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, t ,m... - fa " f i " 7 ' v . . C1V - --1X. WBl.tnllliJI. -Uo 43. , rcuututn vtutir, JOHN W, CAMERON, ' " sUito asd moraiitoE. 0. HeSElLlj, Assistant Editor, i. .Ik... Set V, j.h -t J " i -an... i 'h. r 'd - Kir. r I.. rrtlllw ''' P-"rW lata . W, BllLa pal l.iIVj!" Mil illllallrrMncMWMaiUMl Ik IVi st-iil w liUe.rtlr(!irieor iw k. aftitl.aHlle liar M.'wll'l4'"M,f ekr.eai..t "A t a-, .""i"' " o r .... 4.. itiklen rHMHltl. una. . t tI -7"' " . - . . - ' Vilii 6f AOTJBTWISOl f if .-.F. fUla Hut, .(''.) -." " "."-" j... in. ... . ne w I f til WMLbi ft . . V' ' .' MMk tftfr"ftl rwU. , . ..- .(,! ",'.1. ptl C Wlil.li"iJ W.M. II. IIAIGI1, Attorney nt Law, FATJSTTEf ILLK, N. 0. orrict ok old trkxt. fMMqr.lBil. i , ' ' 1. Dr, if IU EASTER LING, UJcfeingham, RICIIUMOU ., I. . 9W tul M rotWaaalrtaU l a fcr, dmj r l(Bl. . i,ril 10, 1857. " -nO-ly-p i J. A. SPEARS, JLTTORKEY AT LAW. AVIim, Tvomt, IrauCa., S. C. V ANDREW J. STEDMAN, ATTORNEY AT. LAW, pitTituonovo, .t. c. ar Wltl atta I lb Canty aad 8urior CoarU af CUa.a, ilra, aal UraU laaua. Jaly U, laii- - "tr " john whUlow" Attorney at Law. '. , . r.iifrrcviLLC, sr. faWwry, lail. ' , 7lf V A. M. Cimpbell, Auctioneer attd Cuanniithn Merchant, .. .CILW5SIME 8TKfchIv v .VavittavllU.tl. 0. H Va 10. 1841. ....... ,-- DAVID McDOFFIE, BaiCstMM Dri.uTB, 'X ad lbaslio'OMA SJaaUas wwaiBg - IMPOftlK.W AND DK.LKK IK Cngliab, Garn n, and American Hard wire aid Cutlery, jaaaary 19. tl. ltr "T,a & B 0. WORTH, Coaniissioii and Fonrvarding MERCMN, . " tvllsnUgtea, !f. C. A. Oaaal alf aaaas at via aa oaJ."l. WILLiAEI C, ELAtI, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ar.-r'rstriLLI M. C. ' Oct. . 186T. 190-tf - " Wortii ft-miey, . "otwtrdin and General Comawtfton . Merchants, rATETTBITalXIVJ. C " 7. A. WORTH, Jt, - HURT. r.broary 20, 1H 4. ' ) CEiilwTALuf.hMAN. ISSPECTfltt OF SiV.IL STORES. ' ' aa 34, 1867. , 6lB! -W.TP. KLLIOTT, 'Commission IMcrchant, .FAVETTETIaM-B. W. ceal far LilUrlob 4 C i Stria Best Line. ' VlU sUead promptly Is all baaiaaas aalraaUd.ta . bis ear. 6atabar 81. 1M8. t . 1?- " B. F. PEARCE & CO., ' " DSALBBS IM ' "'" tCUIW AXD DOMESTIC DRY GOODS, HATS, CAPS. E00T8 AND SHOES. ramarllasaiI ResMlfNaaeClotlilug, HAY STREET, FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. .B. F. FEAUCE, W. lEAttJC.jrr. AagaM 1, 1857. "IfiO-y S 'fntlK aadaralgnad will attmd la Saltlag ill th pro i 1 aartr wbiob la to ba sold by tb County A actios- - I, tba aoonty of Moora. ..Ibis July 2th 1867. ( Aoctionaer. , Aagart 8th 1857. '- :- DO.) LUTHER. . .. i -Surgeon Dentist, (RaftCkMaglianir If. C, Th KSPBCTFULtY toador bia profeaaioaaj aarirlors .' .. to tha aiUaaas r RICHMOND, RODESON, - oORK, RANUOLPH, MOMTOOMKRi'.and AN80N aUaUaa, 'tbaA ha wlU visit thalr soaatr aaata daring , fha HWl toravs aftbaU raaaaaiir Coarts. . . -3xir,w;s -:Vi-.:::.z3 . fjiii 3rflH! 'rt us rat ad winn cc:a . msiKFcLAHIi IS ao raiiD( direct from J". Tort, lrg ! - UEAUir-aAOBCLOTIIISO ontiating or wry f.rlcty f Col. Patud VtiU, f UUlrta4iiic.tp!.roTJtjrlM. A.L80 ' " A Kar1 MMHmat, T BblrU, Slockt, Aa., , II. will att.u4 xal to Trlmmlrj, Cutting ui all bM.laM la bl lln. '. It no r(;eiviog hit j; :i VforJ ct "GooclBt hiol Urga aaJ U A call train !) frltml. aail taa eablia nnaralljr la nluiitctl. .My ttock U lift ari'J w '"""'; ""J " ' Klllirt' n tliut tlii-y Wai t ' ' i k ' : " ' i(. CAREft. . 8fpi. 17, 18.". . . . IM-tf ScconcfStock. STARR & WILLIAMS A BR ana- rterWn. TTIBIR SECOND STOCK for THIS BEAflON, twbradng, Dry Cloaxl, Hala, llo(a, 8bt . lid "laale-np Clollilnv, T which tboy IbtIU lb altcalifta of Whulrtala bay' art ffoarally. J. B. STAR. fJ. M. WILLIAMS. Oct. 6, 1H67. IW-tf A CARD. Tba aadarairatd wauld raasatlfatly lobrai bi. aid Mead, aad aaaWMaara that ba caa ba fouoj at tba titer afO. K. Uki. kr. ba arill b tr'ad aa aar lbas. . , i -. J. R. McUM'aI.d. yyaUm, C, Ja. 8, 1$67. t 107-tf ; .lecrav UUBlvrlf na.4 Iterant'' J"u rai'daajluraalty ; , W. U. CAUVkK. C)lt!f navvlnf HhJ Kc, rc lfi awi fur aala by W, It. CAtvVfcH. 