Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-08-11
Senator MasOn's Amendments 20 the Homo
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/ On the Goth Of July 1854 the Senate resumed the
consideration OF the blouse bill to grant homestead
OF one hundred and sixty of public lands to actual
settlers the pending question being the amendment
of Mr. Mason of Virginia, add at the end of the bill
the following;
Provided, That nothing contained in this act shall
apply any Of the public lands lying northwest OF the
Ohio river which ceded 70 the United States by
the Commonwealth Of Virginia, pursuant the act OF
that Commonwealth Of S0th October 1885, accepted by
congress March LIST, 1884 the being by the Vr-
GINA and deed Of session aforesaid considered as
common fund for the and benefit of such Of the
United States have become members Of the conedera
ton federal alliance Of said States Virginia inclusive
according to their usual respective proportions in the
general charge and expenditure and TO be faithfully and
bona s disposed Of for that purpose and for no other
or purpose Whasoever and the sixth article of the
Constitution Of the United States providing that all
debts contracted and engagements entered into before
the adoption OF the constitution shall be valid against
the United States under this constitution under the
confederation"
In its issue of Monday last, August 9th, the Enquirer
in its article Mr.. Bell and the Homestead Bill pro
duces the foregoing amendment of Mason, ana com.
ments upon it, in connection with Mr. Bells vote against
il, as follows;
This amendment of Mr.. Mason was to protect n n
Tons uQUOn from meulAkeu NlOlAuOn well TO
serve the lands that Virginia had ceded for speci
pose from the wrong contemplated by the Honest S I'm
t was effort TO STAY the bands Of rapacous md gr,h
bers from the lands ceded by Virginia for Of
general charge and expenditure Mr.. Bell oed against
the amendment and defeated IT, throwing pen VrSipis's
gift TO the ravages Of land sharks" CT which he was
soon TO become the biggest fish, For vote on amend
ment Of Mr.. Mason, see appendix, vol 90 page llO3"
Read that comment Of the Enquirer attentyely. and
will show you how it pitches into its own party
friends by giving you the vote on Nasons amendment
Here are the yeas aud nays on this amendment which
the Enquirer was designed o protect The Consti
tuition from nsditGisd violation, as cell as to prssery.
he lands ,hieA Iirgiaia had eeded for specific Dur
pose from s srong contemplated By he Homestead biz
which the Engarsr says Twas "aH effort to stan N,
hands Of raPaeiOas landgraJ5srs from the lands esded
BE- Virginia for purposes Of general charge and srpsa
d,trs-the vote against which amendment the Enoui.
rsr says "tlroo,g open Tirginias gih to the rov
ages Of iaH2slarks" Here the vote on tina, amend
ment and invite our readers to notice what Demo
Gratis voted side by side with Mr. Bell 70 perperae the
great wrong charged by the Enquirer. We put the
names Of Democrats voting with Mr.. Bell against A.
sons amendment, in italics. The vote stood thus:
YEAs-Benamn, Brodhead, Clay, Clayton, Daw SON
Dixon, Fitzpatrick Hamlin, Houston Hunter, 's,son
Norris Pesrce, Pratt, Thompson of Kentucky, roombs
aud Toucey-lI.
NArs-AAer AtchisoH, Badger BGydrd Rel Briobt
Butler, Cass, Chase, Dodge Of Wisec ,sip Dod,s of
Iowa, Douglas, Fessenden, Fish, Foo G.yer Gillette
Gein, James Johnson, Jones of L wa lone, of Tenn
Mallory, Petit, R,k Shields, .fd,H Stuart sumner
Thompson Of New Jersey, Wa &C. Walker and Weller
So.
mere the vote On No sons Constitutional Southern,
VTgiHid amendment! Out Of SO votes against this
amendment rWANr' 1--WE Of them are he votes Of de-
H'oeraf' And these twenty five votes against .he
amendment Of them the votes of Southern DENIM
Gratis sneh ouhern Democrats ArcHsoN Of Missouri
BAfARD Delaware, BUrLER Of South Carolina, GEYER
o. MIS- Jrri JOHNSON Of Arkansas RUsK Of Texas, and
SLID I'll Of louisiana And lOok-BAYARD, MALLORY,
J' aNsoS and SLDxL, to say nothing of GwNN, BRIGur
and Prrrrr are nov the leaders Of the Breckinridge
party!
There are TWENTY-FIVE Democrats voting side BY side
with Mr.. Bell against MasOns amendment while only
FrvE Democrats voted for it-and they voted for in
company with HANLIS the Black Republican candidate
for the Vice Presidency
Now if Mr. Bell sinned against the Constitution and
against Virginia and proved himself land shark" by
voting against Hason's amendment did he not sin in
company with twenty-five Democratic Senators out Of
upwards of thirty, the whole number of Democrats in
the Senates Did he sin with those chiefs Of the Sc
eeders. SLIDELL BAYARD, BRIGHr, GwIS, PErTrT JONI
son, and the like
And ought not this expose to Overwhelm the Enquirer
with shame and confusion of faee' We repeat, whA,
we have often said of late that other paper in this
world or any other, commits thousandh part Of the
egregious ridiculous and silly bunders that the EHqu
sr does We repeat, also that the Democratic eecor
or speaker who relies upon the Eaqnrsr's pretended
record in the present canvass will prove himself TO be
a most prodigiOus fool.
We have other blasting exposures in store for Our
laundering neighbOr