The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1859-04-07
From the New York Tribune
Agricultural College Bill Vetoed.

The OK kuowet, his owner" aud the ass
his masters crib" Stolid and blind the
brute may De; but the wells on his hide, the
provender for absence of provender in his
stomach, are rs sensibly present 10 his con
scjoasness as ifhe were solomon or Plato.
President Buchanan has vetoed the bill
granting Public Lands to all the States in aid
of SeminarieS for instructions III Agflcaltures
Mechanics and the Useful Arts. He
some fair words in excusing this veto. bat
they have nothing to 90 with his reasons for
perpetratiug it. The simple truth is that he
is tool of the Slave Power. its creature. its
instrument aud the Slave Power is radically
hostile 10 educated labor, holding that the
mind and the muscle employed III product
i've industry ought ever To be distinct and
separate. An Industrial College in Slave
State would be as great soleeism black
smith shop in powderhouse. Hence, John
Slidel, chief engineer of the Cuba stealing
peoiect, declared year ago that this bill
should be vetoed fit passed, aud his puppet
in the White House has obeyed his mandate.
my Que might have apprehended this by
simply scanning the sectional aspect Of the
vote III Congress. on the passage of the BILL
which are follows:
The bill passed the House, April 22d last,
BY 1O4 Yeas to 100 Nays, divided thus.
FREE STATES Yeas. .9l; Nays. 81.
SLAVE STATES Yeas .13; Nays . GO.
The Senate concurred on the 7th inst. by
25 Yeas 10 % Nays, divided sectionally as
follows:
FREE STATES Yeas. 81; Nays. 4.
SLAVE STATES Yeas. 4; Nays. lie.
This simple exhibition suffices. Any
well informed politician knows that a bill sup
ported by three fourths of the Members of
Congress from the Free States and opposed
by a still larger proportion of those from other
Slave States would be vetoed by a President
elected and pledged as Mr.. Buchanan was.
The Slave Power. whenever it fails to COM
mand, though the potency of patronage, a
majority in Congress, holds the Veto as its
last resort. SO that legislation favorable TO
the interests of Free Labor unless it be com
pelled by the exin ntencies of the Govern
ment itself is to be hoped for while the Pres
ident is virtually chosen by National Con
vention of Democratic officeholdcrs and
place hunters in alliance with the Slavery
Propaganda. Land for the isndless" mast
stand back while "niggers for the niger
less takes the lead. and National Efforts or
appropriations il behalf of tile Education of
Labor viii be secuted so long Cuba steal
Ing projects. based on the assumption that
tropical regions 6uly be cultivated by ig
norant, degraded slaves, shall be commend
} ed from the White House, and their oppo-
nents branded as towards by the President
Of the Republic.
We have said that the objections to Mr.
Morrilfs bill paradcd by Mr.. Buchanan. were
not his real grounds Of hostility thereto. He
tells u, for instance, that the passage of this
bill wouId nearly deprive the Treasury Of rev.
enue from Public Ltnds during the ensuing
} wear. because the S.atos would { or might en-
!. H. hair apH ,I,
: dersel tie Government. Now, the President
? must know that the holders Of Military Boun-
E ~ Warrants have been constantly IN the
market for nearly ten years past. selling Land
J. Scrip al almost every place where parcha-
Q ser could be found, twenty or thirty per cent.
: below the Government price Of lands; and
c yet money has flowed into the Treasury from
land sales yearly. Ii Mr. Buchanan prem
e ises be sound, there can be no revenue from
Il Lands next year whether this bill pass ol
. fail: for Land Warrants are still abundan
a and more are being ground out. We do no
s believe the receipts of Money during the mex
Y fiscal year for lands viii approach Five Mil
Z lions, though this bill be killed
: But again; the President ought TO know
n that the States would be in no such hurry t
d dispose of their Lands. We believe most i
ir not all of them would hold on for highe
N locate the lands judiciously, sell portions o
IS thern-say alternate quarter sections-.o set
Il tiers, AMI hold the balance for better prices
Of as school-sections are now mainly held-.ha
re each State would mainly colonizs her owl
ie lands. thus giving fresh, peculiar impuls
TO t. Western settlement and growth. At al
le events, they would no. make haste to get III
IN Of them. like sailor with his prize money
&c bat would nouTish and try to make the mos
IN of them, 90 that not a quarter OF them wou!
Il probably be alienated during the residue {
a Mr. Buchanan's term.
Il All the land appropriated By this bill doc
ef not amount to one-sIxth OF the quaaii.
re which Congress has donated within the la
nd ten years in aid OF railroads and as bountit
. for military services; yet the President talL
on as if this small grant in aid of the nations
n Industry would unhinge and derange every
Of thing In one breath, he insists that
les would gIut the market and reduce the priC
mt Of land so that the Government could not Sc
Sc. any for ten shillings per acre. IN the nexf,
nd fears that i may help spectators and MOI
his opolists at the expense of the actual settle
j. But how can those who have monopolize
me public lands and are holding them at hIg
lie prices, be helped by putting SIX millions
ch acres Of fresh lands into the market n con
at petition with thems aud how can the actu
an settler be damaged il this oEfi IS 10 MAKE IAN
ast 50 cheap that the Government can sell
nd more even a. ten shillings per acre. lie
Of sons never destroy each other; Pretexts oft'
the do.
,ev Mr. Buchanan argues that the lands a
ftv no, held to be given away, that Agricultu
nj would probably not be benefited by The pr
,sh posei grant: and that the States ought q
'he r h bengficiaries OF he Federal Goverrme
OF Now. what TINS bill proposes to do is 10 d
.ro. velop a new interest and an increased e'
ave cisncy in Agriculture by bringing to its a
ten the treasures OF Science aud Knowledge;