1 aad fur aal by, W. Jl. OAUVtR. DIO Bbj1J4 ACOFFKR.-AOBaaajaal J. , rtird aad Uit ml by Mr. H. CAHVkll. rr 'arl flrraip lalaHi, Jt racairalailiraiaby ;W. U. CAKVKU. f 1hiajH BiKfir Caaio fcrrajp. Jat rerid I y aad f.ra iby ; , .. 11. CA iBVKR. D oYi:nriC OWtULftGS d COTTOS 1 -AKa, ) ni.i fcr i. b tii r . t MI -5Q nt Taitaw aiaial Aaiuian(lui 1st lid l a. lu-t rrirJ and f-r ! IT - - w. u. cabvlx: t S.'oail Aaaartaneut of Dry t4a aa bawl aatl lor aala ea by W. II. CAR VEIL I'llEKSE! CHEESE!! 25 DOAtd ju.t reied and fur al by H. CARVER. Sot. , 1&7. lootr llore s)lVit? (Joe fin. Tba aabacribar la rtttiieg bis , FALL AID IVITErt ftTIH K, Coaaiatiag of alaaoal t.ary Uiing ia tl wnj of atoci:iui:s, - - Hardware and llellewsvare. ALSO, Baal and Ahata. raddtrrr, FIU, Ar, Any of which ba aill sail ibf.p for lark, barter to. t'rudaea, or aa abort lint, fttnr rriilly kcdicH By i ray a Maraa, mar u nam lloow. 0. W I. G01.DST05. OrU 1&, im. DIIOW il A WARD. NEW FIRM Aha . NEW, GOODS. riMIR t'Bdri(ttii bfK Irarc to maka ksnjaiito lb J ailiMit. tf Kubraoa Cuaaty, ttistlhty Harafursv ati aanpartaenbip fur tba parpaae of duins a Birr aiul bnainaiM in th UVa of InratM-rlou, aivl r sow rctWng rhrir Fall ssd IfInfer Bfat-k, Conatatiag of fliajil and Fancy Dry Oomla, Ready. Mat Clolb'ar, Fiiniily (rocrii't lit., t. which O rj would rprrually itiviiatha atteatioa ef thrtrfriamla anil tli punlifi cr-nerally. A. I'rfl lura lakan ia eicliimr far Qnodi. "ANU1.1 1). DROWN.'" EVF.R1TT L, WARD. Laml.rton, !f. C, Oct. 6, 1HA7. lUft-Hn-pd NOTICE Si A kloLKAN detiga lcprri; oonaUntly or . hand a well talcetcd stoek of GKOCEltlKi) aad OKY OOOl)., bieh they will aril ahaap for eaah oa ctohanga for prodaea, at Smith' Stora, aoaj Mo Lraaa', S3 milra from Fytttoills, a th Tarapika ro'l. .".. , January 18, 1857. ' IflO-tf S"rATE OF ftOIlfrll CAROLt.lA, CB10N C1UTY. t'onr 0 7Vw aarf Qtmrtnr &-uion$, Octolet Term, 1867. -Oera McCala ElUha Plylrr. .'LT oa. La'ad. ' Tt appearing to tha eatifVUoa of th. Coarl that Glinka l'lrler, Oj drffil.nt ia this eaa. mid tx yoad tba limita af Uii State : It la therefor erdered by "ih Court, that paMieaiioo ba ra.d for aim week in th North Carolina Argus, a paper publli-had la th Towa af Faj.ttcrille, for tb aid defendant to fc aad appear before the Juatiees of th Court af Pleas and Quarter Beaaiona for aaid Connty, at the Court Hoaea la Monroe, oa th let Monday ia Jaauarr west, thea aad there lo (boar cauae, if any be has, "hy aa order af sale should aot be granted to sell'th land aa levied upon. .''."' ' 1' Witner,J. F. Ifnagh, Oerk af ear atd Court, at otSoe in Monroe, the flrat Monday In October, 1867, ssd inthe eighiy-eecond year of American Indrpend aea. d. t. IIOUGif; Clerk. No. T8. ' i'0LMiw.prf$3.16 DR. FR.tSK WILLIAng'M Celebrated Rye Whiskey, THE stihaariher has mad arrangersnto to keep Mpply of tb Genain Arlicle, RBd ia tbe onlr A tent Mr th aal af UKaboe brand of A No. 1 Ry' Wbiakey In tbi plao. ROB'T. t ICfTELL. , May i, mi. . ' . i Trcpli'f lisJii fotjr u rlrr::! t.'0.. " afWHiMkaitl ( .vvv.tVWv . - i. . - - - .. .. . i '. wi - 1SQES1U8 MEDLLT tKOM T!.l. . ; T ataoa .blaiuf ailver bright, All bluwilem lay tit' antroddra nv ; " Vli.n frJia f rvai bar B'oanUlu blgl.t . Wan4 Kefi, dea l ba hoilA i An hoar ptu4 aa, tk Tark awoke, Abuaibl baa w.al tbanjarlag by, T baar la tba alpbar bjIl, ' And raa4 lt p.U opoa th ky Ciiaabotsf Mtbaaettbr iwaog, IT lad f high Fnva ;' v Ani ttaap tba pearl tr$ aatoag, , ,- Uil Haraggiaa wrnrtad Mall; JVu " -; . ' ' , Loud roar tba wild, laaoaataut kl , Ad alondlraa aU U aaa at i ; hi-a twlllglit J r iWIlifi- f ;, And to!