The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-03-18
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aI2 III

In the discussion upon the Iowa land BILL March Sd and
4h, 1852 prov d, by facts and figures wholly ncUn,ro
vertibc that the OF the United States after pay
ing expenses OF purchase from Indians of survey
selling and managing the lands of tbs single original Black
Hawk purchase had realized profit of millions
OF dollars (s6,u55,336) And that the government
would hnay realize from the public domain within the State
OF Iowa. after deductng the moneys paid for Indian titles
surveying and selling Misunderstanding million Ave
hundred thousand asked for railroads. but yet
granedhe enormous profit of nearly hirtyssyen millions
and half of dollars, 1881 sos 0i) Like results
ucpate, will be produced by the settlement and occupation
OF Nebraska and Kansas under the provisions of the bill
before
Sir trust that my regard for economy in public affairs is
not less than that Ct any senator hs oor and yet feel
no fears that the expenditure which wall he incurred by
passage OF the bill will cause any injury, be e by
the country. Ga the contrary quite certain that the
effect OF It's passage Will greatly promote the best OF
the whole Union IL has been clearly demonstrated that
nothing much tends the settlement our distant do
the establishment of territorial governments over IL
The tide of emigration was not turned Wisconsin
Iowa until the few citizens there who settled along The
Mississippi liver and The of Lake Michigan
"a, ord with a territorial government which they OBJ
tanned by the interchangeable exerons TACT and skill Of my
colleague, when he came here Mchgen's last delegate
The peoping OF vast territory with brave, hardy in
dusirous, and intelligent citizens should leading
tnre 10 the policy OF every administration, know it
will be of the present This policy has been favored
by tho democracy of the Union and in pursu
of IL tina, many laws have been passed by Con.
grss granting the AID OF The general government TO the pr
oneers who prepare territories for admission into the family
OF States
The senator from Connecticut and others who are on
posed Nebraska and Kansas only que lion the rig
Of American citizens who permitted to settle upon the
public territory TO segovenment but the idea of
their competency ie govern themselves, they
psrmitted to do IL that prepared to assert
that any three hundred citizens Of his State are so
ignorant that they could not frame Laws and regulations
for their we-beng, they settled together either OF
those TernU riesl know that while he will not assert
this his modesty will allow him claim for the people
of Connecticut larger share OF intelligence tnan is pos
sessed by those OF other States
assert without fear of contradiction that il Is generally
the most enterprsing patriotic and intelligent Of our cit
who settle upon the Territories they have ever
believed that they have the rig make rules and regu
tons for their domestic government That ihey have
exercised his right, to the OF State soye
roignty, and without any inerposon hndcrancc or CEN
by the Congress- or by the general government can
not be denied "a Iowa IN 1884 the people there found
necessary, IN sedefence, and put stop career Of
desperate who believed that they coala commit chimes
and go unpunshed, elect temporary judges prosecuting
attorneys shcrs select utore CHOOSE officers 10 CARY
ioto execution the sentences Of In one Instance
during that year, remember that after protrscsd fair
and impartial trial they deliberately hung O,Connor for
the murder Of OKef without having what may
be called legal or congressional authority Tor the net Il
occurred 10 the city Of Dubuque, and my colleague re-
members the circumstance am Mr. Joses nodded
assent
the Senate as move upon he political chessbo ad II is
quite evident from hts speech that however sincere the mo
'yes and beneficial the objects Of the friends Of the bill
senator has deter mined 10 make for himself n possible
litcal capital from introduction Having Witnessed a
gradual but change in the public sentiment towards
cgnuon OF the full right Of The people Of the southern
States 40 all the territory Of the Unon equally with those
OF the northern States he forsooth declares himself
the lrreconcnbe enemy all ag the subject Of
slavery he assers that he HIS always been enemy
TO such agitation Ifso how cruelty feelings have
been aeeraed during the last presidential campaign, While
experimenting and directing the movements of the whe
eene committee here IN Washington, see, in despite
ms and nice sense of popre,y thousands upon
thousands Of naammatory haudbis and pamphlets sent by
mat committee to the North and tho South with the sole
tent OF making enemies Of those God and honest pa
notism had made frends accusing Frank Pierce in the
North OF beng end 20 the extension of slavery md
ne south slanderng him abolitonist free-soer
An s IL matter Of wonder that tho n,tor afer such
'pfengs, should now announce this body to COM
n,sefstng world The sonowul intelligence thst he will
withdraw from public and political life before perhaps the
ermnaioo OF the present session OF Congress He has
'ot only, ms nc states been always opposed sgitaon
'ui has become heartily tired OF the nsncery and con-
loot OF the two great political parties OF the Union and of
" me smaller parties He advises the formation OF
n independent party composed Of who win put down