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., ., , , ' UNION, THE, CO N ST I T V T ION A N D T II E LAWS THE GUARDIANS OF OUR LIBE RT Y . :voi,.xxxvn. HILLSBOROUGH, N, C, WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 16, 1857. No. 1919. ,l :i ',11 1 NEW FALL GOODS, VARIETT of Cheap Full Good, now coming in. . ,. v JAMES WEBB. Beptomlie? 18. ''' ' 4U : , :-r : , 01 Clover and Lucerne. TRBH BEED, Juet ikmwI, Mow i, lb, tim to X. u'-;' :.. - J.4MRS WEBB. September IS. f JUST AT HAND. SHIRTINOS.-j.7-8.iod 4-4. i s . UoIUhi Qsnaburga and Jean. , , , . . .- . ... Karaey, Bouuet Cord. ' ' Bum Springs for Skirt, dec, Ac ALSO A aaaoruaeDl of GROCERIES. ' JAMES WEBB. September I. '--. . -; o& WRAPPING PAPER, FROM lb, Raleigh paper mill, on hand, and for aal bf JAMES WEBB, Agent. , f J S3. ; , .... ,j 1., .. 77 . - CASH FOR WHEAT. : , WISH lo bur ill Iha Wheal for oik. I will fur- aiix Jm( and pay cash or Inula. I mut bar par fM all anwuul now Jus, out of I he preenl wheal crop. oenn in your n net anil pay oil. 1 cannot credit any o, lout tbea vim fear. JAMES WEBB. . July Si. , Guano J Guano! f ' ' ' 16 II AM. bare abpuly of pur Pcrutian Guano in Urn, ftir Turnip, arxl wilt ala hae rappl lor W seal, at IuwmI caau puce. JAMES W EBB. ,, .,.,.,.. .. as Change in Business. - MT i.i benuiiier will he caah, barter, and credit to thoaa 'bo trill py once jaar. The una alemand eh-wier rdil thou aeretotor. "rl! T ' i JAMES WEBB. February It. . 7S- IILON IRON! AM now iwmiving all ol Km' Moonlain Iron, . 1 will aril at low price by IDS " . MdoUuwa, or bt retail. chto. JAMES WEBD. Agent ," t for J. W. UAKKARD, SO October 14.-, i ; : Bi! 1 Depsltorj. - t hti aod aeMriintuI ol Hi. H ocMt' venal t)ipoed of to lh.M, who treat 7 low pricee. for Ctah. ' .' Angara PS?nflfl Rnwr Cna St.. f AM .ww i-ay u rwliifai febraary . L - : New Spring GoouS. fflHE larteel and fctrt elorh I eor had. whirh trere 1 bhl ! ".' ,b "" hef.tra the riao. eoauin In pt -- " 3 JO eaid. eap'r Htmy. ftk end Uiraio Cerptbaa. t.MJ Haw. B-nnole. riai.Oi-. , '. SVI tarda UnoMcbed Cotton CUnb. Jeane, . I.MW aid. BlrttUed Colloaw. bheetiofA g.4O0 Checked and griped Coiton Uih. e, , 1,0 ,.,.1. Colored Jeane. CotionCbecke. Ilal ian VtotV I.ap eTKio K.bkod Mobeir. nnd -thor da fjr bo. a and nwo'e wear. .... M tarda Linen Utile, b J , t ..f.l. Colored Jeane. Ceaion.de. Uberte. ! Drop dTBio Kibbed Mohair, and nth I and aten'awear. . ' , . irde Linen Ulb, b tmi wtA f !atliaral. . I.IUO ftrde Calko. 7J09 rd Colored d Blarh Oiniham. f h.OQO JardaUwo. U.ahai Ltwa. U-aJ'.ii caneit, Brilliant. Ac. 3U0 pair Gberee. t Til daaen Hpool Thread, ' 00 pi. llieV. MiV and ClMlJtn t rnj-. heaoll b.p o-d ... iwrlt.nl C-rnrd Mr.-l. M. m,Fpml pui.r-ed ''r 0,'''1lf',1, ulZl ChHdren-a Colored awd Flam. H"4 and Uotioa !. Ah- Bronied and Kid "och. and Wr..,M Bend., Fhc.-P. XUW nOM lpw anoBaoda, H,lk and lf Mu(, C-Kto and F-mpra- ."loV Corded C.-hriet BiBU.nia,aod tber ood.fa mk- lag Itkirta. - - ' . yard. Rild-noaf all ;. - 00 lb. Rio, Leguira and Jaa CoBea Eitt ol .; o Mo Be Green arrd Blh Traj Frao Mleira Win and French Brandy, lot aaejirinal pornoae-l ah CooUnt " . awl and Cpp Leather, Ac KKADV-.TI.iOC CMlTlinC. bKt in plc. conw-iinn . r-- " " n.o-n Un) Linen . . Walt Linen Coelo, Mi m Theeh.l.Me.Cia.,WhiM.'o"V'-. , Gr-aWnenCo. if ' d M"'''""' r-i. ! I-... red and WMfe Hhirla, . Bl.k andCorJAI. HirtB.mtairfl oi.. ..ee.f'oat.. ;rr..tr,nr...-. Drop d'Cia 01. Whiu d Colored Linen Paory CtMtmeto 'dW and filh Fotkel Bltrk CMnr rw. kerrhiel. f,f' FenoM in want of CWnin. ew on, - -flood, wool.! do well W call and rook at T - n. i A for UMkinf their farckMea. JAMES WEBB. i April I. Turnip Seed. 4 QOASTITr a lh heet kind fee W V JAMES A EUR July II. -' - ' ' - .. 17 Id at.lln. 1i fSitrilfti Sefil. fWT IBCE1VE0. W of G aen rWdi I t f -nuina Ca.n.e lo4 J Ut,,n4 Bead, for Mhapy , JAMES W F.BB. '.' ... .'il .'.: 71 atarrnii. m i IMURB A GOOD ;Vltrffni 1 BLE4-U- MapW Improted let o4 reeeleed. I am ready '" f' 'iZii Um.Um tho-wM '.Wh . izz ;-;:r. ,.d , .m.rih . ... A to Ha tain. I tore, e JAMES WEBB. A ACSl f INE SALT For role tjr' ' ' ' IVf ' - i iiuiik wpne Noember 45. CLOTH and Veltet 8lar Capt, ;i it ; niPWn VoltetCap. !.' , : cptw JAMEg WEBB. Nowmlier J5," ''' ''. I.:;,, r; - uj ll CHEAP all Wool Linrye. 'j. ' Fulkd Keiaeta. dte. , t ... JAMES WEBB. NofornbartS. . , ,, It JU8T RECEIVED-I tierce New Rico. JAMES WEBB. i Mottmber J5. "" " ' ', ' ' ' 4 " It- Notice to Smiths and Farmers. THE eulitrrilier, at the agent of the Kinc'e Moun tain Iron Company, will eupply all ordVra for a Ion or (ipwarde of Iron at 9 cent per poond, eaeA. The aioney muat imuriably bo paid en delivery, or Ihe ebargo will ho 7 eenla; and in no cat will 1 tell leaf that) ton for k than 7 cent. . , , ,. ; P. B. RUFFIN. , Oeiober 14.. , ' 10 ... SALT I SALT! I SALT J J! Cy 8AIKU HALT. Liverpool anJ Ground At luaw receierd and (w eate bt J. U. TUKBEN I I.NE k SON. December i. 17- PHOICE CALF 8KIX8, Shoe Thread and Shoe .ail,hy J. C. TURRENTINE L SOV. Dererahort. ''. - 17 RAGS! RAGS!!! RAGS!!! UAG3 WANTED, hy J. C. TUHRENTIN'E & SOX. i December t. . v , .., . j . 17 HORSES and BUGGIES for Sale. 2 GOOD larin HOR.SR8 for .le Ml mrorabb terme; Uo. 1 new BL'GUIF.S.-me Open, th e other a Too Buxty. Aj-olT i, tv. ltittrit,.tllAnour' Ko-ember W. Fall and Vmter Goods. rr-ME enhacrilwra oft lo their cuMomera and the 1 'p,. nPP,r r l "SSap.'c and Fancy vrj Goods, IJ ,. noat dreiralu lerrae in b Aew Vork .7atTlJeHeii.J J' " ""uld ta " U.uM.al Iboiorery "TimMUM deaaored I hoy princilly ''Vl artiirh the ijrchorr can et l T aaoBey. We mtte ,tiniiea to our no. - - i . - Mea'e and Woaae)' Boot, )egra Br., . . . , - VV imer'o" d.mt.lr-oid Biapn,!" " Krrarye and I jmvy. W hiu nd Colnred Flannrla. Nea-roand Bed BhwikeM, a largo oek. Moawlia do Idunea, new eiyia, , Bolid and I'Uid Mrrinoe, Mon'e and Boy'a Wear. MrleJ. totether arti a full eioch f GOOD FAMILY GROCEKIE8, at lb loweal prieea. ' J. C TURRENTINE 4k SON. Ortofaettl. - Laait's Cloth Clonks. BLACK and Grey Cloth Cloak, trooJI Gnt Bul iWe crk-UalcJ Uim' Ckuk Mora, Aew Vork. jual receil bt .--,.. cnV d. C IDBIlri.lll.'UOiow.'i Ortohettl. READY-MADE CLOTHING. ariMJ nwd thia a diliiiet branch of trade, tea 1 1 do aorirmUr ntlentieaj M k, aod korpuuj brtootorkof aU kiadoal Ur 1.01. Buunea Coat. Blark Frock Coal, - Vla and Panl. ' w a. twahlrd aenemM, N l and pleoea thoea who f.mr a with a ealU v a nJi keep our o r boat lira M lime. Call end eiwnrn it. J. L. I LKKm I I.E. eu.i. C R I YOM IVE tpreoal w ite. Embroidered Harriet abn, Braa and Whale boo Jlenpe, and Klo-i B.hAhy TL.RREN IXE k g(J September U. ' II OIB PAPER All iradeaj Window 8h.de n?C. TURRKNTINR 1 SON. TOW CLOTH!. f OW CLOTH WA?CTEI.r.y 1 J. 1!. TL'KRK.N I INE L SON. Hefrtrmlwr Id. India Jlubbor Goods. DLBOER DREI.U tuwuo. Rubber fine Ceml, Rubber Pocket Coail. Rubber Mown! Camta, Robber (lid Combo, . i ' Rslibee Fulf f -nmU, Ruldief Hail Fin. 1U. Bonnet Comb, a sad stctllent aHsoHo. at J. C. TL'RREN TINE & SON'S. July 15. 7 V'BAnr POWUEKM, BoH' HoreapeliUa.be!, . Kchneidam bVhntpp, . . Cobtne aworlrd. t , , J. C. TURRENTINE It SON 8 July II. FIX)UH BARRELS, FRSUJ.,?J.TCRRENTINEtSON as ' ' From the Tartr6uh Soothemer. ; ; STATE DEBT AND DISTRIBUTION. -. . .i . ; f. . ,i . Tarborough, Notembef S3J, 1857. Sirt I communicate herewith a letter from D. K. McRae, Esq., in reply, to one addreised him by me, teveral weeki since. 