- ibf t aii-U-rdn ! binaib ;' try Bmnilri luar, " ' ' . Tba buil-fjrbg (nialu bit acreaada. Oh, my tor 1 Ilka tba rad red raaa, Ua baagbt a ring with poay traa J ' Sir Barney Badkia broha bia aaae, ' . Aad, S.ioa, I aat Sbedarick Uhaf MISCELLANEOUS. " ChUu tome twrtttum w tin holtim U i urn far aU lU crikUxf i bm." ' ' . , Froai tba Tarberoagh Buataaraar.J STATE DEBT AND DISTRIBUTION. Tamoiocch, Noir. S3J, 1857. Cpitob r TUB Southubeb. Sib t I com- muB oiia herewiih m If Iter Trotn D. K. Me- lit, Eq., in rrily loone aJdrensed biui b me, irvtral week fioce. , V . I did nut retain copy of my letter to Mr. Mc Rue, but iu nature and purport generally, will Iw renJilj indicated bjr tba chnj-acler ofhi rrd;'. .Your, Ac, WM. F. DANCr. Kubto, N.C.. OcL 22nd, 1857. Mr Dkab Sib t I hsve ,now the first leisure time aiuce the receipt of your letter asking my views "on political questions now of gnat iuterest to tbe relate," to snake you a reply. Our long acquaintance the r-taUoos of persoosl friendship which have always subsisted between usand the fact thai we have ever been active mem bers of the same political party, prompt me. i without KesilaJi., to comply with .vour wishes; and having no political aspiration i to gratil) having voluntanty yteMt-d an I Honorable nice into trie tutiKis oi tte a l- itT'tnififr ' . nun v ..... M I I i . cj'i ; l 0'TOIH;0 " ft 1 i sion, lain enabled lo con.iimiiit ;.: vou in eiitire frankness and sincerity, wift-'f Tiie 1 present condition of North Carolina i well calculaU d lo excite our liveliest concern. She , is evidently not advancing ia pros pertiy at an equal pace with her sistt-r Stales, North and South. She has entered on ft systfin of internal imjrrovetnent, which, as yei, U'lds out no promise of recompense and scarce a hope of stability. Tha ra3- rottds, while Ihey sre of grrat convenient; and advantage to tbe public, are so far a dead loss fo the stockholders town properly is dejutcialingin valueeafeoafc, whose i resources so fur as they are developed tie I . . 1 c . . . i. . ft. ' quile Itiinied iur oiate oonus oeiow par railriHtd siock unsaleable and Qnproductivt, our revt iiue stein uncertain and ill arang. eci, and a necessity of increased taxation tuny wril inspire us,-with every son ef North Carobna, with tpprehensieR esd alarm.' .-.,' . . How may the State be extricated frost this situation and placed on the road le proKpenty it a question of the i.rst impcN lance and. happy will he be who will striae out for her a method of escape. At a caucus of tin democratic party 1 which sat in Convention at Raleigh in May ' 1852, 1 culittd their alientton to the umjtst and iniotolous yslem of squandering tit i public lanas, wmcn was ruooirur norm C aiolina 0) ner interest tuerein whicn was in uter violation of the principles regularly set forth in the national Convention of the bartv. and I pointed out the prospect ofa speedy and entire loss to North Carolina of I . st ra h a tms valuable inneritance. mat uemo cratic Convention in that caucus then re jected tht resolution on this subject re ported by the Committee (which wasja substance from the Baltimore platlbrn,) and rtsotved "thnt in view ot the settled policy of donations arid the impossibitiiy of maintaining the old democratic doctrine, U wa altozrtktr right that a fair ttistrtbu. lion of thii common property should be had among all th States." Subsequently, the democratic partv ln the Legislature of 1853-53, resolved" lo substance, "that if this system of squander ing was toconlinue, North