The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-03-09


receives hut S75 the land which he receives worth
$500 az the government price, aud The government Is
daily selling il Tor $40 Butth speculator having oh
tanned Tie lssd the soldier Tor SO, by his manage
is enabled sell II too i0o after awhile II he
locates yadcously the settlements OF the coahIy
The soIaer tlsn gets gtauity oil 75, and The speel-
lstor clears s325 la attempting to give a bounty of
500 The soldier We do II bunghngly that The sol
der receives but S7o while the pecuator lakes his and
and Opposes oil 10 The actual settler the oil i00.
will ask gentlemen If tins their patriotism their
love for the old soldier.
This cannot be gainsad these will be the results And
when he has expended his SIS. you have the consoa-
ton OF looking upon the land speculator who has, by
your attempted benecence kindness, aud charity 10 the
soldier, acquired Tor himself the 1925 clear, upon every
one OF those wanants Tor venture TO say that II The
warrants themselves pudenty located by The sol
dlers themselves their friends IN neghborhood last
being populated they will IN less than two years amount,
IN almost every instance, 10 the average yaiue OF
which have spoken. | have had some experience IN
this mater and have been personally an agent ioT lhe
soldier On one occasion, when soldier had offered
two Mexican bounty land warrants Tor e2l0, or Sl0o
apiece. took them and located them Tor him. so that IN
less than five months he got "a Tor his land;
and forwarded him drafts 10 tue amount oil 81 $50 tor
what he had proposed 10 sell me tor $2l0 | mention
this for The PURPOSE OF showing that is not from any
feeling of enmity the soldier that make opposition
this bill, bur from feeling OF friendship for him. and
because desire that he may be able 10 be benefited
really and substantially by the bounty which the country
proposes 10 beslow upon hun.
There is another view OF This subject which. have
already expressed the opinion that OF mpor
lance than the civil and diplomatic appropriation bill
ITSELF feel myself called upon to bang before The Sen
ate. or, il before The Senate, before the country and
would AK western men, all events, to give their
attention while esent statistics upon tins subject,
TO show The immense magnitude OF The measure We are
now considering a....
missioner Of the General Land Ohce bringing down the
public land statistics to the Isl oil January lS49 we md
this be the fact that The States oil ONO, Indiana,
Illinois Michigan, Wisconsin, Mississippi, and Arkan.
sas, there unsold up 10 that date, ,9sl acres
Now the Secretary Of the Treasury has estimated the
OF the land warrants proposed 10 be issued under
the late be about 90 millions OF aCfes-l
will not be denied that the Mexican bounty land
rants reach 10 about IS millions OF acres; which would
make aggregate Of ITO millions OF acres
MIR. BORLAND Do understand the senator 10 estl'
mate that the amount OF The warrants issued under the
for the benefit of soldiers OF the Mexican is Is
millions of acres II can state TO him that up 10 the
18th day Of this month there issued $4,000 making
IeEss only up h to that IT. tune t tho
menl Tor il is satisfactory TO my mind that when they
all issued they will 20 beyond 100000 Of acres,
These added the 95 100000 provided Tor by the OF
2sh September last will amount 10000, 900 OF
We find, then, that they will the whole OF the public
lands in The States OF Ohio Indiana Illinois, Wisconsin,
Michigan, Mississippi, and Arkansas, with the exception
OF 1857 $3.50 There ost OF the twelve
landhoLIng States which it is proposed at this
swoop 10 give away by these assignabe Mexican and
other bounty land warrants
AS see he senator from Kentucky [Alr UsDERwooDl
is now in his seat and as he was mol here when pro
pounded question upon which wish his OPINION. Will
repeat that question When ii is known to the country
that this immense of land be ultimately
cred by land warrants what does he suppose the land
warrants will be worth Let be borne mind by the
country that in the land States OF OHIO, Indiana. Illinois
Wisconsin, Michigan, Mississippi, Arkansas, there
the LIST OF January 1919, but 1885, S9
and that the land warrants will cover llo,0oooOo out OF
than l3 O00, 900. What do you suppose you do
ing for the old soldier You hlm chat he 10
get his only benefit from selling his But you
not giving chat 10 the Spectator by any Why,
have been urging upon the Senate the proposition TO do
ate 10 all the States the public lands within Their
peciye limits for the benefit of the actual settlers, that
hey might become more important TO the people,
portant TO the States, important TO the general govern
men, by bringing them under cultivation and produc
ton. That has been secuted and almost Kissed with
contempt and yet here are gentlemen proposing 10 adopt
system OF class legislation, TO kind OF paper
money for the purchase OF the lands in Of The
twelve land States IN one measure. While they will
not make the matter genera-whie they repadiae the
scheme which call upon the Senate to atopt-they al
fell swoop take from the hands OF the general gov.
eminent nearly quite all tie lands from OF The
Iandhodlng States In syoI Of wnom DO they DO !.
the idea that the land will go 10 the soldier is based
upon the idea that he viii gel no benefit from the
less you make the warrants assgnabe Ii IS then, de-
signed in The first place, that he shall get what lue he
is able get for his land warrants, and that The great
mass OF the public lands of which have spoken sha
pass into the hands OF him who buys up the land war
rant. for the purpose OF making i, the medium with
which 10 purchase the land That the philanthropy
which senators urge here in favor OF passing this
in behalf Of the old soldier
have stated the amount OF land in these seven States
merely. But the senator from Michigan, The chairman Of
the Committee on Public Lands Mr.. FELcH,l has told
that by the amendment you have adopted, according
his estimate you will double the issue OF bounty land
III that be the instead oil humid
red and ten millions there will be Two hundred and
twenty millions of Now the whole OF the twelve
land States the ls OF January, ls49, there
hundred and foriy-six million fifteen thousand three
hundred and fifty From that whole body of
the public lands you propose at once TO give away
hundred and twenty millions OF 10 the Spectators of
the country II this be patriotism, II IL be love of the
old soldier. God only knows how my poor intellect has
been perverted to be utterly unable 10 IT, Two
hundred and twenty out OF two hundred and forty
millions stricken at blow from the hands of The
general government and yet senators, who have
opposed the general policy OF distribution TO the country
for purposes OF cultivation, advocating this scheme
which is TO leave but twenty.sx millions OF public
lands OF all that had Inc first day OF January ls49
But we have not now all we then had When you
come TO make the deductions from the amount had
that time, OF all that has been granted that time for
railroads, and all The land have granted for other pur
poses, you will hod that you will have reduced the
Committee on Pablo Lands You will find that you re-
newly acquired territory, below the amount these land
warranty will When that is the case, what more
Mr.; BoRLAND. lin his seat and in low voice.
Nothing AT all. r..
Mr.. WALKER. Nothing. says the senator from Ark.
ansas and he says truly But will inform him that he
is mistaken 10 some extent in----
Mr., BORLAND viii the senator allow me to say
that meant would have nothing to do with il IL
we gave il all away But do not admit that what he
states s IN accordance with the facts +. +.
Mr., WALKER resumed We shall have something
moro to do with H. air SO far from being relieved from
any OF The burden OF the present land system, end the
machnefy Tor carrying on will show the senator that
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