The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1860-09-04
The Homestead Biit.-.-Douglas aud
Uamlin.

he same papers Wnlcn nave Oeen
charging Senator Hamln, Republican
candidate for Vice President. with being
opposed TO the Homestead Bill because
he voted against the Senate Bill as SUBJ
stitute for the House Bill, as we think
every Republican should have done,
claim Douglas as a Homestead man. The
Douglas Democratic State Convention
recently held in Iowa, was guilty of the
farce of passing resolution in favor of
the Homestead measure-a farce in the
Democracy, because for the last ten
years they have all the time had tie potc
er to pass such a measure, but refused
to do it. Now the fact is, Douglas has
repeatedly lodged a vote on this very
Homestead question, and at times, once
at least, when his vote would have prob
ably passed such a bill. A contemporary
makes up his record from the Congress
ionol Globe, by which it appears
On the l7th of February, 1859, { Up.
Cong. Globe, part 2, page 1919, Mr..
Wade moved to postpone prior orders,
and take up the House Homestead Bill
On this motion Mr. Hamin voted yea,
Douglas dodged
Again, OH the same day when a vote
was taken TO keep the Homestead Bill be
fore the Senate, (page 1870 Mr.. Ham
lin voted yea, Douglas doagea
On the 10Th of February, 1859, (page
l143) on motion to take up the Home
stoad Bill, Hamlin voted yea and Doug.
las dodged.
A gain, on the 25th Of February, (page
1862 Mr.. Doolittle moved to postpone
the bill for the acquisition of Cuba, and
take up the Homestead Bill, and upon
this motion Mr.. Hamlin voted yea, Doug
las posed nag, preferring "niggers for
the niggerless" to lands for the land
less" Upon this motion Mr.. Wade
spoke as follows:
am very glad that this question has at
length come up. am glad, too. that it has an
tagonized with this niger question. Laughter
We are . shiverlng in the wind, are we, sir
over your Cuba question You may have oc-
casion to shiyer that question before YOU
are through with it. Now, sir. | have been
trying here for nearly month to get straight
forward vote upon this great measure of lands
for the landess. | glory in that measure 1t
is the greatest that has ever come before the
American Senate, and it has come SO there is no
lodging it. The question lciH be, SHALL WE GIVE
NIGGERs TO THE NIGGERLEss, OR LAND TO
THE LANDLESS. Applause in the CALLER
iesl
On the Sd of April, 1860, on a mo-
ton to postpone the Senate Homestead
Bill, with view of taking up that Of the
House, Hamlin voted yea, and DOUGLAS
dodged.
On the 9TH of April, on motion to post
pone the Homestead Bill for the Indian
Appropriation Bill, Mr.. Hamln voted
nay, and DOUGLAS aodged
On the 10Th of May. on motion to
substitute the House Bill for that of the
Senate, Hamln voted yea Ii was in con
nection with this action that Mr.. Hamlin
defined his position in f,yorof the House
and against the Senate bill, as follows:
/" | am very much in the same situation with
the Senator from Massachusetts,, with this dis
tiucton: am against the bill and am going
to leave record consistent with my Judgment
/ think the bill is wrong. | do not think there
would be- much harm in worshipping 1t. for |
do not think IL bears any similitudc 10 ANYTHING
above the earth or beneath the skies that YOU
can call homestead. The men who have tax
en- it under their peculiar care. are the enemies
of the homestead principle. and they propose 10
pass 1t. / am | eriectly willing they should
but they tell us, and tell frankly, TINT ii is
not homestead bill. | will not vote for IT,
voted to substitute the House bill for this bill
but those who have control of the matter have
put it in position which think is unjust
/ There are things in that bill for which | can
not vote. There are things which ought TO 20
into i TO make it justitiable, to enable me to
give il my vote. For these reasons ! shall vote
against it
And he did vote against it, while those
Republicans who voted for it. did so un-
der protest. Douglas dodqed
On the 29th of May, on motion to
disagree with the House, Hamlln voted
nay, and Douglas lodged.
On the final vote-that Of passing the
bill over the Presidents veto-the follow.
ing was the vote !:
feas-Messrs. Anthony, Brown, Chandler,
Clarke, Doolttle. Durkee, Fessenden. Fitch,
Foote, Foster Gwin, Hale. HAMLTN. Harlan.
King, Lane. Latham, Nicholson. Polk. Pugh,
Rice Simmons, Sumner, Ten Eyck, Trumbull
Wade, Wilkinson. Wilson'S
Nays-Messrs. Bragg, Chestnut, Crittenden
/ DAVIS, fitzpatrick, 6retn. Hemlhill. Hunter,
lverson, Johnson, Tenn, Johnson, Ark.
Mallory, Mason, Pearce. Powell, Sebastian.
Wigfall, Yulec-ls
Douglas aodgea
Judging from these votes, Douglas has
felt in relation to the Homestead Bill
much AS he does on the slavery question
he don't care whether il is voted up or
down, while Mr.. Hamlin has been a firm
and persistent friend Of the measure, from
the first 10 the last. We are aware that
Douglas has always claimed to be a
friend TO the Homestead measure, and
that extracts from his speeches are going
the rounds of his press, 10 prove his
devotion" 10 this Peoples Bill but
somehow he has repeatedly and persist
emily lodged voting on the question. and
thus keeping of the ballot record. Pa
penDof Gazette