Carolina should, In common with tbe old States, assert her claim to her rightful portion of the public domain.' This resolution wss introduced by Mr. Bynum, an txcttianl deaucral froni Northaihpton, and was voted for and ad vocated by such good democrats as Gen. R.tM. Ssundent, Mr. Dobbin, at that time tbe party candidate for the U. S. Senate, Mr. Sauil P, Hill, of CaswelVMr. Thos. D. McDowell of Bladen, aad indeed, by most of the leading democrats in the House Of Commons. Thus has the democratic party in this State on two oocasiona committed itself solemnly and with deliberation to the doctrine of distribution, in view of the de parture from tbe national platform by demo crats of the land Slates, and the certain loss of tbe whole of the public lands to the State of North Carolina. ' , , , Every 'consideration which could 'have jin mpted such policy, has greatly strength ened since the party in this State took the .positions I have retcrred to.' The strength ol 1 tie laud tq uanaerert tn Congress Las greatly increased. i ''At live last session of :j r!r::i if JJsfi'i Ins Wl Jail :.-bcrl2, 1357." . . ;rfsi ihe".Minnesyi bill," giving about t m.ll.ons of acres of publio lands to cor - ttjn$ tor railroads in Minnesota, Ala in, Mississippi, Arkansas and Florida, i . , ed both huuses of Congress over the ( "i ol' President fierce, and such is the werof the combination, that this Conser . v tivc check, which was the last sheet an-t'.-ir of tbe boutbern , pon Und-holding ales irt poweiiesi for their protection.- . t only is thii Northwest clamorous for ; oils, but Southwestern democrats have J in the cry, and pUn is now well . 1,1? I a f -on s Kausas, Minnesota, ii i i brruka thall be admiltod, e quivocal power secured i ( Congress,: to seize biic' i .sids, and give - . !.rH liu-y lis, and and ... . tv.iy aii n:.i wo may have' ia UiiS ' ViJuable!-uWv Neither honesty nor justice will impede or prevent it.' T ae decree has gone forth, and nothing can nvert it but our, own prompt and deci sive action. 1 feel that this question of the public lands is at this tuomeut a far more important one than that of slsvery, and a much tmre practical one. Upou I he slavery question we hare nothing more to hope Iron! legislation. Free States have been Ihe result of every compromise we have accepted. We now rest on ihe doctrine of popular sovereignty, as embodied in tbe Nebraska Kanaaj bill; if this be palpably violated, the united South must determine on her course.. Should any sudden eause disturb the relations of the States and din- solve tbe Union, a vast projvriy w.ll have been secured by those who "will men be our foes indded. it is a solemn view of the hind question, that all these donations of our mutual property is sunomg up in power aud strength one sale, to tbe impoverish ment of the other. On the land question there U yet some thing to be done by legislation. lr tbe Soutn aad Northeastern Slates will unite in clsiming a fair and equal distribution of a portion or this commoo domain, among all the tales, the. claim would be iVcog aixed; it is thoir refusal to receive, whych strengthens the adversary, and st this time so needy is ihe West, aaid so eager for fur ther assistance, that even she will go for this ' general distribution. But in a very short time the prepondersnce of representa tion ia the Senate and House of Kepresen tatives from the land States, will enable them to do as they please, and then will be fulfilled the prediction of Mr. Benton, and all this common property will beorseer lust. . , Ti e p'Jiev -f vin r "way these lands is j - - . j uiiu..f hit jui.ri.aitaiuii s Irtiu Air. Jef- ftttscn lo the present, in donations of swamn ; laiicM, school lands, &C, the whole system I