Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1841-10-22

thereby making the neglect or inability Of II.
Government TO hasten the surveys, the can.s
Of this oppressive restriction. The early ana
intrepid pioneer is most entitled to the prot.A
ton Of the Government. Is it just TO exclud.
the first settlers from pre-emptisn, wheth.'
they build their houses, plough their field.
and plant their corn, either before or after thu
land was surveyed What difference can
survey make! The whole west will be n;n
red by this restriction. In Illinois, and o's.
States. there are hundreds and thousands NJ
citizens residing upon the public lands which
have not been surveyed. Sir, we have had
counties organized and thickly populated uuon
the public domain. And let me say fur,be
that no population upon this earth is more Jus,
more upright, or more hospitable, than that pop.
ulation. Honor, integrity, and chlvalry a,a
their bir,hright. The whole Of the denuncia.
tons. Of the settlers upon the public lands ara
only evidence of the ignorance Of the men VIII,
make them. The restriction is oppressive, and
violates every presumption law from 1921
this day.
..2d. A pre-empiion is denied in all case,
where the party has three hundred and twent,
acres Of land in any State or Territory. A.
emigrant forthe West may leave three hun
dred and twenty acres on this side fthe mouu.
tains which are too poor to furnish him a SUD
port, and which he cannot sell, or he may hau
military land in the Southwest which is inup. !
dated, or not fit for cultivation. In both case
he must sacrifice his land, or lose pre-eun
ton under this bill.
N3d. 1t is refused when the party leaves h /.
own land to reside upon the public land. A, s
individual may have but forty acres where he h
resides, or he may own but house and loi
town, and his removal may be dictated by duty
TO his family or his homestead may be with
out timber, or water, or prove to be unhealthy
by which he may be forced to seek new res
idence-yet this bill has no bowels of compasE
sion; such man is absolutely prohibited upos
any terms from obtaining presumption. 3
''1th. If there be mines Of focal or other mi, %
eral, pre-empton is refused; restricts b
never before inserted in any presumption lu IL
SO far as coal is concerned. Z
's5th. 1t refuses to increase or diminish
distributive shares to the States, accordinrsEs
the census to be taken under their own hws Ea
by which, the new States will lose all that viii
be due TO them for their immense increase d
population for the next ten years.
''In the last len years the new States and
Territors increased about three hundred vs
cent. We may reasonably suppose tie ipI
crease will not be less in the ten years to CONF ~
The distribution to be be made upon censns 4
1910. and to be continued upon that ceag, s
till 1850, will defrand the new States ont II
more than one half the dividend to which thtk
would be justly entitled. No man here H
anywhere, will deny this. Yeta motion uarI
we made on this side Of the House 10 core
this evil, has been voted down by STRIFE, pat
ty vote.
Sc. This bill refuses TO equa|ize the ora; u
Of land TO the new States. Ohio has receive
one million hundred and forty-three tousa
acres Of land, and less than half that qusn,t B
only five hundred thousand acres, is pIopcs
for Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, MssIss 6
pi, and Michigan Illinois is cut of with 70 i
hundred and ninety-two thousand acres Ia
than Ohio, aud two hundred and four .housa
less than Indiana, and Alabama fares 81
worse than Illinois.
18th. This distribution, oppressive as il
shown to be, is to be followed up by otHS
measures still more Objectionable.
Taxation upon the necessaries and conf
of life, and upon the industry of the tama}
mechanics, and laborers, is 10 replace ,1s
mount thus Withdrawn from he National TIL
sury.''