The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-10-03

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the Revolu,ion have MOI es,shlished ,ha IL
herent ripht of .elf ooVernmant 4 ast
aosip what have we osined hv tho hlaod,
| sacrifices of ,h., immartal s,rnsole
Tie Reoublicon leaders endesvof 10 uavs
| ltity. This right 81 sell. government by 4 con
! fusion OF ideas. They wantsto know wha
ther The 6rsrsetler who comes on -thss pub
lie lands in yislstion of law; may set up
GOVERNMENT Of his own aesinst the riyh,s n
our government. NV answer i. that m,
ioctrins OF popular soy ereigaty apple. d
every regularly organized political connu
ni,y under the constitution. Those who oe
upon the public lands in violation of law,
aud become trespassers, have no legal right.
Of self government until Congress shall le.
gaIize their acts and ore auiz q them into 90
vernments. For instance we have now a,
Pixies Peak twenty or thirty thousand
American citizens engaged in digging gold
and establishing homes. That country still
belongs to the Indians. The Tndial title "a
never been extinguished, and every msn
who hts gone there has violated the Indian
intercourse lava, aud has incurred penalty
Of thousand dollars fine and six months
imprisonment. What has our goysrnmen,
been doing that it did not enforce the Indian
intercourse lava. and Dro,eet the :InIians
against tbis invasion Of the whita se,1lsrs /
Il y bnpnd q ~ ono of twn ,hings. aitb.,
10 keen the white men ont Of the sonntrv oy
to ex;inouieh. the Indian title md rive them
lawful poyerament under the cons,itu,ion,.
PopuIar sovereignty. therefore, cousi.,s in
The exercise of the rights Of self.ooveyn-
men, according % the consti,u,ion and I,w.
Of m. land. Soua,ter sovereU.,v Il WHARF
mon 90 in violation of. l,v and .et I'm /. on.
vernment in rebellion ap.in.t the Unit.d
S,a,as
A friend ba. naked me to exolain nv M.
si,ion mon ,ho Hone.te,d hill I.m Il,
tls suror;sed that should be c,,,ed unon n
define NV posj,ion on that .obieet. Far
twelve or fourteen veays 7 b,vs d.vn,.d
mao limo 70 tba MASSAGE NJ the Hnms.t.,d
hiu Than anv other live man. 'TTCriea of
"Good" and chser.1 Thers never Sh.s
heon Homestead hin hefoy. Cameras,
49, Laun ~. a,nno.,od rAOnI..,.s I
I introducod one in the House Of Renre,en,.
n.no, ro"t,oon nosrs 80 hefo-s I -.
senator, and 7 have re"eved i, vcsr after
Won, in ,heII 8 Senate. GCr;e. of.sC ,odi"
wben I could nm, oct NV own hin I sIu.v5
suonor,ea the next hes, one. TGooa. qaod. "a
Last year when the House OF Represepts-
tves passed Homestead bill and seut il ,f
the Senate, and Senator johnson, of Ten
nessea, offered a substitute for it, | support,
ed the House bill in preference 10 his, be-
cause thought il was the best, When !
offered an amendment, which | believe "a
be better even than tho House Bill, but j,
tailed, and then voted for the Senate bill,
as thought it was better than nothsg.-
GApplause1 Ia brief am in fsvor now, %
have been for years, Of that line OF policy
which authorizes every man to 20 upon the
public lands, record his claim, build his
house, make his fences, dnd split HE own
rails, Laughter,] and when he shall hsve
lived upon it long enough to have es,alishsd
his intention OF becoming becoming per.
manent settler, give him his title Tree
Tremendous applause. | believe that to
be the true policy OF the couutry. .,r....
A person in the owd.-How long will
he live omit
Mr.. DuUeLAs hope he will livs on il,
forever. [Csies of "Good," and applause
The Public Lands have not been a proper
and legitimate subject Of revenue to this
government. On the contrary they h.ve
tended to disorsaaizo the monetary sffairs
of the countty. Whenever the country is
prosperous, imports are large and money is
plenty, every speculator will Gil HE pockets
with cnsh, 20 West and buy up the public
lands in vas! quantities. We then get a
revenue of ten, twenty or twenty five mil
lions OF dollars yesr into the treasury, from
the sale OF the Public Laods, at the very
time we do not wan, it. becuuse we have a
surplus withost it, but the moment hard
times come. the imports fall of, the bank,
curtail their Issues and money is scarce, not
a dollars worth OF land is sold, snd the treas.
ury becomes bankrupt for the want Of mo-
ney. T"Sound doctrine."1 Hence the land
svstem brings money to the treasury when
we do not want it. [LauShtsr.1 | there
fore would change our whole land system
and never have another sale of public land,
in the world. ["Good."1 | would apply
the preemption law, by which each settler
NAV 90 and take up bis land, build his home,
live upon it and cultivate it, and get his title,
and would not let any man get a title who
was not an actual settler UPON his land.
r"Tbat's it," and applause,
: did not intend to refer to this suhisct
and would not have done so. bnt lor the Isc