haviog ever been one of fraud and robbery, against the constant protest of the South, made always, but made without avail, aud oto or never, must be made the last strug gle for au equal participation by all the ow ners In this common lurid.' It is startling, but it is the truth, that up to this time more ol the public land has been given away than his been sold. The Congress of 1819-50, alone, gave away fifty-four millions to certain States, of which Louis iana received seven and a half millions of acres, under the name of swamp lands, but in reality coveriag much of the very best lands in the Western States. Two of the old States, Kentucky and Connecticut, have bailt their deaf and damb asylums out of donations of lands made by Congress; not of lands tying ia their borders, but located in Alabama, Arkansas and Florida. The citizens of North Carelioa are hea vily taxed For their deaf and dumb asylum, and also for tbe asylum for the iusane -while noble monuments adorn the Western States, monuments at once of the benefits , conferred by these donations,, and . of the - partiality and" injustice with which ihey have been made. There arc twenty States and Territories to whom has been granted up to 1851; with out Ihe payment ot one cent for them, the vast amount of ore hundred and thirty-four millions seven hundred thousand acres of public land, ia which North Carolina had at equal art interest as any of them. Illi nois received fifteen raiiltms, Louisiana ten millions, Michigan ten millions, and Ohio, Indiana, " Iowa and Wisconsin in similar prbpnruons. " With these lands converted into money, and gotten so clieap, only for the asking, they have established schools, universities and seats of government roads, canals, and deaf dumb and insane asylums; their whole borders are permeated with railroads and macadamized turnpikes-ca pilots, splen did in their architectural structure to gra tify the pride of the citizen asylums for the berelt and unfortunate, capacious and beautifully i constructed, ornament their towns, while all branches of knowledge find cover and protection under the lofty domes of. extensive universities, academies and ach-xil-bouses. .What wonder is it, then, that it is called lhe"suVfy West !" what wonder that its population swells, that its representation in Congress increases, and that all the elements of prosperity gather in its borders ? What., wonder on. the other hand, that with at population stagnates, our representation grows smaller, and pro gress and improvement are slow aad diffi cult.- - ' , On the one hand aU "the public State works, buildings andi nstilutions are erected and supported by donations from the gen era! governrneni,while we are obliged do lax ourselves lor the sell-same objects or co without them; and even our very sub- jects f taxation are drawn sway to fill the prosperity of the West, by the very causes which produc our decline. "B THE BALTIMoai PbATrOKM. v V '"t Stint since 1840, (he Democratic party $if M1 r?ri fi i!rrp. ' ' ' . J in ill sever! conroniion panted a reaolu - j lion in ubtne,,,That tlie public lauda are Itm comoiois'prcipeny ol all the otatet trial Ihry tre held by I he general gffvernment in truailo bo sojd and tbeii prolits placed in the publto treasury, and tbus approirriaifid to the common benetii, by defraying tba expenses of Vie governnteiiL." 