The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-09-16

ing faculties in him Like the Great 10
man, az pause for reply" Now, let US
look at this bill little farther-it purports
to give l6O acres of land to every head of
family, evidently depriving single men OF the
benefits of the Homestead bill. Why not,
you hypocrite, give land to our young
men do you want their votes? We know
that our unmarried men are foremost among
the prominent pioneers OF the great west.
If foe should insult the American flag
tomorrow, you would find the young men
of the United States, who are not the heads
of families, in,,the foremost ranks of the
American army or navy. Consistent Re.
publicans.
The third section of the Homestead Bill
provides that "those entries shall be confined
to land that has been in market and subject
to private entry" and that the person enter
ing the land shall be confined to each alter
nate section. Now, Mr.. Black, what have
you to say to this? Where is the Gland
for the landless ?" Where the "homes for
the homeless?" These public records are
dangerous things. Yes, "homes for the
homeless, when the land is not in market
and subject to priuate entry. How many
"homes for the homeless" would your bill
give to the settlers of Minnesota? Where
is the land in Minnesota subject to priuate
entry? For shame to harp about "homes
for the homeless" in Minnesota, it is all
fuss. Had the Homestead bill passed, as it
was baptised by the Republicans and Know
Nothings, let US see how it would operate
in Minnesota. By the provisions Of the
bill the lands would have to be in market,
and what would be left by the humanity of
land spectators, every alternate section of
it, after filling the maws of land sharks,
would be all the lands left for the landless.
Had the Homestead bill passed, the "homes
tor the homeless" and Gland for the land
less" would be found on the bluffs of Wis
consin, the swamps of Illinois and Michigan,
where it can be bought for 1215 cents per
acre. The record clearly establishes that so
far from the "homestead measure" being a
Republican one, it is child of the Democ-
racy born in "times that tried mems souls"
and cherished and advocated all the way up
by Democrats; that instead of this billy ex-
tending its great blessings to everybody, it,
in truth, benefits native Americans and
naturalized citizens, being heads of families
at the passage of this bill. Instead of COW
ering all public lands, it only includes lands
that have been in market and subject to
private entry, and of that only the alternate
sections. The first and last speech in favor
of the measure was made by a Southern
Democrat, who, with Senator Shields and
others, voted for its passage. That it's pas.
sage was pushed on mainly, or in great
measure by Democrats, favoring Home
stead, but claiming that it should extend to
everybody. And that every Republican
member did not vote tor this bill, as is
claimed by that party. But when will the
Black hypocrisy end? The Republicans
fathered another land bill, known as the
agricultural College Bill" which provided
for giving away to certain corporations five
millions nine hundred and twenty Thousand
acres of land, to the great injury of the peo-
pie of Minnesota, and against the sound
policy of the Democratic party. Let US
hear what Gen. Jackson says in his message
to Congress in 1882, it is as follows at is
desirable, however, that the right of the
soil, and the future disposition of it, be sur
rendered to the States, respectively in which
it lies" Living or dead, here or hereafter,
what does Mr.. Black say to this? Their
benevolence is proved how stands their 10y
atty? Let us now recall to mind the course
pursued by the Republicans and Know
Nothings, in Congress, when Minnesota ap-
piled for admission into the Union. Sher-
man, of Ohio, a leading Republican, opposed
admitting Minnesota into the Union, be-
cause her constitution conferred the right
of suffrage on foreigners and Indians. He
terms the foreigners, "the chatteling
tongues of Babel! !" Globe, 35th Congress,
p. l046; calls the Constitutional Conven-
ton mob, denounces the people of this
State as rebels, opposed to the law and au-
thority of the Unitrd States, Globe, 35th
Congress, p. 1913. The most of the Re-
publicans in Congress, and their Know
Nothing friends, opposed the admission of
Minnesota, for the only reason that her con-
stitution conferred on naturalized foreigners
the right of suffrage.
P. CUDMORE.