The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-07-18

Others who much disposed recent occasion TO
give way to mobvolenee repeat my solemn belief that
there are more loyal and patriotic people than those
foreigners who have found their way Iowa. Wisconsin
and other western States When the senator from Ken
tucky Mr. Thomson ridcung the persons and bod
lily formation of these men who happened to be born ON
the opposite side of the Think If the OF the
American revolution could have been brought fresh TO his
memoryif he could have contemplated the Irish for
eigner Montgomery in his NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of the very
first TO strike and fall in the cause OF then struggling
and feeble counhy-had he remembered the services of
Pulaski Koseusko, De kalb Lafayette and that host of
other noble spirits who ocked around revolutionary
Standard and shed their blood upon almost evary battle
field from Massachusetts to Georgabe could tst have
found III his heart to oppose denounce and ridcue
their counymen in the he did The person of the
Baron Steuben may not have been such in all particulars
as would command the admiration of the senator from
Kentucky but was one that faced the front OF warone
from whom the Father of his Country willing to re-
ceive that instruction in military tactics which his early
and imperfect education had not given him opportunity
| to acquire.
| know much of these people. speak from my know-
edge Of the great body of them when say before God and
the Senate that believe they true loyal de-
voted to the institutions OF the country, any native c
zens, and among the most ready to take up in its
defence Look at your aduan generals reports compare
places of nativity of the soldiers who enlisted in your
army during all the wars from that of the revolution down
to the recent with Mexico and you will find very
large proportion Of them foreigners have lived in
section of the country in which il has necessary n
times to call for volunteers to repel Indian hostility and
have never found these people whether they had gone
through the forms of naturalization not backward in
raying in defence Of the country of their choiceand that
too, without hope Of reward or emolument.
Although differ from the honorable senator from Della
ware as widely as the poles upon almost every political
question: entertain high personal respect for him for his
years and public services and my colleague when dele
gate in the other house caused of the finest counties
of State be named after that senator in
OF his friendship to Iowa when Territory about
to ask him. but will not will inquire of the deter
mined opponent Of this foreign-born populaonfhe he viii
propose to repeal naturalization laws? For if ii be
evil those laws produce it. and should be repealed If
those laws to remain they are and emigration
shall continue to pour into the country humbly submit
that is much the wiser to adopt such
will these people to feel the deepest possible interest
| in our country and its institutions.
AT present the fight is upon allowing them to become
the owners OF the soil that soil which many of them have
fened with their blood, as know the in Wis
consn and Iowa Here you fight them upon the simple
privilege Of allowing Them your natiye-bcrn citizens
when they take their lives in their hands and go to Ne
braska aud Kansas, the right become the owners of
quarterecton, after having complied with the conditions
of the law and settled and cultivated the land for five con-
secuve years is there any party faction segment of
party except that misguided and proscripve faction
called 'native-Amerlcans" know-nothngs" who have
the hardhood the courage to propose repeal the
razation laws of the United States? sincerely hope and
trust not If there be- however party faction with
such purposes they should direct their guns at the
razatlon laws. If these unworthy to settle on
your public domain, and be allowed, with Others who go
with ten their friends and neghbors to acquire home
stead in you pass this BILL or any other of similar
character then you should 60 further and repeal your nat
razton laws increase the time required twenty
These the provisions which should be enacted
if this be dangerous revolutionary incendary
population which deny IN toto undertake say that
nothing of the sort be established There are some
the wien they have arrived here fresh from Europe who
haye been imposed upon by aboonsts and others but
when they understand las they readily do for the larger
portion of them being educated read the constitution
and the laws of the United Staes they are willing to live
up the laws and comply with their reouirements and
undertake TO say that III any State there will be found
few instances of resistance the laws of the land among
, Hat f,rn;,c ,,r,, &c t,,o
class
But unparalleled increase is not to be mainly as
cribed to emigration, should we be told that this is
bill for the benefit of foreigners alone The last census
shows that OF our whole population of 1884 but
22l0028 were born in foreign countries From this the
most reliable data it will be that increase be
attributed mainly 10 the productive and expansive ener
gies of the Ango-Saxon stock Of this eontnene same
which impced forward rapidly in our early
history when emigration was comparatively unknown.
Mr. President this homestead bill is the most misunde
stood and most abused BILL in my opinion that has ever
entered this body. The number of persons who will avail
themselves of its benefits is greatly exaggerated 1t is
spoken Of as which will swallow up all the pub
lie lands Ny belief is that it will cause more OF them
TO be annually sold for cash than disposed Of
believe that its operation will be highly beneficial the
new States and the Territories but equally to
the people of the old States and especially to that class
who, whilst they feed and may be said to support all
Others rarely If ever receive anything at the hands of
tonal or State legislatures, other than taxation call the
attention OF the Senate 10 the fact that although passed
liberal homestead law giving three hundred and twenty
acres to the heads OF families and hundred and sixty
acres TO single settlers in Oregon, have recently had
rom that portion of the country petitions presented
questing TO relieve of them of the provision re-
quiring five years settlement and occupancy and asking
to be allowed TO buy the lands Those who become able
prefer to buy the land rather than be compelled TO live on
it for five consecutive years without acquiring title
have statement, though not by me, showing that
under the land system it now exists selling you have
sold Ill Michigan from the time distinguished friend
Mr. CAss went there until the present time will take
hftyfour years to ex,nguish within the borders of that
State the proprieorshp OF this government which lords ii
over the people OF the States somewhat after the
ner of Great Britain Ireland selling and exhausting
all to pay for its land without contributing
dollar towards the support of government or allow
ing our authorities TO lax their land support State or
county government
In Missouri, nearly two-thrs of whose superficial area
remains public land it viii take under present system
and at the rate of past sales sixty pass the title OF
her lands from the United States individuals and thus
make them available for the support Of the State govern
ment2
*WAsHINeroS, May /, 1854
SIN In reply to your inquiries of April 30 I have the
honor to inform you that have examined the returns
commissioner OF the General Land Office and find fol
lows:
year 1909. From that date the 3Oh June last period of
forty four there sold and located by warrants
l2 $50 acres, and there remained undpoed of Is
Estimating the future by past it will require to
dispose OF this remaining land, period of about fifty
years.
The first public sale of land in Mississippi was made in the
1920 From that date to the 30th period of
thirty years there sold and located by land
rants l009t521 acres and there remained undsposed of
20s3 d56 Estimating the future by the past will
require, TO dispose of this remaining land period about
twenty nine e
The FIRST public sale of land Arkansas was made in the