1 nav oft a voted for ibis resolution" and approved it till 1 saw it deserted by democrat Iro n II sections of th country; that iodxed tba wry Uaders would return direct from Dal timore to Waabingtoa City and vote for the largest donations to Slate and private corpotalions of Ibis v fy land, in utter vio lation ol the intent aud uieaning as well ns tbe letter of he resolution. When in 1848 I siipj i ted Uea. Cas by speech t in bear I aeoty cuunt-es of this Siute, I advocated lit canafl of a deiiiuerat who had given bin '! fti.. i stifiwrt to everV apulication for i.titti liuiintiuua -1n the Noitiiet.!iIr. Doug-la, lung my favorite lo Ifw IVrai. dency, and tbe second choice of tbe demo cratic party of Ibis State in 18SS, had built up Illinois by these donations and vuted lor nearly ail the rest. When tbe democratic party in Congress made Mr. Boyd $a.ker of tbe House of Representative! they voted for a man who bad introduced tliU advo. cated a bill to give alt the lands to the .States in which they lie, for a mere nominal price. Since then Jeiferson Davis, Houston of Alabama, the Democratic L'h.iirinuii of the . ii .... i a, wouuniiiec ui uuu iucaiiB iiiueeu, j the whole Democracy of the land States, have fled forever from the Baltimore plat formhave advocutet and taken the bene fit of land donations. Mr. Perkins of Lou tsiiinl, i favorite of Gen. Pierce, aud to whom was committed by the State De partment, to reform the Diplomatic $nd Consular system, introduced a bill but little different from Mr. Boyd's, by which tbe whole of tbe land was to be absorbed by the States in which they are situated ouly he postponed for ten years the completion of the iniquity. Mr. Andrew Johnson, just elected Senator by the democratic puily of Tennessee, not only has favored these gifts of land, but has even gone ftr beyond, ! by advocaring a proportion to give away at one lunge, one hundred millions to indi viduals, natives and foreigners, who chojse to settle on them and call them theirs. Tbe Cincinnati Convention which nomi nated Mr. Buchanan, broke down the Bal timore platform on this question, and pass ed a resolution to build the Pacific Rail road out of tbe public Uuds, by giving the necessary amount- a hundred millions of acres or more to corporations or o.;e mamiHoih. company, and Mr. Buchanan acquiesces 10 the measure and supports iu In no State out 01 Virginia, North Caro liqay'and South Carolina, is the opinion of a democrat on the land question, made a test of orthodoxy. It is manifest that he who clings to the Baltimore platform on this principle, bugs a ghost, a phantom, that melts before his eves, and those who profit by our action, laugh in ibeir sleeves .iMte ioity oi our tumpiicuy nu crwuitty. ; I put th,. quesfon, and a saUsfactory answer will change at once my couv.c-, tliMIS. . I Why should lite children of Ohio and Il!i- ' a , 1 . . . i nois aim jpiiwesma aou towa oe euuvaieu ; out of the mutual property of U.S the j Mrai Suttes, given lo them by th. ao mon trustee, and the ch.ldrcn of North Curoliat go uneducated ? . 0 . j JLulboa DosATfos). .': All the important Railroads of the West j have been constructed by these grants of j land, and individual subssription and State aid have done little or nothing. Thissys- I tem has been justified on the ground thttl j the alternate sections reserved sell tordou-1 die, and thus the government loses nothing; that as a prudent proprietor the govern-i moot-does rtgttt to givu way one naif "to I double the value tl the oiber. A more art- i ful . bait, was never set for any gudgeon, vested to puss this measure ; and it 'is not to and no trout was ever more caught' by an be supposed thatnhe pre eft I- t.'hief MaVis- " artificial fly than were ' those Souihern ' trale of tfte nalum, who approves the but .de presses, and Southern leaders who dt ted ''? of the Pacific railroad tut of the piil at this suggestion. lie lands, would interpose the executive Has any mail in North Carolina been ' veto upon a bill fairly di.-iribuling ainotig ever asked to give awsy one-half his" land I the several proprietors their connwii pre to double the value of the rest! Do rai!