Red Wing sentinel., 1860-05-30

pl, nedp hui ra.her ncr( (Ee it. Messrs.
Edgert0n md sfridsey erred: but is ttisrs no
danger Of making the coffee little too
strong. s.
THE HOMESTEAD BILL AND sENA.
'rOR RICE.
The closing debate in the United States
Senate ed ths' homestead bill was the mos,
interesting debate we have read for long
time We would very much desire to give
it entire. and shall do SO, during the cam
paign. This measure was most ardcntly
and deyotedly supported bv Messrs. Doug.
las and Rice, who, by every means ir their
power, contributed to reform our present
land system. The bill before the Sen,te,
was restricted to lands subject to private
entry. Mr.. Rice proposed to amend it Sc
that its provisions should apply to lands
within the States,"< surveyed prior to
January lst, 1862, whether subject to private
entry or otherwise. .as.,a f,s-,lrs.4 re-
Mr.. Douglas proposed to amend by put.
ting it within the !" States or Territories, .
and said: s'sa4. Hf57z"l4o1.e I!p'it
Think the heaviest taxa ion in America, is
in the Territories Of the United States, and
for this simple reason the first settlers are
sparse they arc scattered over large ex.
extent Of country. They have, in the first
place, to tax themselves for their roads, for
their bridges for their court houses, ior
their school houses for all their public
buildings /; end they have to be constructed
ut once. The rate oftaxation is necessarily
heavier on them than it is the people Of an
Old community ;. the number Of persons to
bear that. taxation is smaller, and hence the
ratio Of an individual is much larger.
Mr. MASON. Allow me to ask the SEN
ator question. l may be ,nisinformed
but my impression is, that the Federal Gov
ernment bears all the expense Of the public
buildings in the Territories, including their
court houses and the buildings in which the
Legislatures assemble. at .aglsv Tgst
Mr.. DOUGLAS. The Senator from
Virginia is unfortunately under very great
mistake. This Government has usually
made an appropriation Of twenty or thirty
thousand dollars, and in some instances
gone to an abuse in. the amount, for the
capitol Of . Tcrritory--the building in
which the Legislature meets. BY the en-
ergy and perseverance Of the Senator. from
Minnesota, when he was q Delegate, he got
through an appropriation for pententiary
for the Territory Of Minnesota /; but Con.
gross has never appropriated dollar for. a
in any .one Of the Territories Of
the United State. HsI @gsh4e.~ =
Mr.. RICE The Senator is right, with
one exception. He gives me credit to which
I am not entitled, I approved the. measure
to which he refers !; but | merely wish to
say that it was my predecessor, Mr.. Sioly.
who obtained that appropriation. .Efa
Mr. DOUGLAS. 1t shows that was
willing to do justice 10 the Senator from
Minnesota. Thought it was he, for 1 am
bound to say that no man was ever more
or more successful in securing ap-
for his people than he was for
Minnesota when it was a Territory, and he
was its delegate. am bound to say fur.
thermore, that l do not think that any man
ever lived who felt the grievances, of the peo-
pie Of . Territory as he felt for them while
Mipnesota remained in that condition, and
have no doubt he still feels for the set.
Tiers in Minnesota. which was SO recently a
Territory. But, SIR do not think those set
|ers are better men in Minnesota, since it he
came State, than they were when Il WAS
! Territory. i doenott think the fact that
tl,ey have been received into the Union has
III. sf1 E.r
>.,sht to change tho policy Of this Govern.
ment in respect to the terms and conditions
upon which they are to purchase or become
he owners ofthe public lands. ~
The suggestion has been made here, as
.eason f,r this discrimination against the
settlers in, the Territories, that Congress
oears the expense Of their roads. Sir, this
5 d very great delusion. It is true that
Congress- has once and while made appro-
oriationsi for roads in the Territories, but
hey have been military roads Once in q
Fhile one has gone under another than the
War Department {; bu. the rule has been
g construct only military roads by. this
Government. i have always been under
he necessity, .as chairman Of the COMMITTEES
n Territories, when / defended . road ap.
Of saying that it was for militia.
> purposes |; that II ran to Fort Ridgely,f
,r ran from Fort Leavenworth, or that It
connected with Fort Kearney, or thatit con,
,ected the settlements with some of the
military, posts, and that it was Necessary
Or military purposes. 1t is on that ground
hat once and while an appropriation pass:
ID for d military road in the Territories, and
)nce and awhile Ev OverSuht ~ has s0f.na
:hro' without the word military being in;
but those roads 60 not smouat. to one in >
thousand ofthe roads in any one Territory Of
the United States, These are mere excep-
tional cases. The county roads the neigh
borhood roads the making OF ferries :!
the erection Of bridges all Of these expen-
ses a,e borne ~ tie. county treasury. 5
Mr.. CDELAAE l.s9 u."w is it about post
roads 2 ~ AEGsesH af.9 #eJ 33odoe1 =,
Mr.. DOUGLAS. q Those that are used
or, post roads are made by taxes imposed!
IN the: people off Territory by their own
lction !; and when youlfind chat. there is q
county organization with only two hundred
voters III it, that county may be: fifteen
miles in diameter. Those settlers may be
scattered all over it, and it maybe ten.
miles from one house ,to.another but it is,
lust as necessary for; them to have bridges
;cross the creeks, or roads through the set ]
'le,nent, as it the country was densely. Dor.
llated. They are under. the necessity Of
making the roads. 9 The two hundred
goters make the roads that are necessary
or the ten thousand voters when they be :
come ., State. This taxation is borne bys