The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1859-09-23

votes upon Mr.. Grows amendment were
/ given, the representatives, from Minnesota.
l both of them members of the Democratic
party, delivered speeches, IN which they
made no secret Of their chogrin that a
measure 30 vital 20 their constituency en-
countorcd The nearly unanimous oppos-
ton of their political friends. Mr.. Cav
anough Pogc 5Ob) said
"ln reference % thc vote on This hill
to-day, with an overwhelming majority Of
this side of the House voting arainst my
colleague aud uysclf voting against this
bill say IL frankly | say IL in sorrow,
that it woa to the Republican side of the
House TO whom we were compelled 20
look for support OF this just and honorable
moosurc. Gentlemen from the South,
gentlemen who have broad acres and wide
plantations aided here 90 day bythcirvates
/ more 20 make Republican States la the
North than hy any vote which has been
cast within The last two years. These
gentlemen come hero and ASK us 90 sun
! port tho SOUTH yot thoy, TO q man almost,
vote against the Tree, Independent labor
81, sir, have inherited my Democracy,
| have been attached 20 the Democratic par
ty from my boyhood; have believed in the
great truths as cnuncinted bv the 'iathors
Of the faith, and have cherished them re-
| ligiously, knowing that, by their faithful
application to every department Of this
/ Government, this nation has grown up
from struggling colouico 20 prosperous,
powerful, and sovereign States. Hut, sic,
when I see Southern gentlemen como up,
as | did to-day, and refuse, by their votes,
TO aid my constituents, refuse to place
the uctual tillcr of the soil, the honest, in-
dustrious loboror, beyond the grasp aud
nvarice of tho spoculator, | tell You, sir,
faltor and hesitate"
The amendment of Mr.. Grow, forbid
ding the public sales of lands for at least
ten years after their survey, would secure
the great bulk Of tho lands to prc-cmpt-
ore, and would give TO pro-cmplors a long
pay day, and thus save them from the en-
ormous usury they are now compelled 20
pay to money lenders. Il would not re.
duco the revenue derived by the Treasury
from the public lands, but would only
postpone Il, and this postpuuemcnt would
be far less preiudicial 70 the Government
than IL would be beneficial 20 the settler.
The Government can borrow money at
four and half per cent per OnAum, while
tho settler frequently pays five per cent.
per month for the money TO cuter his
lands, to prevent their sale at pubic auc-
ton.
On tho LIST Of February the question OF
the public lands was again before the
House, tho pending bill blouse bill No.
72) being a bill 60 secure homesteads Va
actual settlers, and being in the words fol
lowing;
A BILL TO sEcuEE noNrsrEAns TO ACTUAL SIT
TIERS oN uw ruBLio DOMAIN
BE Il enacted by the Senate and House o
, Representatives ot the United States of Amer
ica in Congress assembled, That any pcrsol
. who Is the head Of family, or who has arriv
! cd at tho Nge uf twenty one years, aud Is
i citizen Of tho United States, or who shnll hmy
4 filed his intention io become suol, ms require,
Is by the naturalization laws ofthe United States
shall, from and after the passage Of this act
n be entitled 10 enter, free Of cost, one quartz
y section Of vacant aud unnppropriated publ
!, lands which may, at the time the applicaiio
was made, ho subject 10 private entry, nj .
per ncrc, or a quantity equal thsreto, 10 bc J,
Gated In body In conformity with the legi
\. eub,ivisiona OF The public lands, aud Rityr ti
i saulo shall have been surveyed.
See. =. As,d -be Il further enacted, rhf
gi ha.person applying for The benefit uf thi a
= shall upon application to the reeist'r OF ~
a fncii tiii,iita,ilieh he on she isalWutt 70 nmb
Il later thut he or she Is Che hohiUf Y,
g ls twenty,uHe ycurs or mono Of age, and thA
\ such application Is made for his on her cxelu
sivo use and beucft, aud those spccinlly men
. toned IA this act, aud not either directly o
~ indirectly for tho use or benefit of any 6thr
=, person on persons whomsocycr; aud upon max
z ing The affidavit with the register, hc or sh
Ia shall thcreupon ho permitted IN enter tn
n. quantity Of land already spoeificd Provided
%. however, That no certificate shall be givrt
n or patent issued therefor until the expiration
~ ~ Of five years from the dato Of such entry, nm,
" IL, at The expiration Of such time, or nt nn,
b time thereafter, The person making such entry
us or, IL ho be dead, his widow, or, in ease of he
- death, his hcrs or dovisee, or In case Of
II. widow making such entry, her hoirs or dc
- visoo. in case oil her death shall prove by tw,
4 credible witnesses that ne, she or they hav
:, continued TO reside upon and cultivate sue
>, land, and still reside upon the same, and hny
10 not alienated the same, or any part thcrou
9, then, in such ease, he, she or they, IL A. tina
n time a citizen Of the United States, shall, o
is, payment Of ton dollars be entitled 10 patenl
DIS as In other cases provided for 10y law; An
provided further, In case of the death of bot
father aud mother leaving pn inihnL child @
children under tAenty.one years ol ago, th
M right and The Zee eliall iuure to the bvn,ft d
h. said infant child or children, and the cxccu
g, or, administrator, or guardian may, at an
~ time within two yeata after The Gcath Of III
n surviving parent, aud in aetordnneo with N
|, laws Of thc State ia which such children I,
] the tlmo being have their d0micll sell sni
q land for the beneit of said infants, but for u
, lotherpurpose; and the purchaser shall aequii
I ths absolute title 10y the purchase, aud be- or
Z titled 10 a pat nj from tho United States
,, SEo. g. Aud be u further enacted, That IA
j register Of tho laud office shall noie all sue
i, lnpplication on the tract books and plate Of hi
a Office, and keep register of all such enigiei
. and make return thereof to thc General Ian
p Office, together with the proof upon whie
q they have been founded
+ $40. A. And be il further enacted, That al
D, lands acquired unGer the provisions Of ih
- act shall in ,no event become liable 90 II
l. satisfaction Of any debt or debts contraete
! prior 10 the iosuing the patent therefor.
, SEC. 5. Aud bo IL further onncted, That
= at any time after filing the affidavit, as 4,
y quired in the second section OF this Act, an
l. before the expiration Of tho fye years alor'
q, said IL, shall be proven, after due notice
10 the settler, 10 The satisfaction Of thc rcgisiC
n, Of the land Office, that the person having hlo
/, such ahidnvit shall have actually changed n
y, or her residence, or abandoned the said entr
- f,- ..,orn than six months nt any time, thoI
and ~ that eFent ,ha land SO entered shall r.
n vert back TO the Govern menu, mud ba disnost
~ lof az other uublih lnuds nra noyg bv law AM