Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1844-06-01

violation Of law, and against the Just rights
Of the nation Sir, the honorable Sena-
tor much mistakes the character Of this
people. There il not, Mr.. President a
more peaceable, orderly, industrious. hos
pitable people to be found in any country"
App: Cong. Globe, Page l3l.
ss.Senate, Jan. %, 1899. Mr.. Lyon
Yet these settlers have been denounced by
the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Clay.
'as land pirates 'plunderers;' 'robbcrs!'
Do they deserve such epithets? Whom
have they robbed? Certainly not .he Gov
einment. They are ready 10 pay for the
lands they occupy, l! the Government
could have sold them for, had the policy
of thu Senator from Kentucky been adopt
ed, add the settlers kept of those lands
They have committed no waste, injured no
one, either the Government or any indi-
vidual. They have in Truth been of SER
vice to the Government, by giving add m
al value to lands lying in the neighbor-
hood OF their improvements, and thus en-
abling the Government to sell those lands
at an earlier period than it could have done
had their improvements not been made. y
App. Cong. Globe, Page, l3S.
Mr., Clay. followed Mr.. Lyon and did
not deny that the terms LAND Pr
RATE, " "PLUNDERERSr and .sROR.
BERS;" expressed the ideas he intended
IL convey as to the character or the settlers
On the public lanes. A part Of what he
did say is thus reported: Wig.
"Mr. Clay Of Ky. following Mr.. Ly-
on:) Sir, said MI. c. will meet them
with the laws Of the country. Let thu
lands be exposed TO public sale, and af .er.
wards at p waite de, and then put in force
il necessary; the eAi ting laws, and RE.
MOVE these LAWLESS INTRU.
DERS from the property they have forci.
bly, appropriated to their, own use. What
tight had they to the public domain more
than any other description Of PLUMBER.
Frs to the goods they may SET, upon,
An auctioneer has his warehouse broker
open by ia,rless body Of armed man; ons
man seizcs upon bale, another upon ,
hamper. and another upon something else
and says he has right 10 It al his owr
price. When other persons come to auc
ton, and says, Mr.. Auctioncer, why no
give me these goods OH ae cheap terms .,
these gentlemen who have broken opel
your warehouse obtained theirs; WHY
what sort Of answer would It be to 81,
that these gent, me are pre-cmptioners
their moral sense has been outraged u,
by locking up these goads, and lsel iaI
them from their use, and as they particu
larly wished for this bale or hamper q
their own price, and are honest, industri
Gus men, who ire una ie 70 give The res
value for the goods, they, have taken hi
natural and harmless method Of gcttin
possession Of them. ''-.--.ss..ss- e.s.la.,
App. to Cong. Globe, Page $50.
Here the settlers are directly compare
TO band Of ARMED ROBBERS.
'..Sss,ate Jon. 80, 1888. Mr.. WaLkEs
Were the settlers more meritorious the
(l830) than they are nowj or is it only b
late that Il = Senator from Kentucky ha
bee ne wi ling to endorse the libels q
the British reviewers in regard 10 I'll
American settlers of the West? Why.
these settlers are, as the Senator ( b
Kentucky proclaims, LAWLESS In
lTRTDERS, PLUNDERERS Of the pub
lie property, as criminal as those ths
would seize the public ships, or stores, O
a.ser ais, WHY was not all this announced j
1884, when the act was passed wiiho,
opposition in the Sende, TO legalize an
sanction all these proceedings And
it be indeed just, as the Senator from Ker
lucky proclaims, that these settlers shoul
be driven BY force from the public lands
| hope that the Senator from Kentuck
will be permitted TO lead tie army whic
is to perform the work of expulsion an
desolstion; that he will lead the force
which are to drive from their homes an
consume the dwellings Of these hardy p
oneers, whose only crime is this: that the
desire to secure, at the Government price
! the farms they have selected, and clearet
and cultivated, against the overriding (
capitalists and spectators, And wle
tee Senator from Kentucky, unfurls hi
banner, and calls for recruits for such
purpose. can he obtain one, even in Ii
State e Kentucky, for service SO odict
and detestable?"
i App. Cong. Globe, Page l42.
Mr.. Clay followed Mr.. Walker, b,
denied nothing he said.
A portion Of what he did say, is thu
reported: viz.
Mr.. Clay said awe have been told
the extent Of the evil, Of the number
squatters who have got on the public lar
and the difficulty Of removing them: al
that therefore there was necessity f
ras ing this law. to give them the lan'
they have unjusuy seized on. Do v
said Mr.. c. live in country Of laws !
not?"
=
ssHow was it with that White Hous
. now so amply furnished--with that fsmoi
erst room, and the little man who occupi'
so Small part Of it? Suppose pr
emptieHer vas e 20 there and say, NJ
, President, u Is house is too large for yo
| siif an industrious Guilty. tor, one Of Il
, bone -and-sinew men, and claim pre-em
, ton to part ,f this house. Would he n