Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 5, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 July 1850 — Page 2

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Herewith I send for publication a copy of the bill which passed the House on yesterday, granting; bounty lands to certain soldiers. It met with the moat determined opposition, but af.er a struggle of rive days it passed by a vote of 155 to 36. I d not like the features of the bill. Its provisions do not extend to the heirs of soldiers who have died, but only to the survivors and their widows. The public lands it is alleged are pledged to the payment of the national debt, created by the Mexican war, and many of our friends were alarmed at the idea of increasing the amount of land, to bo thus absorbed, and it was therefore determined to confine tho bounty to the survisois and their widows. I hope the Senate will amend it. If they do not, and pass it in its present ehape, it will, at any rate, grant relief to a very large class of our most worthy and meritorious citizens. W. J. BROWN. Be it enacted ly the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Stales of America in Congress assembled, That each of the surviving commissioned and non-commissioned officer?, musicians, or privates, whether of regulars, volunteers, ranger;:, or militia, who performed military service in any regiment, company, or detachment in the service of the United States in the war with great Britain, declared by the United States on the 13th day of -June, 1912, or in any of the Indian wars since 1700, and each of the commissioned officers who was engaged in the military per vice of the United States in the late war with Mexico, shall be entitled, for twelve months service, to one hundred and sixty acres of land, for six months service to eighty acres of land, and for three months service to forty acres of land : Provided, The person o having been in service shall Dot receive said land, or any part thereof, if it shall appear by the muster-rolls of hin regimeut or corps, that he deserted or was dishonorably discharged from service, or if he has received, or is entitled to, any land bounty under any act of Congress heretofore passed. Sec. 2. That each commissioned and non-commissioned officer, musician, or private, for whom provision is made by the first section hereof, shall re ceive a cert ideate or warrant from the Department of the luterior for the quantity of land to which he may be entitled, and which may be located by the warrantee, or his heirs-at-law, at any land office of the United Slates, in one body, and in conformity to the legal subdivisions of the public lands, upon any of the public lands in such district then subject to private entry; and upon the return of such certificate or warrant, with evidence of the location thereof having been legally made, to the General Land Office, a pa- ; tent shall be issued therefor. In the event of the j death of sucli commissioned or non-commissioned ; officer, musician or private, prior or subsequent to j the passage of this act, who shall have served a j aforeeaid, and wbo shall not have received bounty j land for said services, a like certificate or warrant ' shall be issued in favor and innure to the benefit of his widow, provided she was married to such officer before the conclusion of his service, and i unmarried et the date of her application: Provided, further. That no land warrant, issued under the provisions of this act, shall be laid upon any land of the United States to which there is a pre-emption right, or upon which there shall be an actual settlement and cultivation, except with the consent of such settler, to be satisfactorily proved to the proper land officer. Sec 3. That all sales, mortgages, letters of attorney, or other instruments of writing, going to afiect the title or claim to any warrant or certificate herein provided for, made or executed prior to the issae of such warrant or certificate, shall be null and void, to all intents and purposes whatsoever; nor shall such certificate or warrant, or the land obtained thereby, be in anywise affected by or charged with or subject to the payment of any debt or claim incurred by such officer or soldier prior to the issuing of the patent: Pmxided, That the benefits of thi act hall not accrue to any person who is a member of the present Congress. Democratic Platform on Slavery. "Resolved, That Congress has no power, under the Constitution, to interfere with or control the domestic institutions of the several State, and that such States are the sole and proper judges of every thing appertaining tu their own atftirs, not prohibited by the Constitution; that all efforts of the abolitionists or others, made t induce Congress to interfere with the question of slavery, or to take incipient steps in relation thereto, are calculated to lead to the most alarming and dingerous consequences, and that all such effort have an inevitable tendency to dimirish the happiness of the people, and endanger the stability and permanency of the Union, and ought not to be countenances! by any friend of our political institutions. The above resolution was adopted by the National Democratic Convention, which nominated Mr. Van Baren. It was there fully endorsed by the democracy, both north and south. It was re-adopted by the Democratic Conventions in 1344 and '49, and the only resolution, oq that subject, ever adopted by National Democratic Convention; and every demo crat who voted for Van Buren, Polk or Cass endorsed its sentiments by his vote. . It is our political land mark on t!at question, and if we steer by it, we hall at least have no division among ourselves. That the whijs should divide and split into flinders, is a mat ter not to be wondered at. There has i.ever been unity of sentiment enough among them to adopt any resolution. They have succeeded, as Col. Benton says, by riding on both sides of the stapling. We publish the resolution at this lime, when cloud rest upon the political horizon, when the stars are obscured by the mists of prejudice and education, as a sort of beacon light which will keep us off the rocks and breakers. It was originally drawn tip by that pure patriot and enlightened statesman, Silas Wrijrht, of New York. '.It had the concurrence of IIr. Van Euren, Gen. Jackson, Col. Benton, Judge Woodbury, and the leading men of the party, and has incelße.T adopted at every succeeding Convention, without a di-enting voice. (rWe leirn from the Madison Courier that the Magnolia Mills in that city are offering $1,00 for l.ew wheat.

