After the constant charges of squandering the public lands and of partiality to the Land States, I think all will be astonished at the small amount on the debtor side, in the great account between the States and the Nation.
Sumner highlights the surprising balance of accounts between the states and the nation regarding public lands.
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The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
Out of this pernicious prejudice have proceeded that persecution and neglect which are the too frequent lot of the world's pioneers.
In this contest, we may borrow from the ancient Greek, who, when his hands were cut off, fought with his stumps, and even with his teeth.
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