-j Prty. " road companies go through a mail's lnndj 'i hat is at tUs time n vital question fo with ua scot free on (his principle ? Or, 1 North Carolina. She has a debt and ihtiil arethere no prudent piopritfors among I -lie of near ten .millions of dollars: Sha our sturdy old larmers ? it Would take a f has a system of railroads coaunpiiced but long argument to convince any of them i not finished, ami which in their 'incomplete thus to dimmish their broad acres. A frross-1 condition will produce 'no revenue it ft,cv er fraud was never attempted. i keep up-aruj pay their debts, while the stock 1 take the case of the Illinois Central ! some of them is Tsellinjr from i!a to 3D Railroad, and Ibis is the most favorable case : The number of acres received by this company amounted to i,5il3,oy2 acres ; received- at double price 1,23,921 acres. The land granted to the road was worth at government price, five million two hundred and forty-one thousand two hundred and ninety-six dollars, and if jUbe whole of the reservation sold for double fITe'goverrjmoiit price, it- would fall short of ibis sura more than one hundred thousand dollars. Kut 1 saj to you, without fear uf4iiUiful con tradiction, that the whole af the reserved section have never in a single instance broutrht the double price. Indeed, the Company usually absorbs in its altecpate sections the best land, and tba reserve thus cui ott and of the worst, tar from bringing the double price, is injured Jn value aud does not bring the original government price. The people have no. idea of tbe cor-, rupUon of this system, or they would not be bliuded by this delusion. - . .-, Jiut if it were true that these donations -improve the remaining land and indemnity ineovei nnwiit, . wouiu o a donation to Nona Carolina, in freeing her from debt, aud euablmg her lo complete her works, tend to improve her prosperity, build up her population, and greatly increase the re- THIS: TWO DOHlItriK 41ViMK 1 venue to b derived froinber by llie rn?r' l goveri.niPiit f Tbe aVyumei tust litis j:. ...... I .1 - T.i uiawiuuiiuii wen as toe omer sysd-i;). ; ' CoMSTlTVTlOSAUTr Of DlSTSIUI'TlOX, The opponents of disiribufion, snp that l is. unconstitutional. , Without chimin to tl 1 . , . ... I t . M . .' 1.1 1 ana ine power 10 inu iouia tn Hie (iaui.e authoraiiig Ctwgress to- "dispose ol ihe iaad,"tVc. 1 answer, , Ihe uJ has Lecn distributed from the eat tiest periods cf the gsvernmeul ; only it has been partially nd unjustly distributed. But I find the ptieer to distribute exactly w here Mr Jelit-'so.i found the power to acquire territory, " . There ia uo constitutional rit!.t it ni quire territory, so said Mr JfC-n ,n v . he purchased Louisiana ; yj-t be vod tbe power from the nect-iiy oft'ta rty, and be was saslained by th- d'-not 1 ! party ibroiigliout Ihe country. iA,W(fu,'f ' equaliy as urgent and prefn-ar t lismbtiiion,;; Thr Und n tn I . t,f r0u by all authority a source "oft be most fni- quitous corruption, consuming inuch of tlio time of every Congress, prolonging its ses sions, increasing its expenditures, produc ing log rolling, lobby canvassing, bribery ' and ail. sorw of dishonest combination. But the overpowering necessity is, that tins valuable domain, a common property, which-all. .have contributed to. pay lor. and which belongs alike to all, is melting awav, is being distributed to a pari, and the bal ance oi the owners left .wholly without its i . uenents. Again : this land fund is now no longer needed for the expenses of the government. It is now ascertained, lhat the lower tbe tariff is reduced, and the more closely the revenue basis is approximated, without going below it. the larger will