The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-04-04

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~ ~, vvapssey not 40 little further and say
Il az II was not Intended for monopoly for speciatorsi
r 10 MEASURE embcced but manifestation Of NATIONAL
i, s,ice riebt AID wisdom II the duty OF good
gtv,rrmcp TO dispose Of Ne public lands the property
az he whole country, SO as 10 promote the interests "
tie whole problem, ano here he might dismiss
IN ally DE metalep suppsion Of charity ln bis opinion
the government should acknowledge the nstnsave q,
truth wild lands of the Union belong TO him
who T.fGee ulon cultvates them. II was Dut com-
pInople of equity 10 which they were all 70 give
ierapee sbd the adoption Of wise and liberal Homestead
bin by Consreis would be- virtual breaking up Of
the spirit OF monopoly He need scarcely iniorm
ihe Seuate tina. The monopoly OF land by the few bst
The many had been among the most powerful auxi'
bars of absolute ard defpoc power and this pr &c ice
OF putting and a, auction had become dreadful urce
row, with all our vast expanse OF terri Org,
labor was outweighed by capital Thus far the
course OF the government had been IN wrong
direction, and be socper Il charged It's policy the better.
For part he clearly convinced that the govern
ment should adopt policy that the public lands should
5overrn,nt, in is humanity and wisdom, should
dan mat the people should inherit the public lands and
,aat 1t should be granted in limited quantities 10
every anxious 10 honest living by cultvatng
tn soil He would have the part in its Homestead bill
s to the aborpg masses in the country, who
capital and labor. He objected 10 the Senate bill be-
csuse IL excluded from its operation all the young un
married men BE did not see why this bill should
laws the proprety Of abosng evil for the pur
pose Of establishing another He regarded as unwise
and he might say august and ii would push out entirely
early settler who had the first TO 70 10 the Geea
Wett. Be somewhat surprised 10 hear the senator
from Ohio (Nr. Pugh) advocate the senate bll for
his very reason. The men who emigrsted 10 the
West end bum up 'otiune and reputation were
the men OF all others 10 whom the most liberal prov
siops OF the act should apph. Their services we're
needed. 1hese young uDmarI ned the vanguard
IF civilization. They butt their bouscs, improved the
soil ana opened the broad acres 10 occupancy and cult
walton, and they greater security 10 the frontiers
Than the armed soldiers there, they
from the different States, and brought attachment
TO the institutions Of the country, the settlements
advanced organized municipal governments, and laid the
fopnoaton Of future States But he had another obee
ton that the bill would operate unjusty to the foreign
population and he was not little surprised that the
Senator from Ohio did not obec. upon that ground
Mr.. PuGH-The Senator is mistaken. / shall move to
grsnt 10 htaos o, families was TO prevent fraud The
Stra.e bill did not affect the pre- empton graduation
the special law for Kansas and Nebraska upon
unsuvey ad lands 80 that these young men could
forward under the presumption law. II simply made
distinction, bot exclusion, between heads OF families
ana upmAi led men.
Mr wnKpsoN-Ihe provision s precisely the same as
TINT found IN the pre- emptop law
Mr., fuoH-I know it Is.
Mr. WnKnsoY-I will simply say that so far as my
percnce goes unmarried m are found no more efficient
in robbirg the government of and by Frauds than
older beads My impression Is that they about as
honest as old men.
Mr.. PuGri-I think that men with families mostly make
tner bones On the an6 while is an ascertained fact
that fCme others simply take The land to sell it again
Mr. WILKINSON. ftsumlDg talC, mere was the idea the
Senator did not appear 10 spprecattbst in advance Of
The settlement could not tafe families there because
they could Lot endure the hardships But be bad another
ooject0I- would operate unuty to the foreign popua
ton Ia This par cular it fell far short OF the lberaty
Of the presumption laws The Senator from Tennessee
(Ar. Nicholson, sad provided that any person who
was the head Of q family and q citizen Of the
United States had filed his intention TO be-
cone ctizen should be entitled to the benefit Of the
That was an error There provision In the sixth
section hich allowed those nov in the United States,
who had declared their intentions Of becoming citizens
10 avail themselves of the benefit OF this law.
Mr. WIGrAH- Would you give the lands to persons not
citizens Of the United SstssY
Mr. WILKINSON replied that he would make the provis-
them to all persons declaring their intentions
70 become citzeps. Twenty years ago Congress- had
cipe putting those who declared their intentions Of
coming citizens on an equality with native born citizens
tbs ssd been y an exalted sense Of Da
immigration He thought twenty years experience sufficient
to confirm the advantages Of that policy During that time
their yaty. Why should they now begin to make
oppressive rrcton against them Every battle field,
rom Maine o9exco, was red with their blood shed in
borne in battle, there the hear. OF the foreigner
ihrohbed beneath it. They stood shoulder to
the Fame dangers and exulted in the tri-
umpbs. Whenever new Territory had been conquered,
the bones Of the foreigner lay thSky scattered beneath
lately filed the position of Secretary OF War, could tell
from the records OF his department how they had
civilization they would mo the history Of the foreign
population rot written upon perhabe records but stamp
cd ndebly in the progress OF this mighty nation 1t had
been the policy TO foster In every way immigration.
Should they prove untrue to the past, and give the
tie to expt Renee and philosophy He sincerely hoped
such would not be- the case, but they would continue
encourage constant immigration from the Old World
The New In this hope, however. they would be met
ary Of the Interior, in his report had said tina.
eratuilors distribution OF the public lands ehoud
be adopted would give undue smuus 10 emigration
The Secretary called the homestead policy policy
ancient il shtution Mr. wilkinson read an ey
from the proceedings of the government of the re-
public Of Columbia to show that they had adopted this
policy for the purpose Of securing emigration He also
read III this connection from the speech OF Senator
OF Mississippi, when member of the House. ana from
other authorities. The Senate bill would also disregard
the claim OF the pioneers who would be obliged because
they went advance Of the surveyors to pay their lit
tie homes wbe the incident and shtess who folio III
their trait rewarded with free homes In his State
where there millions of of unoccupisd public
land there were 20 lands Of any subject private
entry The Senate bill therefore would be entirely nope
ave to day in the State of Minnesota he free say
that II these provisions shouldbe retained the whole bill
so far any practical benefit would be derived IRON it,
might well be rejected at once. Nothing valuab
would be left and except the recognition Of the prin
Ciple The friends of the Homestead bill asked and
demanded a practical operative bill He called
the attention Of the Senate the provision limiting the ap
plcatoD of the bill to alternate sections of public
lands which he regarded particularly Objectionable
because 1t seemed to be desire the part the gov
subject OF speculation Here despatch breaks Of
House OF Representatives.
WASHINGTON, April 8, 1860
THE SUPPRESSION roLYGAMY IN UTAH
The House resumed the consideration of the anti-Pc
Hgamy bill.