The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1890-04-19
INpLAND SQUABBLE
boccnt Act of the MISSISSIPPI
LEGISLATURE in Debate.
,xrERyIEW WITH HON. j. c.
LONGSTREET.
line. Clearly the Injustice of the
recurring Additional Payments
l. original Enterers-A Matter
of Interest to All Mis-
sissippians.

original Enterers-A Matter
of Interest to All Mis-
sissippians.
TO Memphis CommercialI
ada, Miss, April l5,--The last
|,nrr having pa ssed an act onpro, 8
majority OF the people of the
,IatIve to the swamp la,ds, the
&. Longstrret, who for four
has 10 the legislature and who is
posted on current affairs as any
rs interviewed about the burden
bx which was ordered few We eks
tbe erudite solons OF Mississippi i.
subject OF Swamp and Overflow.
> and the unfortunate condition
ljtles claimed to them by indi.
are of much interest. The pubs
Is Of Mississippi have been filled
scussions of the matter. and The
rcia!, through its Mississippi
and other correspondents, has
ew full information on the sub.
iudng letters from tie Swamp
Commissioner to the Attorney
Of the State, and his answers
NJ the statue and declar ny the
disregard uf the terms Of AN
law. The main facts then are
derstood by many OF the people.
re many land owners however,
II claimants of land, who have
ct comprehended the full import
ecision of the Attorney-General.
they understand fully what great
hey may sustain from an erroL-
try.
the opinion of the Attorney
and in it he is supported by
tison of the Supreme Court Of
ppi in the case Of Jackson vs.
Fetary of State, 10 George, all
and submerged lands erroneous
led are practically vacsnt, and as
bject to purchase and sale. 1t
ecessary to explain in detail in
e error consisted, except to say
that the original warrants for
quired the lands to be located
ered in certain named counties
tate, and that in thousands of
IS the lands were located in
bunties of the State other than
kpressly named in the original
Ia every instance OF the kind
bed, the entries, according to the
of the Supreme Court and the
Of the Attorney-Gcperal, we're
/ was insisted without avail in
cited that the language OF the
the warrant for scrip showed
warrant was intended to be
upon any of the submerged
bnatcd to the State by the act of
:, of like character, though
not lie in the counties EXPRESS
merated. The l. sislature of
bpi Of 1890. realiz'rg the hard>
ID the gross injustice thas might
cted upon honest claimants,
Nv the swami and overfoWed
rom sale by The act approved
|y Il, 1890, and provided that
in possession, or claiming title
faith, to lands which had been
hsly entered, should have pre-.
in the repurchase of same on the
xed in the original act.
en Mr.. Wilson, the Swamp Land
ssiOner, who, with commendable
be, presented the matter in all
pings to the Attorney-General
tIished his opinions, and when
covery OF the grave errors in The
entries was impressed upon the
there was wide CONSERVATION
kiety among land owners. The
D thousands of acres of the best
b the State were unsettled by it,
imants of land by purchase and
b ancestors and grantors Tor often-
|hir:y and forty years. were in
that neither they nor those
b whom they claimed had acquir-
rights by purchase or patent. At
fset, then, as I have said, there
BAT CONSERVATION, and the first
/ in the minds of claimants of
hl titles was to take immediate
age, at any expense, of the pro.
of the act of the Legislature and
perfect their titles. Now. hcw-
ar is giving way N part to calm
lticn, and there seems to some CT
I solution of the trouble.
Md ..stand the matter. we may
sserU that four propositions are
Id.
t. The original purchasers or
ntees pad for the lands at tho
the original entry, paying the
required.
bndIy-They bought in good faith,
pg they acquired valid titles.
rdly-They assumed control ol
ids in good faith and by them
And heirs and grantees have held
pd for as long periods in many in.
as thirty, forty and fifty years.
brlh-That Notwithstanding these
be State now proposes to demand
ent holders and claimants the
&c price over again, with larg,
bded.
manifest injustice Of this proce-
beds no argument to emphasize it
ID be crime, if there be o remedy
Pse such wrongs and burdens up,
cent and honest holders, The
which demands that such injus,
] not be done is recognized ant
3D. The equity was recognized
legislature when, by the act re-
pit withdrew the land erroneo usly
from sale, and declared that boni
mants of it should have a pref
p repurchases, IF tho eo,,;ty wo,