, 1864-02-21

the 6tatc. There arc net In Iowa onc-fousth |
Of the quantity Of unsold lands Weed states,
nor a fifth in Missouri, nor tenth In Mis-
stssippi, Loutsiann, OF Alsbaua, nor fourth |
in Arkansds, nor half in Todda, nor a
fourth In Michigan, Wisconsin,, or Minnesota.
More than half Of the area OF the territories,
taken all together, will never sell for ten
cents per acre. The whole fourteen hundred
millions: of acrcs when the truth is told |
shrink to less than four hundred millions
wofth purchasing at any price, and lnrgc
pcKt Of these must pc rated ns second or third
class lands. It Is evident that Wecdsbascd :.
Ills estimates upon some old report OF Land
Commi issioner made to Congress about l848.
Hc speaks Of Northwest Territory, Orc
gou Territory, etc. KANSAS is not mentioned
ct al and Oregon is set down as Containing
~, $3.50 0c0 acrcs, or six times Us many ns the
Stnte Of 1ll1noIs, when in point Of fact the
salcablc lands OF Oregon do not exceed fifteen
or twenty millions Mt tho; very outside A.
large part Of The State is composed Of bare
mountains, destitute --oE timber or vcgc-
tatIon. But Weeds wicked .'echeme con-
templates withdrawing tho pnblic lands from
market, and then selling each quarter section
squeezed ont Of the purchasers. Tho poorer
class of pioneers would not be able to get
any but the poorest lands. The good lands
would fall into the hands of the spectators
and The richer classes, who would be able to
pay from six to twenty dollars per acre. HIS
scheme is to Ep1eyent emigration to the
West until tho population Of the States east
Of the Mississippi river become 80 dense that
emigrants would have to pay whateVcr price
the Government sGw proper to ask for Its I'M
sold lands. The bare statement Of this mon
strous proposition is sufficient to stamp It as
infamous.
:. Promote emigration from Europe, foster
industry, increase population, give the pub.
lie lands freely to the industrious poor, who
will cultivate them and deyelope their rc-
sources. That is the way to 'sfortity the
Federal Treasury, y and provide for the pay
ment Of the interest and principls of the Ma
tional debt, and not by the method proposed
by the broken down Albany demagoguc.
vALLANDIGIIAm,S DEATH BLOW.
Vallandigham, the traitor, has brought the
matter Of his trial, conviction and punish
mcut before the Supreme Court Of the United
States, upon petition for 4 writ ofcertiorari,
directed 10 the Judge Advocate General, in
order that the proceedings Of the Military
Commission might be revised and the sen
tcncc annulled. The Supreme Court has dis
missed the petition on the ground that 1t has
10 jurisdiction In the case. The decision
virtually says that tho proceedings Of Mill
tary Commission, approved by the Command.
cr-in-Chief, arc final, and In this case
SO final that Vnllandigham must submit
to them and content himeef in Canada living
upon the scanty contributions Of the faith.
full. The Courts of his own State haye de.
cidcd against him, the people of his OWE
State have kicked him ont, and now the Su
prene Court Of the United States has put its
final stamp upon him. Il, after ull this, he L
not convinced that lie is an infamous traitor
and deserves his punishment, he is truly ire
| claimable. It is a fearful blow to him and II
| all the Copperheads. It strips from then
tlcir great stock In trade, by recognizing
and endorsing the fact of military indt
! pendence in time Of war. It robB Va1landigg
hum Of every claim he possessed to the posi-
ton Of martyr, and exposes him as an un
bluahing, open traitor, receiving his deserts
Bis fate is miserable ono. His own friend
will desert him now. The JEFF Davis orga.
Of this city is already doing it, and befor,
many days he Will not have a friend in th'
country be helped to betray, except among
those who are in arms against it, and he vii
60 down to history as he stands now, q poor
Infatuated, dastardly traitor, who though
to oppose his puny strength against 4 grea
nation struggling for its integrity. Judas
Arnold, Davis md Vnllandigham, the lou
most infamous characters in all history!