National Republican., 1873-01-28

give 100 acres each TO six million, two hundred
and nfty thousand persons. Ia there q school
know better than that such a great number OF
soldiers and sailors were engaged In the late war,
even counting both sides Taxing the figures
Of yourselves, upon which you based an argu-
ment In answer to our own, and allowing that
the patents for $50 900 900 acres would be thrown
upon the market, they would be worthless also
but we labored 10 prove In that argument, and
dlu prove to your satisfaction, II seems, as you
have not attempted TO refute II, that but small
quantity, compared with the great bulk, would
add some new ones, and defy editors, railroad
corporations or facetious Senators to controvert
them.
No man, however much inclined, can settle
the public domain under the homestead act
without euficlent capital to provide hls outht,
transportation and LIVING for one year. II needs no
argument to prove that the greatest number Of
soldiers or civilians who are Inclined to possess
homestead have not this amount Of capital TO
begin with, or that there can be borrowed any
upon such an uncertain contingency as that they
will some time In the yelled future-if they
stick-rcceiye deeds for ther land Now, we
boldly assert that under this bin, when he shall
have received patent, which will be at once
and at little expense, the soldier can borrow
sufficient capital, hy giving security on his own
lend, TO begin and pursue a successful settle
ment. Already corporation Is forming IN this
city with this very purpose In view. The cry
has been, "thls bill will take $780, 900 acres Of
the public domain from the actual settler" The
cry should be that II Will Immediately settle
more Of the Western wllds than would he set
tied under the homestead act In generation, for
| u not only makes the land available, but inCl-
dentally provides means to the settler to reach
and subdue It,
We believe that the men who edit the news
| papers are better posted, aud are possessed Of
| too much intelligence to advance sucf flnsy
objections against measures when they have
tenable basis to stand upon but the truth Is
! that these statements are made at the bidding
! Of master, and are set down as demonstrated
facts, with such assurance as to imply that no
one dare question them, Let US tell you frankly
that we dare 10 IL; and we dare assert that u
this measure Ia defeated In the Senate now, such
defeat will not be fnal. The editor OF the RE-
PUBLICAN knows Ne well as we do that petitions,
embracing the signatures Of thousands and tens
| Of thousands Of loyal men, have been presented
In the Senate every day since the recess, praying
for this measure that State Legislatures have
passed resolutions characterizing It as q Just,
their Senators 10 vote Tor Il, and to exert them.
selves TO their utmost to have II passed; and yet
one Of the gentlemen has 50 soon forgotten the
pecttn nSt,o1. nv" s ~ reeeSg,y Ss one Tn nj II
them tho subject Of bit Of false wit In open
Senate. Doubtless this was sent TO him by his
denee IN nm to Suppose that. eyen % II ps oppossG
the measure, he would net falsely TidlCnle tho
petition and the million men whose sentiment:
II undoubtedly reflects.
A few days since you made the statement thai
you had not seen one word In the Republican
press favorlng the bill, but, on the contrary, the
leading papers Of that party pronounce Il .
as the sentiment Of the leaders Of the Republl
can party, we Judge II to mean that they, having
received our support and yo es, by which q re
newed lease OF power Ia given them, can nov
ignore our claims with impnnity, and cheat US o
the protuse promises they gre committed to IL
speechepTess and platform, and In place Of thu
grateful feelings towards us they professed, re
turn Kicks for our caresses. IL that party cat
afford such treatment we are content, for W,
know our power and shall not hesitate TO use IT,
Defence OF the Board Of Health Men.
EDITOR REPUBLICAN: Referring to an article II
the star Of last evening, under the head Of az
lowing:
not been paid for their services whether good
bad or indinerenD since last November.
There are two clerks on duty In the once o
the health Officer at meagre salary, whose Ofiic
, hours are from a. m. to I y. M, sundays In
, cluded, Under resolution Of the board, adOptet
several weeks since, the health once Ia require,
to be kept open until 10 y. m., daily: and sine
the adoption OF that resolution the health oflc
has not been closed, Sundays or otherwise, unit
that hour. Both Of these clerks are cOmpeten
telegraph operators, and during the hours name
arc always really to receive aud send dIspatche
10 the smallpox hospital, or TO any station Il
Washington or Georgetown, through police head
quarters, and II telegTaphc communicative
has been closed with the health ofice on Y stree
at or $3.50 O'Clock p. m.,' Il has not been 8
| closed by the employees herein referred to.
Perhaps " Complaining Citizens" could bette
serve themselves and the public by urging upo
their representatives the necessity OF prOvidin
; the ways and means Of preventing the spread 0
infectious and contagious diseases, and the NOR
prompt payment Of the men employed In tina
service, than by such heartless attacks as tn
one to which have so briefly replied.
u. L, JoSEs.