New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-09-19

session was frat reported TO the House by Mr..
Grow Of Pennsylvania on the 9th OF March lsst,
aud On the 10Th of that month was passed-Yeas
lis, mainly Republicans; Nays Co. mainly South
EN- Democrats-not one Republican Nay. The
bill went to the Senate, was referred, and, on the
18th of April, Andrew johnson OF Tennessee re-
ported halfway measure as a substitute, charg-
ing twenty-five cents per acre for the lands, I'm
stead of g cents for the cost of survey and sale ID
Nj Grows billy, and excluding from It's dement's
al presmptors now holding Public La'ds. MI
Wade of course moved restoration OF the House
hill which was defeated-Yeas 26, (23 Republl-
cans. including HANNIBAL HAMIIN, with Messrs.
DOUGLAS, Rice, and Tombs); Nays, 3l-all Demo
Gratis. The Senate then proceeded 10 pass the
martial measure of Mr.. JohnsOn-Yeas, Al; Nays
e-Mr. Hsmlin voting Nay, with seven Democrats.
His reason for so doing is tersely stated in the
Chicago Republican Platform, as follows:
Tt we protest against any 'ae aenson to others oil the
Public Lands by actual settlers and against any view Of
the Homestead policy which regards the settlers as pipe OF
ppats for public bounty and demand tue passage oy
coers Of the complete and satisfactory Homestead measure
which has already passed the House.
The hearty advocates of Free 'mes In the
House CONQUERED with Mr.. Hamlin, and voted to
restore the original House bill. The Senate would
not concur. Several Committees of Conference
between the two Houses failed to agree. Finally,
June 19th) the Senate's cOnferees made such con
cessops that the House cOnferees agreed 10 repOr,
the Senate bill as amended-as Mr. Grow well said
"not because it is what we want but on the princi
l. 4 L tha,., .,aad
compromise bill thus agreed on passed the House
Yeas 1l5, (mainy Repubcans;) Nays 81, al
Southern, and mostly Democrdts;) and the Senate
concurred-Yeas sc, Nays (Me'srs. Bragg and
Pearce, Democracy, HANNIBAL HAMIN voting
with all the Republicans present, in the afiir
NATIVE. SO that Mr.. IIamlin not only voted
for the original, whoe-soued bill OF Mr.. Grow but
for the bill that actually passed-the only one tic
de Glued to vote only for tlewret he'd hdi-measure
of Mr.. JOHNSON, VII oh no single Republican
approved which every Republican voted to super
sede by the House BILL which the House indignant
ly rejected, and which no earnest Free Homestead
mai acce pied but under the drest necessity.
Well: the Republicans, Mr. Hamlin included,
finally acquiesced in and voted for the haf-loaf,
which was all they could get, and it passed: 'ohsH
President buchanan retOed ii! We had consented
to take o "half.loaf" because we could get no
more. AID the President snatched that away fcom
us! So the bill came back vetoed to the Senate,
and the question was now" Shall this bin pass,
notwithstanding the Presidents objections ~
when it was lost: yeas 81, (including HANNIBAL
HANulN, and every other Republican present);
nays IL, Gall Southern, and all Democrats but Mr..
Crittenden). SO the bill was lost.
What must be the cause, what the party,
whose success requires the diffusion Of such state
ments as that we have quoted from The Bafato
COurieT?