M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-08-30

treasury that you did not know whal
to do with; your land sales ran up tc
ten, twelve, fifteen, twenty or twenty
tour million dollars a year, but the
moment a reyulsion came, and money
became scarce and your imports be-
gan to fall off, the land sales stopped;
Iyou could scarcely get a dollar into the
treasury during the very years You
needed it most. The source ofreye-
nuc failed you when you wanted it. II
creates surplus when the surplus be-
comes a curse to You, and fails you
when you need it to supply the def
Cheney in the treasury This very ays.
tom OF public land sales is one OF The
causes Of peeuniary revulsions in this
country; and it will benefit the coun-
try, benefit the commercial communi.
Ity, and the moncyed Gffairs Of the en-.
tire Union, to have this system cut off.
1t will remain partially under the bill
where lands are entered for specula.
lion, but it will be cut off in regard to
the actual settler. lie PAYS only
twenty five cents an acre, which is
about the cost of the administration OF
the land system.
Mr.. MasOn--I wish to ask the Sen
ator from Illinois whether the effect Of
this amendment will not be to enable
the prc-cmptioners who now are such,
to take their pre-emption lands at q
quarter Of dollar an acre.
Mr.. Douglas -Unquestionably.
The amendment proposed by Mr..
Douglas was lost by q vote Of 26 to
3lgaA vote was then taken on sub
etilrkpgA the House bill for the Sen
a I'D, but the amendment was re-
jected-ayes 25, nays 3O-as follows:
Ayes-Mossrs. Anthony, Bingham,
Cameron, Chandler, Clark, Collamer,
Dixon, Doolittle, Douglas, Durkce,
Foster, Grimes, Hale, Hamlin, Har-
lin, King, Rice, Seward, Simmons,
Sumner, Ten Eyck, Trumbull, Wade,
Wilkinson, aud Wilson %.
Nays--Messra. Bayard, Bglcr,
Bragg, Bright, Brown, Chestnut, Clay,
Clingman, Davis, Fitzpatrick, Green,
Gwin, Hammond, Hemphill, Hunter,
johnson, Of Ark, Johnson, of Tenn I.
Lane, Latham, Mason, Nicholson,
Pearce, Polk, Powell, Pugh, Sebas.
tan, Slideli, TOombs, WiglaIl, and
Yulee-30.
Mr.. Douglas having endcavored to
improve the Senate bill-having vo.
ted in favor OF substituting the House
for the Senate bill-but failing in
both-urged the passage Of the Senate
bill as the best which coAld be obtain
ed, as follows: .
! desire to say a word in this stage
of the proceedings. Ii the object of
the friends Of the Homestead bill be
truly and sincerely to prohoteAhe in,
terest Of the settlers on the puGic
lands, | do not think that there cauto
Il moments hesitation in votingfof the
bill as it now stands before tho Senate.
No man cau deny but what there are
provisions il this bill which arc of
vast Importance to the settlers. 1t
may not accomplish all the objects that
We have in view. 1t does not accom-
plish nearall the objects | had in view.
1t is not what desire. | had enter
tanned the fond hope that we could
have done better. But, sir, we have
done SO much now that we cannot
stand justified if We refuse to take
what is now SO generously ey tended to
us, merely because we cannot get all
we want. Sir, there is Que feature in
this bill of itself OF vast Importance.
It gives to these settlers two years, at
least, to save their homes. lftLey do
not get any better provision atthe end
Of that time, they have, at least, that
TWO years. respite, and then it gives
hem the lands at ttwenty.fiv cents an
acre, instead of 81 %. Is it of no
service to the settler that he gets his
arm at twenty, FIVE cents, instead Of
81 25 an acre2
Mr.. .Trumbull-He has TO pay 81 25
ust the same under this bill.
"Mr. Douglas-Then it is not as
satisfactory as | had hoped; it is still
more Objectionable. But still 1t gives
he two years; and how can We refuse
he grant of two years, accomplishing
III we ask for that length of time, and
giving them chance to save them.
elves afterwards, instead of taking it
IwGy from them now aud afterwards!
Even that two two years provision is
'f sufficient Importance to control my
,ote."
The bill then passed by a vote of
a to S-Mr. Douglas voting for and
Mr.. Hamlin against it. The follow
ng is tie negative vote:
Nays-Messrs. Bragg, Clingman,
Hunter, Mason, Pearce,
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