The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-04-07

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rhe Land Warrsnts Again.
rha Enousvey and Asaxasser call upon the 10
slssure IN earn est and emphatic tones, 10 repeal
~. lac ..,hoytyisg the unlimited Issue Of Urea
.uyv Land warrants, which 10 justly pronounc-
"A dlsgrscs TO virginia. Gov. Wise has strongly
urxed reform Of the land system In his annual
ussssse, and 70 10 said that all the State officers
fully concur 10 bis views. We have also seen q
letter from Mr.. Thomas W. Ladd, the highly EN-
eisnt and intelligent City Surveyor Of Richmond,
in which he says at have been written TO fire.
ausntly from Nsw York and other States, by infu-
sntial men, to know the price Of Virginia Land
Warrants In Richmond, supposng that they pot
sssssd IN equivalent TO United States Land War
rants, and Who we're shockipgiy disappointed TO
nnd that they were sold at the low price of "a
cent? per acre ct the Treasury Office; and when
the warrants were presented, no land to be
tound-whsn the State evidently gives you to M
derstand by the warrants that she possesses the
same have had SEINE three or four applications
in person from individuals from other States to
locate lands for them under those State Warrants
and they were astonished to find, after paying
some so cents or more per acre, besides their ex
psnse from distant States, that Virginia repud
ated her own act. ! have known within the last
few years, and perhaps the last year, some OF
- a.. An
ers thereof, on land within the city of Richmond
when the same land had been previously located,
and 10 no~ valued at thousands of dollars. From
the large number of warrants heretofore issued
Ihavs my doubts whether there is any land now
in Virginia that these warrants will cover, except
sschsated and tax lands, which are still more
doubtful" Mr.. Lsdd expresses the opinion that
the present Law must have material effect In in.
turing the credit OF the State. Mr.. III. Bates, late
Surveyor Of the city, concurs with Dir. Ladd in his
views.
We ask attention, finally, to the following CON-
nunicaiiou, from the pen Of q venerable and re-
tired Statesman of Virginia, whose opinions on
any subject, we fully concur with our contempt
rariss of the Enquirer and Examiner, are entitled
70 the most respectful consideration, and whose
words Of wisdom and virtue should have their
weight With ail who value the honor and good
name Of the Old Dominion:
10 he EDITORS Of the Pablo Journals Of the city Of
Richmond.
VIRGINIA March 18th, 1853.
Geatkmsn-The object the writer has In view 10,
through your patriotic kindness In permitting the
use Of yosr columns, to bring TO the attention of
the General Assembly, now Ia session, under the
proclamation of Governor Wise, the heavy aud
oppressive grievance TO honest landholders, result
ing from the law requiring the Register of the
General Land 0Hsce ITO SELL" "7reasary Land
Warrants," of course to all who will buy them, to
an unlimited amount, and at the pitiful price of
$3.50 per 100 dcresi This perpexing, irritating
and oppressive GRIEVANCE, has been long known
to exis, and remedy for 1t should have been long
since provided; q grievance, the remedy for which
common sense aud common honesty, not less
than the honor of the State have long since unit
cd 70 demand Now, the fact Is notorious, that
the state has long since disposed of all her lands
and that she does not now probably own an acre
Of vacant land upon which such warrants can be
located; or, If she does, she knows no more than
the man In the moon where IL lies. But does
she own the land in fact? II she does, every body
knows that every acre of Ii Ia worth IN cash, from
Oas TO i've dollars-not per hundred dcres-but
from one to Ave dollars per acre. Aud if this be
true a. the writer verify believes it is-who
10 benefttedf All! thsre lies the rub! Why
sndjobbers - land-speculators and land-pirateS
have, for years, hsbitually purchased those
warrants--for the purpose of locating them on 9th.
or peoples lands-lsnds which they kneo were
not oacdnt-but the possession OF which, aided
by q knayish adroltness, and little patience,
would, eventually, give them legal title TO, by
operation of the statute. Aud In doing that, such
has been the practical effect of the laws prescr
bling the manner of acquiring title on the one
hand, and of preserving IL Oh the other-that
hundreds, indeed, thousands, have successfully
acquired title by such frauds. 1t il impossible
10 enumsrste the ststutes--the innumerable de.
tails of them, which, under certain circumstances,
permit the Junior Pateut to suppressed the Saior
Patent "Iiracy" by land, should be punished
NOT less than PIRACY" by sea! But when the
great State Of Virginia makes herself pdrticeps
csiBstHs, from whence 10 punishment to bs ex-
peetsdf IL she did not sell the HdrrdatS, the
crime could not BE committed. Besides, the facts
are we'll known shat those same Treasury Land
Wurraats" have been, to large amount, pur |
chased and habitually carried ana sold by specula
tors In the markets of distant States and cities,
TO emigrsnts and other strangers, really DESTROYS
TO cast their lot In with our people, who, when |
they came for the purpose, found them worthless,
unless they would, thousands had done be- |
fore them, proceed to locate them on lands knosn
20 have been previously sold aud patented. The
continued SALE Of those ''TEEAsURr LAND WAN
RAsrs"-at two and q half cents per scrs-is,
then, the foundation, the fruitful source of fraud,
injustice, and iniquity such has, perhaps never
been perpetrsted before, with absolute IMMUNITY,
in any civilized country under tho sun. lay then,
the ax< TO the root of the eril; repeal forthwith
the law authorizing the sale of those warrants;
and with like promptitude, REVOKE, call in, eau
eel, and destroy every one of them which has not
been located. The known effect of the existing
system 10 equivalent to the offer, by the State, of
a pTemiana for the preparation OF fraud and kna.
very the one hand, while IL entails endless titi-
gdfion and, but TOO often, utter rum thousands
Of honest men. concise bill, repeating the Law
authorizing the continued sale Of the TREASURY
LAND WARRASfs;" requiring the county surveyors
10 ascertain and plat out, all the ungranted lands,
oil forfeited escheated lands, within their coun-
ties respectively, and make report thereof to the
register Of the land sfnce; moreover for the pub
Ito and BONA FIDB SALE Of all the lands, of every
description, belonging TO the State to be made by
bin, under such instructions as should be given
him for the purpose, by the Governor of the Com.
Donwealth. suoh bill would be at once gene
rally understood by the members Of the House,
and OF the Senate-snd as its passage 10 impera-
lively called for by the dictates Of equity and
good conscience, and by the honor Of the State,
might be by general consent carried through all
the FORMS Of legislation, and in a few hours be-
cous q law Of the land. 1t Is hot q new subject,
just sprung upon the attention of the General As
sembly. That body 10 well aware that large
number Of the most upright citizens Of this State
are vitality interested In the enactment of such /
law. They cannot have forgotten that, during |
their last session, they were repeatedly addressed
through the newspapers Of the city OF Richmond,
BY different writers on the subject and that, at
the commencement Of their last session their at
tsntion was specifically called to 1t, in the mes
sage mo. 81 Of the Governor of the Common
wealth, whose facts, and whose arguments on the |
ubject, will abide the strictest test Of human |
scrutiny, Of talents, and Of time.
The Desks OF Congress.
A contemporary says:
"The desks In Congress are one great cause Of
long spsechss, protractsd sessions, and talk for |