Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1860-09-05

- III ss5 a,1l sa
! On the l0tA Of May (sss Congressional
sasss} the ssnsse Homestead Bill being
under consideration, Mi. Douglas offered
{provisions Of
sksbdkE xAhsh Appdsd daly 70 land which
had been surveyed and WA subject 10 pri-
vate entry--tsaa snsdz b5sssd prs emf.
ton. During the discussion, Mr. Doug
Idisas sEiaa 40 sOR
i | ahaII move 10 amend the bill by stri-
king gut the words ssnhjess 70 psssasa
entry and putting in the words ssae-
Iees to pre- smpsion = 80 thai 1t will thsn
apply 10 alI laads subiscs sorEy szypk4n II
and want II ii apply ID lands subject 70
pre- emption, whether they be 30 subject
hevmfsar or have been heretofore, 90 that
il shall be . general principle, q PARMA
nsns poliey looking 10 the fusaxesn
IN Cofiz II n esrrs gS In that
| fssn6er. what will Dec0me oil those who
have gone ON the lands In Minnesota, for
laxananle2 win the SsnaSst16
reach those psopas, - sA.eM - 70
take the land II qaaktk III = dollar, %
/. well O. lhASs Aa6s Asky - hafsafter
MIR. Doagals+ Precisely. What | desire
is that every man pow GA the public lands
i tAA& have bedzl safseyeA ard tslAs are Il
able 10 the provisions Of this bill, and al
so ali that have gone ON 10 lands not sur
| vsyed. may take it under this bill 80 soon
as IL shall be surveyed. This Is what !
desire sossse In the bill. ,r.ss..4 rststI
L Mr.. Waae-~I believe thai isffghf. Let
MS have q vote. believethat the propo-
sision OF the Senator from Illinois 10 right,
and want q vote. -
MIR. Douglas--I viii stop right here II
j ms caa get woes ].
/ In reply to MIR. Davis objecaions 10 the
proposed anaandmsnk, Mr.. Douglas said
eIhaye listened with interest and pleas
ure to the very clear exposition OF the hand
system, given By the Senator from Mis-
Isissipui. ID l. true thai thia amaadnent
| TO this bill will make . radicAl change In
that system.--I- do not visa 10 daagulse
from any Senator nor from the country,
the full extent OF that change The change
Is sfmpiy this: as the land sJstem now
stands, the Speculation and the actual set
sler are On terms Of entire earality taking
; | the land 1t 81 Is an acre but, according
/ 10 the proposed change, the Speculation will
be required TO pay 81 Is an acre, and the
Il ssssles viii aaly pay swsnsg ce$4sss -
|, acre. The legal effect will be to make
one dollar an acre difference between the
man who buys for speculation without set
j tlemsnt, and the mau who settles npup sDa
I | land and mikes Il his home and that ID
d my object in the amendment x1
II Mr.. Wade-AIl right, Mr. President
: Ies IA have vote.
: In reply 10 Mr.. Pugh, Mr.. Douglas af-
- ter showing the beneficial effects Of the pre-
sxaptiou 81 stem, aud the advantage il gave
4 ghg sAsffef own the spectator, said:
The effect of this amendmet 10, shat there
= shall be one dollar an acre difference BE-
tween the Speculation and the settler; that
! the SEXUAL settler may take land at sxentSy1r
! Eve cents and that the Spectator snail pay
: 81 Is. But the Senator from Ohio says
= the SPECTATOR will send In advance ms
IT agents to 20 and get claim under the
T. Homestead. Six,. do you think that IN
or,isvsto reaaes q srAct of land from 81 =
~ anSacre To swenty FIVE cents, the specuis2al
n will send his agent there to hold the land
!" FIVE wears, and pay FIVE years salat! In
III order 10 save 900? No, sir. Yoa pro
IN tect the settler against the specnltor, b.
As recurring five years. residence under TN
5, hifis and caItivasion upou s8a fands IS u
r. fspacula tor cannosbear dc expense .
T. keeping q settler upon the land in ordel
Of 20 reduce the price 1t would cost hin
ID three sirneg ~ nuch as ias ayuId gain b,
III 4. This bin, therefore furnishes the oni,
efficient preventive against this system o
fraud and speculation that | have = se s.
devised. $50 ~ ~ - -. - =,
ts- am aware that the effect Of this bill
ST. With NV amendment, will be to make tn
ct public kands cease to be large source 0
ID, revenue. | do not think the country vii
bic suffer by withdrawing that source OF reTe
III nue., and for this reason any one NRo "a
- @ace the reports of the sales n4 hsppaal
ma lands for the last thirty years, VIII IN
'AS that whenever the country was prosperous
whenever the imports were great; when
ever money was plenty; and you had
~ surplus revenue IN the treasury that 20
'H0 did not knew what TO do with, your Ian
L sales ran up to tan, twelYs, lfEaans iFeut,
or twentv2four million dollars Z year; b
pa the moment rey1lslon eaue, ana p nont
a. besaEae scarce and 5ous aafoFss Desa an
len fan on, the lana SAFES stopper tou 80 -.
err scarcely get DOLLAR INTO she sf1aSasy M M
-. ing the years yon aeedea u me must ! =
source OF revenue E. ialiea Joy NsasA g
We wanted IL, and poufea M apea yso VII
, Of you did not want II ana aia BOB kho
ALI what to DO With u. IL creates saFPa'
,ss~ when the surplus becomes curse 70 20
Aas sna iaaia you when you neea Ii 70 supp
&c the deficiency "a the treasury. ihiS sS