Mariposa Democrat., 1857-08-06

bills, perhaps, in their pockets, but with strong
arms and honest hearts, to hunt for themselves
and their families home in the far West
Sir, if this were measure for the advance
mcnt of the pecuniary interest of spectators
or bankers, it would not meet with the oppo-
sition it does from Wing gentlemen. Although
loud in their profession of attachment to the
poor man, when office is to be obtained, in
their legislation little regard is paid to his inte-
rests. Gentlemen have denounced these set
tiers as "lawless squatters and "land pirates,
and told US that the United States Marshal
ought to be sent with military force to dis.
possess them. Sir, if a banker Gas is the prac-
tce every day swindes the community out
of millions, the act goes unwhpt of justice
but if a poor man settles down on the public
land, and endeavors, by his industry and fru-
gality to procure livelihood for his children,
you would raise military force to turn him
off, and deprive him Of the little improvement
he had made. This may be Wing policy and
Wing justice but, ! venture the assertion,
the American people are not prepared for such
doctrine In the estimation of these Wing
orators to cut down few trees in a dense
and almost unbroken forest belonging to the
Government, for the purpose Of cultivating a
few acres Of corn is a most heinous offence
whilst they suffer the bankers to violate the
laws, make sport of their legislation, acquire
wealth by their vanies, and ride in proud
triumph over the ruin and desoation of the
laborng man. Sir, there is a point beyond
which forbearance ceases to be a virtue and
the time will come when this great money
power, which is eating out the substance Of
the people, must be checked by your legisla-
ton, or the land will be deluged in blood. The
day of retrbuton is at hand, and woe be to
that legislator who seeks to aggrandize the
few by the oppression Of the many.
"The pre-emption bill is favorte measure
with me- and enlsts all the sympathies of my
nature. 1t affords me the most sincere pleas
ure to do all in my power to advance the in
terest of the hardy and enterprising emigrant,
who, abandoning the home of his fathers, the
WORKOUT, worm-eaten land Of his nativity, has
taken up his abode in the rich valleys Of the
far West Sir, ! would rather be recognised
as the champion Of such men, than hold the
highest office within the gift Of my county,
Let these men have the encouragement of the
Government-the promise that, within imi-
ted period, they shall be permitted, at your
present price, to purchase the land on which
they reside; and, with their industry and en-
tcrprise, the rude cabin will soon give way to
the comfortable dwelling, and the wilderness
be made "to bloom and blossom as the rose y
BY the passage Of this act, many, in the old
States of this Union, who now feel, from day
to day, the cutting lash of penury and want,
and who have families growing up around
them, without the ability to supply them with
even the necessaries Of life, would emigrate
to the West, settle down on your lands, and
soon surround themselves with all the com.
forts of life. In this way you would not only
contribute to their happiness, but in making
them owners of the soil increase and strength
en- their attachment to the Union; and thus
lay the foundation for the permanent prosper
ity of the country broad and deep in the aficc-
tions of the people. would, for my own
part, much rather make a gift of the public
domain to bona tide settlers, who would i'm
prove the country, than to see it falling at the
Government price into the hands of specula-
tors"
The speaker then proceeded at considerable
length to explain his exact position upon this
subject, and his sentiments were such as fully
satisfied the gathering that upon this point he
entertained such principles as could not fail to
meet the warm appreciation of every honest
Settler in the land.