The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-06-04

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get remaining sections from the gossrnmeut shall
under the operation Of this system ps duuble the prioa
hich the has been selling the lands at or al
least quarter third Of century. l. not THIS mol d-
mode OF taxation upon the eaItivators o
the soil Or the bentht Of those ho hang seound The hal
Of legislation for the purpose of urging the passage Of ssea
bills these Du you want 70 make your railroads IN
this wayy Then say 10 you thar In my opinion, you
had better LEI those settlers who want TO cultivate The
land and who give 10 these railroads all their value have
the lands the low price 81 20 acre ess, and
then YOU icing OF the opinion that these lands viii be eo
banced In value TO double The Ordinary price LEI them ake
stock In The railroad aud te The Of the Land and
the OF the raj road
But sir il that viii not do, ssk the Committee Pub
lie Lands report bill raising the prcs OF the public
lands where they want TO make railroad Ia ~ 5o-hat
Is double The present and then say 70 these euld-
yao go and settle those lands and when you pay 81 90
an ace-S400 for quarter section Instead VI S20oyou
shall bave the quarter section OF land and We will give
you certificate Of stock IN the railroad besdes
Then yon make The cuvators who pay for the consuc-
ton OF the roads heownes OF the roads and the owners
Of the land This Mould be dong but mere justice 10 the
agrcuturss OF The country to those who must settle and
give To those LANDS their value.
Sir who il that bears ALL nearly ALL the burdens Of
this government IL is that great agricultural portion OF
the people Of the United States Their representatives IL
seems me- think is beast of burden which will
weary break down under the burdens which may be
heaped upon them by the United States.
What shall be done with these public lands? We
have had This system, and II Is by far the most sue
cessfu We have had another, and we have given away
quantities oil the public lands 10 the soldiers Of The
counryhose who have been engaged IN the service OF
the country. You have given them million million OF
nd, sir before the Iowa land bill passed. the
which issued under the OF 1855 10 those SOL
diers would command in this market from 81 o5 TO III ~
per Nov, SIR what is the condition. and what is the
value of these warrants They in the hands OF those
whom Congress wished To benefit They were issued TO
those who had into the military service Of the coun-
try And when you passed the Iowa land BILL the land Of
fees in that closed until these railroad donations
be apart You pass another and another OF thee
bills and fast you pass them you close your land Of
fees and say 10 these soldierso their widows and
thei- chi IA
warrans-sYou cannot go there The railroad Is privi-
legged claimant The State made The railroad, and il will
not be sa,she with quarter ecuon o. and-it wn NOT
be satisfied with secon and you who were in the front
rank when country called in the hour Of danger and
Of peril stand back until these cormorsnt corpora-
ons shall be satisfied and shall have their portions set
apart B z1assr.rast# ezE s. ea. ase
Now, sir suce these bills have passed what effect has
been produced the land warrants issued to these sol
ders, and their widows and minor children Why, one
denomn alton of them has fallen in this market from one
dollar and dollar and TO eighty
cents Twenty-Five oeats on the acre has been the
fall the OF hundred and twenty acres
The eighty warrant aud the
acre warrant which commanded from dollar and ten
dollar and fifteen per acre in this market
dowa To ninety cents per acre; and how much
further they may depreate do not know But sir the
greater the depreciation the better tor the capitalists Of the
country. When these land warrants shall go down to
thirty, fors, ty sixty csnts per acre Then comes
the capitalist and invests bis money in them Alter these
railroads shall have had tber portions set apart the re-
served sections viii be again offered at public sale 10 ine
market and those which do not bring dollars and hny
shall 90 over aud aer that be subject to private
try At two dollars and hfy cents per acre.
Now, sir the land issued under the acts OF
ls45 1885, and 1852 be used in the ensiing Of LANDS
reserved along The railroad lines at one dollar
and twenty Eve cents per The person having war
Issued fur services ia the Mexican under tie
Of 1850 1852 along Of The lines OF these
roads wbefr the lands held dollars and hfy
per acre and By giving hundred and s1t-acre
and hundred dollars, he enter quser
sc ion OF land But these that in the
c'uutry, and that are being daily issued by the hun
dred 10 the soldeTs and their representatives entitled
to then, cannot he us.d in that way. They are not
available in that way. They only lie used in the
entering and location Of land subject 20 private entry at
dollar and twenty five cents PEI acre or ess But
when thee lands shall have gotten their lowest price
and shall have gotten into the hand Of the capitalists OF
the country then should not be surprised TO ind in this
Congress proposition place these variants on the aame
footing the issued under the acts Of s4I 1850
aud ls52 make them available entering the
on reserved at two dollars aud fifty cents per are and
now here give notice shall oppose any such thing
Bot would make them available in the hands ef the SOL
der his widow, ehiren, 10 whom they are Issued
Aud sir will go farther than that viii vote here for
iii authorizing any person entitled land warrant
der that OF s55 take instead the at the rate
Of ore dollar and twenty-five cents per acre.
Mr.. THORlNGToN. | would inform the gentleman that
introduced blll this morning having in view the prop
ositiOn he meDti1nsL
Mr.. JONES. Then say should be willing TO give the
hold Of land warrants under the act OF 1850 that priv
ege while the warrants the hands of the persons TO
whom they issued but will against giving " TO
persons who bning them up s less that 81 Is per
will with the gentleman from Iowa, or Win
any other gentleman ia the House tor bill TO pay TO
those who received from the treasury the prer
Of them 10 money. II would be better disposition Of
them
Now have said that this s Of the means and the
successful one for getting clear Of the public lands
regret that any in this whole country who gets into
Congress should be bitten BY the mania OF getting
clear Of the public lands for one do not wish TO get
clear OF them any faster rapidly than the agricu
Of the country rqure They must De bed by
some power by capitalist until the agricultural
wants Of the country require them You may give them
to the State may sell them In the market and con-
centrate them the hands Of capitalists have no OBJ
lection 10 crpalists but have objection this govern
men putting IL IN their power 10 exort from the great
body Of the people what tbey cannot live without-ths
4 land.
Then sir say you may give them away to the State
you may give them to railroads may put them IN The
and let them in the hands Of capital
sts but do you BY that act increase the peope You do
not BY thus getting rid Of your lands increase the number
Of persons wbo settle and 10 cultirss them Then
they be held either by the governmen by the States
which yon give them, by railroads or by oaptalls-
into whatever hands they may happen to geuuti they
are wanied for agricultural purposes " had my VIII
with respect tbese public lands would repeal all your
laws Offering them ~ public would never allow
another Of the putc lands 10 be sold TO the hhsst
bidder would 10 tie fret place repeal all such laws
Authorizing them to be thus sold. would then provide
by law tor their being catered IA limited parce y actual
settlers at the lowest price 1T which e government can
sell them and be reimbursed ihe amount which they cost
be enhancing the Interest and welfare OF that great class Of
persons 10 this country who earn their bread by nR the
earth and Ia doing that we would be contributing 70 the
greatness the prosperity the glory Of this great country
\ Now Nr SPEAKER there is point which have
touched upon which could this House IL In The gh, 10