Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-06-06

asst does against. t.every measure Tor th C
advantage ofwhite laboring men. That
this negro interest, which is all owned
by three or four .hundl edith housa nd per-
sons, should ASSUME to dictate the dis
position of the whole national domain,
and to exclude white men from its free
occupatiou---an occupation vastly more
valuable to the wealth of the nation
than any price which il could get for
the iand-because the division of the
new territory into small farms might be
unfavorable to its control by slave
holders, andto the securing of the large
tracts of land which slavery requires, is
a forcible illustration af the Unsuitable
demands ofEslavery, and of the despotic
control which it has exercised over the
interest ofthis country. s4s'g a-.&z
Such magniiicens patrimony was
ssever before owned by nation as our
gast, xaocseupied territory, and ii could
hardly haze beea worse mauaged. In
variabiy large tracts a d the best selec-
tions fell into the hands of spectators,
thus isolating the settlers and entailing
all the privations of a sparsely settled
tcouusry ON the inhabitants for genera
tioas Roads, bridges, schools..churehes
and society were the slow growth of a
lifetime, instead7of springing up spon-
taneously as they do with the American
people whore land is open to settlement,
and not open to monopoly. Isl q ga
4'hc following is a synopsis of; etbe
law: NJ 5z T 1s- sHtg Hcr Z
AZ the lands owned By the ,Goycru-
meat are open to settlement under it in
quantities not exceeding 100 acres = to
each person.
Any person who is a citizen Of the
United States, or has declared intention
to become such, vino is Fl years, old
or the head of a family, or has. served
in the military or naval service Of the
country during this rebellion, can make
the entry on payment Of tn dollars, and
the fees Of the Register aud Receiver o!
tie band Office. That is all the settler
has to pay at any time.
The act takes effect the 1st Of Jan
uary next, and requires residence and
| cultivation Of FIVE years to perfect the
title. '3'+- ~
Any person can enter, under this act.
land on which he has a pre- emption
claim
This Congress may justly claim, to
have accomplished more fer the growth
and prosperity of the country by this
act than has been done by any Con
gress within the memory of the present
generation, We would 60 still farther
lin perfecting this measSre. Let there
be no more sales of the peoples birth
fright, but let all the lands. be reserved
for free homes to settlers. The amount
which the Government receives for the
sale Of the land. is contemplate when
compared with the addition which It's
cultivation makes to the national wealth.
.Fhe Government is actually loser by
the sale of every tract which is bought
by spectators. Gaa 7.
The system Of 4asd b&aH&ies TO sell
dfeFs merely throws the certificates into
market at a reduced price, and facili-
tates speculation. The bounty to the
soldier. is fallaciors, while it entails a
curse apon the new territories let
the Government pay its bountic5 in
money, instead of depreciating its lands
fald placing bar on their settlement
1t could not devise more extravagant
way of phsi4sg these boz aties, than this
which depreciates the national patri-
mony, prevents its cultivation, aud
makes it a stock for speculation"