1 did not retain a copy of my letter to Mr. McRae, but its nature and purport ge neral. will be readily indicated by the character of hia replj. ' ' ' lours, &c, ' " ' '"" "" " , ; , WM. F. DANCV. v ' ' '' Kinston, N. C, October M, 1857. ' My Dear Sir i I have now the first leisure time since the receipt of jour letter asking my views "on political questions now 01 great interest to the State," to make jou a reply. Our long acquaintance the relations of personal friendship whichhave always subsisted Detween us and the tact that we have ever been active members of the same political party, prompt me without hesitation to comply with your wishes ; and having no political aspiration to gratify having volun tarily yielded an honorable office into the hands of the administration, and beine alto gether desiious of devoting mynlf tntirthj 10 my protiiton, i am enaoieu to communi cate wiih'yiiu in entire frankness and sin cerity. The present condition of North Carolina is well calculated to excite our liveliest concern, She is evidently not ad vancing in prosperity at an equal pace with her sister butes north and south. She has entered on a system of internal improve- inents, which at yd, holds out no promise ol ..-.... -. recompense ana scarce a nope 01 suuiuiy The kailroads, white they are of great con venience and advantage to the public, are so tar a dead loss to the stockholders town property is depreciating in value ouf people whose resources so far as they are developed are quite limited our State bonds below par Railroad stock unsaleable and unpro tluctive our revenue system uncertain and ill arranged, and a necessity of increased taxation may wen inspire us, witn every son of North Carolina, with apprehension and alarm. "" '..- How may the State be extricated from this situation and placed on the road to prospe ritv. ii a atiestion of the first importance; and happy will he be who will strike out for her a method pi escape. At a caucus of the Democratic party which aat in convention ai Raleigh, in war lesa, I called their attention to the onjust and in iquitous system of squandering Tut rvtitc uam wilful was rou6.ua. .. X n 1:. r her intereat therein m Inch was in Utter Vi olation of the principles regularly set forth in the national conventions of the party and J pointed out the prospect of a speedy and entire loss to North Carolina of this valuable inheritance. That Democratic con vention, in that caucus, then rejected the resolution on this subject, reported by the committee (which was in substance from the Baltimore platform) and rttohtd " that in view of die settled policy of donations. and the impossibility of maintaining the old Democratic doctine, u teat aiiogmitr rtgru that 0 fair d'ulribulion of I hit common pro perly Should bt hail among all Ihe Slatet." ' .subsequently the ixmocrauc party in me Lep-islature of 1 852-53 resolved in substance that if this system of squandering was to continue. North Carolina should in common with the old States assert her claim to her rhtful portion of the public domain. Thi resolution was introduced by Mr. By- num. i"" trttllfni Democrat, irom orinamp .... n.i was voted for and advorated by such Rood Jlemocrats as Gen. It. M. Saun ders; Mr. D 'bbin. at that time the party candidate for the" cnneii ?iaies senate i ir. Samuel 1. Hill, of Caswell ; Mr. Thomas D. tt.-tw.il nf lili Jn. and. indeed, by most of the leading Democrats in the House of Commons. Thus has the kmotralu party in this State, on two occasions, commuieu itself solemnly and with deliberation to the doctrine of Distribution, in view of the le parture from the National platform by De mocrats of the land States, and the certain lost of the whole of the public lands to the State of North Carolina. Every consideration which could have prompted such policy, has greatly strength ened since the party in this State took the M.;.;n. i t..v. r&rrd to. The strength fTr ij,nd