From our Washington Correspondent Washington City, June 22, 1350. The Senate, after four days' hard struggle this week, were unable to come to any vote on the compromise bill. The weather is excessively hot, and they were compelled to adjourn over two days to have the Chamber cleanard and put in summer dress. There seems to be a determination on the port of a majorily to fit it out next week. By sitting it out, I mean not adjourn until the bill is either defeated or passed. This is the only mode known to the practice of the Senate, of forcing a vote. They have no such a ihinj as the previous question; and, under their rules, as long as a Senator choose to talk no vote can be taken. In this in inner two or three refractory Senators sometime keep tho w holet body at by for several days. On .Monday Mr. &ule, of Ioui-iana, will more the Missouri compromise. He is an n tile man, and a most eloquent and forcible speaker. He in a native of France, and does not speak the English language well; bul is nevertheless very interesting. The Missouri compromise seem now to be the southern ultimatum. It cannot now be adopted, without severing California. Cilifornia, will not come in, if, as a condition, he is shorn of her southern borders. The south have heretofore opposed this or any o'her line. They claimed all of California and Oregon too. Two years ago the north would have accepted this line; now ther are commuted against it, the south generously offer it. The compromise bill of the committee of 13 does not please either the north or the south; but, I presume it is the best that can be done. An honett old country magistrate once uid, that in administering justice amongst his neighbors, for tweuly years, he was not certain that he ever gave a rigii'eous judgment but once, and that was when both the parties were dissatisfied. I think Mr. Clay and .the committee may eny tho same of their bill. The ultras at the south say tint it it no compromise, because the north gets all. The fanatics at the north say vliey are s Id to the south. In the House an effort has been made, bo far without success, to pass the bill givii g bounty lands to the soldiers of the war of 1312. There is now great danger that the bill will be defeated. It is made like every thing else, a party question the democrats for it, and the whips generally against it; sui;e by direct opposition, and others by voting on all sorts of amendments to weaken and defeat it. If the till had only included three months soldiers and those for a longer period, it could have been passed; but, as it now stands, it includes sea-fcticibles and minute men, and those who served one day in any war. Tho old fellows about Washington who went out to Bladensburgh in the morning and ran away before night, would be entitled to the same bounty as the heroes of Tippecanoe, the Thames or New Orleans and unless there can be some restriction to confine the bounty of the government to actual soldiers who performed some tervice, the bill, if passed, would absorb the whole of the public lands and open a wide door for fraud oßd speculation. I see by the Union of this morning that, thero is a call for the friends of the measure to meet at the Capitol this evening. I hope they will come to some understanding, and act in concert. If they do, the measure may yet be saved. In its present shape it will and ought to be defeated. The Indiana delegation have been active in their exertions to procure its passage. Your Representative left a sick Led where he had been conSned tor some time, to vote on the bill. The free soilers, holding tho balance of power in the Connecticut Legislature, have defeated the election of a United States Senator. They were elected by Democratic votes; but refused to vote for Governor Toucey because he had been a member of Mr. Polk's Cabinet, and had been in favor of prosecuting the Mexican war. They refused to vote for Loren P. Waldo, one of the best men in the State, because he had voted for Case; and, as a member of the present Congress, had voted for the regular democratic nominees for Speaker and Clerk, although he was known to be in favor of the Wilmot Proviso. They required that 99 democrats, good and true, must yield to 14 free soilers and vote for a Van Buren Buffalo platform man, or they would defeat the election and throw it into the hands of the whigs next year. So much for that fiction. Democrats of Indiana, beware of the rock. Colonel Benton received a splendid present from Old Dr. Jacob Townsend, in the way of two boxes of his "SarsnparilU," for his peecii, in which the Cpl. makes such a witty and tarcastic allusion to this celebrated nostrum. XA.VJER.

