Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-10-04

"A
unparalleled audaeity to again change,
amosg ahcr Thugs, that Mr.. Douglas is
uSfriendy toss Free Homestead Law,
and that st the last session he 0odged
this question. There are depths OF IN
fanny into which the most Abandoned OF
| men may sink, but the dark depths to
which the Gazette has descended, IN rs
Infamous course on this question, is be-
low anything we have ever heard or read
| in the history of crime. The falsehoods
| in which the Gazette so reckIessly deals
are 80 Caring, 80 bold and so atrocious,
that it is impossible to conceive how a
journal conducted in the name of indi-
viduals SO respectable can so utterly
prostitute itself
In the face Of Mr.. Douglas' speech At
Cleveland, an extract from which We pub
lished in our issue of September Goth,
in which Mr.. Douglas says:
"a friend has asked ne to explain NY posi-.
ton upon the Homestead bill. l am little
! surprised that should be called upon to define
my position upon that subject. For twelve or
| fourteen wears l have devoted mere time 10 the
passage Of The Homestead bill than any other
! live man. [Cries Of Good" and cheers.
There never hss been Homestead Bill before
Congress which have not supported. APP
! plsuse ! introduced one In the House OF Rep
| resentstives fourteen years ego. before was
Senator. and I have snswsd it year after year
| in the United States Senate. [Criss Of Good y
When could rot get my own bill l Away:
supported the next best one Good good"
Last yssr when the House of Representatives
passed Homestead bill aud sent it 70 the 5es.
ate, and Senator johnson. of Tennessee, Of
fered . substitute for it, l supported the House
bill In preference to his. because l thought 1t
was tho best Whom failed to get that. o.
fered an amendment, which | believed to be
better even than the House bill, but it failed
aud then voted for the Senate bill, as /
thought 1t vas better than nothing. APP
plause. In brief, am in favor now. - l have
Teen for years. Of that line Of policy which
authorizes every man to 60 upon the public
land, record his claim, build his house, make
his fences, and split his own rails. laughter,
and when he ehaIl have lived on it long
enough to have established bic intention Of be-
coming permanent settler, give him his title
free. Tremendous applause.] believe that
to be TIVE true policy Of the country.
The Gazette has the bold baseness to
say of Mr.. Douglas-"Not even IN this
canvass while discussing other meas
ures, such as the Tariff in Rnnsylua-
MA, has he spoken IN tavor Of the
Homestead measure" Can anything
equal so vile falsehood!
Deliberately classifying history, and
with the letter of Horace Greeley, of the
N. Y. Tribune, yet fresh in its memory,
and with it's own admission of its truth,
the Gazette states, "Douglas in no speech
ever maze in or ont Of Congress has ad-
Uocdted such measure asa man ac0uld
phose heart is IN It," Never has a pub
lie journal been guilty of an assertion
more false or more despicably mean.
But if the above statements by the
Gazette are false, and we have proved
them so, what can be said of the
"RecorT' which it republishes from its
issue of July 2Sth, and which, with the
disgusting pride of the hardened crimi-
nal who boasts of his villainy, it refers
to in its article Of yesterday. AS We
have before said, an individual who fall
sites a private document is called forg-
err. Fortunately for the Gazette, the
law provides no punishment for q jour-
nal which falsifes the public records OF
the country.
We have PROVED that the charge Of
the Gazette that Mr.. Douglas was an op-
poueut. Of the principle Of Free Home
steads is false. We have PROVED that
the assertion that Hamlin was an advo.
cate of that principle is FALSE. We
have PROVED that the statement of the
Gazette that Mr.. Douglas at Harrisburg
advocated Protective Tariff other than
for revenue is FALSE. And we now
charge and PROVE that tho statement of
tho Gazette that at the last session of
Congress MIR. Douglas dogded the ques-
ton of Free Homesteads is FALSE, and
that Tire Gazette IN order to sustain this
statement, has aoilfally and knowingly
falsltied the records of the country.
On the 18th Of February, 1859, (App. Con
gressional Globe, Part 2. page 1914 Mr. Wade
moved to postpone prior orders, and take up
the House Homscte.d Bill. On this motion
Mr.. Hamlin voted yea Douglas lodged Ca
aeite.
1t is true that Mr.. Douglas did not
vote on this motion Of Mr.. Wade's
which was agreed to, but instantly upon
the announcement of the success of Mr..
Wade's motion, which brought the bill
before the Senate, Mr.. Hunter took the
floor, and moved that it be set aside, 50
as to take up another bill, viz: the d.
plomatic and consular appropriation
bill.
Tending SINE conversational debate
upon Mr.. Hunters motion, the hour of
twelve O'Clock arrived, and the Vice Pres
ident debided that the Cuba bill having
been assigned for that hour, was the
subject peDding before the Senste.