The Arkansas banner., 1850-07-16
TIE BOUNTY LAyp nIIr

ss"rfAs'"h et this atlt bc reSna asea rhe Mona. .. eord'ng'y resolved itself into Cemmit,e. oe ,h. Whole on the state of the Uaioa, tNar Rtcs,.o.o. n the ehNiF.) and resamed the considerations ot ,s. bill providing for soldiers of the war ef ,Sls tstS lSll, aud 1915, with Grea, Britain, in, I,,. wars lSil, tho kloridsi Se1aiaaloaa wa, al lsSs ls9e. Nc; aud sAe var known as Gen w,,sv,. oi l'S' 1e l'9a, that have aOt heretofore been pro vided fer
 he q"es''ea pending was upon the smeudesn, of Ar. HesnARn, on fotmer day.
 Mir. EvsSs, ct dsry aaa, moved the following amendment to the an,e adn,rnt,.
 Proeided That the provisions of this sc, shall he eNtrnded te sii soldiers. without reg.ri te to length oi service. who may have h-ea ne,,,,fiv .n gaged ia Fepeins any iavasisa, or who u.sy se,a- ally have been ta any battle or skirmish. ar sh, . may nave borne arms ia dcieaec of their county
 This, after much debate, was rejected.
 Mir SAcEgrr moved the following aa,eadnea, Il, the amendment:
 And proeided. That nc person shall be e,t,,l.a to recrlve auy land undrr this act uaui h. hi. heirs, assigus, or grantee, shalt go ia,o He sem.I possession of the laud to which the soldier ma. S entitled A"d pyopidsd farfAer That uo na,sa, shall be granted for any lsud under this sc, an,ii one year after actual occupation by the scEder h,. heirs, grantee, or assgas"
 his was also rejected, Further amendm,n,, were offered, when Mir JouSsoN. of ArkanSs.. s,,a
 That general debate and the exh.a.,,an of time had been the remedy resoftel to delaA, .h,s measure; consequently. he had thought silence ,o bs the task of it's every true friend.
 Ills would now say that from the first he h. b..,, q lrae friend Of tais measure. NoI of thiS or any o'here bill, but of d blil wh,ch Ia Us reward ana han H1 ls..f ..t.-
 up as reward the millions of acres ot and 10 Ina people who were native bora aud trasIo our cana try and who had fought for these Fesuits-not To give them up 10 tho whole world.
 Two years ago this measure was here aud was nur~ed by many kind friends il was deslroyea He had voted for it then nAtii it became moas,sE in legislation, and then he hAd voted io destroy it
 The motives of the gentlemen had tben been 10 destroy the bill by helE ndmsnts; lbey had sue ceeded, and lheir motive now the sane. Itwas palpable-no one could deny il.
 There were many most serous subjects awaiting the action of Congress. This ought 10 De disposed of for of all these subjects this oue of ihe most inconsidershe to the national happiness
 Gentlemen suli continue to offer amendments 10 this bill. It Is all sfyf, STUFF, rukF. The House " ill see it in a short time.
 The friends Of this measure, aftcr full consid- eration and fall concession of all exlfrmes framed a bill ltwiliappear here the substitute Inc real gist of The matter will then be before yoa Thus is sn outside battle, litigi0as fight and arrogapee and nothing more The real Richmond is To come IL IS 10 be offered by the gentleman from Ohio, MT Miiler.l
 l hope, therefore, gentlemen will let this worth less biti go by and offer their amendments 10 tbs substitute-foF the substitute is the result of fair dsberation. concession, and eompromise, on the part of those who realty fayer lhls mrusUIe.'
 Mir. seHENcx offered amendment 10 prevent
 
 fraud in ths transfer of Land Warrants, aud said-
 :. Now my purpose Is to cut oil al least one pro- Ihc source oi frauds.
 l. happens to be within my personal knowledge that such agents have been in the habit of inter cepting the soldiers when returning From Mexico, or have sought them elsewhere, and, win fine mo- ney Of others, in most cases. Sometimes perhaps, with their own. have purchased from ihesc soldiers their discharges, ana assignment Of their bounty land in blank. paying twenty or thirty dollars each for such discharges, and poeketing all the profits. These assignments were by law, know, frandu- lent and void; but being separately executed, and filled up with false dates, the law WIS constantly evaded and the soldier cheated
 received only this morning from a constituent of mine, the facts of case which something 1 like these He was met al New Orleans by an agent who offered him si0 for his bouaty and.-- He gave up his dtschstge aud s'gaed one oi these blank assignments. upon payment to him of SID, and the promise of S20 when the land rant should have been issued. The agent after wards wrote 10 the soldier stating thot he not entitled 10 any bounty iand, and thai the monsy must be returned; and ,n the lime he had sP- piled for the warrant ceTtitcar, and obtained il upon production of the discharge, and now, sup pose has flied up the blank assignment vnh false dates. and sold his spoils after the custom Of hs rascay craft The money was returned ts him, and he pocke,ed both the bounty and the paacS,sse ! money Ihs ts ths way in which thls served by or" 4 these adreis."
 Mr ScaENcK withdrew the amendment. MT JOHNSON, of ArksnSls, renewed the amend ment. and sad The gentleman from Ohio me1- toned a very bsd Sir. it was not u0- usual IL was case wrought oat by tAe artlon Of a scoundrei. 1 Slil oot siJp to consider of seoaa- drels. There enough ID the world. and ] leave Il 10 the free and brave. under the aws of Inc land, to punish and sparn all such from their path, Sir, the acton of this committee shows deter miastiou 10 10 vote and e90oi dsion ask genIlemea all sides ia reserve their ainea ad" Hents for the substitute Anne admsnls no" are a me rc matter Of delay. l have Hot spoken, though as deeply Interested ss an body ia lAc disposition of the public anda and Il any one IS so blind as not 10 II, send hiIn 10 me, sRd wil snow him ia h'e minutes how il is.
 Sir, i wantthis measure for our old soldiers acted on If it ought to pass let Ii pass II it ought hoi' let n be rejected canGoi believe that the gehtis- | discreditabie to those gentlemen Who met as ms friends of this measure, to perfect il. Mir Scheuck, Gin his seat By no means MT JoHSsos knew he did not 90 mean ii'-- Sir, insiauaiions have been. thrown out. and n al directions have iosted over this Hall. hnpuiing wrong motives to gsuilemen. rsPedia'e ue" utterly and wholly, and dc repudiate iben on 'be part of that caucus The friends of the soldiers were called together to prepare bill of reward isr them out of our abuDd5nce; sir, q TatwHaf9H "e did not want the enemies of the bi present. tn eau- GUS Why Because ws know, lhai d allowed '" enter, they would allow anion, and would ae stroy ali harmony and al will 10 perfect goo" measure Sir, we intended 10 mature measure, and we havs done so. and t will De Pfesentso ana I call on ali support and defend t. II is "'oa"- ure of principle, 10 command the most Vo'ss' If gentlemen say thai those ~ho called 'ne i'so'- ing q wss not one those who st'endso' ~ VIZ one did anything unworthy of gentlemen et 2, honorable men. say h s falSe; ahn II one u'es | S,. utter II in my hearing pledge myself 10 'e'i n.'" n he LIES. But sir. in the general inslnusHoa' Ap' petty imputations slung side through 'h' iioose' A mgF