The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-08-29
'G9e 4atage Sentinel,
Wednesday, August &c., 1890.
Douglas on tho IIo,nestc.,d Bnl.


fhe Times OF this week, snys that Mr..
Douglns Judged the vnte on the Homestpad
Blu. We mi htretort in the chosen Ian.
gnrge of tht paper, and sny that i,s ed;,ur
made the chnrse s'through ignorance or pure
| 'cuSSeGneSS' What are the factst
BY reference to fhe Congressional Globe,
the editor OF the Times will fnd that. on the
10Th of May. the Seggte Homestead Bill be.
| ing under consider atioG, Mr.. Douglas offer.
ed an omendment extending the provisions
OF the biIl-(Nhich applied only to land
which had be1n1suryeyed ard WINS subisct -
Pris ate jeairS)-to all fnnd4 subject to pre-.
.mpli9en Ddf!6g, the discussion M. Doug
las sYid {: 80
"What desire il. that evary am 4 . W n
the public lands that hive been surseyed,
and that are. liable to the provisions OF thi.
Oil, and also all that have gone on to land
not surveyed, may take il under this bill ss
soon as il becomes surveyed and also, that
all persons who shall hereafter 20 on the
ahd' may tnke it under this bill as soon i.
it shnll be surveyed. That is what desire
to see in the bill"
DIR. Wnde-(Republcan Senator from
Ohlo,)-l believe that is right. Let us hav.
vote. believe that the proposition OF the
Senator from Illinois is right, and went .
vote.
Mr.. Douglns-I will stop right here 1--WE
can get-a vote.
The amendment proposed by Mr.. Doug.
las was lost by vote of 26 to 81.
vote was then taken on substituting the
House bill (Which was the pet of the Re-
pubiic1ns) Ter the Senate bill, but the
amendment was rejected-ayes. 25, nays 80
-Mr. Dougl 5 voting ia the pffirm alive.
M. Douglas havag endeavored to i'm
prove the Senate bili-h4viug voted in favor
Of subst mting the House tor the S nate bill
but alling in both-urgei the passage o:
Ihr IN tie bill hS tn best which could be
obtained, as follows:
d sire to say word in this stage OF the
proceedings. | the object OF the trieods of
he Homestead bill be truly and sincerely to
promote the interest of the settlers on the
public lands, | do not think that there can
be a momeats heSitation in voting for the
bill as it now stands before the Senate. No
man can deny but what there are provisions
in this bill which ure of vast Importance to
the settlers. 1t may not accomp plish all the
objects we have in view. 1t DIES not &C
conpllsh near all the objects had in view
II is not what desire. | had entertained
the tond hope that we could have done be'
ter. But, sir, We have done so much no "
tn t we cannot stund justified il wa refuse to
take what is now SO generously extended to
Us, merely because we can not ut all We
want. Sir, there is one featuTe in this bill
| at I-alI nf inv ali,
these settlers two years, ut least, to save
their homes. Ii tn y do not get any better
provision ut the end OF that time, they have.
at least, the Two yelrs' respite, and then II
gives them the land at 25 cents an acre, in
stead OF 81 25. l. it OF no service to the
settler that he gets his farm at % cents, in
stead OF ST. 25 n acre
The bull tpen passed by vote OF A to
Mr.. Douglas v1,ing for and Mr.. Hlmlin.
OF Mine, und seven Breckinridge Secession
/ ists, against it.
Had We time and space today, we would
give much m re OF the debate. bu, We h "
given enough 10 show that Mr.. D ngl,- wa
wa'mly in IavOr o; such b measure that he
e"deavOred to procure IN amendmAni o. th-
Senate bill 10 an important p,rtiruI r; that.
uIiug in this, he uoted for the House bill +;
Il, upon the defeat OF the House U!il, he
urged the adoption o. the SENATE bill as tn.
Ocly one which could be pissed under the
ci'cnm, tancPs, and Uotsd for 1t, while II Min
Uohd against lt!
81 much tor the decl7r ton Of the Guern
sry 1tmsS, that Mr DmgIas "never could
fad Tine 10 advocate the great measure OF
the peuple,-a Homestead tor actual sci
tierS." OF course the Iimes i as only mis-
taken, end Will, next week, Transfer this ar
1icle to its columns, aud thus SET itself right
before It's readers.
The dodgug story. we hid almost forgot.
ten, at last. Well, the ITmes Is Just as un-
fortunate here,-it states exactly the reverse
OF the truth. The tor OF the Times knows,
or tu hit TO know, Us sumin!: 10 teach the
pubIlc-tbai, at the time the compr"mis
bill came up OH The 29ih oi May, Mr.. D "a!
las WIS i'll and that he d also Just lost i,
child by death and, rur;her. th,t IL W IS
paired cD with IN opponent OF the bill |,
there anything like desire TO dodge EXHIBIT
ed in the above record We ask the edtot
OF the Times, in ali Gaudor, il he don't teeI
that he has been guilty OF meanneSS in this
matter DON'T you ieeI just like dema.
gQgus? Don't you belevn yUu are Une !--
Your sincerity, and the sincerity OF your
party leaders, in ihis Homestead business
is shown up in the support you give one U
its worst enemies tor tht 'X1ted position o
Vice President.-Guernsey Jefsrsonian.