The Nevada Democrat., 1859-12-21
PUBLIC SCHOOL LANDS.

PUBLIC SCHOOL LANDS
10 tie Senator and Representatives n Nereds
County,
The undersigned deems Il his duty, IN the most
feeling nianneI 10 urge the claims Of the youth Of
this county to your united and untirins efforts IN
obtaining for them the amount Of public lands usu-
ally granted for the benefit Of education. 1t has
ever been the settled policy Of the general govern
meat 10 foster learning BY the most liberal and gem
| erous donation of the public domain. This most
wise and benihcent policy, tends not only to perpe
uate hef institutions and increasc inevery respect
her material wealth, but adds to the undivided worth
dignity, and virtue other citizens. OF what crimes,
Of what wrongs, of what misdemeanors, are the
youth Of this county guilty, that they must be de-
prived OF this most wise, benfcen and settled pol
icyi Is it owing to their unhappy fate in being cast
in land rich in gold and silver that they must suf-
fer this great wrong Kso, then indeed would It
be better for them and the land, lift was ten times
more bleak and sterile than that Of their Pilgrim
Fathers. Such remarks are spontaneous and un-
premedtated--made with no design to bestOw on
your children one foot of land, valuable, % pre-
cious, sosacred. The undersigned cannot, however,
be made to believe that it is the policy, design, or
even wish Of the general government to withhold
the sixteenth and thirtysxh sections OF the town
ships from educational purposes, without being en-
tirely willing to make full and ample compensation
IT. unfortunately, he is mistaken in this belief and
other public domain can be obtained for the loss
Of the sections in the townships, then indeed does
he recommend, that so much Of the remnant, the
refuse Of the public domain Of the county, uncaim-
ed unoeeupied, and as he may say, uncared for, be
segregated for the use and benefit of education and
such State enactments passed for it's police regula-
ton, as your wisdom and Judgment may direct. II
is strange indeed that the great beray, or rather
boundless generosity in bestowing the wealth ofthe
State on ALL even those not identified in feeling in
interest," in laws, or in language had not extended
your children united BY the tenderest Of ties and
identified with you in all the relations of life, and
who SO soon by the laws Of nature, will be called to
occupy your place, and fill your station There was
time, when States considered their children their
brightest ornaments, and their educated and yirtu-
GUS citizens their greatest and nobest wealth. So
that when the Roman natron was asked for her
treasures she truly pointed to her children, and as
the Roman, so might the American mother point TO
her children the brightest Of jewels II they too,
were educated to the love Of virtue Of honor and Of
patriotism. For ten years, you have freely offered
the public domain to all who might desire to pos
it. For ten years you have neglected the wants
and rights Of your children, and you still hesitate
to act in their behalf for fear Of committing wrongs,
why not fear committing the worst OF all wrongs,
from which must fow the worst OF all eyils-that
of permitting your children to grow up in Ignorance,
with its attendant concomitants, vice and immoral
ity and II wrongs must be perpetrated, and injuries
sustained, why select victims, the confding inno
cency Of chidhoodi But no wrongs need be perpe-
rated no injuries sustained norights compromised.
For, fortunately, there is st in the State sufh-
cient amount Of the public lands, on which there
does not rest even a shadow ofa claim. To these
lands alone, does the undersigned look for compen-
sation for the loss sustained in the townships. it
is not permitted however, to select the rich and fer
tile lands of the State, then last resort, must
the remnant Of the agricultural land of the county
be selected that in which there is no deposits Of
the precious metals, and to which there exists no
species Of claim. The undersigned has good reason
to believe that sufficient amount Of such land
might be found within the limits of this county to
serve in part at least compensation for the loss
Of the two sections within the townships. The un-
dersigped does not deem it necessary or proper to
suggest to your experience and wisdom, the manner
or mode Of procedure, with regard to the acquire
ment or management Of the public domain; he
would only suggest, that whatever might be obtain
ed, should be placed in the treasury OF the county
and so managed as to be made perpetual fund for
educational purposes. l'f as H
In conclusion, the undersigned would state, that
the youth Of the county look to your action in their
behalf, with the deepest socitude, formany have no
hope Of receiving instruction il is not furnished
them by the public and in matter so important,
and vtay effectng their interest," they are not per-
mitted to rely ON the rough and crude remarks of
their unskied advocate, but instructed to cast
themselves the justice OF their case, and to trust
that their silent eloquence will weigh more in the
scales Of justice, than all the noisy wranglng of
their opponents and the embryo citizens Of the
State, to claim the most strenuous and eloquent ad-
Vocacy of their Senators and Representatives.
G. I. OVERTON, Co. Sup't.
Nevada Dec. 10th 1859. Public Schools.
BRUTAL MURDER.--A negro named Charles