Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-07-11

Is the snoncy and eject Of t Senator's proposition, threw
and 70 them of from The Tssssury s. source Of reveuc
Aut What does his bill propeeg VIII diminish rscsps
tho entries aa Be confined 70 The aitsrnsts sscto1
a1d that th Peoa who obtains the benefit Of the bill
cultivate portion the public sndE 90 you not enhance the
value Of he rsmaRng sections and bring them market
mash sooner and obtain better price for them than would
without this hs What Is tia pTnrlple anon hih ron have
proceeded T. all the railroad grams have adef They
eeen aeened upon tie ground that By granting alternate
onS for railroads, thereby brought the remaining lands
- ana enabled me doveTnaent % reaze its means a.
mach GARNER peflea making ne remainder 81 the public lands
more valuable than they we're before This bill proceeds upon
En same dea You have granted immense amount OF lands
for the peoplez
eusing the receipts into Inc Treasury this would increase
them In the fTst place. would enhance value Of tie re
In s4s we had nine million quarter sections IN 1853 We have
aocus seven mlion ~ u suppose that population
wentyeght millions, and that under the opraon On this bin
million heads Of families, Who producing but very
little and Who bare holland . cuvas and very scany
Of RbsHenc shall each hsTea quarter section ofiand what viii
the eject be- Atprcssnt these pay little or No thing fer
NE support q the Fecera under the operation Of
buy With How much does the land yeIdio Govern nt While
Il lying in state nature, uncaltvaed? Nothnr At s
At the rate we have been selling the public sands s,t
million dollars worth year. estmatirg them 81 acre
the public domain
81 take case that will dmOnstras as clearly as the
simplest sim IN arithmetic thar Ills measure let
take million families Who nov hardly procure The nec
sares Of h and place them each aqurer section OF land
how long will be before their condition will improved 50
to make them able contribute something support Of the
Government Nov, is soil producing nothing here ar
where he producing nothing bring with hundred
and sixty acres Of productive soil and how long will be before
me MAJ changes his condition As gets the lcnd
he commences to make his improvements clears his field
and the work Of production time
mas crop ne pas soc6 and other things that result from bring
ing his physical labor in contact with SOIL He has the pro-
dacss Of his labor and his s and he enabled exchange
than he BEFORE and thus he contributes more the
MS While az the same tine he becomes better
mere man Tor 81 purposes, because
he Is interested in the country in which he iiyes.
ITO illustrate the matter further US take family Of seven
call their and transfer them to tract Of one hun
dred and sixty Of land which fey possess and cult
vate Is there Sensto here who does believe that BY chang
ing their position from the place the other they would
gin point scarcely vsbe-a single dollar Il there man
here anywhere else who does the fact to M
ing his labor contct with the The result Of that contact
production he produces something convert
only dollar head for million families family
ssng Of seven persons by transferring auilon families
their en dependent condition TO the enjoyment and eulva
ton OF the public domain supposing would only thai
ability 70 buy foreign imports to the extent Of dollar EACH you
Our rates Of dues under The tariff 1896 thirty
per cent thus almost invisible beginning Of single
dollar ahead this way the pecunary and fnan.
eal Of the Government to the extent OF S,I00000
his would be the result supDosng there only be
addition Of dollar per the ability Of each family
being taken from condition Of poverty and placed upon
hundred sixty Thss the result surprising
them have dollars with which bug
nup5n hanthey had when they had no home no
vate stmuan ndusemen labor II you suppose the
would be increase their ability per you
would increase the- consumption the OF 4 900 OO
which at thirty per duty, would yield II you
supposed increased the ability OF family dollars per
head the total amount Wsuld be $s GOO OoO which would yield
revenue Of Ss4OOOJ think that this would be far below
the TRUTH and gave family hundred and sixty
land cultivate, the effect would ability Of
that family SO as to buy hx dollars worth more than they
bought befJreSeYen dollars head That would small IN
to family who lad home compared with the condition
the amount they buy $50 OoO0 which duty Of
thirty per cent, yoult yield the sum Of SI6s0a,oOo
II show you thsn that, by taking mon families,
ssng OF seven persons each and putting them each upon
quarter section Of land making the soil productive You
By only added TO their capacity 70 bug goods to the OF
hysx dollars per family would derive Of nearly
seventeen million dollars. When you this how
much Of the public lands would have disposed of Only
million quarter sections and would have nearly sx
lion quarter sections left By apoing OF onexh Of yorr
public domain in this way upon this te miniature estimate,
you bring into the Golfers Of the Federal G1yernme by
| Sl6.sO0,OCO.