Snuandtrtrt in Consress has .M.ll. tnrrepi I. At the last session of Congress the Mamttot Hill.'' giving about ... n.;ii..,n of acre of nublic lands to tor- poraiiont for railroads in Minnesota, Alaba aa: ..:.;..; a rV .nui and Florida, pass- ed both houses of Congress over ine vtio m NIK, . -. Preaident Pierce ; and auch is tne power r .I,. ,,.r,i.;rwi;nn. that tint conservative Wet llltw vwiwn"'wt . heck, which was the last sheet ancnor ot the Soutliern non-Undhoiiiing Ptaies, powerlens lor their protection. Not only is the Northwest clamorous for the spoils, but Southwestern Democrats have united in the ... .n.l hl.n ia now well matured so soon as Kansas. MinneoU. Oregon and Nebraska sImII be admitted, and thereoyan unequivo cal power secured in both branches of Con- ...-e h1Al,t unnn all the public landt, and give them to tne suies in wmcn icj lie, and the Territories as tliey become ui.i.1 1 ami thua hv one darinz act of rob .'v" . rr. . . . .. t bery, to sweep away every interest ami right wem.thatain this valuable estate. Neither honesty nor justice will impede or preveni iU The decree has gone forth, and nothing can avert it but our own prompt ann ecini action. I Icel that this question oi me .u :. i. ..I. ;. .i thi moment a fsr more im lit. aHw .. , porunt one than that of slavery, and a much more practical one. Upon the slavery quel J. k... emihinrr more to hone from le- gislation.- Free State have been the result of every compromise w have accepted. v now rest on thn docuin of popular mi- reignty, embodied in the Nebraska-Kansas bill; if this be palpably violated, the united South must determine on her course. Should any sudden cause disturb the relations of the States and dissolve the Union, a vast pro perty will have been secured by those who will then be our toes ; indeed it is a solemn view of the land question, that all these do nations of oar . mutual properly is building up in power and strength one aide, to the impoverishment of the other. . On the land question there is yet some thing to be done by legislation. If the South and the Northeastern States will unite in claiming a fair and equal distribution of a portion of this common domain, among all the States, the claim would be recognized ; it ia their refusal to receive, which strength ens the adversary, and at this time so needy is the West and so eager for further assis tance, that even the will go for this general distribution, - But in a very short time the preponderance of representation in the Sen ate and House of Representatives from the land States will enable them to tlo as they please, and then will be fulfilled the predic tion of Mr. Benton, and all this common property will be forever lotl. The policy of giving away these lands is not a pew one. They have been squandered under all administrations from Mr. Jefferson to the present, in donations of swamp lands, &c, the whole system having been one ol fraud and robbery, against the constant pro test of the South, made always, but made without avail; and now or never, must be made the last struggle for an equal partici pation by all the owners in this common fund. It is startling, but it is the truth, that up to this time more of the public land has been given away than has been told. The Congrrss of 1 849-'jO, alone, gave away fifty four millions to certain Statea, of which Louisiana received seven and a half millions of acres, under the name of swamp lands, but in reality covering much of the very best lands in the Western States. Two of the old States, Kentucky and Connecticut, have built their deaf and dumb asvlums out of donstions of lands made by Congress; not of lands lying in their borders, but loca ted in Alabama, Arkansas and Florida. The citizens of North Carolina are hea vily taxed for their deaf