Does any one doubt that such incumbrances upon real titles work a lasting and substantial injury to a country ? Does any one imagine that the homebuilder can be induced to surround himself with such rank and heartless tyranny? Such contracts have resulted and are resulting in checking the tide of immigration into Washington Territory. and are. of themselves. entirely sufficient to justify the restoration of this unearned grant to the public domain. In accomplishing this great act ofj ustice the right of every bona fide purchaser should be amply guarded. Relying upon the erroneous representations of Government officials that this company had earned its grant. thousands of settlers have purchased their homes from the company. and a failure to protect such purchasers would result in widespread distress.
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