Whether in the new or the old States, all now agree that the right of soil to the public lands remains in the Federal Government, and that these lands constitute a common property, to be disposed of for the common benefit of all the States, old and new.
Van Buren asserts that the Federal Government retains ownership of public lands for the benefit of all states.
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