and dumb asylum, and also for the asylum for the insane, 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 they have been made. . There are twenty States and Territories tn whom has been granted up to 1854, with out Ihe pay.r. . r .h.'m ,H. vast amount of one hundred and thirty-lour millions seven hundred thousand acrea of nublic land, in w hich North Carolina had as equal an interest as any of them. Illinois received fifteen millions, Louisiana ten millions, Michigan ten millions, and Ohio, Indiana, Iowa and v isconsin in similar pro portions. - With these lands converted into money, and gotten so cheap only for the asking, they hare established schools, universities and seats of government, roads, canals, and dear, dumb and insane asylums ; their whole . ..r :i i. i borders are permeated wiw rsiirunu aim macadamized turnpikes cspitols, splendid in their architectural structure, to gratify the pride of the citizen asylums for the bereft and unfortunate, capacious and beautifully constructed, ornament their towns while all branches of knowledge find cover and protection under the Jolty domes oi exten sive universities, academies and school houses. What wonder ia it, then, that it is called the " mighty West?" What wonder that its population swells, that its represen tation in Congress increases, and that all the elements of prosperity gather in its bor ders? What wonder on the other hand, that with k population stagnates, our repre sentation grows smaller, and progress and improvement are slow and dimcuicr On the one hand all the public State works, buildings and institutions are erected and supported by donations from the general go vernment, while we are obliged to tax our aelvea for the self tame objects or go with out them; and even our very subject of taxation are drawn away to fill the prosperity of the West, by the very causes which pro duce our decline. 1 Tie Bdtimm Plulform. Ever since 1810. the Democratic party in its several conventions passed a resolution tn auiwtanro. i hat thn nublic units are the common property of all the States; that they are held by the general government in trust to be sold and" their profits placed in the public treasury, and thus appropriated to the common benefit, by defraving the ex rtenaea of the :overnment.', 1 have often voted lor tint resolution ami ipprmru u mi I ui it deserted bv democrats from alt sec . - ... "... i .:ii tion of the country; that indeed the rrry leaden wnulJ return direct from Baltimore to Washington City and vote for the largest donations to States sad private corporations of this very land, in utter violation of the intent and meaning at well at the letter of the resolution. When in 1848 1 supported Uen. Cass by speeches in near twenty coun ties or t lit State, I tdvoraxeu me cauae i a Democrat who had riven hit aid and support to every application for land donations in the Northwest. Mr. irougias, tons; mj i vorite for the Presidency, and the second choice of the Democratic party of thit State in 1 85. had built up Illinois by tnese dona tion ami voted for nearly all the rest. when th Democratic party in Conerets made Mr. Boyd Speaker of the House of Representatives, tney voieu tor man wow had introduced and advocated a bill to give all the land to the States in which they tie, for a mere nominal price. Since then, Jeff. Davis, Houston of Alabama, th Democrsti Chairmsn of thCommilt of, Way and Means, indeed the whole De mocracy of the land States, have fled forever from the Baltimore Platform have advoca ted and taken the benefit of land d umtiont Mr. Perkins of Louisiana, a favorite of Genl Pierce, and to whom was committed by the State Department to reform the Diplomatic and Cnnsulsr svstem, introduced a bill but little different from Mr. Burd's, by which