 10 be more highly appreciated hy
his former enemies than his old friends He Ia !.
strong man, nevertheless, strong for mischief or
for good, and with an ambition better tempered
might lie OF service TO his country.
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Calling Hard Names.
The habit of the New York Tribune of iudulr;pr
in personal abuse Of those who differ from IL f. no
torious. Its capacity In this line il only I,,,ad
by the extent of its RlIin gsuata yooo,,i =.