New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-03-12

yep 90 50 per acre. which is the price OF Government
lands noar railroads; as in no instance have
lands been granted 10 railroad company or to State
Tor railroads. without there being clause IN the act
moyidng that the alternate sections or parts OF SEQ,
tons OF land held by the Government SHAH not be sold
ess than twice the previous prices also section that
United States troops and Government property OF OIL
Kinds sha be transported over the roads free from all
coll or other charges These two provisions were put
into the ACT granting lands TO TIC States OF Illinois
and Alabama for Railroad IRON Chicago 10 M9p oh
under which the Illinois Central Railroad receives thcr
grant Of land See sections and oi The Act Statuo
laws Of 1901 1t is very difficult matter for ne to
$50 In what manner the Government has been ioSer
by tho grant Of land TO this Railroad Company, BY
which Mir. Weed has attempted 70 eiucida'o us
theories. go. 81.
man aso strongly urges would have tho effect to stop
emigration TO the West aud throw our public lands
into the hends OF spectators keeping them rom SGT
flenent as was the case amer the ahg Naiin' sys
This policy has proved perfect phght ana curse
many Of the iarest portions ut lhe cab ana sivu
fetarded Its growth and prosperity by devotlng mi0ns
of acres our public don ain to unprOduotlveness ono
ride for hundreds of miles IN some OF the most iei
fo portions OF Iowa and Missouri without sooing on
snhabtant because the lands have been pasteot over
$50 70 spe with land warrants. and owned by peoula
tors who will not sell except at prices beyond the roAoh
ofpoor men.
iDg immigration from Europe, and establishing upon
our broad western pIalilcs tOulSllng communities
and thus increasing the taxable property OF TIE nation
will place hund eds of dollars in the Treasury Wbore
che retention Of tie lands foy sale would pace one IL
SIS also uncomfortable fact that the revenue do
rived by the Government heretofore from the sale Of tho
public domain has scarcely exceeded the cost oil survey
and sole thereof
Again, Mir. Weeds argument respecting the oharac-
Ter Of the foreign immigration hther If Government
gives away land 10 settlers do not Sc the force OF; as
be giving away OF the public lands to poor settlers docs
not certainly prevent those with capital from buying
but the contrary offers great inducements for them TO
do so theS well know that tie cultivation OF the land
about their tracts by settlers viii render thor property
ali the more valuable Inmates OF poor houses and CON
IA a
grate from Europe 10 this country whether land is sold
at high prices or gwen away they do not care about
working any more than they compelled 10 do and
therefore roman In the large cities and thckly set
God districts where there is wider and richer field
for their depredaons or where they be supported
at the pubnc expenses and tie only Involvement which
could DO offered to such class 10 earn honest hye
hood would be their getting land for nothing.
Let the poor enig ant fleeing ON European tyranny
and prescription feel when no lands upon our shores
that America is indeed the Land of Liberty Give him
Che power 10 become man. ard be his master he
hss health and strengthdO not crush him because he is
not blessed with this worlds goods, but point him TO
the broad acres OF TIE West and tell him 60 there
and by honest toll become prosperous happy and indie
pendent The wealth and prosperity OF this country
depends in O great measure, upon tho protection al.
[0rded 60 agricultural interests ana tho induce
ments offered to emigrants 10 set'e upon The public
lands ard cultivate them 1t is the wedlrected indus
Try Of nation which enriches and eTDObCs it; and I'M
der the sod Of broad prGes greater treasures
hidden than IN the golden mountains Of California and
Colorado
The interests of the Eastern and Western portions
Of the country arc Intimately connected with each
other; whatever adds 10 dolracts from the wealth
and prosperity Of the one affects to the degree the
ptheP Eastern statesmen and capitalists should have
more enlarged snd liberal views in respect to the est
Than they have; and. instead Of eBdeayOriDg 10 pass
pleasures through Congress which Ork to its prejudice
OF striving to repeal acts which Of great import
10 its growth they shond vie with Western repre-
gentatve IN their eXeTtions by legislative enIctmeDt
or otherwise 10 develop the resources Of that portion
of the Union and settle with Free Men Gnd Free States
Che almost boundleSs area between the Mississippi
River and the Pacific Ocean Very respectfully.
Nste. York Feb. Is 1901. Lyman G.. DAYTON.