Des Arc citizen., 1866-09-22
WHAT VIRGINIA HAS DONE.

tne, e,Cipcinnativ Union. reverts to it, an d reveals some facts that, if generally
 known, are little considered. The $ lclose, it observes, of the Revolutions
 rv War found the Government deeply
 in debt. Most of the States owned
 large tracts or estei.n land=@thc Gen.
 cral Government owned none. Of all
 the States. Virginia held the best title ] to the la4gesfamount. Upon tlle inYi-
 tation of Congress, Virginia cedcd all
 herti to all ilfe lands ownesiI bv her northwest of the river Ohio, and which. I with the exception of the strip now known as the Western Reserve, and a portion set apart as bounty to her
 soldiers, embraced the territory now
 forming the State of Ohio, and all ot
 Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin,
 ard those portions of Iowa and Minnc-
 sota not embraced with the Louisiana 1 purchase, and this Virginia, did, ill or l der that the United States might by their sale, pay the debts contracted dur I ing the Revolution.
 Virginia was then the leading Slave State ofthc South. But in order that 1 the General Government might .rthc sooner sell their lands and realize their I valne, she agreed that Slavery, except l for the punishment of. crimes of which < the party should first be convicted, l should be forevar excluded from the l Territory. 2fAnd with a wise fore
 thought for the benefit of the purcha- scrs, aad the lands thus donated, yir- l ginia also agreed tliat one, section oi land ill. each toWnellipTT thirty
 sixth part oft the entire gift-should be !, appropriated foy the use; of schools,
 j The State of Connecticut, claiming ! the land embraced within l,the Western sl Reserve of Ohioy srt used, tob alipke u
 similaE gift, She rctained her laads ! and sold them, and placed the proceeds tlin her own Treasury, toi be used as q I lsehooltund: notfor the people of the | Westorn Reserve. but for those of Con- necticllt alone ;3rapI tpHthis day, the | interest, Waiiunderstand. is so used. 1Noti many years isinccy Congress, by < l4w,. donated out, of the gift ,ofFiVirgin- ! ia, six hundred and forty acres of land l to each township in the Western Re
 serve to the inhabitants thereo..i for Rschool purposes, ill order to put them Jttpon q similar footing with'the inhab- lIitants fotAer parts of, the great North l west. s fag a < q.t ssssisft,
 Out os the g;ft1of Virginia, the States | l.. j iElWitlithe slngie exception 0 fone Sena- das' from Indiana aud one from Wis, consin, every Senator from tleo States
 thus formed outroe territory giv Il by the State of sNirginia to tho General < IGevernmcnt to aid II paving the debts
 Of the revolution, now deny the right iof Nirginia to representation in Con I grcss, and in this iunloiv y a,siinee the 4 Senators fiem vii tic Stute eYIAe North
 west.sa majority aof the members ofthe sllowcrhianch of Congress pursue the ' same aeou,'sc and the rt iult is Allat he F Constitution, whiehaseenres tic right of each State 10 representation in CoEgrcss, is sct'at naugllt and treated
 as q dead dletter.-L Memphis Ledger. T I " i4.ti-l i1l-------as-ae s.---4li-t. -ll-{F3
 I EeyA Tic in&.lirals hhve rolled up
 thcil. sleeves. and prpesaina to the knife upon tic Southern r'iates and 1 Southern people. They arc as y,ngc- I fulI as lcyer; and arc rapil:v endorsing I DrownloW's policy of eXteininatine all !. who will not bend the knee to the ne-
 gro. At the Mulatto Convention in IPhiladelphia, Beast Butlei.paid the two ! millions of Yankee soldiers a high
 compliment. He was cu,ogiaing the i negro, oi'course, and said, i,i reference
 to the contest between the North and
 the South, "fIad the negro not been
 armed, the result would have btcn far different" Is so, Beast? IS it true that two millions Of Northern soldiers could not conquer d half million of
 rebels without the aid Of the negro :? I We believe that one Northern man. fighting on his own soil, and for his
 own home, is equal to two men of any
 other race. We believe the same Of Southern men; but we also believe I what General Grant said to Lee, on his
 surrender, You are not whipped, Gen.
 eral Lee. You are simply ovcrpow-
 cred. That was the simple truth.
 frankly spoken by q man who has
 much magnanimity in his nature. We
 have a higher opinion of Northern sol- dicrs than the Beast. He never com manded many of them. We do not
 think they were so much indebted to the negro for their success as he does,
 The compliment he pays to the negro
 and the white soldier, however,, is a matter of taste, about which we will
 quarrel with no Radical. $ Beast Butler 1 has such q fondness for black men and
 women with white hearts. that he
 should apply for patent right for his discovery. lie was accused of opening
 the grave of Albert Sydney Johnston, not to find what sort Of q heart he had, but if any spoons were buried withthe
 hero $ body. He may have opened nc-
 gro graves with the same object, and Hound ''white hearts.9 Who knows :? 1 ltMemphis Avalanchc. T aa aaf l
 COTTON. a1aa Hea
 | Ill reference 10 the prospects of Inc
 growing crop, it is hardly too much to 1 say that they were never more unprom-