Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1852-10-22
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ocen IN harmony With his speech. But what
right has the Post TO hold Mr.. Hale to repro
baton on this question. when he made no
speech IN support Of the bill, and did not vote
for it?
RecoIlect that journal. in support of the
charge of Pronigacy against the Free Democra-
cy, IN voting away the public lands, refers only
to the speech of Mr. Sumner, ard alleged
advocacy of Mr. Hale, which it does not
prove; the opposition of Mr.. Chase and Mr.
Wade II says nothing about nor does il refer
10 any vote by the Free Democratic members
of the House We challenge it to the proof.
that tho Free Democracy, in the House voted
ito give away, during the last session of
Congress, territory enough TO be the seat of an
Independent empire"-or TO give away any por-
ton Of the public lands to any kind of corpora.
ton We deny the statement, We are not
able now TO lay our hand upon any yea and nay
vote on this question in the House but we
know that a majority of the Free Democratic
members were opposed to the policy and not
one of them ever made a speech in support Of
It, At our leisure we shall look up the record,
and meanwhile call upon the Post to produce
the evidence i'll support of lis averment. But
let it not assume, as it has done, that Mr.. Sc
ward, and those who act with him, belong TO
d" Free Democracy" The Post knows that he
has nothing more 10 do with them than has Mar.
tin Van Buren,.
The Homestead bill, introduced by Andrew
Johnson, of Tennessee, protesting to give to
actual settlers limited portions of the public
lands, was supported by our friends, for this,
among many reasons, that it would help to ar
rest the prCtlgate waste of tie public domain
by Just such grants as the Post denounces. -
The bill was warmly advocated by the Free De,
mocratic members, and they all, with single
exception, recorded their votes in the House in
the affirmative, on its final passage, In the Sc
nate, Mr. Chase aud MIR. Haze both laborea
earnestly to bring it up in that body, but were
batllad by tho Wing and Democratic members.
Both these gentlemen and Mr. Sumner were
openly committed to its support, and, if we mis-
take not, Mr. Wade occupied the same POSITION.
In accordance with the action Of TIE FREQ
Democracy in Congress, is the position taken
by the Pittsburgh Convention, in the following
resolve, which was unanimously adopted:
THAT the public lands OF the United States
belong to the people, and should not be sold to
individuals nor granted to corporations, but
should be held as a sacred trust for the benefit
of the People, and should be granted in limited
quantit es, free of cost, to landless settlers"
Does this look like voting away the public
domain to railroad corporations?
On the other hand, the Wing National Con-
vention abstained from any expression OF opiu-
ion on the subject, while the Democratic passed
the following autiquatCd and unmeaning resolL.
ton:
"Rcso7rcd, That tho proceeds of the public
lands ought to be sacrcdy applied TO the nation
al objects specified in the Constitution and
that we are opposed to any law for the disribu-
ton of such proceeds among the Statos, as alike
ineXpcdieut in policy and rePugnant 10 the Cor
sttution.
We submit to the reader whether we have
not fully demonstrated that the charges of the
Post against the free Democracy and its Repre-
3utalives and Senators in Congress are unsup-
ported, and the representations partial and un-
fir.
Having disposed of the main topic of tho
editorial in the Post there is another point we
must notice before concluding this article. Our
friend, while anxious to depreclate the Demo-
cracy of the Anti Slavery men, is at pains TO
compliment Inc orthodoxy OF the Southern:
- The Southern MEMBERS it says, usually
strict in the construction Of the Constitution,
and faithful to the principles Of republican de-
mocracy in the administration OF the national
property. submitted to these eXactlons, and in so
doing have, in our Judgment, given fatal blow
to their influence in tie Government.
Submitted to these CXUcuons when, as
the record shows, they were active IN making
them:
But this compliment to tho strict construc-
ton of Southern members might have been
omitted without disparagement to the truth OF
History. Were the acquisitions OF Louisiana
in SOP and of Florida IN 1913, measures OF
" strict construction p The Constitution con-
tanned no warrant c. powor author inS such ac'
quisations. Were the National Bank, the pre-
tectiye Tariff, and the schemes OF internal I'M
provcmcnt Of 1916, falhcrcd and fosterod by
4 y. | I.Ftargnu Madison and
other Southern mcu, measures OF strc! consTuc'
ton ?" Were the denial of the right OF petit
tion and the attempts to suppress freedom OF
discussion in 1886, 1887, 1887, and 1899, mea-
surcs of strict construction % Were the an
nexaton Of Texas and tue matcInhg OF Taylor
to the RIO Graade, measures Of" street conotruc-
lion 2" Was the passage OF the FugIhVe
Slave Law, with It's summary procesS,Hs DENIAL
Of hQbeas corpus, lis aloldton OF Jury trlal,
measures of "strict construction r are the
bills from time to time Introduced IN Congress
for the payment, out OF " street construction Z!
Is the Imprisonment OF certain cluzens OF
Northern ports, in Southern states, a measure
OF " strict construction q
There is real Democracy in The South, as In
the North, but true ID ,mocratic party has yet
to arise in the South. We deny that capitalists
who ensaye labor, and seek to make their mo-
n1poly of Capital and Labor, the controlling Ia
nucucc in all Iegislaron, State or National, can
be true d m)crats, Coasructonists, or genu-
inc Republicans.
The only principle of all such moroPoIics
must be aelluterlst; and their measures, OF
course will vary according to Gcmands.-Na-
HoHaL Era.
AyxrxA-roxs IN ENBRYo.-The Washing
ton correspondent Of the n. Y. Times speaks
of certain scenes or foot by the slave power,