The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-08-14

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Of the public domain has ever been appro
priaed for their especial benefit Every application for
an appropriation ofacd for expermen,sl farms, agricu
tna colleges. Ne. has been promptly denied while the
applicants after being told thu, agrntre noble at,
aad that ths farmers mere tAe bone aud sine" 81 eoat,y
with nothing to the credit ofthe but list Of empty
com pmens from legislators and eaaes, g sass Sr
mens
propose now TO examine the different propositions
which have been submitted to the Senate by the senators
IRON Illinois, Massachusetts, and Texas
That Of the senator from Illinois has the virtue at
least, of being bill proposing to do something and not
mere abstract resolution, asserting ,rusm. or pro-
posing an inquiry into truism. But deem il an i'm
perfect bill II proposes, it is true, 10 grant land TO
the actual settlers; but actual settler may be a
then, fails in this particular to the grant the
landless and hos tless, should do Again, il does
NOT guard the land when granted from being monopozed
BY the land specuator from again accommodating in the
hands OF the few to the privation Of the great
Further the bill OF the honorable senator does not pro-
vide for the protection OF the land to be granted from
be Of little avail to the poor already burJened, perhaps
by the ncumhrance of debt and liability imposed upon
them by The crafty through the medium Of their necess
ties or msfortunes While 1t grants the land, the bill
does propose relieve the OF the present
system for the disposal OF the lands This only be
done oy The plan proposed by the bill under consdera
ment and the settler The bill Of the senator from Hi
nos is then, nothing more than measure TO give away
the public for any Of the great and far
reaching purposes for which have been contendng, and
for which alone should such be enter
tanned at all am satisfied that the distinguished
tor from llnois--who. believe, through the whole
course Of his life, has had bis Intentions politically right
mus. that he has fallen short in his bill Of
making those provisions which would the great
esd and object 10 be held in vewe security and pro-
teefioa Of public domain as home and abiding place
for fheefteriDise homeless
Whiko4e proposition OF the senator from Texas is OBJ
noxouso all the objections have been noticing. il does
not possess the virtue of being bill for any pur.
pose, but mere resolution Of inquiry. And the propo
son Of the late senator from Massachusetts Mt WEB
not only mere resolution buf resolution M
volving mere abstraction Iusm. II is as follows:
Rsoivsd That provision ought to be made by law that
every male citizen OF the Uned States, and every male
person who has declared his Intention OF becoming CHI,
OF age upwards. shall e entitled upon and
any section 81 the public lands which may be
and cultivation and that when such eiassn shah have re-
ded The land for three and cultivated the
same, IL dying In the lime, residence and cuuva
shall be bed and carried by his widow his heirs
a @ snS as
for the said three 10 be completed within four
same to The person making such entry Il living, or Other
vine 70 mis- heirs % ceysees. as the case may require
taking qnaner section aiose.sd shall NOT have. nor
shall hts devsee. or heirs have TO ALLEVIATE such
Iiud. any tide thereto law equity by deed
trane, lease any other conveyance except by devise
by win
The resolution is 10 substance Except the provlso)
nothing than repetition and declaration in favor of
the provisions oil my bill and why II necessary TO
thus bring the measure again before the Senate in this
abstract and impracticabe formi But would ask the
honorable senator, were he now here, he really meant
what he asserts IN the proviso 10 his resolution II co.
he would establish here odious system of lie
entail than that which succeeded the feudal system OF
England: he would restrict all transfer during lie,
cept BY the last ACT OF the occupanths last will and
lament Why do ihisi Why not permit the occupant to
sell and transfer bis land provided he do so to another
70 Why h tbs RESTRICTION upon the man
free transfer OF land its occupancy regulated by
the bill under consideration, would not be uaffcking in
And VIII, should bs ss " q ss
IN another question would ask the late honorable
orand there IL no man alive more competent 10
n-has Congress the power 10 impose within the States
such restriction AZ that contained in the proyso 10 his
resolution! presume he would not contend His
proposition then, is not only abstraction, but
constitutional abstraction.
The bill under consideration without any Of the diff.
cutes upon which have commented. II secures the
grant TO the andess in limited quantity; il secures the
grant agsins, transfer except TO the andes secures
against forced sale exception for debt But does
propose to do these things by direct exercise Of power
BY Congress- the States introduced to provide The de-
2, ro an,eaS aoa ana
powers OF The State and federal governments In view
then, OF its conslitutoDatyof its popriey OF pfovs
onsof the pecunary interest and policy Of the govern
and OF the old States the DILL before us would seen
TO be proper and expedient
But the not intended 10 be based upon State
government interest expediency, bodies polite,
but upon the individual rights Of man. as man. to the en-
ioyment Of the IF fs. freedom and self subsistence
Here ITS friends plant themselveshefe they will stand
and here triumph II not now. will be long before
they do You may nowh heed the petoning VOICE that
has reached you but IL not the session OF Congress
shall see petition here thai r be needed THIS matter
has taken hold upon the hearts, feelings and OF
the democratic laborng millions of the land they cherish
il the consummaton Of their hopes they be put
down silenced Secret societies OF The powerful
and holy kind that were formed for secular ends
have been based upon the doctrines OF LAND REFORM
These doctrines working themselves into the very
soul Of soceiy--they must and viii have hearing LAND
REroRMrRs have suffered much, and struggled long for
hearing herethey now hayeit Il IL aqueston for gen
tlemen 10 decide for themselves whether they will non
obey the promptngs Of duty, and support this BILL or
await the stern, censorious voice OF command
I. The denocrscyth people-me beginning to perceive
that that government is the best which secures the great
amount OF aggregate individual happiness They have
been inquirng TO what good end our republic
OF the happest form eath the result OF its action
10 to be, on the hand, bloated wealth. large landed
propreofshps, the means OF lite and freedom monopo-
lzed BY The rev, and, the other dependant tenan
with abect serviiude, squslid want poverty kedness
homelessness, and starvation They have been asking
what worse could the most absolute monarchy impose
They have at last found the snswefthst The true nee