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-aa precisely the s,m. thing when the Iii
mrs Adi was under censiiera,t,n, What,
rafthrt d.ths ai.eu.s,ens on thu, bill show nn
tAispOiWtl Why that the senator from WIS.
s.H<A mr.. WslhrrJ rcsr aud 4, ved 10 strike
~st he ~ ), pr vision, saying that, sl,h ugh
aia's.' q satv. "f that E,A,e. having grown mp
IN il en~ eh.ldh cd, and knawln, LIE ehrtacter
q the MAds, aid tn. . 'vcrty " III p pc, nc
ssald ne; e.ns-at Ia vule too any bill curing
theM - ,~y o. SO per acre Hi. opp 'si,,o.
threa ~ned The hos of the blu; and i. was ony
Ay an Il qu~ni appeal made to him BY my fr.end
fros. Illinois, nov IN my eye MIR. Shieids,l
and other w-slcrn me,nbers ar,.und him, thai he
sna'd ~ Induced 10 withdraw il, My coli
kaSar, Mr. Jones' when he represented the
T~rrt"ry OF Wisconsin in the other branch Of
Noagsss, was snabiva, alter Very great eyer
hoas On his paf, I" ~, in 1883, alargr U-au'
Of The richest and mos, |, rifle lands In Wiscon-
"a 10 aid IN connecting the waters Of Lake
Nishsgan with those, OF Rock riyer-an mn
prevsment which was strongly urged by thr
kg,slatafe aud rnany citizens az the Territory
whsse delegate he then was. The lands were,
Nv some parts. dcrsely settled bat rr.-cmItors
and claiisaats, had not had an opportunity t.
purchase thrir homes and ciaims before the price
WAS doubted. The consequence was storm OF
Pulnr indignation from those residing IN the
alternate sec ions, and, instead of the pi,udit
-"Weli done, thou good ami faithful scrv tut, he
received curses, lnui, Eng, and deep, and was
-hsrnrd in effgy BY those from whom, above AL
stLers, be expected gratitate aud thanks. AZ
''t'reosttolkng the elsc ,iohsin Milwaukee coun.
~ fds several ycan, Congress was asked 10 take
eack in grant, and did 80.
Without concluding, MIR Dndge gave way
Tor motion to adjourn, On Thursday, Marcel
=, the Senate resumed the gonsiicratiun Of thu
sa;n~ bill, and he spoke a. follows
Af PRESIDENT, in resuning my remarks to
aay, u 10 my purpose TO show that this idea o
granting or otherwise dispnsing of aliern,ts
sections Of the public lands, with a view of en-
hsncing the value Of The remaining lands, die
at originate, 40 10 charged, with the people Q
Ae West Sir, il commsncrd with The fedora
government. and, as believe. in the fixed de-
Termination of the members fiom the old Staea
to get every dollar from the p-epi- Of the new
Sta'es fer the lands upna which they have set
lied, which, by any in yeiious device in th'
mode Of selling could be wrung from them.
The public lands. ~when first exposed to sale
wore offered BY alternate townships, with the
design avow~d that the settlement and improve
mentof tkcsc lands thus % d would enable tn
government To obtain greatly increased price
for the rrssrved townships; aud this expectation
n lrrost cases was realized, az at that time The
9rscdee Of bidding against the pioneer for hi
home was general. Why, in looking into th,
history Of this matter, find that, eren under
the administration IF John Quincy Adams, the
public lands were sold by alternate section
rad from Of hi. proclamatons, hear date
The 96th Of January, 1896, or one year before
the FIRST alternate section was ever granted for
western Improvement
al, John Quincy Adams, President Of the
Cnitsd States, do hereby proclaim and make
knewn that public sale viii be held at the lane
sf6ee 1t Jackson. in the district of Cape CIR
ardelu, in the State Of Missouri, on the frs
Monday In June next, for the disposal OF GER
tain sections If lands situate in township mum
sered thirty Eve, thirty six, and thirty seven, g
range numbered FIVE, six, and seven, west Q
the nth principal meridian, line, 10 wit: TIN
shernste sions in each township numboret
one, three, 1--WE, seven, nine, eleven, thirteen
fifteen, seventeen, nineteen, twenty-one, twcn
~ three, twenty five, twenty seven, twenty
nine, thirty three, and thirty five,
The portion of this proclam atlon to which
wish TO call the special attention of the SENATE
= this: "the alternate sections in each town
ship, numbered one, three, five, seven, nine
eleven, thirteen, fifteen, seventeen, nineteeR
twenty zone, twenty three &c.
