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<br />Hamilton vs. Jefferson <br />DIFFERING LAND <br />DISPOSAL PHILOSOPHY <br /> <br /> <br />A [though All'll"lIldl'f Hamilton <br /><lnd Tholll<lS Jt'ffersot1 <br />Ch,llllpiolwd wiJelyJivl>rgent <br />Vl('W':> ,lbout the rolt' of the public <br />Jom,lltl 1I1 tht' N.ltillfl'S future, both <br />men thought that .111 public [imd <br />would eVl'nluJlly pass into private <br />mvnershlP. <br /> <br />Hamilton w.lnted tu ,:>ell public.: land <br />to raise Ft'dt'ral revenuE'. Jdfersun <br />favored J more Iiberdl disposal policy <br />and JdVllCJted giving paf(,t'lsof public <br />land to I.lndless citizens based on <br />need. Prior to 18b2 the Hamiltoniall <br />vie\-v prevailed, then Congress passed <br />the Homestead Act - intended to <br />provide I.md to .lIlY settler who W.lS <br />willing to live on the land and bring <br />VIrgin soil under cultivation. <br />There was sound reasoning behind <br />the disposal philosophy as long as <br />there was an abundance of agricul- <br />tur,Jll,Jnd in thepublicdomJin or I.md <br />that could profitably be put to private <br />use. In the years that followed tht-' <br /> <br /> <br />c.> <br />c.) <br />10;' <br />en <br />" <br />en <br /> <br />t{evolutllHl .lnl ll\Vn 1(1 I"el.ltivPly <br />recent Ilmt'~, C(ln~rl'ss h,h l:'tl.lded <br />many 1.1ws pnt.lII11ng to the displlS.ll <br />oi the publ1t"dol1l.1in.1t W,lS thl' intent <br />uf these 1.1\\'5 to l'IHllUI".lgt' <br />developml'nt .lnJ seltlellwnt III the <br />sp.lrsdy 01" unst,ttled dl"l'.lS lIf thl' <br />Natu.ln. <br />