The Tariff. The whigs of Pennsylvania, who are at least half a century behind tho oge, are still clamoring for protection.They must have an increased and specific duty on iron a duty levied not to produce a revenue from the importation of tho foreign article, but to tax it so high, that its importation must necessarily be decreased, and thereby give to the manufacturer of the domestic article, a wider market and higher price. That owing to a variety of causes, among which mny be the present tariflf. the iron interest is somewhat depressed, is not to be denied. To make up this deficiency, in the profits of the iron master, is the farmer, and indeed all other trades or professions, to be taxed 1 This is the practical effect of the operation of high duties. The farmer's wheat crop in the West, was last year blighted with the rust. Who made good his losses! Where there is one taxpayer in the United States, engaged in tho manufacture of irn, there are nine hundred and ninetynine engaged in other avocations. Should this last named claes all be taxed for the benefit of the one! The same argument will apply to the salt, sugar, cotton ar.d woolen manufacturing interest that claim protection. In giving protection to these various interests, the great agricultural branch of industry, ifi the west, is taxed, and continually taxed, without any coriespor.ding benefits. If. tho Pennsylvanian cannot compete with the foreign manufacturer, let him come to the West and cultivate our broad acres of fertile land. We will give him a hearty welcome; he shall have a liorne, and hall te placed on an equal footing with us, but let him not ask us to put money in his purse, because the price of iron is low. It is no great injury to our farmers who buy this article of necessity at a reduced price. Our rail road companies do not complain, because they can buy the English iron at 40 dollars a ton, when, undor the old high protection system, they would have had to pny from CO to SO dollars for the same. Yet Preidmt Taylor and his Cabinet feel bound to do something f .r Pennsylvania. The Old Keystone changed the result in the last Presidential election, and they reCommend an increased protection on iron, and Mr. Meredith, the Secretary uf the Treasury, is determined, from his Galphin payments and wasteful expenditures, to create the necessity for more revenue. Temferance Levee. The Daughters of Temperance of (his city will hold a levee to-iuorruW evening, at the new Masonic Hall. AU are invited to attend. Mr. Pearsall and his class will furnish music, instrumental and vocal. Doors open at 8 o'clock. Admittance 23 cents. 07"Tlie steeple of the First Baptist Church ju this city was blown off and destroyed by the wind ia a storm on yctterday afieraoou.

The Convention. We learn, from different portions of the State, tlut the candidates f r Delegates to the Convention, which is to convene in October next, for the purpose of altering and amending our State Constitution, are ranvasping the State with much spirit ; but there apiears to be a non-committalism, on the part of the Whig

candidates especially, that should induce every good citizen at . least to look well over the whole ground, before he cast his vote?. The Democratic party in our country, as well as in all others, is decidedly the party of progress. All the useful reforms in government have originated with that party. To go no farther back than tho adoptior. f the Constitution of the United Stales, we find a struggle, even in this glorious la mi of liberty, for popol.ir rights. The federalists of that day, from whom the Whigs of the present descended, were in favor of a strong government the election of a Pres-, ident and Senate for life the appointment of the Governors of the States by the President, &.C This was opposed by the Democrats, headed by Jefferson, and to this point we can clearly trace the origin of the two great political parties of the present day in our country. It is true, that the Whigs have been called by different names Federalists, National Republicans, &c., but still they have no difficulty in tracing their regular succession down, in an unbroken line, from Hamilton and the elder Adams. A few years ago, when Democracy in her progressive inarch, determined to confer more power upon the people in the election of officer taking in even tiie Judiciary as proper to bo elected by the people, the Whigs, as a party stood back in amazement declaring that we were sapping the great citadel of the Constitution that life and property would be unsafe were we to throw open tho election of our Judges to the populace bad men would be elected, dependent on the multitude for their elections, and the wheels of justice would be clogged. The very argument, thai induced Mr. Hamilton and his coadjutors to go for a President and Senate for life war agaiu urged they were afraid to trust the people. The principle, how ever, has triumphed. Democratic Conventions were held to form and amend State Constitutions ; Judges, for several years past, have been elected by the people. The result has been that better men have been select ed, because the people, who elected their judges, were all interested in the proper administration of the laws. Democratic truth was vindicated, in the safety of conferring power on the