The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-02-01

ASSISTANT SECRETARY STATE.
Mr. sEyER reported back from the Committee on Fo-
sry OF state and asked that certain House report upon
'he project DO printed, which was agreed to.
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The bin granting land to settlers in Oregon further
postponed MI TO morrow.
~ ThE rsN REoIMESIs-rHR LAND sousrms
ne Dhi lot ten regime as of re gulsrs resumed
as tho special order Of the day The amendment OF Mr.
I . was pending and the question upon concur
Whole. "'N W =" "'""s' '" ~-N
Mr. Ru,H Withdrew his proposition further to amend.
he would prefer as amendment the separats land
bounty bill from the House.
The question then rested upon Mr.. Corwins amend
ment heretofore given in full, but which, in word II
may be proper to state again 1t provides for the
twelve months soldiers regulars, and volunteers ex.
cepting the commissioned officers who shall have served
against Mexico land bounty OF 100 acres and the
bounty to the legal of such soldiers as
may have died IL this service at any time and Tho sams
to those who may have been discharged in less than
twelve months from disabilities sickness in the
vice For the volunteers serving only twelve months,
or less than twelve months, and dischsrgedwhou diss
btes, 80 acres of land warrant to be given for the
patent be issued for the its return to the
War Department The soldier to select his lands 81
any of the public lands open to private entry Tbs
lands to each warrant to be taken all in one body All
liens, SC upon the warrant, however, to be utterly
void
The having adjourned last night attic instance
OF the senior Senator from Missouri
ApsscENr upov THE srEcULAToRs.
Mr. BENTON TO the analysis dissection OF this
proposition, and the sequel will show that he was pre-
pared for the operation hold II to be my duty, Mr.
resident, to expose az far the stupendous spo
culaons that must follow this scheme OF land boun'ies
this amendment is adopted look Mt it as opening ths
uoor TO the most stupsndous speculitions No matter
about the design Of the amendment take II stands
! take the amendment in il. words, and dsnounco
ing the door to the most stupendous speculaous
the widest frauds thathe annals country
produced am not speaking at random, sir. But in
cude in this category the Yazoo speculaons the specu-
latons in tho certificates Of l7o3 and the bounty land
speculaons from the grants Of 1912. include them ALL
SIR include every thing repeat that include every
thing sir which has ever opened the door to stupendous
try as transeendins the whole Mr. Benton read from
Jefferson the specuaiions in the Virginia bounti 81
First let us consider the quantity Of land you propose
give away by this bill One hundred and sixty TO
the twelve months soldiers and half that to the soldiers
serving shorter term. How many persons may claim
these bonnties when this act passed. By this act you
raise 900 by the act of May last you called for
so 900 men-th sixty. You have, then, sir, fifteen
giments of regulars. of some 10 or 900 men.
day that this bill passed About rs 900 will then
come in for these bsuntics if this pension is made
But suppose reduce tho number to so 900 men and
this is grenter reduction than will be found in reality
the benefits OF this amendment will amount TO 600 zoo
acres and $40 900 600 This is the quantity srths 10
the quantity. The most moderate estimate il eight mil
lions of and ten millions of dollars Now whs.
the terms and what ~ the manner in which these lands
to be disposed of is to be issued trans
ferable order for sheep Companies Of SPECTATORS
in their arrangements the suffers will be No l. and the
commissares will be No.2. The scheme, sir, will alb
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this policy will not be exngushed for sixty years For
this sort of paper breeds aud not only breeds
y, but breeds incOntinently II comes and comos and
comes, and you will never get rid of it. 1t is only
sary to refer 10 the Virginia military scrip yet
tDguished Companies will be formed. Yes, sir, may
from information in my possession that appears
that companies are already forming in Philadelphia
speculate in these anticipated bounes and they
prehend in their scope sir persons in Washington and
the commissaries and suffers of the army. We
gagged in war SRA war which is now only ten months
old and just issued bill for loans and TO
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demption Of which your public lands pledged And
now you propose an amendment to your army b by
which all your revenues from those lands will
be swept from the face of the earth Not
dollar dollar will be saved to tho Tr,eSfary-nO
benefit from it. They will be the instruments
Of the speculators To your existing debts you will add
debt OF ten millions OF dollars if all goes fair; and
twenty Millions il il goes foul 1t must Mir Benton
charged the origin Of and the pertnacty 10 this amend
than required. could be had and have offered
to serve, without any bounty whatever. For his land
warrant the soldier would get OF the spectators one
dollar two dollars five ten dollars, twenty at the
outside Mr. Benton said he could not support the bill
with his proposition in it, II the Senate refused 10 strike
out he had series OF amendments to offer in the
Of precautions and safeguards TO the measure. He sp
pesed that the army bill be suffered to pass alone AMI
charged the seventeen days delay in the Senate to the
introduction of this extrinsic matter of the land boun.
