The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1860-04-04
THE HOMESTEAD BILL.


The remarks Of the Richmond Wing in
reference to this scheme at sectional plumber,
though pointediy severe, are 10 the main Just
and truthful. Though, by its terms. the bill
holds out the same inducements TO citizens
Of all the States to settle the public domain
free Of cost, the variant peculiarities OF So
ciety North and South will make It in effect
bestow the Government bounty upon at
least ten Nor,hera settlers far every one
from the Soaih; and f the settlers from the
Northern States. probably one.third will be
foreigners, The pgssabiii,y is. indeed, thai
che effect Of the passage at this bill will be
to encourage large immigration from Eu-
rope--cSpecialiy from the German States
drawn hilher by the tempting offer of free
lands and a rich soil. This class OF emf
grants, when settled in the North. are gene
rally industrious. orderly and thrifty. but at
the same time they are almost without ex,
ception impiacsbiy opposed to slavery and
in favor az v free soil " every where. They
will be effective auxiliaries Of the Black
Republicans. and that party. knowing this,
supports the Homestead bill unanimously as
measure designed and calculated to give IT
political power.
We regret to learn from Washington that
there is a strengthening probability Of the
passage OF Homestead bill at this session.
Ii is said that the Black Republicans will
FIRST make strong effort 10 push through the
Senate their own bill that has already passed
the House, and. falling in this, they will &C.
cept the bill Of that prince Of Southern
demsgesues. Andrew Johnson OF Tennessee,
10 the support OF which latter bill they will
be joined by several Southern Senators. We
believe that The Senate committee Demo.
cratic has already recommended the substi.
tuition Of Johnson's for the Hnuse bill. John
sons bill excludes from among those who
shall have the benefit Of the public lands.
single men over twenty-one years of age,
widows without children. aud foreigners vino
NAV declare their intentions after the pas.
sage Of the bill, and only allows those who
are recipients of land under the bill to re.
ceive alternate sections. The House bill in
cludes the parties named above.
Tie last named difference Of johnson )
bill-the exclusion Of aliens-we regard as a
good one, so far as il goes but il is only the
modification Of one lesser deformity. and fhe
variance between the Democracy and the
Black Republicans on this point will only
tend to make foreigners al the North more
decided in their sympathy with the latter
party; for the Republicans will assuredly
clamar for future amendment Incorporating
the alien bounty clause. as means of attach.
ing this class TO themselves. Thus the con-
test is that d party demagague against party
demagogue. and the advantage appears TO be
on the side Of the Black Republicans.
A statement recently sent to the Senate
BIZ Gen. Cas- shows 10 what extent the bill
will give the advantage to the North IN its
fasors to foreigners. OF the 1885, 500 immi-
grants from foreign countries who landed in
the United States last year, not more than
10000 landed At Southern ports-ihe great
bulk went to the free States. And this
amount Of immigration is unusually small /;
the number has in some wears reached 400, 900,
and in the last sixteen Years the aggregate
amount &c immigration has been over four
millions Of peOpe--enough to form Tour or
five large States. Fully seyen-sights Of this
vast harde u foreign settlers lucAted 10 the
North. The Black Republicans well under
stand the importance of securing the politi-
cal cooperation &C this numerous class, and
that Is main object Of their Homestead
bill. colsaJs.s (Cs.) Eagay1.