people to elect their own officers, and the whig members of our last Legislature were foolish enough to think, that they could palm off this Democratic reform as good Whig doctrine. The election of Judges is now a foregone conclu sion ; tut we see tnat it lias been brought aoout under the spirit of Democratic progress. The Democratic party, unlike the Whigs, are jeal ous of conferring too much power on their Represen tatives. By the exercise of loo much power, by Legislative bodies, many of the States of this Union have been brought to the very verge of ruin. In the late Conventions, where Democrats have invariably held the ascendancy, the power to do evil has been limited, and that power will be limited, we have no doubt, in our amended Constitution. No State loan will hereafter be suffered to be contracted, without the people first authorising or passing upon it at the polls. With regard to the Banking system a system of exclusive privileges to the few the same jealous guardianship should be exercised. Ou this question, the lines of Democracy and Whiggery are plainly marked. The great battle of reform in Banking has been fought mainly by Democrats. It was a Democratic President that put down that old and corrupt monster, the United States' Bank. It was Democrats, by the force of legislation, that compelled the State Banks to resume specie payments ; and whenever there has been a great Bank struggle, we have invariably beheld Whiggery for the Banks and Democracy for the people. We speak new of the two greut parties not of isolated individuals. Many Democrats, even in Indiana, are interested in Banking, and private interest may operate upon a democrat as well as a whig. But if we must have Banking in Indiana, there is the greatest necessity for a Democratic majority in the Convention, in order that guards should be thrown around it ; because, the whole Bank question will be thrown open before that body. On ordinary occasions, when a man, appearing before the people as a candidate, makes pledges, we are disposed to confide in him; but on the question of Banking, there will be great room for dodging. No digested yetem is before the people. Individual end often crude notions are advanced, in order, in too many instances we fear, to catch the popular breeze. When the Convention meets, a great outline is to be adopted. Candidates are now discussing many points that will not come before them in the Convention, in order to throw dust in the eyes of the people. The clause relative to Banking, if one is inserted in the Constitution, must necessarily be brief; and may be something which has purposely escaped the attention of the candidate, who has been discussing details, in stead of general principles. A Whig candidate on the Wabas.li a man who once worshipped at no other shrine but that of a Uni ted State'Bank, in a closely contested county, is now preaching long and loud, in favor of prohibiting the circulation of all bills under tho denomination of twenty dollars, is in favor of individual liability, is loud in deprecating party in the election of Dele gates, and hopes to get a great many Democratic votes. But that man': legislative career shows that a more decided whig partisan never legislated in the walls of our State House. He never voted for a dem ocrat, and being an oily, plausible, pleasant little gentleman, with all tho marks of candor written upon his countenance, he was generally selected to work the wires, whenever any great parly movement was to be made; and should he be elected-, we expect to find him at Lis old vocation, and we should dread his power. i ' ' A candidate, not a hundred miles from Indianapo lis, is operating on a maller scale, by exhibiting a gold dollar, in the course of his speeches, and speak ing hmg and loud in favor of the California currency! The same man who in 1840 was the loudest to de nounce the sub-treasury, and hard money currency, as he called lt.. then Ins cry was, "uivc us a bank to make money plenty !" Now Cilifornia is his bank ; although he was greatly opposed to its acquisition. He takes great paim, however, not to make the pledge, in a square-up, unqualified manner, that he will vote for no provision in the Constitution tolera ting any Bank ! If he were to do this, there would be some sense in bis arguments. It is this beating around the bush that we intend to warn the people against. We are gratified with the aasurance, that many very able Democratic minds wil bo in the Convention, capable of rellecting the will of the people in a proper form. We invite our readers to look at the past. It will bo found that there is safely in trusting our Constitution into the hands cf a Democratic majority. We are pleased also to know that there will be soma intelligent Whigs in the Con vention, w ate abli t discuss the great questions that will come before I hem. What we wish to con vey to our readers is this :' Democracy is right, when its principles are carried out; and there is no safety in a whig majority In our Contention, if wc wish to

secure a good Democratic Contitu ion, worthy of the age, and of the Democratic Stale of Indiana. We -hull resume the subject again. We have only glanced at a few nf the prominent subjects now bein di-ciM-ed b:fnro the people. They are worthy of serious reflection.