the whole of the land was In be absorbed by the Slates in which they are situated only he postponed for ten years the completion nf the iniquity. Mr. Andrew Johnson, jut elect ed Senator by the Democratic party of Ten nrssee, not only hss favored these gifts of land, but has even gone far beyond, bv ad vocating a proposition to give away at one lunge, One Hundred Millions to individual, natives and foreigner, who choose to settle on them and call them their. ' The Cincinnati Convention which nomi nated Buchanan, broke down the Baltimore Platform on this question, ami outsell a reso lution to build the Pacific Unit RimiI nut of the public land, by giving the necessary amount a hundred millions nf acres or more to Corporations or one mom moth t'onipany, and Mr. Buchanan acquiesces in the measure and support it. , Orthodox . In no State out of Virginia, North Carolina and Siuth Carolina. i the opinion of a demo crat on the land question made a test of or thodoxy. It is inimical that he who cling to the Baltimore Platform on this principle, hugs a ghost, a phntm that melts before his eyes; and th .se who profit by our action. laugh in their sleeves at the , lolly ol our simplicity and credulity. I put this question and a satulactory an swer will change at once my conviction. Why should the children of tJiim ami Illi nois and Iowa be educated out of the mutual property of the severals States, civen to them by the common trustee, and Ihe children of North Carolina go uneducated ? Bail Road Donalint. All the important Kail Roads of the West have been constructed bv these crants of land, and individual subscription and State aid have done little or noth'n.g. This sys tem has been justified niton Ihe eround that the alternate sections reserved sell for double, and thus the Government lines nothing; that as a prudent proprietor the Government does right to give away one hull tn double the value of the other. A more artful bait was never set for any gudgeon, and no trout whs ever more caught by an artificial fly than were those Southern presses, and Soutliern leaders who darted at this suezestion. asle,AV',n-,--'--h- -rr"''" bn double the value of the rest ? Do Had Road ;ompauies en through a man t land with u scot free on this principle f Or, are there no nrudent vrovrktort anion? our sturdy old farmers ! It would take a long argument tn convince any of them thus to diminish their broad acres. A grosser iraud was never at tempted. I take the case oi the Illinois Central Kail Road, and this is the most favorable rate. The number of acres received by this cm- nanv amounted to 2,593,093 acres ; reserved at double nrice 1.223.921 acres. The land reamed to the Road was worth tt Govern mcnt price, five millions two hundred ami lorty-one thousand two hundred and ninety six dollars, and il the whole mi me reservation sold for double the Go eminent price, it would fall short of this sum more than one hundred thousand dollar. But I say to you, without fear of truthful contradiction, that tht whole of the rciervtd tectiont have never in c tingle inttanct bought tht double priet. Indeed the Compmy usually ansorbs in ttt alternate sections the beat land, sod the re serve thus cut off and of the worse, far from bringing the double price, t injured in value and does not sell for the original Govern 'rent price. The people have no idea ol the cor roptinn of thi syntem, or thry would not be blinded by this tfelusion. Hut it it were true tnai mese tmnaunna improve the remaining land and indeiily the Government, would uot a donation to North Carolina, in frerinsr her from debt. and enabling her to complete her winks. lead to improve hrrpropeity, nuiid np ner population, and gieuy inciease me revenue lo be derived fiem her bv the General Gov ernment? The argument