New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-04-02

main free Of charge; yet he votes to pisce td.'
party which 10 the deadly enemy Of the Homestead
bill, or any kird ed proposition, in power. If any
bill to allos qusrter.sectio TO each poor settler
should BY any chance get through tie Pro-SlaSery
Senate. il would irevis,bly be vetoed BY the Pro
Slavery President whom Mr. Bishop helped elect
and /. doing hi. uJmo.t to sustain.
But let Il. look one moment at Col. Bi'hoP
record on this great question:
On tie 10Th OF Jsrusry last, sbll reported from
Committee % Public Lands 10 revise aud the re-
model the Presumption laws. coming up in the House,
Mr. Grow Of Pa moved thi. addition thereto BE-
way Of amer dment:
turtle, .ae,1s Thr from ,aa ser the passage q hi,
-; 70 tubc ,rd .t. exposed SAL By proclamation Of
t. Pre,dsrt he h, 1sve been .lyvyed .nd Tie
return q ,uoh day sled In ;ae LaSd on e T zen yea'
ol u.oIe before iacA SAFE
The simple and single object aud effect of this
proposition va, Ia give tie actual settlers on our
Pubic Lands ten years star! of the speculstcrs in
s,d monopolizers Of those Lands. As the laws are
and haze been, an a,iual .eter ID At best allowed
two years preemPtion ony; If ne does not pay
within that iime-ss yery msny absolutely Cannot
rybody who has $500 may take hi, land from
ulder bis feet sld his boue from over his head,
ard turn him sheierless into the woods Nay:
when tie lads ere first surveyed ready for sale,
they are put UP st auction. and if tie settlers
cannot then pay for his quarter section, sDy ono
who has money may turn him out OF 1t. The
effect Of this il tina. settlers are compelled to ar
rspse with SPECTATORS, and let the latter bid oil
and psy for their homes which the settler mag
redeem if he can, paving thirty to fifty per cent
interest Oh the cost Tens Of thousands Of worthy
poor men have been eaten up By this usury, and
compelled TO strike cut afresh into the wilderness
and begin anew the hard task Of heSing out q
home. Mr. Grows amendment, without diTestlng
the Government Of dollar Of revenue from the
Public Lands, proposed to correct this great
wrong BY letting each settler have ten yesrs IN
which to buy ard pay for his quarter with
cut beirg driven off by monopoly or eaten up by
u,ury. This humane and wise amendment WAS
carried (Feb. Goth, see Cong. Globe b % to 81
every Republican present voting for it, with six
teen Democrats, ba! A,nold OF Connecticut voting
No, and BisAp Of Conn. lodging ibe vote, though
lie had lust before voted. The meldnen! beng
thus carried, Mr. Curry OF Ala moved TO lay the
sgsin voting with Arnold and the shareholders to
Kill The bill. This was deieated-Yess, 50; Nsys,
o. The Lex. question was on the ebgrossmeDt OF
the bill, when Bishop lodged again, While Arnold
more maufaily voted WITH the sayeEo.ders as be-
fore, and bali a dozen members who b 81 hitherto
voted with the frields Of the settlers were induced
either TO change or dodge, and the bill was killed;
less, 81; NaJs, %.
Thus stand Samuel Arnold aud William d. Bishop
on the record. The defeat Of Mr.. Grows propo-
sition dooms buEdreds OF Thousands Of poor set
teI. to years Of eIhaustng labor for the benefit Of
usurers and moncpols.s rather than that of their
own families. 1t increases enormously the sum
which the settlers must pay for their homes, with
out putting a penny Of it into the Treasury. Is
tbis according TO tie judgment and wish OF those
who live by their own labor in Connecticut! Let
their votes answer