The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1854-07-29
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senate of the Homestead bill The proyis.
ion Of the bill as il came from the house were
open to all the constitutional objections which
impelled the President TO Veto the Insane
Land bill, and the senate aside from its own
constitutional scruples, was unwilling TO pas,
bill that would inevitably he vetoed. So
substitute was proposed by MIR. Hunter,
which, with sundry amendments, was final
~, on the ed, passed the leading provisions
of which are as follows: That any person.
the head ola family, and capable Of owning
land under the laws of the L. 5. shall be en-
titled to enter upon quarter section of any
lands now subject to entry, and after re-
manning thereon five years shall be entitled
to patent for it on the payment of % cts
per acre, or if it has been in market 20 years,
on the payment Of IL. cts. per acre. The
low price fixed is TO avoid the constitution.
al objection to giving the land away. Pre-.
cmption settlers are also entitled to the pro.
visions of the bill. Lands reserved along
railroads are excepted from its operation.
1t is not believed however that the bill in its
present shape will pass the house.
During the discussion of the bill in the
Senate Jan exciting and disgraccful scene
took place between Mr.. Wade Of Ohio and
Clayton, of Delaware. Mr.. Clayton, in a
speech which he had published, had used
the words that the Senator's from Ohio
(WadeD and New York Seward will not
cat their own words 50 soon, thiuk'-allud.
ing to speeches the senator's from O. and
n. Y. were alleged to have made 'dispara-
ging American citizens Mr.. Wade said the
senator from Delaware had never used these
words in tho Senate, but had skulkcd them
and in his private room had written words
in his speech which he did not dare to utter
in the Senate
Mr.. Clayton--Thats n lie! That's lie,
The Chairman called the Senator to order
MIR. Dodge, Iowa) read the particular
part OF Mr.. Clayton's published speech here.
in nc says the Senators from New York and
OHIO will not so soon cat their words. |
think; and he asked the Senator if by Il ,at
remark he meant that he dodge had eaten
any of his words
Mr. Clayton did not; on my honor I
did not
Mr. {, stnrdily PERSISTED that he had used
the words in the Senate, and he didn't care
whether the Senator from Ohio was salts.
fled or not. lie would say to the Senator
that if he was not already satisfied, he (Mr.
Co. was willing and ready to give him ;lcn,
airy satisfaction in any way outside the Sen.
ate Chamber
In another part Of the discussion Mr.. But.
Ter, of ID. C., was charged with having said
all the descrters in the Mexican war were
foreigners.
Mr.. Butler said he did not speak of for.
eigncrs gencrally--all that he said was that
on the field Of CherubuscO the dcscrters
were foreigners, and that after their dcser.
ton they fired upon and shot down the
regiment 0! his own State. Applause in the
gallery
Mr, Shields explained that at Chcrubusco
he was in command Of a division, including
the Palmetto regiment &c., and most Of the
band OF desertcrs who were taken prisoners
were taken by his command. He, at that
time, had a list of their names and birth.
places taken down. Their commander WAS
named Riley, and his name Of course sug.
gestcd the country Of his birth, whether he
was an freshman or an Irishman's son he
did not remember. He was one or tho other.
Among them were Germans, and the rest
were natlyes-a ajority of them were for
elg,ugrs IWn of than e..
his own regiment Most Of them were de.
'ertcrs from the regular army.
In the Senate, on the 10th, Mr.. Petit
from the committee 10 whom was referred the
petitions for the repeal of the Fugitive Slave
Law, reported against the policy of so doing,
and the committee was discharged from the
consideration Of the subject. Same day in.
the House, the proposition Of Mr. Odds to
increase the letter postage was killed very
unceremoniously, and the bill to augment
the rates on newspapers shar cd the same
fate by decided vote, on motion to- Law il
on the table
On the 22d in the House a select commit.
tee Of seven was ordered, at the request of
Mr.. Bayioy, Of Virginia, to investigate certain
charges made against him by "a Mr.. BIZ.
Green. MrsGrccn charges that Mr.. Baylcy,
when chairman of the Committee Of Ways
and Means of the XXXIst Congress and
Chairman Of the Committee of Foreign AZ
fairs of the XXXIId Congress, used impro.
per means to secure the passage of the bills
paying indemnity to Mexico, with the knowl-
edge that the money appropriated would go
to Mr. Corcoran, banker, and others; and
with the knowledge that near half a million
Of dollars would be lost to the United States
which might have been saved.
The Senate still holds the resolution eff
adjournment on the 4th prox., under a mo.
ton TO reconsider, and the probabilities are
increasing that the session will be prolonged
aweck or two beyond the time now fixed
upon.