amtsm distribu tion ss well at Hie other m item. CiMtUulioiulJt of D.tirdmiu. The oniioneiit ol distribution sty tat I Mncmiiiintioiial. Without claiming to find the ttnwrr to diatiibut in the clue authorizing Congress to "dispose of Ihe land," ., I answer, tneianu not om u - iributed from the earliest periods of the Gov ernment t only il hss been partially and an- iusilv distributed. But I find Ihe power to . . . . it r.....t distribute, exacuy wnere .vir. oracrauu woou the power to acquirt territory. There is no constitutional right to acquire trrritorv, to said Mr. Jclferton when be pur chased Louisiana ; yet be derived th power from iha nrreasitvul the case, and ne was iccrssiir v..., .... ... - - - sustained by the Democratic party, through- out the CHtntrv. A wftsaizequelly a ur - tent and press ng l emaiids distribution, inei fand system ha become by all authority . SrceVtl...ti.quitouserruptmn.c.ns wnt ni mucn oi tne time oi every ; much of the time of every Congress, nrolonzinr it session, increasing its ripen tlitures, producing log rolling, lobby canvas, sing, bribery and all sort ol dihnnet coin- J biiiatlon. Bu!lhprwwrr;f niwsai'y is, ! that this valuable domain, a cammoa property, whirh all have contributed t pay for, and which belongs alike to all, i melting away, is beinc distributed to pjrt.snd the balance or Ihe owner left wholly without it bene fit. Again this land fund 1 new no longer needed for the expenses ol in uovernmenv r the expenses oi me utitrnnnn. rumwi ,........- ---- r .i.- i ascertained that th. low.r th tanffi larger expense of the Departm.nt af the la It it ne is reduced, and the more closely the revenue bisis is Approximated, without going below it, the larger will be the revenue produced.. Kcli year, since 1846, there has been an in creasing surplus, and immense turns hate eben locked up in the Public Treasury to tne great injury of commerce and manufactures. I hit evil and the necessity of some policy to avert the unjust distribution, has inaugurated a principle far worse, than fair ditlribution of the land itself. I mean the depoiite syste . lor which all the Democratic members ol Congres from this State lelt compelled Its vote. II this depunte be any thin else tMns distribution, it is a policy the most daiigerou'saj to aisles rights eer entered on.. Uv it the General Government become a money lerultr" the St lies, borrower of their own fend-; and as s temptation to frequent snd unnrees- ssry loittis, they are not to pay interest,. arV only morally bound for the reimbursement of. tne loan. Suppoe North Carolina were called' upm to-dav to par hack the j m deposited undi rthe aetof 1836 that sum constitutes her school1 fund. She would be obliged to restore af,. or repudiate. What would become of her fJ"om nion School system in this event ? An i yet according to the principle of deposit, the event is likely and probable. The system ia ati vsriance with State rights and State i gnity. If, however, no intercut is to be charge tl. and. the money i never tabe called for and nr: it to be refunded, then a democratic paper o f Ihit State widely circulated snd highly res, netla ble both for the ability with which it is ' con ducted and the independence of it Edi toes, .L .