Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-09-03

Cne passage OF the Homestead Bill which ha,
by the efforts of Mr.. Grow of Pennsylvania
and other Republicans, already passed tn
lower branch of Congress. rg;frrI;,zra7 -
g The session of Congress was, near its clos
by constitutional limits. But the Cuba Bill
by that vote above quoted, having been, thu
given the preference over the Homeste I'd Bill
by the Democratic majority of the Senate, in
Guiding our Minnesota Senators !; the discus
sion upon Cuba and Slavery proceeded, an,
was prOtracted late into the night and almos
into the next morning 1t was distinctly seel
during the progress of this discussion that i
would be without practical result, and tina
no vote could be reached before the final ad
journment of Congress. .,... ...-.. .... ...,,r.
at ten o'clock in the evening
Republican Senator Doolittle felt it his dut1
to renew the attempt to set aside the Cub
bill, the subject matter of manifesty idl
debate, so as to take up the Homestead Bill
His motion to that effect, and the commence
ment of the debate upon it, will be found OF
page 1851 of the Congressional Globe. Sucl
extracts are made as well exhibit it's genera
character ....-..--, e..
Mr.. Trumbull, Republican Senator from II
lipois, said: "If there is any assurance
that the homestead bill could be taken up, al
ter the Cuba question was disposed of,
should be willing to see it have the go-by OF
the present occasion but we have sought
repeatedly to bring up the Homestead Bill ,bu
every moment that has been made to bring i
up has been met with counter movement
erowding it out of the way with somethin!
Ifthe Senator from Virginia will give us an as
surance that we shall have chance to bring vi
the homestead bill, and keep it before the Sen
ate until we can get vote upon it, and tina
he will not interpose an appropriation bill,
would join with the gcntlemanin asking my
friend from Wisconsin to withdraw the mo
ton he has made"
Mr.. Hunter, Democratic Senator of Virgini;
said 81 certainly will press the appropriation
bills. | will give no promise to vote or tak'
up the homestead BILL"
Mr.. Trumbull. That is asI expected
We now have notice that We are to be me,
with an appropriation bill the moment that
the Cuba Question is disposed of, and here
We are wasting our time at this stage of the
session in making long speeches, and debating
about the acquisition of country that does
not belong to us, instead of providing for the
settlement of the country which we own.-
There can be no hope ofgetting up the Home.
stead Bill as against an Appropriated Bill
Mr.. Seward, Republican Senator from New
York, said: After nine hours yielding tc
the discussion of the Cuba Question, it is
time to come back to the Great Question o
the Day and the Age The Senate may as
well meet and face the Issue which is before
them. 1t is an Issue presented by the com.
petition between these two questions One,
the Homestead Bill, is question of Homes.
of Lands for the Landless Freemen of the
United States. The Cuba bill is the Question
of Slaves for the Shareholders of the United
States.
"Mr. Wade l am very glad that this ques-
ton has at length come up. am glad, too,
that it has antagonized with the Niger Ques-
ton. Laughter l have been trying here
for nearly month to geta straight forward
vote upon this great measure of Land for
the Landless. glory in that measure 1t is
the greatest that has ever come before the
American Senate, and it has now come so that
there is no dodging it. The Question will be,
shall we give Niggers to the Niggerless or Land
to the Landless.
81 moved some days ago to take up
this subject. 1t was said then that there was
an appropriation bill that stood in the way
The Senator from Virginia had his appropria-
ton bills. 1t was important, then, that they
should be settled at one; there was danger
that they would be lost, and the Government
would stop in CONSCIENCE; and the appeal
was made to gentlemen to give this bill the 60
by for the time being, at all events, and the
appeal was successful. The Appropriation
Bills lie very easy now behind this Niger Op
Grafton. Laughter. When you come to
Niggers for the Niggerless, all other questions
sink intosignificance."
Mr.. DoOlittles motion to set aside the Cuba
bill for the purpose Of taking up the home
stead bill, was lost by the following vote:
Heas-Mr. Broderick, Cameron, Clark,
Chandler, Collamer, DooIittIs, Fsssenden,
Foot, Foster, Hale, HamJin, Harlan, johnson
of Tennessee, King, Seward, Simmons, 7runs-
bull, Wade and Wilson-19. [Republcans
in Nalic
Nays-Messrs. Allen, Benjamin Bayard,
Bigler, Brown, Chestnut, Clay, Clingman
Dougles, Fitch, Fitzpatrick, Green, Gwin,
Hunter, Iverson, johnson of Arkansas, Lane,
Mallory, Mason, Volk, Pugh, Reid RICE, Sc
bastian, SHILDS, Sdell, Toombs, Ward and
Wright-29. All Democrats
This was the last attempt made to get up
the Homestead Bill in the Senate. 1t had first
been overslaughed by the Appropriation Bills
and now by the Cuba Bill ,and no expectation
remained Of reaching it during few remain
ing days of the session. The Republicans,
who had endeavored to get it up in all forms
and on all occasions without success, felt it
to be manifestly hopeless struggle, while
the Democrats had majority in the Senate.
But we desire the People of Minnesota
when they are doing their voting next Octo-
Der, to not forget these facts-that on the mo-
ton to take up the bill, and pass it into law,
out of nineteen votes in favor of the bill, there
were but twO DemOcrots On the negative,
against the Homestead, all were Democrats,
and among them the taoo Democratic &na
tors from Minnesota, Messrs. Rice and
Shields !
OF THE RATES OF POST.
AGE ATTEMPTED BY THE DEMOC.
RACY.
If still further evidence of the subserviency
of the Democracy to the Slaveocracy is need
ed, look at their action in Congress in regard
to the Post Office Department. In the las
Congress, the House ofRepresentatives, where
the Republicans were strong, passed a bill
making appropriations for the support of thu
Post Office Department; for the carrying o
the mails for opening new Post routes ant
for keeping up the old ones. The bill ther
went to the Senate.
The Administration of Mr.. Buchanan
through the Democratic majority in the Sen
ate, put upon this bill an amendment, In
creasing the Rates of Postage on letters ane
newspapers, so as they said to raise more rev
enuc for the Government. s..
The Republicans in the Senate, however
resisted the proposition. They urged that
the Government needed more money, it wa
not a just or proper way to raise it by taxin!
the intelligence and mind of the country
That it was an attempt to Tax the North 70
the benefit of the South. That the proportion
of ofletter-writers and newspaper readers in tn
South was far inferior to that of the North
the slave laboring population being neithe
readers nor writer's as the laborers of tn
North were. That it was from the active ant
intelligent free laborers and business men G
tho Erao Sfofac tho Dncf 0fioo nopa