The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-04-09

do 10 charge anything wrong-he has lent him
self the yest land speculation that dsgraoed this
| or any other country. a#
do inesd make any imputa,ions his lack OF
sugacy. But he has lived IN the State of Kentucky he has
lived in State where there public lands State
which has suffered Of the embarrassmens which the
land States have had to suffer He has around him
the settler struggling from the day he struck his the
first tree IN the forest to acquire the purchasing his
prescription right and buying the land upon which he and
his family 1--we lie lives IN country where large districts
owned by What has been long habit becomes
second therefore cannot sympathise with
such sentiments those expressed the other day by the
senator from Illinois IL is impossible that he and
my opinion # he could he never would have been the eff
Gent, energetic and almost ressess agent of land specua
tors, which and others that he has been
concede that nothing immoral nothing bad intended
by him, But being his second nature, the fact
exists, though he does not intend it,
doubt that those who entertain ideas similar
those of the from Kentucky will sympahize with
this bill And Why Because it gives to the insane No.
can point out many better plans for promoting the
benefit Of he insane But the ia, because gives
lands to the old States them deprecated paper
currency in the nature Of land with which to build
yums, aud by which of the old States will be
abled 10 get the public lands IN large quantities. not
the States the spectators who may obtain their
said that could give much better plan for insane asy
lums than this bill proposes. So could but ! am not
engaged lecture the best method of establishing
insane asyums and therefore shall 90 into the details
of my plan this subject But will say that, in my
opinion this about the worst plan that could be adopted
doing benefit to the insane, they doing very
injury to that portion Of the community who have
eres in the homestead BILL and consequently
adverse this aggregation lands by the wealthy
i But, sir what fate has the homestead proposition met
here? Not with the batch of land pro-
vided for in Miss Dx's bill have the noble efforts of
the senator Pennsylvania Mr. BRoDHEAD] engraf the
other end OF IT pro-sion issue still land
and give land for hundred and sixty
of TO every one who has heretofore received forty
eightyacre land Miss Dxs bill begins
with provision for batch of land warrants and the
other end OF IT the senator from Pennsylvania with his
batch Here them have the poor homestead put
he of
/ land SPECTATORS.
i Mr.. WELLER. The supper and neither milestone"
j Mr.. WALKER. Yes, sir il is placed it be-
tween 1.-The upper and neither milestone" In trying
carry out the feelings of noble lady in her efforts for the
insane, you convert her phianthropc purposes into a
scheme to issue your miserable land and when
the homestead for the people is offered amendment
that cannot be permitted 60 upon quietly and peace
fully We for the benefit of the
poor who without having the of the
senator from Pennsylvania moved amendment
issue still more land warrants.
Ii the people wilt submit this, be it nothing
about it, personally The probability is that have by
good constitution and the help of Almighty God, 90,
enough to take quietly and comfortably through life
and perhaps leave competency my wife and little
precede them to the grave II not therefore, Of very
much importance TO personally but when | gone
when The from Kentucky shall be gone, only
from this chamber but from the wide Of mankind
there will be left more than there who will be
asking why it, when this country owned this vast ex
tent of public Iant did make for those
situated in destitute circumstances with there thou
sands and hundreds of thousands and millions who have
no home That question will be asked when people
have 10 submit landlords receive the bread of e
they may dictate. This will be the inquiry. That day
may not be while you and l. sir, live. think probable
that will not be- We have extent of country There
still vast outlet for the surplus population of this and
many OF } countries if they here
But Hook upon this country which from the ma
ture of us institutions long continue in present form
OF government and which, from natural fertility
from It's natural resources will rapidly populate. We shall
soon have redundant population and when that time
comes government must be strengthened, you will
h,x Is~c
else and when you shall have strengthened it, yon
extent Incompatible with the of the pres
ent system OF government and then this will longer be
the republic Of the Unted States II will longer be
confederation of free and independent States represented by
the voice OF the people, trepresenied mis-
represented; but IL will be a CONSOLIDATED government Ii
will be strong enough nbers and that too with
the OF the few backed by wealth keeping back the
Emuluodes.
i II could, would live 10 see that day. and shall
not only speak Of il probability speak OF
lover Of my country, wishing its perpetuty wish
that its institutions may be perpetuated wish them be
happily perpetuated But such the condition Of things
now that this homestead be crushed between
Others which, If designed have the effect of pro-
noting speculation in the public lands otbe United States.
ON sorry that il is 80. wish that could have OBJ
tanned vote upon this proposition independent
before this Congress should have a cose, wish
that its principles might have had fair opportunity TO he
tested, that when here homes
appreciation Of their constituents might be
upon their conduct in order that the people passing upon
this subject in their elections home NIGH, have spoken
still more definitely than they have heretofore spoken But
i SIR, cannot get that here.
There will be many candidates before the country for
seats IN the next Congress, and the after that and
when the members here appear before the people they
will say they for the homestead BILL and they
did vote fer the homestead bill because oppor-
uny did not offer but just elect again, and will be
faithful When they come, however the result will be
before. The people will be neglected, they have
been unless they shall be OF that class who get admit
lance into that circle which surrounds this chamber such
as can gam Abundance IN consequence of their wealth.
least thoss who within the Capitol within the
limits Of the city Of Washington end there bring other
suences TO bear through the agency of hirengs Yes
they val come here after having made all these fair promises
to the people, and when they longer within the reach
Of their former friends their mechanic friends and when
they no niger the fami faces OF home-mark my
wordstbcy Will forget those people they will he brough
under new influence excited by feelings, am
billions, new purposes aims, and ends; and they
vii them IL viii be until revolving the
political heavens has them home again to reject upon
what they have done, that they will be induced think
When this process shall have gone lite longer men
may learn that they had better reject here what they
think very good home that they had better here
representing their constituency and the wishes
Of that constituency. think the time will come ere long
when II viii be done. know that it difficult matter for
the people advocating such the homestead bill
10 receive proper hearing, make their proper impress
sion. They do command the wealth TO enable them
do They be heard only through the medium Of the
petitions which introduced and thousands Of them have
been introduced. And what becomes Of them when they
introduced They referred to the Committee on
Public Lands. Perhaps there is majority Of tha, commit
tee against them, and but minority in favor Of them. The
petitions reported against and they laid upon the
table, and the report accompanying them. printed and goes
the constituency, there to be passed upon. Perhaps
strong and able speech made support Of that report
and also the speech