Over large portion of Missouri and til,
southern part Of Illinois, the policy Of selling
The public lands BY alternate sections was ad
sPted. And it Vas done upon the principle
That the settlement and cultivation Q. the sec
tion> sold would guidance the value Of those re
served Thus did the government seek to prof
by the labsr, cnt. rprise, and capital Of ITS owr
citizens.
These factsare within the knowledge of the
senator from, Missouri. now ia my eye. IMr
CAyer He knows that many of these laad,
have been sold for $50 and sou per acre. re-
s.ember very distinctly that some lands were
sold in Wisconsin, Chen Michigan,) at her Isl
land sales, st like high prices, though they
were not offered BY alternate sectisns. The
Dssmoines river grant, in lows, was referred e
yesterday by the senator fom Georgia Mr.
Dawsonl with quite flourish o, trumpe,s; ane
he read section from the law making the grant
Sir, for that, the only grant Of land We Inv,
ever receiv I'd tor Internal improvements, an
Ahankful But it 10 due to truth to myself I,
soy, that if eouped with the conditions attached
70 the grants proposed in<his bill should moi
have accepted nor dared to accept it The
senator studiousy avoided to read or notice this
important fact in that law, thatit did not double
the prise OF the farms Of our settlers. allude
Mr. President, to the increase Of price frequent:
~ and warmly, because Of its importance in q
iwofold point Of view upon this question:
First, sir, il v,l,tcs what with me has been a
ssherishsd p,inciple-ihe reduction Of the price
- Suc uOiC idHues uuu. SeCOnu, ~ HdS peeH
The cause Of the greatly increased nsmber Of ap-
piications for grants FROM the new States. Ii is
the yielding Of this principle, the part Of the
people 81 the public land States, that has indu
ssd the belief that We can gets grant tor any
road Leading through the public lands, it We will
0Ss It upon the oneroAs conditions contained
in this bill. As before remarked, should new
Or aave supported or advocated tny OF these
neasures which double The price Of the reserv-
- sections, except in obedience 10 the COM
nands OF these for whom ecr.
i Mr., President, every little grant ofland, such
- the 10Th section, which you made unasked
By the western people--madc by you for your
sWn purposes. and which were TO settle your
waste and wild donain--aec now paraded be-
fore the Senate and the country to display the
anboauded gensrosty of the old States, and
the sel6shnesssnd grasping propensi,ies OF the
new Sir. from the spirit in which this subject
has been treated 1t the present session, fear
that the Just and reasonable expectations of the
people of the west for assistance in their infant
Atsaggling and noble railroad enterprises are to
Ne dashed to the ground, as, for more than a
quarter Of Z century, have been their hopes of
liberal presumption, graduation, reduction,
and donation law for the indignant and landless
disappointed, yet always apparently ON the
point Of realization.
81. = uS ocudtOI rom uthSSdCnusettS, NN. uiH-
uer,1 who has spoke for our bill with an enlight-
sned lberality, which thought smincntly pro-
per in . representative from one of our greatest
commercial cities--a city (Bcston) which may
Be sad TO be the eastern terminus OF one Of our
roads, and which {save New Yerk) is, in fact,
mere inte.es.sd in them than Y n we are-has
drawn down upon his devoted head all the clio
qlencs, mathematics, and wrath Of the senator's
from Kentucky and Virginia, taIessrs. Hunter
and Underworld
II is not my purpose to vndica'e the senator
from Massachusetts. nor TO undertake the vain
task Of adding anything to his able argument,
enriched az it was by the appropriate manner
and eloquent language in which it was made,
He wants no aid from any one, and least OF any
could afford it, however grateful we feel to
him for his splendid defence of our bill. But
why these furious attacks upon him, For dar-
ing to say that, in his Judgment, the new States
lsd an equitable claim to some equivalent for
hat portion OF their sovereignty which they
surrandered-to wit, the right To tax, the public
lands within their limits. Sir, If there he moth