Frecsoilers oll out t the Administration. The editor of the Lafayette Journal is determined to retain the Post of lice printing, if lie buntes every freesoil subscriber to accomplish the object. Hear him: j "It may not be supernjjatory to .täte, for the ed- : ificalion of our Whig friend remote fron thereat! of publication, that, on the accession of the present proprietor, the origiml position f the Journal, as a thorough, radical Whijf print, ha been sedulously j maintained; und the freemilium, which marked its', course by the previous conductors, discarded: He continues Li objections t Sir. Whitcouib for voting for the Wilmt proviso, and says: What we choose to ay about Whitcomb, we say to please ourselves, and to do jostice to a betrayed body of men, ho in an evil hour, yielded bim their reluctant support to a place, which, like every other he has ever filled, ha been marked by tergiversation and turpitude. Burns may now as well hang up his fiddle; the man of the corn colored vest will retain the printing for the Post Office! Only think of it the freesoilers of old Tippecanoe, numbering some 201) or more of the old Whig party, sold out for .$15,00! We invite the attention of the Indiana Slate Journal, Lafayette Journal and several other whig prints of a kindred character, to the following article from the Grant county Whig Thermometer." The editors must certainly blush for their own course when they witness the manliiiesa of the Thermometer towards political opponents, vlear the editor and see if you cannot profit by a good example: "It will Je recollected that we wrote an article in last week's paper, in which it was shown that Mr. Whitcomb's couroe and votes in the Senate were not in strict accordance willi the instructions given him by ihe Legislature, nor with his former pledges to his constituents. At this time it is a pleasure to us to be able to say, inen hiving examined some of the recent votes in the Sonate, that not only Mr. Whitcomb but our other Senator, Mr. Bricht, has given evidence of a willingness to obey the instructions of the Legislature. On a motion declaring that the Mexican laws prohibiting slavery shall bo and remain in force in the Territories until altered or repealed by Congress, we find the names of Whitcomh and Bright recorded in the affirmative with Messrs. Chase, Hale and Seward." The editor of the State Sentinel ays the Democratic party were never in favor of the Wilmot Proviso. Just what we have said for Ihe last four years. Richmond Palladium. How dare you say any thing on the subject, belonging, as you do, to a party which, at the Philadelphia ''Slaughter House" Convention, when the Wilmot Proviso was proposed, kicked it under the table ! Has the Whig party yet any opinion, with regard to the Wilmot Proviso! We defy this pretended Wilmot Proviso editor to show it. Wo have not only said, but have known for the last four years, that the Whig party had no principles. The President, by non-action, has practically defeated the proviso, and friend ilulloway is bound to say amen to it. California. We have received the San Francisco Alta California of tho 11th of May, which is filled with an account of the fire which took place in that city on the 4th of the same month. The editor says " If we take into consideration' the great extent of property destroyed, covering an area more than three times as large as that of the December fire, we do not think the estimated loss of Jour millions of dollars is exaggerated." The effects of the conflagration, it is said, will fall heavily upon the city at the present time, and probably produce a temporary depression in buisincss. A reward of $10,000 was offered by the Mayor Pr the detection of the incendiaries. Building had already commenced in the burnt district and was orogressing with great rapidity. The building of the Alta Cali fornia was consumed but the printing materials saved. Plank R.oads. In reference to plank roads, the editor of the Logro Erle of the 26th ult. says of their utility we cannot speak ; but that they are beginning to be introduced in this portion nf the State with success and profit. The Lajjro and Marion road is rapidly progressing, under the direction of our en ergetic friend. Judge Barlow. It will be pushed for ward as fast as possible; during tho two coming months five miles will be finished and probably ten miles this fall. It will be completed next season. The advantages tobe be derived from this project are evident to all,' benefiting equally farmers and the tra veiling public. We are glad to learn that the Logansport and In dianapolis road, under the superintence of Judge Wright, has been carried on vigorously during the present season. Randolph, Jay and Blackfokd. The Democratic Convention of the counties of Randolph, Jay and Blackford, has nominated the Hon. Jeremiah Smith as a candidate for Senatorial Delegate. The Win Chester Patriot says "As to Judge Smith's qualifications we have not a word to say, he is a man of respectable talent, and untiring industry, but he is a radical democrat, and we are as radically whig, and therefore it is hardly likely that we shall give our support to the Judge." We hope our Hancock county friends will read the above, as well as the Banner man in Jefferson, who has been copying our admonitions to Democrats. He will find the whigs are sufficiently prescriptive, so far, at least, as the leaders are concerned, without his everlasting promptings. The people, however, wish a Democratic Constitution, and many men, still voting with the whig party, when they seriously coneider that they are, in this instance, acting for pos terity, will pause before they reject a well qualified democrat, under the party drill. We advise our friends to vote a full ticket, because we want a good Democratic Constitution ; and we believe the people of Indiana, at the August election, will say amen to our advice. The only objection, it will be perceived the Patriot lias to Judge Smith is, that he is a radi cat Dem.cral. We like the Judjje all the better for this qualification for his radicalism consists in a full belief of (he ability of the people to govern themselves, without a dictator. We et the Judge down as a member of the Convention. - St. JotEM County. The Democratic Convention of Si. Joseph county has nominated Albert G. Doavitl as a candidate fur Delegate to the Convention, and A A. Whitlock for Representative. Mr. Whinery who was nominated by the whig for Representative bus decliiieJ running. Pouter and Lakk Counties. The Democratic Convention of Porter and Lake counties on the 22d ult. nominated A. M. Turnek for Representative Del ecate to the Convention and William M. Harbison for Representative. The Vevay Palladium of the 29ili ult. says the steamer lloosier Stale, to take the place of the Mad ison Belle in the packet line, was launched from Ha zen's ship yard in Cincinnati on Saturday last. Her model is represented as a beautiful one, and the gen eral opinion is that Capt. Jeemes -will have a fas boat.

