Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1859-09-08

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Democracy At the North has the inpu
dence to claim tho homestead bill as
democratic measure, In the face of the fact
that the South, where only the democratic
party has any strength, and where all the
measures are dictated, is openly and unani-
mously hostile TO il, OF the 120 votes
cast for Grow homestead bill in the House
last winter, democracy cas-: thirty EIGHT, all
told. These were from the NORTH
The vote was forced from them by the re-
puhlicans. What democrat dared advo-
cate the measure in Congress! Of the 7s
votes cast against it, bu: one was MEM
Der elected as republican. Seyenty-six
republicans voted for the measure; and so
democrats voted against it.
In the Senate the casting vote of Vice
President Breckenridge, now regarded as
one of the elegibies for the Charleston
nomination, added TO those of twenty -e;gh.
democratic and south-amercan Senators,
laid the bill aside st period of the ses-
sion when it was supposed and intended
that postponemenL would kill it. When
another and last chance came, at mid
night Feb. Goth, the democratic Senators
killed the homestead bill, to take up the
thirty million bill for a secret fund for the
President to buy Cuba and its negroes. On
this occasion only Andrew johnson of
Tennessee, and David Broderick Of Califor-
MIA, voted with the republicans for free Ia
Dor. Every republican Senator voted for
the measure on every occasion that offered.
How car any democrat ever advocate
measure for donating the public lands in
small farms to actual set.lersa The meas
ure is directly hostile to slavery. In the
South it is regarded as Intimately worse
for slavery in the territories than anything
that has ever been done by New England
Emigrant Aid Societies; and so it would
be. That Society purchased land in guam
titles, and retailed it to settlers. The
measure promoted emigration, and there
fore was regarded as justifable proyoca-
ton for the border raids, and as depriying
the Kansas people of oil right to protection
of property or life. The homestead meas
ure proposes to donate lands to settlers; of
fering to eveJy poor man free farm if be
will take possession of 1t. How much
more will this stimulate the settlement of
the territories than the operations of an
Aid S9ciety, which could only afford in
ducements to those able to pay for their
landsl The measure would be fatal 10
slavery in all the unoccnpied territories
If one was justification for letting loose
all the ruffians of the South TO govern, rob
and murder the people of Kansas-and tho
President, Douglas and the whole demo-
cratic party were agreed in this-tile open
ing of all territories to the free possession
of free laborers would Le sufficient cause
for the whole South to rise up in arms and
burn and slay. The South can never 90
for such measure WITHOUT abandoning all
hopes of negro supremacy; aud that dis
poses of the matter us far as the democrat
ic party is concerned.
The action of the party in the Senate is
full illustration of the State of the aues-
tion. Denloeraey will pay thirty millions
down, according 10 Senator Bigler
the balance of four hundred millions TO
follow, to buy niggers for the Diggeress;
but onr magnificent domain, which, if re-
served for homes for the people would fur
nish a patrimony for every poor man for
ages to come, must be given for song in
to the hands Of spectators who sit as an
incubus on the progress Of the new States,
because settlement by free Iaborcrs is
against the niggei interest. Was ever be-
fore great nation governed by so misera-
ble an interest?
Democratic speakers at the North may
pretend TO favor this measure, Lu. they are
swindlers. just as contemplate as if they
were drawing sixpenny bets from their
hearers on the little joker. What our de-
mocratic conressmen say in its favor here,
they will have to recant at Washington,
just as Vallandigham recanted on the black
laws in order TO get a seat in Congress
Ohio STATE journal.