The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1862-06-14

and our children will be left without school.
ing. and we shall be left without land to
build railroads in our State. You will
give TO South Carolina and Georgia lands
that our children are entitled TO for schools,
and that our people are entitled to for their
railroads; and for what purpose? To erect
colleges. What interest have we in that
I ask the Senate to remember that no great
er damage can be inflicted upon State
that to have it's lands held in large quanti-
ties by non residents. have travelled days
over the State. now represented by the SEN
ators from Iowa, without seeing house.
and on asking the reason, the answer was
that it was because the land belonged to
non residents. You propose to take every
acre of land in Kansas worth holding
that will be the effect of your bill-to throw
it into the hands of non-residents.
appreciate the fact that am speaking to
Senator'S every one of whomi to receive thir
ty thousand acres of land for his constitu-
ents under this bill The Senate ia to vote
upon bill when every member of the body
is directly interested in its passage. Under
it each of you, for your constituents, take
from my constituents thirty thousand acres
of land. The passage Of the bill is ruin
GUS to the State represent, and it is unjust.
Adopt my amendment; wait until We have
the opportunity Of selecting our school lands
At least. It seems to me that you should
exclude Kansas from the operations Of this
bill until We have selected our railroad lands.
hope that Senators may forget their inter.
est, lay it aside, and do justice to State
that it seems to me is entitled to justice.
| heard some Senator the other dav-1
think il was the Senator from Illinois Mr..
Trumbull say that he represented State
that had sent to this war larger proportion
of her citizens than any other State. I did
not then correct it, although knew that
statement was incorrect. While IlliEois has
sent large number of troops, and while
New York and Pennsylvania, have sent
large numbers of troops. they do not com
pare with Kansas in the proportions to their
population. Every other voter of Kansas
under forty-five years of age is to-day, or
has been during the present rebellion. in
the army of the Government. Aud ye:
Senators rise here and say that they repre-
sent States who sent larger proportion oil
troops than any other. Every other voter
under forty Eve years of age in Kansas is.
or has been in the army of the United State.
during this rebellion; and while they are
thus fighting for their country it seems tO
me that they have some claims on the jus.
tics of this SanalesS4I hope the amendment
will be adopted.
Mr. PoMERoY. I am in favor of this bill,
Mr.. President, and I am also in favor oil
The amendment Of my colleague. ! feel the
force of the sentiment which prevails in the
old States, that they have been liberal to
the new States. The public lands are the
property of all the States, and for a nun
Der Of years past the old States-the original
States as we'll as the early new States that
have now become old-have been liberal
to the Western States. They have just
voted almost unanimously for the Home
stead bill, putting the lands out oil
their own reach forever; and I appreci-
ate the sentiment which exists in the old
States that they are and have been thus lib
eral.
The reason why the amendment of my col
league should prevail, arises from the fac;
that these lands in the States are very lin
tied. In Nebraska, for instance, Terrific
~ that has been organized as long as our
State, organized under the same bill, they
| have about four times the area of our State
as it 10 now cut down. Our territorial linn
its extended into the Territory of Colorado,
embraced Denver City, and up to the top
of the Rocky Mountains; but as State. We
only go out to the one hundred and second
degree of longitude.
It is true we had, as Minnesota had. a
liberal donation of school lands, two Sec
tons in every township; but the surveys
were delayed; our men settled On the pub,
lie lands before the surveys; they settled Oh
the greatest portion of abe eastern part OF
the State before any survey was had by the
General Government, and under the law OF
Congress they hold the lands. Although it
appears on the record that two sections in
every township are quite an amount. yet
when by and act of Congress, we do not get
one section nor quarter section nor foot.
it is practically to these townships the same
as though no lands had been given them.
Under the Law of Congress. the parties set
Ting on these lands hold them, and the
townships have not got them.
GEN. BUTLER IN NEW ORLEANS.