"Does like diminishing the revenue7 Does Il not
rather show that this bill is measure? think is
money point view the imports are bud by
settling the alternate sections with cutivaors you make
you bring them into market In continuation OF this
idea, will read portion Of the argument which made upon
read from the report Of my speech that OCCASION
Mr. said it will be remembered that he had
the land the Government would back In The sape Of
revenue every seven years. than the Government pca
OF the land and, this principle the Government wou
fact, be realizing S20 every subsequent Of seven years
The whole number Of acres OF public land belonging the uni
billion four hundred and fortWo million hundred
teen thsesAnd hundred scres This amount
estimated o. IS per acre. will sOsf7O2IO To dis
pose OF SS0eO worth annun, which is
dissose Of the entire domain 1t Will nov Re more, %
the immense advantage the Government would giving
the land the cuivatOr instead keeping il on hand t
length Of time We find BY this process Government you'll
derive from each quarter seon in six hundred years
what The Govern emit would gain BIZ civ
| ing the land sway.
snow let what will by retaining the land on hand
this length OF time Time operates value
upon magnitude ball Of large size when eye
seen in its fullest extent but when distance
1t dWindes t. the human vision disappears altogether
with the largest planets removed from the the position
they nov occupy IA the heavens they dnsish to point
To the business, practical vord 500 present time
worth Just SlO hundred dollars twelve months hence
Ill sixteen years and eight months when it has lost
equs TO the principal 1t will perceived every ak
teen years and eight months the Government loses
equal to the price asked for each quarter sOn S2n0
by keeping on hand Sixteen will 60 into hundred thirty
times 400 the Government will lose
Now conceive that would business
other together, which would skoS The daer
to be S4 400 in the system and the proposed
rms viii mold good IN and viii spPy to each quarter
He repeated that, by giving quarter section the
derive twenty four thousand hundred dosrs
Upon this bas Of calculation the Government hundred
into the Treasury hundred billion
six hurdIed million dollars. ts2l9 600 OOOOO which
amount sufficient estimating ae exposes the
to be annually to on for four thouss three
hundred ninety two years He said that this expose ought
the was enlargng and making valuable
and enabling the Government to derive much larger amount
revenue to meet all its Liabilities ana thereby preserving
inYiolaie.
think there can be any question as to the
part OF this proposition We show that by granting million
quarter secOnsyou derive upon public lands
than you do BY your entire land SYSTEM il
1850 estimated that each head Of family
worth Of home manufactures II ability Of the
cultvaor and Occuper Of the soil the family
OF course is reasonable presume that he wcud
corresponding proportion Of home manufactures Can that
proposition be controvered? think on the
one band that We should derive from granting
land on the principle laid dosn in the BILL and also that
should market for articles
try Then taking both views 9th subject has
vantage to the manufacturing interest," and that
vantage to the Government imports concerned
should like to know then, where the objection be- upon the
score OF revenue"
Mr President shall merely express the hope
the Senate viii act the measure that become the
law OF the land without further delay The having
passed the bill by than two thirds majority,
will net now reeede from its position important
ure the dicsOn Of the President prove
country and the world that has high appreciation Of pub
hcJudgmen regardless OF the arbitrary exercise OF the
power
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