The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1860-05-26
TOM CoRWIN ON THE HOMESTEAD
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BILL.
We extract the following instructive par
agraph from the late speech of Mr. Corwin
in Philadelphia
Now let us see what the Democracy North
and South would have US do. "Oh p they
say. 1.-The doctrine of the Constitution is
settled; slavery is now in every Territory
of the United States" That is, as the
lawyers would say, it is there ''by intend
ment of law - it is not there in fact, and it
will not go there. Our Democratic people
all propose to vote against this Homestead
bill. Why? Because their Southern lead
ers tell them they must do it. IF you give
quarter section of land to the poor man
and his young wife, thousands of such
couples throughout the country will flock
to those Territories, and they will vote
slavery out. Whether We have the Douglas
doctrine of squatter sovereignty, or the
bred Scott doctrine, that while the territory
continues in a territorial condition you can
not exclude slavery, these people viii soon
er or later drive slavery away" That is
their objection to the Homestead bill.
Let US look at the two states of society
on the one side, that which the Democratic
party would inaugurate in our free territory,
and on the other that which the Republicans
propose to establish. The Southern man
does not want a quarter-section of land, be-
cause it is not enough for his purpose. He
wants about two thousand acres, on which
to work his ten or twenty negroes and if
he cannot obtain that, he will not 90 to
those Territories Now, take twelve young
men and twelve young women, married
yesterday let each couple have their one
hundred and sixty acres, and you have about
two thousand acres, on which twelve fami
lies are growing up under these Christian
institutions of ours. Every one of the
boys will, in time, be voter, 10 rule you
and me.
Let one man from the South take his one
thousand acres, to cultivate it with his TWEEN
ty-fye or thirty negroes, and what have you
there. You have one family with two or
three children; you have also negro fam
lily of fifty or sixty growing up around you.
There is no school house ; none is wanted,
for they do not allow the negroes to go TO
school. A foreign young woman is import
ed from Vermont, perhaps. to teach the
young ladies of the family such literature
as may be thought desirable. After awhile
the two thousand acres are covered all over
with negro slaves. But let the Homestead
bill go into operation, and on those two
thousand acres you have twelve families.
In obedience to the divine injunction. "Be
fruitful. multiply, and repIenish the earth"
there will in the course of few years be
thirty or forty children. There will be two
or three school houses, in which all these
children may Be taught the elements Of
good Engli,h EDUCATION. Instead of FIVE or
six people, with forty or fifty negro slaves,
who are treated as mere brules or capital.
you have raised up for this republic Fifty or
sixty honest. independent. well educated
free men and free women. with churches
and school houses, the one to educate the
intellect, the other to influence the con-
science. All over the land, in all the free
States of this union, you viii find. wherever
ron go. these churches. their spires point
ing 70 heaven They are the Iightning rods /
that draw away from sinful race the wrath |
of an offended God. Place on the tract of
territory have mentioned yonr one family ]
with ferty negroes, sud yoa have 30 school
house, no church. That Is the difference,
my Democratic brother. between the bassdI
Black Republican policy and che policy
which YOU propose 30 iRaagurate through
lbe iasirumentaIity Of your boasted Demo-
cratic party /