The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-04-26

the effect Of this pauper population you have it now
crowded IN the poorhouse and in the of every
description IN Massachusetts, when they tell you IL is
That the old thirteen fellows fought through the
AIRY war and entitled 10 this land and IT, and nl-
though we have sort of halfway lively recollection Of
Concord and Lexington, and Bunker HILL where your
fathers ioug for the land STILL will give il to these
foreigners win you ask the senator agree 1t? Al
though There are few things in reference 10 nggers and
other matters and various Yankee and Puritan notions
that do not exactly up notions down South
still we have lingering affection and willing to do
your State of Massachusetts Justice Out of the granite
ice You make fortunes with your invention and education
you are progressing in the world and you stand noble
Puritan population obstinate and peryerse though you
naS have been against the English government before
you landed here against afterwards and pretty gene
rally against your own government laughter ]stili
IN reference TO a matter Of equity and justice, will
ask yon what will you say when man turns round and
tells you that the old States Of Massachusetts, and Connec
cnt are not to get any Of this land that he take
from you and that you shall not have it either for
schools or insane paupers for thing else that ii
shall be snached away from YOU and given some Hes
sian that buchered in the
that It shall be given to soan who then the army
Of enemies that shall bc handed German
with his broad figure which would take three generations
to feed into the shape Of American gentleman Laugh
ter nice proposition that is and yet that is the prop
oson made by the senator from Ohio The old thirteen
States are to get nothing. Whatever we may claim, we
are to have nothing The senator's proposition only
comes to that but it round and
Nebraska and the Missouri Compromise to southern
tors not only the old thirteen States be deprived of
their rights but viii let these Irish and Dutch and
body you please do not speak in dsrcspectfu terms
into the territory and il you go anywhere
from Virginia, Louisiana Texas you stand back
and let them take the land Is there southern man. who
has regard for his constituency the interest OF the
ton which he represents who ntendsas he knows it is
oregone concuscn that this is all to be reesol territory
to let them take and let them snatch away from them
and say that from the South to go into il be-
they tainted with Niger? Are to be told
that must stand back and let strangers and aliens in
blood, in feeling, and language have II? But do not
w nr a1.pyf from aa1
States think in reference this sort of thing because
they have got recently to arguing about matters in such
way that scarcely knows unless he examines close
ly, what they really design. 6e @@s
The senator from Indiana Mr. PETIT for whom en-
terain high regard yesterday said that this bill a
how, he being liberal man. such thing would approve
itself TO his heart He is of large head of
great deal of faculty; but rather think that his heart has
got the better Of his judgment in this In support of
the proposition he set out prove historically that this
right policy. He alluded believe to the Assyr-
ans and the jews and the Sparan and he down
the Gracch but being democrat in this age of progress
be could cite instance that had occurred this side
the discovery of America since the birth of Saviour
(Laughter In talking about this lberality ] want you
just to look at the question: and ask yourselves how this
territory stands for it is well enough look to it in that
way. When the territory under the oppression of sys
tenn which will restrict slavery from going there to
be settled how will il stand and how do stand We
stand powerful and great nation. knowat least
there newspaper rumors and suppose may speak le
gmaely of newspaper propose to buy i'm
what do you buy that territory Are you pay $4,000
900 or S20000,000, and as you get il you
give away2 Are " adopt such policy in the dis
position OF the lands which you obtain may say BY yo
lent solicitations that Is to say by whipping and hogging
the Indians by browbeating the Mexican until You whip
them into peace, and salso the conscience get
what territory Arc yon only in reference
to the poor red man, who is fading away before the face
of the white man as the snow mel before the face Of
the but in reference 10 the neghborng republic
by bull and brow beating obtain territory and
when you have obtained it. turn round and
that will give II TO these foreigners and emprants who
come here and TO lazy fellows and oacrs, In midst
ask in the OF sense is that what the gov
is TO do and then after tho general government
has done that and You TO make distribution Of the
spoils Is oneha OF the nation to turn round and
the other half You smell of the nRger and YOU shall
have any Of the land viii give IL to the foreigners and
you shall not take partice2 And then, to the old
States and land States although President of the United
States has recommended this viii rob you Of it.
and give ii to the foreigners and then viii get up
German interest having its centre at Cincinnati and Louis
VILE and other places over the Unon and although you
boast Of being AngoSaxons shall be like that other
Ango-Saxon race which has been for centuries ruled by
half crazy Dutch princes and queens We will have the
influence you with your Saxon influence ard
Saxon blood. We viii build up foreign power that shall
control the whole American people This win do in
the generosity and berality and in the name of
modern democracy, This is what is to be done by a
radical change in our policy.
have other things TO say in regard to this bill
aud probably, get chance in the progress of its dis
cussion, shall 20 into it fully; for not pre-
pared TO speak to-day upon points to which desire
to address myself IN 10 me since have had the
honor 10 the national councils whether in this or
the other house of Congress the public lands have been
handled about eternay bribe In the shape Of
and retrocession In the shape Of graduation OF distr
button and Of every imaginable project Thus ambitious
act with them instead Of standing the guardians
of the public domain and public treasury doing what they
ought TO do Millions upon millions Of lands have gone
for railroads and canals in the way of grants alternate
sections and swamp lands and the advocacy of such a
preparations has eernny been predicated upon the anb
on Of presidential asprant 1t is useless discuss
it, II is useless TO talk about IT. If there had been pro-
vision In the constitution of the United States that men
standing this floor the floor Of the other house
should be forever debarred thereafter from looking to the
other end Of the avenue such propositions would never
have been made Members Of Congress would have hus
banded the lands old fellows take care Of their lands as
their and daughters grow up for the purpose Of Civ
ing the young fellows a home, and place TO emgraie TO
Thus instead OF looking the other end Of the avenue
and making such propositions they would have held on TO
these lands inheritance children our chill
any man In this body who looks to ANYTHING OF that
sort daughter but one thing viii say have scarcely
public in this country who had once turned
his eyes upon the purple and gazed inteny the White
House that afterwards seemed 10 be fully sane man
Laughter, His head reels il he had the vertigo and
he puts up at auction whatever he thinks il once defeated
would help him for the presidency succeeding election
and That Is the way in which the public domain has been
controlled. Say what you will about IL all feel il
and know it.
Mr. President do not know that exactly concur with
him who said years age, in commenting upon this
matter, that would hs hrstrne again as
Presidents for he said that understrappcs and under
strikers would never let Of prominent ability attain
10 the position that such could come To The
presidency Of the nation because the undersrappcrs and
seekers for Office would he eternay for catching man
whom they could control lie though, we never would
In.~A .l-..4 A.