The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1852-07-16

clusively. Were Missouri, Tennessee, Kentucky, or
Arkansas hese settled by the bounties Of he gov
ernmeats Why, cir, voluntary emigration alons viii
exhaust The old States least, the voluntary em-
grafton will be Immense that will leave The old States
aud 40 there under the exritsnent OF benehng
Their fortunes. But this whole system u seems 10 me,
under The gulse OF Increasing the aTmy IS nothing in The
world but paying four millions OF dollars every year 10
certain young who may choose 10 20 there 10 make
i. Now sir, If they wish to go California Oregon
there is the open 10 them. They 20 with pelect
security il may cost them little but. sir. am
free 10 say that you ought not TO stimulate this kind OF
emigration. do not say would not encourage H..
would encourage II exactly in The way in which behave
ought TO be encouraged, by allowing them 10 20 and
would graduate the price of the public land and lei them
pay for what land they take and will hnl that kind OF
population ha. earns money and the land worth
something, Encourage emigration ~ this way, and the
foreign population from large cliies like New York and
Ph,adelphia will pour on! upon your lands with mol
dollar in their pockets Sir. would not compare them
with the hardy men who labor 10 acquire money at bome
and carry il with them when they leave. s5 MI r..
But did not intend 10 20 into this subject All ask
r. that il shall be considered; and il my friends from
Illinois and Arkansas will assign why this bill
should be passed. and such reasons as gentlemen OF their
iespons,hlliiy can giye,l may remove my objections
TO IT, Bat so long as cannot any reasons at all why
an appropriation OF four millions OF dollars should be
made cannot give my support to measure OF this kind
ea. i wbeasyer gepsaso N me s w s q :.
propriaon should be made, will indulge feeling
OF Jealousy, particularly between the old aud the
DeCduSt eOHic o III new CtdtS,
some OF my relatives there now. and they will
iinue go there. But this exhausng The old hive to
make new swarms, under the stimulating infuence Of
the bounlies Of the government look at as out OF the
question, heard my friend from Texas MIR. RusKl the
other day remark that we yet had ty-our millions Of
dollars left 10 be appropriated, and that the Collins line
would be about good object 10 make appropria
ton tor as any other lLaughter Now. SIR, my friend
from Arkansas considers the protection OF this emgra
al Ssfar Tss IS o s
land and The other money and doubt they will both
receive M y % as there rs no resisting The emplaion to Kys
few words, and viii take up no more time
Mr.. DOUGLAS. Mr. President. will endeavor in a
few words to explain the objects OF this bill thought
upon the Pacific ocean 10 very considerable extent and
nose possessions are rapidly Increasing n population
We have thirty States upon this side OF the Rocky
mountains, and We have intervening country, a
vast wilderness about 900 miles width, between these
two portions OF the Union, which is filled with hostile
Indians, and through which there road that is safe
either for the enigants the business men who travel
upon the route. The object of the bill is project that
route, binding together the two great divisions OF this
repubic-o afford projection upon the route TO the Pa
cic 10 the emgrant, protection 10 the settler, protection
to The business protection 10 the agents OF the gov
eminent, and protection 10 every man who, under the
authority by The permission OF this government shall
hnd necessary to pass across that route This sir is
the object OF the bill.
Now, the first question wish TO settle with the gem
temen who object this bill is this Is il their purpose
TO leave this unprotected do they hold that
the duty Of the government 10 furnish protection 10 il
u, IL
their design to afford any protection 10 the
mnhiades travelling upon that line. The gentleman
from couth Carolina Mr. BurLERl tells me /, is the
rs Time that he ever saw proposition TO have men paid
for settling in a country. do not understand dis
incty what he means by "payng men for settling in
new county" II afordng protection to The settler and
the emgant guarding their lives and their property, is
paying" them TO settle upon the public domain, then.
sir, apprehend that he has read the history Of his
country very little purpose, If he says that this is the
first time such proposition has been made. think
can show him that millions OF dollars have been erpend
ed Tor the purpose OF protecting the settlers in the State
of Georgia 1 show him that we have expended
fifty millions OF dollars in protecting the settlers OF Flor
ida know not how many millions have been de-
voted 10 the same purpose in Alabama, in Mississippi,
N Louisiana, 10 Arkansas. and in all the States
Millions upon millions have been expended in protecting
the settlers and emgrans, their lives and their property,
in those new States and Is his western route to be an
exception to the general rule By We only
propose 10 do on this line of travel what you have
constantly done esswheTe-whai you have always rec
ognised 10 be your sacred Obligation 10 do wherever.
within the limits OF country, you have settlement
to aord protection 10 life and 10 property Sir ii the ob
cation thus 10 project the route be acknowledged then
ready TO enter into the discussion OF the question:
and the legitimate question: What is the cheapest BEST
and most efficient mode OF accomplishing that object and
The senator from South Carolina IMr BurlrRl talks
of four millions oil dollars and repeats II over and over
again. il was fixed and established fact that this bill
10 cost this government that OF money. BY
what authority is the sum of four millions Of dollars
fixed By way OF jest, suppose, the senator from New
Hampshire Mr. HALE spoke OF The cost being three mil
the were 10 have their horses provided by the gov
ernmeDt, and that all the supplies of every description
required for their subsistence be sent TO them by
The government OF the United States instead Of their be-
ing raised by the men along the line. ! know OF no
by which arrive al the precise amount oil
the expenditure have idea, however, that would
be one-ha third OF the lowest amount which has
been stated suggested By the opponents OF this bill
cannot say, is il material, how much the precise
amount OF the expenditure will be, provided il ia your
duty afford the protection, and provided, further, that
this Is the BEST the cheapest and the most efficient mode
OF accomplishing that object
Sir, 1t is easy thing TO excite rldcue against
measure OF public policy, il disposed TO make
light of subject instead OF discussing its merits gravey
hardly know how TO meet gentle men IN debate, Tor the
reason thai cannot understand what their policy is II
could be Informed to what point am 10 direct my
aIgunen,-wheher II be that protection shall be fur
nisbed, whether be that this not ibe right mode of
furnishing that proteciioH-then might be able 10
swer But, sir, IL looks 10 II the design 10
deprive MS OF anything like protection. and OF any
muncaon between The Mississippi valley and the Pacific
ocean II that be the object OF those gentlemen who
are opposing the measure they rather than we, the
allies Of the lines which allusion has been made
But know that that cannot be the motive They do
not wish 10 drive all our emlgranis who wish 10 go TO
California or Oregon some eight thousand miles
by waier instead OF letting them 60 across by land.
What, them be the object Of gentlemen Is II their
object force the Pacific States and the Territories OF thus
an independent Sir whatever the object may
be- requires spirit OF prophecy 70 oresee that II is
utterly impossible 10 preserve this Union, and TO pre-
serve the identity of connexon between the Atlantic
and Pacific, ii you are to keep wilderness OF 1000
miles in extent dividing these settlements.