ties. He would fight it out TO the last.
NH. conwIN's BRILLIANT REPLY.
MIR. CoRwIr after expressing his regret at the delay
of this BILL proposed for the present to briefly tina
remarks OF the Senator from Missouri upon the prn
cipsl points Of his argument That the land bountics
not necessary to procure the services OF the SOL
diers y That they must inevitably TALL into the hands
! Of the spectators. Mr. Corwin followed in a brilliant
speech, sparkling all the way through Are to drive
Jews bargain with the soldiers fighting our battles
to tax them the lowest terms Is II true that
panes Of scoundres and Villains already formed to
prey upon the sodierl Can be true that your settlers
and commssares among the meanest Of Gods
turesl He did not know but that in the dens and hes
of your cities there those ready to upon the
prospects of like this and to follow after your
army like horde OF greedy vult'ires awaiting the car
Of the slain; but he could believe that the fell
low soldier of the soldier could mediate fraud upon
his wife and children. while mnsering TO him ut his
dying bed He could not believe that the suffers and
commissaries, whose Office was to supply the wants OF
their fellow soldiers, would unite, and conspire in
system OF plumber base that prefgured by tho Sc
nator from Missouri The Senator from Pa, mir Ca
meron) had represented thar there five companies
formed in his State of the most Intelligent and respec
table in the State ready to join these ten regiments
Would they be competent taxa care of this land
bounty Of slOol II your army is made up Of intelligent
like these, where is the danger OF their falling
uneers as limited at yesterday, collection Of the filth
and scum and dregs Of the country; and that man ia
not qualified for soldier who is unwilling to be
sBvei lie discussed the seven years inslienabity OF
the lands proposed by Mr.. Benton, unwise and
nexpedient provision Men grow to maturity in this day
in much less period than in the days Of we old
soldier Of enlistment, ia not under eighteen years Of
age and he continues IN service until the closcs
in my poor humble judgment, said MIR. c. he will not
be less than thirty years old Qaughter) an age which
will entte him to seat in this Senate where he
perchance, como and contest with the Senator from Mis-
sour (Mr Benton) the validity of this nae Rabe law
which he would seek to establish for the SOLDIERS
! ry. lie said that he regretted the exigencies of
this war; and this necessity OF ceding away eight mil
lions OF the public lands just and expeden under the
circumstances as he deemed to he-he regretted this
necessity because he could have wished rather that the
public domain should be appropriated to the bene-
fetal purposes OF peace He deplered the war, and the
taxation for century, perhaps come OF the poor
people OF this republic, that the must entail upon
he regretted that the soldier employed to blow out
the brains Of the Mexicans should have TO be supported
by increased burdens upon the people at home that the
necessity had of rasping from the dry bones OF po
VERY the ament that is TO sustain their ieowciuzsns
Nengdged in the slaughter Of foreign people. But whore
WAS the objection to this bounty to the soldier The
Oregon bill before tho Senate proposed to grant
hnds by sections half sections to settlers for the
mere service Of settling without distinction Of race or
color negro wench who may have settled in Oregon
on the passage Of that BILL would DO entitled to be
quarter section. A Southern gentleman travelling with
his servant TO Oregon to look from the shores the
Pacific across TO Asia-whe there in contemplation OF
that great day when the children Of Japha shall
the rule Of the children Of Shcm the negro may leave