-:l . I I mean me - vv mningion journal, wu truly, ' Deposit is Ihe same thing at Di tr bulion" and to pretend otherwise it a co'ver and deceit. But it is said Attribution it impracticabfer that Ihe measure ia dead and cannot be reviv. ed. The same may be said of all measures. if no effort be made. But let ut tee the facta. Mr. Bennett, of New York, hat twice intro duced s distribution bill, not very fair in its details, into the House of Representatives. Uuce, iflam not mistaken, it pased that body. At another Session commanded a tie vote. At prettnt, there it no doubt if thn South unite-a bill will pass. The action of North Carolina could produce it in the House and in the Senate. The non-landholding States have a majority, snd they are vitally interested to pans this measure; and it ia not to be supMied that the present Chief Mag istrate ol ihe nation, who approves the build ing of the Pacific Rail Road out of the public lam's, would interpose the executive vote upon a bill fairly dintrihuting among the sevriol proprietors their common property. rtiTJiivs.fMunAVt.Jk Jttal.ojietioii to ties of near ten millions of dollars. She hat a y.tein of Rail Roads commenced but not rinixhed, and which in their incomplete con dition will prodoce no revenue if thry keep up and piy liieir debts, while the stock of wniie of them is selling from S3 to 30 dollars in the hundred. The taxes upon the people amount now to more t'ai five hundred thou sand dollars, besides specific debts for which certain counties have bound themselves, and these taxes must of necessity be still further increased. The people cannot for a Ion lime bear this taxation with their limited reaoarce. Within the next two years pro vision mast be made lo pay a large amount of the principal of ihe debt; and thi must be dune hy additional taxation, or a renewed loan. Tlie former is impossible. No Leg ialaliire would pa a tax law to draw in one or twa years a Million and a half of d.dlars; and the people could not support it if it were passed. A new loan from Peter to pay Paul is inevitable. The example having aU ready been set, of borrowing at more than 6 percent., by Corporation in the State; she cannot hope to iue her bonds at that interest and effect a sale, and if she issue them at greater interest, the securities now out wdl be further depreciated. The people hate then to Ivik in the face, a taxation within the nevt two y r of from aix to sev en hundred thuusai.u dollars a year. How is it to be Ieirdf In these time ol panic and pie-ure it will be a burdensome draft, tpou the bard earnings of the people; and I greatly fear it will drive population and pro perty out of the State. To the friends of extentton I would say, can anv sail wan suppue that another dollar will Ik given by way of State aid, to any work in i,n...re.. nr to be bviM? Although a I atrong internal improvement man mysell. it'aU... hvoiabif to a judicious system and .i. j,..,riu lo afford to our farmer ! ..., i.t.ir t,. britiir their produce to j Bw,kft ctuuot hop lor further State aid. i,.,i aU u-il how loe people or mcir representatives tan make it up. TV Rtmtdy. What then d-i I propose ! I propnse that CongreassN.il withdraw all the public lands in the Territories from sale for ten years : to isut laud warrant in section and quarter tertian, lie. lo th Governor of the severs! Stales according to their federal population, ir' . . i. Ik. -I. .1.. mr two aunurea mil mo. r .... j number ttitl remaining undisposed . lamt oiatea prm,.. - - -; m.llions-whah w.rrantt will be iubjectta ulelikethe tea wneo soui y P-'7 " r . " j" get rid of the difficulty about one sovereign holding domain in Ihe limit of another, and about th taxation of I lute landt by the Sutet in which they lie, for the title will remain ia the General Government till the location. The Treasurer! of the teveral Statet will hold the warrants ia market, and a new ofter will b needed. By thi mean Immigration will be confined lo th State, and our popula. tion prevented from cttering over th wi. derness. Thus the necessity of expensive Tor. n.mmnt still be avoided. I he tti. Ttrm,en oniT' . , fir7 II. 71 I rVpiamUit,
The Durham Recorder (Durham, N.C.)
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Dec. 16, 1857, edition 1
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