Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1860-06-07
Prom the sorih Bend Register.
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE
WAsnIseroS Cry. May a, 1860

business, steadily and rapidly. and will be
ready to adjourn by the 18th of June, the
day proposed by it to the Senate. But
that body is weeks behind it and the
probability is, that they will not concur.
( The Democratic members are still engaged
in discussing their differences of the Afri-
can question, as they have been for weeks
"a discussion in which the Republican
/ Senators. for three weeks past. have taken
no part, being anxions to press forward
with the public business. And thus far
! the Senate have not acted at all on the
bill for the admission of Kansas, the Tar
/ iff, the Overland Mail bill, the bill prohib-
iting and Furnishing Polygamy, the repeal
of the Peonage and Slavery laws in New
Mexico, and number of other important
bills sent them by the House, including
several appropriation bills. The anxiety
of the House to adjourn on the 18th is
increased by the fact that the Democratic
Convention re-assembles at Baltimore on
that day; and if Congress is not ready to
adjourn then, the difficulty of transacting
public business with so many members
absent as there will be then, and the re-
opening OF their discussions in Congress
afterwards, would probably delay the adj
journment several weeks.
Mr.. Sherman, who, as Chairman of the
Committee Of the Ways and Means. ranks
as ''the leader Of the House. is entitled to
! high credit for the efficient manner in
which he has pushed forward the public
business. l have never before known it to
be as nearly completed three weeks before
the adjournment Private claimants. how
ever, have not Jared so well. Every year
| the Calendar of private bills becomes
larger and larger as every rejected one
turns up" again at the next Congress,
to try Its chances once more, and hence
every year they are less and less consider
ed. l suppose from one to two hundred
of them have passed this session. and as
many more have been rejected. But there
are three or four hundred more of them,
threc-q quarters of which, at least. will prob
ably go over to the next session for con-
sidcrati n.
Last Monday, the House passed bill.
which is Of considerable Importance to the
people of Southern Indiana 1t author
ICES the Directors of the Louisville and
Portland Canal. (around the falls of the
Ohio. nearly all the stock of which is
owned by the United States, to expend its
sccruing tolls in the enlargement of its
capacity. so as to enable larger boats to
ascend to the Upper Ohio. Mr.. Mallo-
ry. who represents the Louisville District
had charge Of the bill and was energetic
Ially seconded by Mr.. Dunn of the Mrdison
District. who had been laboring for it in
the Senate last month; and who had,
since its passage there, personally explain
ed 1t to SO many members on all sides OF
the House, that, for wonder, it passed
even without vote by Ayes and Noes
Labor of this kind is seldom known, or if
known fully appreciated by a members
constituents but it is far more effective
than mere speech-nlaking as result like
the above SO conclusively proves.
] The House finished off the cmasculated
and bogus Homestead bill sent them by
the Senate, in very short order. 1t viii
be remembered that that bill, which the
Senate sent them as a substitute for the
broad and comprehensive Homestead which
the House passed last March. cut off all
young men (and old men also) over 2l
wears who did not happen to be heads of
families; allowed no land to be taken un-
der its provisions, except such as was open
to private entry, THAT is. only what was
left after public land sale. and the specu
lators had taken their pick, and required
them, besides living on it, to pay % cents
per acre for it. The House rejected this,
and again adopted, as substitute. their
own bill, which is real Homestead ap-
lplying to all lands which are open to pre-
lemption. and to all persons. over 81 years
of age, whether heads of families, or young
men who are looking for homes before as
snming that responsibility, and to all in
! habitants of the United States, who arc
citizens thereof or have declared their in
tention to become such. If our two lndi-
ana Democratic Senators. and the Demo
J cratic Senators from the Free States on
the Pacific coast. (Jo. Lane, Gwin and
Latham,) would only vote for this bill. it
would become law. The South, | know
are opposed to Homestead bills, because
they enure to the benefit of Freedom, but
why Northern and especially Western
Democratic Senators should vote with
them. passes my comprehension.
| The vote on the re-passage of this
Homestead bill in the House was l04 to
, SO. not sirigle Southern man voting Aye.
The Republicans, of course, without sim
gle exception. and most Of the Northern
Democrats, uniting in its passage. Fear
, inr that thu Senate noiphf aoain dofaat fhn