The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-10-24

share, then YOU may nave the reiuse--tno
swamp lands and the sand hills, to take pos
session of them.r We told them to choose
from all the public lands--they might have
che cream the Democrats told them they
might have the blue skinned milk after the
.ream was taken off. lObeers and laughter. ]
As | say to the people frequently, II they pre-
fer bonny -clahber to cream, they ought TO
vote the Democratic ticket. Roars of
laughter,
The next feature of the Republican bill
was that any person, citizen, or who
had declared his intention OF becoming
citizen, may enter upon these lands. What
de the Democrats say? The Democratic
bill said, "sny citizen.n This party claims to
| be par excellence, the guardian, protector
and defence of the foreign-born citizen; yet
want my German friends, and Scandinav
friends, aye, and my Irish friends and citi-
zens OF foreign birth from whatever olime TO
this refuge Of the oppressed you may have
come, to notice how the Democratic party
Disseminated against you, and said you
should wait five years to get your papers,
and then after waiting five years and going
through this inihatory process or culture,
you might have TN equal opportunity with
the native born citizen. Now, my Irish
friends, can you "Hooray for Dooglas ?"
EUproarious laughter.
w. proposed free Homestead hil--in
cubs, ance free, chafging only ten dollars for
the expense of the surveyor and receiver, re-
curing only that the statement was made
ia good faith. The Democrats proposed in
their bill 10 charge twenty-five cents per
acre for the refuse land, when You can 20 to
our graduation lands and enter them for
twelve and a half cents-tbe same class Of
lands. daughter and applause.1 Now, |
say again, IF you want to "IIooray" for De-
mocracy YOU may DO it; am not going to
SOAK the Irishmen, or German, or Americans
TO vote that they may 20 there and settle
these lands, If YOU do not want TO do il,
YOU eed not do il. have no more interest
rim the matter than you have. have always
loved the Homestead bill, ever since knew
ANYTHING about it,, but i do not need it any
m ore than you do, aud If you want to vote
for the Democratic ticket, il you are deter
mind TO be guided by a blind prejudice and
zeal for a mere name to vote down prin-
ciples that you love, and keep yourselves off
from those rich domains that God has spread
out Tor yon to occupy, you must do II. APP
planse.1 shall not scold or COAX; II you
have not seuae enaugh to know where your
interest lies, YOU had better 60 and vote the
DeNlOcFAllc tleket. lbAuEHteE auu applause
Here, then, cnll the attention OF th g
Democracy. count over on my fingers the
lsading features Of the Republican Home
stead bill: LIST, airy person over Il years OF
age, while the Democracy say any head of "a
family, ms contrasted with this first feature !;
Cd, wesay, any OF the public lands, while
they shy, such lands only as have been of
ferad for sale Sd, we say my Que who has
declared his intention OF becoming = citizen,
while they say any citizen 4th, we say "a
free gift, virtually -they say quarter of a
dollar per acre for the refuse lands. These
are tho features, in contrast, Of the Dsmo.
cratic a3d Republican Homestead bills.
We sent up our Republican bill that we
had passed in the House, to the Democratic
Senate. They eviseerated it, and made it q
mere skeleton; but we even accepted that,
determined that it should not be said that W
voted against IA bill beaded III homestead bill,
and hoping that'it might form q basis for
some futsre action, more liberal and munih-
cent. We asked the Democratic Senate for
bill and they gave us skeleton; but weao-
cepted the skeleton and sent ii up to the
White House, and Democratic President
vetoed even that. Laughter and APPLAUSE
Why did you veto IL, MIR. Buchanan? Oh!
because we want the proceeds Of the public
| lands for the support Of the Government
! The President virfu lily acknowledges that
the measure is on, benefcent and just to the
people, bat .hen it is going to injure the gov
eminent.
| American citizens, | want to ask you what
our heory of government is. Ia there a
! ruling class in this country? Ii there an
aristoeracy whose peculiar interests are to
! he looked after to the detrment, and even to
| the sacrifice, of the interests Of the people !?
| Or is our theory OF government this that it
| liz simply an agency, through which the peo-
| plc exert their poaer for their own good p
| That is the question. There 10 ruling
| class in Europa governing class, whose
| interests arc distinct and separate from the
! interests OF those who are subject | did
not know that such was our theory OF gov
/ crnmsnt; do not know il yet; still MIR.
( Bnob anan says in substance; "this meas ure
which veto is good measure for the PEG
1 Pile, tut il il bad measure for the govern.
meni" | say ifa thing is good for the PEG :
/ pls, lot them have il, and let the government
! take oaro of itself IApplause,l La other
4 words, mean that he government IL not an
\ end, bat the means OK a end that the gov
ernment 10 designed to be the instrument for
doing good TO the people or, to state ii n
little differently the people, through the
government, propose to do good to them
/ selves. That is our theory and idea Of gov
ernment. What 90 you want with this mo
ney, Mr.. President? "Oh | want it to pay
the army" How much "About fifteen
millions" What else ioeyeu propose to DO
with it? owe wrnt to support the navy"
4 How much for botn together? "Some thirty
or forty millions, If you please" How
much, Mr.. President, DO you get from Tho
sales Of the public lands? "About q mil
lion and half,n And we can't spare it ;
No be is going to wiring it from the hard
banded settler who goes forth to the wilder
ness with bis family and all he has on eartt
in his covered wagon, wanting only a liul,
piece of GODS wide ad bounteous earth tina
he IN ~ Till il and rear his children on it, AM
N hr tina lnhnr OF biz hands and tha nnndnA