be the reve--uue produced. Each year, since 18 1C. there has been an increasing surplus, and imineuse sums have been locked up in Uw public treasury to the great injury of com merce and manufactures.' This evil, and the" necessity of some policy lo svert the unjust distrtbution, his inaugurated a prin ciple far worse, than fair distribution of the land itsrjf. I mean the aVpou'fey stent for whieh all the Democratic members of Congress from the State felt compelled to vote, it mis oeposiie be any thing else than distribution, it is a policy the most dangerous to State rights ever entered on. By it the general government becomes a money tender the States, borrowers ef theirown funds; and as a temptation to -freqenl and unnecessary loan, they are not to pay interest, are only morally bound for the reimbursement of the loan. Suppose North Carolina was called upon to-day to pay back ihe sum deposited ia 1 830 that sum constitute ber school fund. i Kb wouM be oMigfd to restore it or repu- " Uiate. bat would become of her com mon school system ia this event And yet, according to tbe principle of depositee the event is likely and probable. The sys tem is at variance with Slate rights and w Sute dignity. If, however, no interest ' to be charged, and ihe money, is .never to be called for and not to be " refunded, then a democratic paper of this Sute widely . .A 1 1. . L I ... . . - circulaWd g fc b U,e ttblllly Wlth jj, conjuct.d lbt5 independence cfils 1 'A .1.,- I ,K- Wilmington Journal, said truly, "drposiie is the same thing as dis-ril.ution," tid te rir-i-n,l ..tii..t.,. u . ,t it ditlrihatioll is ili(,U(t. ,hit lht neure u FCuwJlhf. redr. Tie Mme ma u f a ,tlr,,M.rt.m ;r.. -n , " 1 r .7 . iiteusurcs, 11 00 ellurt oe m?ti!e. tiul let us the facts. Mr Bennett, of Nevt- lork. has twice introduced a distribution bilC not very fair in iu details, ink) the House ' Representntives. Once, if I am nut mistaken, it passed that body. At another session it commanded a tie vote. At'pm- ef.there is no doubt if the south Unite, a . bill will pass- The aciion of .or;h Caro- hna could produce it in the Houe and ia the Senale. The tion-latidhi'b.Iai'' Stales have a majority and tlu v aie vifailv intr- doll urs tn the hundred. The, taxes upou" the people ant4int now to m re than hv hundred thousand dollar, besides specific debts for wbicb certain counties have bound tbemsolves and these taxes must of neces sity be will further increased. The people, cannotor a long time . enr this taxatien. wrtb their limited resources,-" Within the next two years jirovisi.m must be made to pay a large' amount of the principal oTthe jebt; and this must be done bv additional, taxation, oca renewed loan. The former is impossible. No Legisliifure w ould puss a tax taw to draw iit.one or two years a million aud a half of dollars and the peo ple could; not support it if it were passed. A n.ewJIoan'tTom Peter to pay Paul is inev--itable. The rka'mpie having already been set, of borrowing at. more thin G fcr cent., by a corporation in Ihi Sr tie; sfie cannot hopeXo 'issue her bonds at that interest and effect a sale, and if she issues them at a greater interest, the securities now out will be further deprecmied. 1W people have then tolook lu tfieTaoe, a talation wiihin the next two yeirs cf fiom six -to seven hundred thousand dollars a year. How is it to be levied I 11 these limes of panic and pressure'! witl.be ;v Imrilensoina draft upon the hard earnings of t'le people ; and 1 greatly fear it will drive population and .11 I l -r Ml t. ; r 41 i ir 1 1 i
North Carolina Argus (Wadesboro, N.C.)
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Dec. 12, 1857, edition 1
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