The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1860-10-04
The Homestead record or
IIanalin and Douglas.


following record Of Mr.. Douglas and
Mr. Hamlin Upon this measure. las taken
10y contemporary, from the Congress-
'o""l Globe, paper published at
Washington during the sessions Of Con
gress and giving Il full and verbatim
report OF the proceedings of both
Houses; and the next time a Douglas
Democrat claims Mr. Douglas to be
an advocate ola liberal Homestead hin
cram the talsehood back by the prcSen-
tation OF the truth.
But here is the record
onthe 18th ofFebruay, 1859, (.App
Congressional Globe, pan2, page 1914,
MIR. Wade moved to postpone prior
orders, and take up the House Home
stead Bill. On this motion Mr. Uam.
lin voted yea, Douglas lodged.
On the 10th Of February, 1850, { paqe
l143) on motion to take up the Home
stead Bill, Hamlin voted yea and Douy
las lodged.
Again, on the 25th of February, (puqc
1902 Mr.. Dolittle moved to postpone
the bill for the acquisition ofCuba. and
take up the Homestead Bill, and upon
this motion Mr.. IIamlin voted uea,
douglas roted nay, prefcring '.nirscrs
Tor the niggerless'' to LANDS for the
landless.''
Upon this motion Mr.. Wade spoke as
follows: 81 am very glad that this cues
ton has atlcngth come up. | am clad
TOO, that it has mtaeonized with this
ngger question. Laughter We are
'shivering in the wind arc we sir. owe.
your Cuba question? You NAV have
occasion to Shiver over that question
before you are through with it. Now,
SIR, ! have been trying here for nearly
month to get q str;ii ghtforward vote
upon this great measure of land for the
landless. / glory in that measure. II
is the greacst that has ever come be-
tore the American Senate. and it has
come SO there is no lodging it. the
question wiU be, SHALL WE GIVE NC.
GERS TO THE NrCGEHIEss, OR LAND
TO THE LANDLESS: Applause IL
the galleries.
On the 3D. Of April, 1860. on a mo-
ton to postpone the Senate Hom,stea 4
i'ill with view Of taking up that Of
the House, Hamlin voted yess and
Douglas lodged.
On the 18th of April, on motion
to postpone the Homestead Bill for
the Indian Appropriation Ell, Mr..
llaml:n voted may aud Doug1as
aoagea.
On the 10Th Of May. on motion to
substitute the House Bill for that os
the Senate, lIamlin voted ycu. It was
in connection with this action that Mr..
llamlln defined his position in favor o
the House, and against tie Senate Bill.
as follows:
II am very much in the same situa-
ton with the Senator from Massac|us-
cts, with this distinction. / am arainst
this bill, and nm going to leave a rec
ord consistent with my Judgment. / /
do not think there would be much !
harm in worsllipping it, for l do not
think II bears any sim;litule to any
thing above the earth or beneath the |
skies that You can call homestead |
law. The men who have taken it nm
der their peculiar care, arc the enemies
OF the homestead principle, and they
propose to pass it. am perfectly
willing they should 10 so but they tell |
Us, and they tell us very frankly that
it is not 4 homestead bill. / will not
vote for il. voted to substitute the I
House bill for this bill but those who
have control Of the matter have put it
in q position which | think is unjust.
There are things in that bill for which
| caonot vote. There are things that
ought to 90 into it to make it iustifa-
bic, to enable me to give it my vote
For these reasons shall vote against
it,
And he did vote against it, while
those Republicans who voted for it did
so under protest. Douglas dodyed.
On the 10Th Of May, on motion to
disagree with the House, Hamlin voted
nay and Douglas dodyc1.
On the final yote-that of passing
the bill over the Presidents veto. the
following was the vote:
Yeas-A1essrs. Anthony, Brown.
Chandler, Clarke, Doolittle, Durkee.
Fessenden, Fitch, Foote, Foster, Gwin
Hale Hv7p/n Harlin <;no- To-: