Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1859-09-17
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THE HOMESTEAD BILL.

THE Hom HOMESTEAD BILL.
The misrepresentation Of the Republican
speakers in regard to the Homestead Bill
goes upon tndAassumption that "alie Well
stuck tots asSgopd as tho truth. We're
produce the Grow Homestead Bill, which is
rs follows
"ihat any person who is the head Of q
family, or who Fhas arrived 1t the age of
twenty .one years and is citizen Of the
United States Or who shall have filed his
intention to become such, as required by the
naturalization laws Of the United States
shall from and after the passage Of this act,
be entitled to enter free 0: cost, one quarter
section OF vacant and Incorporated public
land which may, at the time the APPLICATION
IS made, be subject to private, entry, at $125
per acre, or q quantity equal thereto, to b
located in body, in conformity with the
legal subdivisions Of the public lands, and
alter the same shall have been serveyed.''' N
Our readers will recollect that this law
was copied from Republican tyaet, and the
Republicans can not and do not deny it. =:
The operati ons Of this law are confined
to such lands as are subject "to Prioate en-
try," at the minimum government price Of
$l,25 per acre. y It does not apply to any Of
the lands in this State, for nearly all have
never been subject to private entry, having
never been offered At public sale. It does
not apply to butsa little land in the older
States, because such lands are fallen into the
class Of lands known as "the graduated
lands" ''., ~. 81 .' ..5
The bill is consequently wholly inopera.
tive in this State, and nearly so elsewhere
II the law had passed it would have, directed
the emigrant's attention to other States,
and proved in its practical operations pos.
tive injury to our State, by turning emf.
grafton from our borders. Messrs. Phelps
and CavaDaugh, IN their speeches, deprecated
the character Of the bill, and as Mr.. Grow
well knows, and will doubtless admit, at
tempted to get it amended, but the bill was
put under the operations of the previou,
Question, and all amendments arbitrarily cut
off: 1t was recognizing a right and benef
cial principle, and they sustained it. l@.
Again, the Homestead Bill is stolen plum.
der. The Grow Bill, 50 called, is the bill Of
the Hon. John Kelly, Of New York, as true
Ia Democrat as ever breathed. :, Mr.. Grow
need not, and probably does not, take much
credit in the'matter., :! He was shown to be,
and will prot ably admit, that he knows moth
ing Of our land system, and with the very
best I'M entions might form bill that would
vitality destroy the prosperity of the West
Your interests at the national capitol should
be in: the hands Of such men as Mr.. Ora;
ham, who know Your interests, and have
practical information upon the great sub
jects that affect your well being. 1..r51an
Since the above was ID type, our atten:
ton was called to stupid article in the last
Republican, on the subject, which is illus.
trativc Of the unfair and dishonest course Of
the opposition. The Republican. claims that
Mr.. Crows amendment (for which amend
ment we give all due credit) that the lands
should not be: sold until ten years after the
public surveys, &C.: was q part and parcel
Of the Homestead Bill. This is not SO. . 1t
was an amendment made to bill in rela-
ton to preemptors, introduced by Mr.. Cobb,
Of Alabama, and no one ever desired it at
tached to the Homestead Bill. 1t was in
consistent with it. The statement Of the
Republican is merely a falsehood, and if it
is content to utter such false statements, it
ought to lose all its credit for truth or can
dor among all honorable Or truth loving
citizens. 1t is driven to this poor shift, az
ter the exposure Of the hollow hypocrisy
and ignorance manifested on Crows much
lauded 8: Homestead Bill.' "a ''l..}Ht.f ..-