Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-09-19
sE...P,EE5MBER ..'.l 3 Y. 81 R ] 10 1860.

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lands. J The bill provides that. hereafter
the settlers on the odd sections of the un-
offered surveyed lands, and all the lands !
subject to sale 1t private entry, uuy, at (
the expiration of 1ive years, enter them
tor Twenty-Five cents, per acre {. and that
shqse Q WIG WIG g ont MI heEoRd the surveys ma.
enter by paying Sl.25 per acre within two
years from the receipt of tile approved
plnts sof the surveys at the focal land
odlSesss This, in my Judgement is the 4
correct policy;' it titpnhs toErestrainl settle-
lnents within the public. surveys it will
canses settlements. to follow. rather than
run beyond, hhe.surSeys; it will tend TO
make the settlements. more compact and
hesrOntiers more Gctensihle+ es 500
.E9. The. e.ninth Objection was an aIlega-
tloat tint the paSsage' billywill dimin-g
| ish material ly4theSpItblic revenue lit was
Nnsweredgby Senator HNrlnnI this is u de
luston.1g Nc have had but one.illnstratioh
| IN the elistory of the tGovernment of the
ettett of snch: law asd NOW osed.hu
This occurred in Oregon! Each head q Al
family yyRlS allow ed to unter erwithour2cbst
320igacres. ofglNnd"after settlement and
Occupancy for term Jof four wears.
have been informed by the Senator from
Oregon that full f2 percent. of these claims
were purchased by the Occupants at 81 81
per acre, previous to tic expiration of that
short period.arSO it will be under this bill,
should II become a law.i "A large majority
OF the settlers will enter their homes at
Sl.25 per acre before the expiration of the
live years. There are n!tny reasons fol,
this, with which i am perfectly fanilliNr,j
nHElns been born and brought mp on the
! frontier. Twill mention hut one. The
land, with the progress of ofsettlenents and
improvements will rapidly iucrtase in.
values The first settlers will desire to
sell, or TO heTin a condition to selltllcir
improvements, for the purpose of bettering.
their condition, which cannot be done
under the provisions of this bill until after
title shall have been obtained from the
Government. :,4 rl.- $50
40. The tenth objection was. the allie
gntIon that this bill destroys an Inherit
ance Of vast value, to which we may re-
sort for revenue in times of difficulty and
danger. n4twA answered that, q ur cxpe-
rience proves that, during times of war.
embarrassment. and financial dilticulty'
the proceeds of the sales of public lands
become merely nominal, and swell to II.
large Spm during periods of peace and
prosperity, when,it is less needed"
On the question whether the bill should
pass oyer oyer the veto, the vote was as fol-,
lows:
iEAs--MNessrs. @tnthony, Brown, ,Caand-
Ter, C40rE, Lloolittie, FssSenden, Fitch, Foote.
| Fosf.r,+ Gwin, Hate, Hamtin, HorlGn, Hing.
| Lane, Latham, Nicholson, Polk, Pugh,
| itIce, Simmons, Sumneg, Ten Eyck, Tram
G"t, ll0de, Wilkinson, and IIISon-27.
/ NAYS -Nfessrs. Bragg, Chestnut, CRlTTEx-
DEN, Navis.. Fitzpatrick, Green,s HemphiIl..
| llnntnP -JVnPSnn4-
johnson of Tennessee, Mallory. Mason,
Pearce, Powell, Sebastian, WigfaH. and
Tulec-l8. -.s 4H IA
1t is unnecessary to add Anything to
this record to fix responsibility for the
fate of the Homestead bill upon the DEM
ocracy, or to illustrate the artFul ma1oeuv-,
ring by whichthey soughtto avoiGltit. The
record shows that they first endcavorcd to
defeat feat any billP delay, Being forced to act
they substituted Il graduation bill in the
place ofthe homestead, and finally had this
vetoed on the shalloweSt pretexts. It was. a
game of evasion and trick from beginning
toend- 1twas never intended that any
bill should pass The effort was, when
forced to vote, SO to cmasculntc the bill
that the majority Of the Republicans
might vote against it. Tt is manifest, in
deed, that it was arranged that the bill
should be vetoed If hot Killed in that way way.
because all the votes necessary to sustain
the veto were promptly furnished. with a as 4
little regard to consistency as the Presi-
dentihimseIfexhibited in vetoing atmeas-,
urc to carry into effect the pledge he had
given in his inaugural address, $40 reserve n
the Pnblic lands as much as may be for the
! actual scttIer.;;,l5 sf.. ID ,1tfz - ,...sts .s
It's likewise manifest, also, that the ac-
tion' of the Representatives of the .Rspub-
lican and Democratic parties, d during! the.
last two sessions oof Congress, upon the
homestead law and the bill to prevent the
j 'olcOf public lands for four wears after
they are suryeHeds except to actual settlers;
furnishes an unerring test of the policy of
2 these parties on this subject, aid demon
. strates beyond cayil, and whilst the So
+, called Democratic party is false to its
.aame, and favors landlm6nopoly and spec
7ulGtton; ana is hostile to tPe, settler, the
Republicans is true to its name and history,
and opposes such monopoly and specait-
,tIon, and .cherishes the rights aud interests,
iof tle.setler. a a,tLs JsEN.G = <i4u 11.3s
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