The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-04-02


for Tue benefit OF the and the insane 20 pai pasu
upon this the last night OF the session, and give the peo
pies representatives an opportunity 10 DO justice TO the
poor The landess and the homeless, we'll as 10 those
upon whom God in his nscrutable providence has laid
the hand OF misfortune. the latter class IRON the small
ness OF their number and The deep sympathy excited in
The community in which they have their being are no W
infinitely better cared for than the former.
MIR, BELL. | said before, that majority In the
House, | understand, are IN favor OF both measures
but by their rules II requires twohlrds TO take them up
MIR DODGE. understand all that sort OF thing IL
was reiterated hundred lines and more when The river
and harbor bill before al Inc last session. IL was
disegaIded then and the bill amended al the very last
days OF the session, and yet the bill became law and
ii will be with this, II my amendment prevails This
wo-thd rule OF the House. so often referred TO here TO
defeat pass measures has lost Its errofs Tor For
one am not willing 10 legislate under duTess The
senator makes personal appeal to me 10 support this
bill and help in ITS passage Sir these appeals have lost
their potency with The treatment my State has re.
ceved al the hands OF The Congress to expire has
been such that turn deaf TO them. The other
branch OF Congress has refused 10 Iowa the ordinary
grants OF alternate sections 10 aid her in the consruc-
ton OF railroads in which she feels the deepest interest,
and yet has made like grants, and much larger than
those asked by us, 10 adjacent sister States
What is this bill when stripped of the mock sentiment
aliy and gallaary if may be allowed 10 speak, in
which senators have enveoped ii II is make propo-
son 10 issue ten millions OF French assignas American
paper money, bank noes-called, If you please, land
warrants; and Tor whose benefit Nominally for the
insane, but in reality Tor persons with all their wits
about them. Spectators and money changers will be
is benehcaries land monopolss will go with this pa.
per by the bale and absorb all the public lands along the
lines of our proposed railroads and elsewhere. These
things to vote for from considerations OF mere
personal respect 10 accomplished and humane lady,
and Tor the benefit OF the voracious class OF whom have
spoken
Sir the annual report of the Commissioner of the Gen
eal Land Oce, at the present session, and subsequent
information received from the land sales in Illinois, FUR
nlsh The most triumphant argument IN support OF the pol
icy of granting alternate sections OF the public domain
to aid the States in the construction OF the railroads pro-
iected through the public lands which has been lur
ShaIn nn INV M nts abr hat
the reserved sections held at So SO the have
y been sold Tor that price, but considerably more, thus
the fullest extent realizing the prediction OF my friend
from Illinois, Mr.. DOUGLAS, and the other supporters of
the Illinois Central railroad grant al the time when
struggled and fought through that benecent measure
opposition 10 the unceasng attacks OF the from
Georgia lMr DAwsoNl and others who hung upon ii
like vampires Notwithstanding this triumphant result,
and nowiths andsg our roads connect WITH and may be
regarded but simple Of those from Phila
depha, New York, and Boston, we were voted down in
The House OF Representatives First bill provi-
ding Tor three roads, but granting three hundred thousand
less than granted 10 Illinois; and secondly,
upon Toadthe Burlington and Council Bluffs road
unconnected with any othe and giving US but million
of acres-llnois having received three millions OF
tor her road and its branches.
In the wide range OF suffering humanity, there
other objects OF commiseIaon and sympathy besides
the insane, and IN my section much more numerous. Il
refer the sick and disabled persons employed in navl
eating the Mississippi river Necessity as well as hu-
mainly calls loudly for the establishment OF marine
hospital Tor the Upper Mississippi and at early day
of The present session boug thus subject the
ZION OF the Senate, obtained favorable report from
Committee on Commerce, and effected the passage OF
bill appropTiaiing but $4,000 for the erection OF
cepacle OF this character al Burlington lowaa point
fayoraby situated between the noted distractions to
the navigation o: the Mississippi and between ST. Louis
and the great trading towns OF upper Illinois, Wisconsin,
Iowa, and Minnesota For this class OF men IT be
affirmed that there provision made above ST. Louis
while the protecting and fostering OF the general
government has always been extended in aid OF the sick
and disabled seamen, both OF the navy and OF
meIclal marine, and more recently upon the Lower Mis-
sssippi and Ohio rivers The boatmen and raIlnen of
the Upper Mississippi justly entitled to The benefits
oil the several acts oi Congress Tor the relief OF sick and
disabled seamen engaged IN foreign commerce and in
the coaswlse trade but so effectively supplied the
western waters with hospitals and asylums for
the sick, that these benefits almost wholly denied
them.
western waters OF that most dreadful of all human
fcourge-the Asatic cholera-has given This subject
interest beyond anything ever felt in the early history
OF western navigation The absence OF these hospitals
scaers the pestlence, and spreads in the Cities towns
and villages rivers whereas ii receptacles
prepared they would tend 10 concentrate and exlinguis
IT by collecting the sufferers and preventing their
course with society. person known 10 boats
10 be suffering from this plague Is put IN shore whereso
ever the boat get rad of him by persuasion or STRATA
gem. The presence oil the sufferer generally
siernaton. and he Is neglected. often abandoned, and
dies Tor want OF proper and attention The scourge
is thus spread upon our rivers among the citizens
shore, and It's mortality augmented among river aring
themselves.
This very eight the House has refused, by an over
whelmng majority, TO pass the bill them for the
erection of hospital al Burlington, my State,
than which measure for the benefit of suffering hu
mainly is more loudly called for. And yet am asked at
this the eleventh hour OF the session, for bill
for the issue OF ten millions OF paper money under the
specious gulse OF aiding the unfortunate. will not do
IT, My State is suffering under OF wrong, OF par
,Ia and OF injurious legIslaon which shall resist and
oppose as long as have voice or vote.
Mr. ADAMS. The proposition contained in the bill
under consideration think decidedly Objectionable. The
idea OF making corporation out OF the limits OF State
iteehoder within II Is 10 my mind Objectionable What
the proposition OF the senator from Iowa. II is TO
give homestead 10 poor gentlemen. Now, If to ihstwe
attach The proposition which propose 10 make OF grad
uaing the prlce OF The public lands, and selling them al
their intrinsic value, do not know but that shall be
induced for the bill can hardly conceive OF any
proposition more Objectionable than the which Is
made in this BILL not, sir TO the purpose OF the bill
which il aid the different States in The support OF their
insane. That Is benevolent object, but II is work
which belongs 10 each State and not TO the federal gov
eminent. THIS government never formed for any
such hing These matters belonging peculiarly 10 the
different States of which have been provided for,
and others will be. Blu, il you will improve the bill by
adding 10 it the homestead bill, and then the graduation
sysem and several other projects which may be proposed,
will be respectable proposition, and am not certain
but that J shall vote for H. lLsugherl
Benefits land bill has been suggested beg leave 10
say, regard 10 Benefits land BILL that OF all the prop
ositoDs that have been made in either branch of Con-
gress from the foundation OF The government to the
time, odous its character has never been
made. The idea OF making the old States ieehodeTs.
and the tenantsat.wi is so abhofrent TO
~ principle Of State sovereignty and of equal rights that
1T Is astonishing to that any could conceive
the idea OF far abandoning the principle OF doing
hers we nu have do Ms "a Ia