The gazette and Democrat. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1860, 1860-05-31
Tom corwln on the Homestead Bill.

Tom COrwin on the Homestead Bill.
We extract tho following instructive
paragraph from a late speech OF Mr.. Cor
win in Philadelphia:
Now let US see what the Democracy
North and South would have US do. OH
they say. "the doctrine of the Consitu
ton is settled; slavery is now in every
territory Of the Unitod States;;' that is, as
the lawyers would say, it is there, "by
intendmeniof Of law" it iSsaot4Iieie infact,
and it will not 60 there. Our Democratic
people all propose 10 vote against this
Homestead bill. Why? Because their
Southern leaders tell them they must do
it. "If you give quarter section Of land
to the poor man and his young wife, thou
sands of such couples throughout the
country will flock to those territories, and
they will vote slavery out. Whether we
have the Douglas doctrine Of squatter
sovereignty, or the DreG Scott doctrine,
thaLwhile the territory continues in terri
torial condition you cannot exclude slave
ry, these people will sooner or later drive
slavery away That is their objection to
the Homestead bill.
Let US look at the two states Of society
ON the one side, that which the Demo
cratic party would inaugurate in oar free
territory, and on the other that which the
, Republics propose to establish. The
Southern man does net want quarter
section of land, because it is not enough
for his purpose. He wants about two
thousand acres, on whichto worl, lis ter
or twenty negroes and il he cannot obtain
that he will not 60 to those territories
Now take twelve young men and twelve
= young women, married yesterday, let each
couple have their one hundred and sixty
acres, and you have about two thousand
acres on which twelve families arc grow
u ing up under these Christian institutions
y Of ours. Every one of the boys will il
! time bs voter, TO rule you and me.
!, Let one man from the South take hi
two thousand acres, to cultivate it will
= his twenty-five or thirty regroes, an'
y what have you there? You have on,
e. white family with two or three children
: you have alsJ negro family Of fifty 0
!, " sixty growing up around you. There i
:. no school house, none is wanted, for the,
" do not allow negroes 10 60 10 school. I
= foreign young woman is imported, frer
> Vermont, perhaps, to teach the young la
:, dies Of the family such literature as ma
70 he thought desirable, After a while tn
/ two thousand acres are covered over wit
70 negro slaves. But let the Homestead bi
10 Il go into operation. and on those two thou
+ sand acres you have twelve families. ]
u, y, obedience to the divine injunction, "B
~ ~ fruitful, multiply and replenish the earth,
10 there will in the course of a few years
le S thirty or forty children, There will /
" two or three school houses, in which a
of these children may be taught the ell
er ments Of good English education. |
$, stead Of i've or six people, with forty I
'el fifty negro slaves, who are treated as me
lg brutcs or capital you Lave raised up f
a. this republic City or sixty honest. ind
he pendent, well educated Tree men and fr
ne women, with churches and school house
oil the one 10 educate the inelect, the 9th
ly to influence the conscience. All over Il
l land, in all The free States of this Unio
at you will find wherever you go the
ltleburches. their spires pointing to heave
'r> They are the lightning rods that dro
lee away from a sinful race the wrath of
nd offended God. Place on the tact Of te
ny ritory which have mentioned, your o
,e' family with forty negroes, and you hs
he no school house, no church, That is t
l difference, my Democratic brother, !
'eE tween the hated Black Republican poll
OF and thatwhich you propose to inauguri
9. through theinstrumentality ofyour boa
'e. ed Democratic party.
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