It remains for us to consecrate the balance to the benefit of those who need it. of the poor and ignorant. to the benefit of the young who are fast growing up to take our places. and whom it should lie our chief aim to qualify to perform their duties as citizens of our great country. And we should do this now. for these lands are fast being bought np. Each year lessens the amount we retain. each year thousands of emigrants from other shores. with the sons and daughters of our own people in the older States who go to the West to foutd themselves homes. are filling up these broad and boundless prairies. penetrating across what was the great American desert. ant into the valleys of the great mountains to the west. following the streams and watercourses. Where yesterday was a desert or waste prairie. today is a thriving farm or growing village. Year by year more and sore is gone. antI in a very few years little or no good p~ublie land will remain.
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