Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-05-15
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
HOMESTEAD RII.

The first section of this bill being under consideration
The CHAIRMAN stated the question to be follows:
The gentleman from Iowa Mr. Clark had moved to
strike out the words free of cost and insert at fifty
cents per acre. The gentleman from Indiana mr. PAR
had moved to amend the amendment by reducing
sum per to twenty five cents. f1staa
And the question being taken the amendment Of Mr..
PARKER, it was rejected. Fe ss t --l.
The amendment of Mr. CLARK was then also negatived
Mr. CLARK moved to amend the section by striking
out the words free of cost" and inserting and hold
the same as by for the term Of three years.
cording to the presumption laws in force except
the time which the presumption has to rum He remark
ed that he said the other day that he had some constt
onal objections in reference to this BILL though he did
not say that his mind was positively made up He should
be very happy to have his difficulties removed If gentle
men were able to do IL. The gentleman from Ohio (Mr
CARTrEn had said that these constitutional questions
were all CANNON There might be game in this, but he
did not see any constitutional light in IT.
Mr.. AvERETT followed and declared that the passage
Of the bill would not only be unconstitutional but would
desecrate the memory of our fathers M = ,s h6f
Mr.. HALL replied to the remarks Of Mr.. AvERErr !;
Mr.. DISNEY replied to Mr.. CLARK as to the constitu
tionality of the bill.
The amendment of Mr.. CLARK was then rejected.
Mr. McNAIR moved to add to the first section clause
granting bounty land warrants Of hundred and sixty
each to every officer sailor, and marine who has
served in the Mexican war and in case of DEATH the be-
net shall 60 to the widow Children under the bo,.
ty land act Of September 28, 1850 ~. ~
Mr. McNAIh thought that the bill was not quite equal
and just While it liberal to great many giving
citizens Of the United States home he commended should
also be liberal towards those persons who had defended
fought for and spilled their blood in defence of their
country. ~. M M fa .fst -,
Mr. STEPHENS Of Georgia, replied to the argument
advanced by several gentlemen that the lands ceded
to the Government for the purpose Of settlement and
ed that in any disposition Of the public lands the Just
rights Of the old States, well the new, should be
garded. - .r ,i.f k.4 ,l-.aq Ii t...tty9
Mr. EVANS moved to amend the amendment Of Mr.
McNAR by including within its provisions those sailors
and marines who served in the Revolutionary war the
war Of 1872 and the Florida war He said that the
marks Of the gentleman very appropriate, he
surprised that in drawing UP this amendment the gentle
man should have overlooked those sailors and marines
who engaged in wars prior to lS47 and that he
should have forgotten that during the Revolutionary
and the war Of 1872 sailors and marines contributed
sailors co-operated the land with troops and
received any bounty land for their services r sA.
Mr. WOODWARD denied that the design of the cessions
of the public lands for settlement and the erection of
new republican States The object Of the cessons was to
create common fund for the discharge Of the common
debt growing out of the Revolutionary war. lai
The amendment Of Mr. EvAvs was then rejected as was
also the amendment Of Mr.. McNAIR 80 81 1880 I
Mr., MOREHEAD moved, as a substitute for the first
section, clause providing that all the public lands
naming unsod unappropraed on the first day of Sep
aud the citizens thereof proportion to the Federal po
pulaton Of each Stnte and Territory n ta
The CHAIRMAN ruled the amendment out Of ORDER as
not GERMAN to the bill before the committee.
Ino remaining sections Of the bill then considered
anu amended but without dsposng of the subject
The committee rose and reported progress.
On motion Of Mr.. DOCKERY, the House took up from