Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-04-21
ToM coRwIN ON THE HOMESTEAD BILL.

agraph from late speech OF Mr.. CorWIn IN
Philadelphia:
Now let us see what the Democracy north
and south Would have US do. "Ohm they
say, "the doctrine Of the constitution is set
tied; slavery is now in every territory of
the United States That is, as the law
yers would say, it is there, by intendment
Of law: it is not there IN fact, and it will
not 60 there. Our Democratic people all
propose to vote against this Home
stead bill. Why? Because their South
'ern leaders tell them they must do it. aIf
you give quarter section of land to the
poor man and his young wife, thousands Of
snch couples through the country will flock
into the territories andshey will vote slave
ny out. Whether we have the Douglas
doctrine ofsquatter sovereignty, or the-Dred
Scott doctrine, that while the territory con-
tinues in territorial condition ycu cannot
exclude slavery, tliese people viii sooner or
later drive slavery away" That is their
objection to the Homestead Bill.
Let us look at the two states Of society
on tie one side, thrt which the Democratic
party would inaugurate in our free terrific
ry; and on the other that which the Re-
publicans propose to establish The South
ern man does not want a quarter section Of
iand, because it is not enough for his pur-
pose. Hewants about two thousand acres,
on which to work his ten or twenty negroes
and if be cannot obtain that he will not 90
to the Territories. Now, take twelve young
meR 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
families are growing up under these Chris
tan institutions of ours. Every one of the
boys wilb III time be voter, to rule you
and me.
Let one man fi0m the South take one
thousand acres, to cultivate it with twenty
five or thirty negroes, and what have you
there? You have one white family With
two or three children; you have also ne
gro family of fifty or sixty growing up a.
round 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 imported from Vermont, perhaps,
to teach the young ladies of the family
such literature as may be thought desir-
able.
After while the two thousand acres are
covered over with negro slaves. But let
the homestead bill go into operation, and
on those two thousand acres you have II
families. In obedience to the divine iniunc-
tie~. ..Be fruitful, multiply, and replenish
the EARTH" there Will in the course Of a few
years be thirty or forty children. There
will be two or three school houses, in which
ell these children may be taught the Gle
ments OF a good EngTIsn eulfcatIon. In
stead of five or SIX people, with forty or if
ty negro slaves who are treated as mere
biHtes or capital, you have raised up for
this republic fifty or sixtv honest indepen-
dent well educated free men and free wo-
siaen, with churches and school houses the
one to educate the fdfellect, the other TO in
fiuence the conscience.
All over the land, in all the free States
of the Union you will find wherever you
90 these churches, their spires pointing to
heaven. They are the tightening rods that
draw away from sinful race the wrath Of
an offended God. Place on the tract of
territory which / have mentioned, your one
family with forty negroes, and you haveno
school house, no church. That is the differ
enee nay democratic brother, between the
hated black republican policy and the poll
cy which you propose to iaaugurate through
he fundamentally of your boosted demo-
ratio party.