The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-04-14
A Crime to be Poor.

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Crime to be Poor.
The Homestead bill was debated in the Senate
on Thursday last, by Pugh Of Ohio, and Wigfal
ofTexas. The former advocated the humbug
| worthless Senate bill. The latter was opposed C
any kind Of Homestead law. We quote por
ton Of the remarks Of this Southern Democratic
leader. He goes a step beyond ''mudsillp Ham.
mond, of South Carolina, in his contempt fol
poor men. Read what this drunken Democratic
slave,driver says! We.copy from the New York
Herald's report:
Mr.. Wigfall, Dem Of Texas, proceeded a.
length, and said donations Of alternate sections
would prevent the sale Of the public lands The
passage of the bill would be the abandonment OF
the revenue, and also an expense to the govern
ment, and it would be better to give one hundred
and sixty dollars out Of the Treasury to the home
less, than to donate land and 60 to the expense
of establishing land offices to survey it. His
railroad bill was for the practical purpose Of
transmitting naval and military stores; the home
stead bill was for paupers. It was popular to
talk Of the poor. Poverty, he said, was a crime.
The man who was poor had sinned, and there
was screw loose in his head somewhere He
would amend the title of the bill to read, for the
encouragement of crime, providing for criminals
and violating the Constitution" Il was popular,
he repeated, to talk Of the bone and sinew Of the
land, of wool hats, and brogans, but poverty
was crime. He would not pander to prejudice
by such talk The bill provides for the purlieus
Of London, the Five Points Of New York, and
criminals who violate the law when they 20 on
the lands. The bill provides for those who could
not provide for themselves Gentlemen tried to
be popular in the Introduction Of such bill. II
was great mistake of any man to suppose that
the people had not sense. [Laughter.l These
lands would be occupied by the outpourings Of
jails. &C., and when they were repr resented in
Congress, he would like to see the man who wore
the ermine. Great God what a sight it would
be. SAD s r
Mr. Wilkinson, (Rep.) of Min, asked if Texas
did not give away lands 20 her own citizens and
foreigners? sEs 3sa
Mr. wigfall asked if the Senator was not once
Democrat!
Mr. Wilkinson said he never was. s @
MIR. Wigfall replied that Texas could please
her own fancy She had right to do what she
pleased with her own property, to give it 10 a
missionary society, to publish Bible or to gam
BILE it off in hell. Laughter Texas WIS
free, sovereign State, and exercised rights which
were not delegated to this miserable one horse
concern in Washington. Renewed Laughter.
He had understood Mr.. Wilkinson to say he was
Know Nothing.
Mr.. Wilkinson replied he did not say 80. The
Senator was little obtusc to-day daughter
Mr.. Wigfall continued at length lie thought
the patronage Of the government in this respect
ought to be given to the States The bin would
exclude Shareholders from the Territories, and
provide for paupers and fanatical population
1t would be a free soil county.
Welhaye always understood that il was ineon-
venient to be poor, but never befofe knew that
1t was crime. There are six millions of niger
n Gxv1i irN ha e1c @
are in such INDECENT circumstances that the very
slaves look down upon them, and call them poor
white trash To no class of white people on the
American continent would free homesteads be 40
acceptable as TO thesesame six millions OF South
ern white "paupers' and scriminals,p AZ the bloat
ed Texan Shareholder calls his cor,ntrymen.
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= CARL ScHCRz, born in a castle upon the Rhine
of which his father was a tenant, passing success
siyely through the preparatory school and the
gymnasium into the university, found himself nj
the ageof 10 years Tin 1S4S.) u leader among stu
dents in q revolution against his legitimate gov
which was for the time smotheret--|
then the object of police search, and almost seiz
wanderer-anon an officer in for.
tress, where, for twenty days, 6,OO0 youth
full Germans withstood MI army Of 10000 soldiers.
commanded by the Prince Of Prussia in person,
which fortress was surrendered only when pro-
visions had given out, and fntelligence had been
received that succor was impossible Escaping
bs means OF sewer which led from the fortress
under the wallst TO an open field, and again wan
derer, with an Indictment hanging over him and
a price set upon his head, he was successfully
scjourner in foreign provinces a distinguished
patriot in his own land the successful plotter Of
scheme for the escape Of one Of his comrades
IN arms, whose sentence, after the surrender Of
the fortress referred to, had been committed from
death to imprisonment for life, and wanderer
through Switzerland, France and England. till
happier stars than had yet shonc upon his head
led him to the United States Mr.. Schurz first
settled IN Phiadelphia, where he remained about
three years For the past FIVE years he has been
J citizen of Wisconsin, residing at Milwaukee.
where he is distinguished for his attachments in
literature his successful practice Of the law. and
his eloquence, readiness. logic and representative
Iorce in politics Mr.. Schurz has shown himself, |
n repeated efforts, to be one Of the best stump
rs e phrase now perfectly naturslzed with |
ann which the Republican party has in all the |
Nortnwest. Asa gentleman, scholar, and |
statesman, his reputation il enyable, and % deep
hold has he taken upon tie popular mind il III |
,esntifnl State OF his ndop8fon, that NJ lust mis-
ed being put upon the track for the olice Of ID
governor at the period ofthc Last election.
A New RFclPr ros Sl11 oar friend \
he Thak0or, also visited m and u excused the i
Of his little sor. I'll the ground
bat he was asleep under biz waterfall i h.d
Ilnost omittcd to mention the cutfons habit of
ne hill people = shich this phrase u liz TIA
Loor's relates. Wkn1ver woman wishes To
lut her child e e.F 80 tskssis 70 one of the
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