Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-07-11

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HON. ANDREW JOHNSON.



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h sae Senate Of TIE United Stakes June 9Sf 1850, TIE Ass
sage Or tie President Cst1iag tie Homestead BiA
Mr.. JOHNSON, Of Tennessee, said:
notwithstanding the veto messaee upon this Homestead
ns As reasons for the veto, free to that the nssge
has not wrought the slightest change mind TIE Iac OF
true, entities to consderaon their solidty and
soundness are to be examined the IS they bad been
presented anybody else fact Of Presden. Of
the United States vetoing b makes no chsnge mind
to s proprey consuona unless he presents reasons
same eject Now to correct understanding Of this bill, and
especially Of what done in the committee Of conferences
The section Of the Senate bill, It 70
CURED All persons provided or IN the Pill, IN massg e ~
pubc sale The House bill extended to all and whether
surveyed unsurveyd The tTo bills qnsrea n s a. ds
Further the FIST section Of the Senate bill confined m
heads Of families and the House bill extended 70 81
dent q the USissd States to bring ali land
within years the date Of tina or Ming OF the ap
difference There was stu fourth diherenes me .sn'n sec
OF the bill, Il stands, the eleventh secon Of the
years the lands graduated down tie price Of
twelve and half cents should be surrendered 70 the
States within which they lie
House amendment and Senate BILL committee Of confer
committee insisted upon all persons twenty years
They Insisted upon the bill applying to all lands
which had been surveyed whether offered public sale
They insisted striking out the eighth secon which provided
for bringing the lands into market within two years, and on
part Of the Senate agreed to let in persons twenty years Of
age PROVIDED me doSe y ~ e. lne os po1o 2. se -
private entry We agreed further IL they would let the
eleventh seon stand we would strike out the eighth section
the bill. This. however, Tot acceded to-
We had committees Of conference they could not
agree We GOT third committee and Am free Is say here
tnen forward with proposition in reference to the first
section, proposing to conAne It 10 the heads Of families and TO
this further proposed that Il the committee would
agree let the eleventh ccn remain In the bill, we would
agree strike the eighth this proposition
until came into the Senate and consulted with friends on ms
of the House the prcprety Of made that condi
precedent and with Senators this side before
venured to accede propositon and after
fall and free consutaon here with them, receiving their sane
zion and counenanc the COMMITTEES, and II was
agreed upon and the bill now stands in that shape
matter information hes things 30 to the public
should like TO knew CT the Senator from Tennessee with whom he
consulted this side Surely i, for one, was not
Mr.. JOHNSON, Of Tennessee consulted with several on
this side.
Of opposed to the whole thing
JOHNSON, Tennessee Does the gentleman dispute my
Mr. wIGFALL No, sir; but you said consulted with
Mr. JOHNSON, OF Tennessee. consulted win senator
BRIGHT; consulted with Senator FITcH consulted with
Senator Polk consulted with Senator DAVIS consulted with
NICHOLSON and three or four others on TINS side Of
House, do remember all with whom consulted SEN
ator FITZPATRICK was on tie committee
Mr. WIGFALL The Senator gives eight out Of thrty-sx
JOHNSON, Of Tennessee have stated the dlIsrenees
between Senate bill and the House amendment Finally
the House the provision including young men OF twenty
Of and conceded that the Dill should apply %
lands which had
public sale, combining il to the sections oy
odd numbers We understand that There between NIFTY
sig and fifty million OF lands which have been sur
veyed and ready brought market By combining to
the odd numbered sections subject Just one half the land %
Of the BILL which had been offered at pubc
SALE and strong for doing that, in Minnesota
in Iowa. in California, Wisconsin, there compare
lively lands that had been oerd and hence none upon which
the bill would operate We agreed by the comproms
these points, to apply the bill to the odd sections which
would oneha lands in those States where there
had been II that there any
thing that The eighth section Of the Senate bill pro
vde President Of United States should, within Two
years. bring the lands into market free TO say that
thought required the President Of thu United States to bring toe
within years, and the House insisted
on About sixty million acres are nov
ready think fact the eighth section would
public land into market short time ant
therefore willing give the eighth section on condition
would let retain the eleventh section, which
ceded the States the expiration Of thirty years
when they had graduated down to twelve aDdaaf cents pei
bill reported the committee Of conference, wish to know
where has any principle devad FRONT do not think
it, have not read the veto and only
heard it read at the Clerks desk do that the Pre
part Of the that he would ever
approve bill granting homesteads actual settlers on the
principle laid down 10 this bill Is there given IL
the would approve the homestead proposition in
any On the other hand the inference clear
and Conclusive from the general tone and tenor OF tue
he would veto and every bill which Incorporated s
homestead princiPlea
have shown the alteration By tie eonierencS
committee in the nt section Of the bill, - far as principle
concerne and how important is to sn who are IN the
lands that have been offered at pub
H sale Then think when struck out the eighth section
refused bring into market, within two years. sixty
million the hands Of speculstOrs We dd MOI
depart from the principle Of the original BILL and espclay
when retained section which surrendered 70 the
large quantity Of public lands and for the information
will what Of land that section would cause
to be surrendered to the States have before me
ID Instant showing the exact number acre
which each State would get under that section Pr