Itomity L.:inl Rill. We continue, in a condensed form, the speeches of several members' from Indiana, on this interesting subject the pre? upon our columns rendering it out of our power tu publish the full debate. Thuksday, June 20. Mr. DUNHAM said : Mr. Chairman, I am in favor of this amendment I can fee no reason for making a distinction between those soldiers who served as drafted men and those who served aa volunteer, in the liberality of the Government. What matters it how they came into the service of Ihe country, so they got into it and did their duty faithfully ! Volunteers and militia stood side by side upon the battle field ; together mingled their blood, and now, side by side, their bodies lie smouldering where they togeth. er fell in defence of their country. Then let u deal equally with those of them who survive, and with the posterity of those who perished. Sir, I ant in favor of the passage of this bill ; first, because the people, to whom thete lands belong, desire this disposition to be made of them. They feel grateful to these venerable men, and desire to pay to them this slight tribute of their gratitude and respect. I do not feel disposed to thwart their wishes. I, their servant, will not by any action of mine indicate that I do not believe they know how to dispose of their own. If they never shor lens wisdom and oodncs ihan by this wish of theirs, we need not fear for the harmony and prosperity of the country. I am for thin bill because I believe that justice requires its passajje. The bounties of the Government h7tr been bestowed with a liberal hand upon others who were no more deserving than they to the soldiers of th Mexican

war, to vhoni we gave lands, no more. nay. not as much, as they deserved, no more than I would have cheerfully voted for had I then been here. Did they, brave though they were, though ti.ev endured much did thev show any more bravery, did tiey endure more penis and sufferings and deprivations, than did those men h fought on your northern and western frontiers, at New Orleans, and who defended your eastern coast? No. sir: and in one respect not as much, for they felt no anxiety for those they left behind them. When they bid farewell to their homes and families, they did so with the pleasing reflection mat they leti llient under the sheltering arm of a government able and willing to protect them sur rounded by friends who would provide for their wants and succor them in distress. But how was it with those who perved in those border wars ! They parted from those they loved with aching hearts, with a . i ine meianciioiy lurebodinjr tliat it was a last farewell ; that wiien they returned ihey should find their humble cabins heaps of smouldering ruins, their wives and little ones scalped and tomahawked by the blood-thirsty marauding savscres : and loo often did their forebodings prove realities. Then why with hold this piiinnce from these brave men ! Why make a distinction between those who served their country with equal fidelity and patriotism! Why, we are told, that if we thus give away these lands we diall diminish nur revenues: that we shall be driven to direct taxation, to keep the Government in motion. Suppose this to be true: Is that any rea Mm why we tdiould not do justico to the men who defended our cradles? But, sir, it will not. It will increase the revenues. 1 do not believe in this policy of our Government, in holding up lhee wild lands like some heartless speculator, whilst thousands of our citizens are without homesteads. I would give a quarter section to every citizen who has no farm nf his own, who would go upon it and cultivate it, and mike a home for himself and family. Sir, this is the way to make true, independent republicans. A man feels inure like a man, more like a freeman, when he knows tnat the little spot of earth from which he draws his sustenance: that the roof, humble though it be, which shelters himfelf and his little ones from the storms of heaven, ho ho Uli not at the will of some petty landlord. Instead of diminishing the revenues, it would increiw them. You would change those vast, unproductive prairies and forests into fruitful fields. You would immensely increase the wealth, and, what is of much more importance, the happiness of the country. You would greatly increase the ability to purchase and enjoy the comforts and luxuries of life, and hence, also increase the demand for them. This would increase the commerce, and consequently, the revenues of the country. This increase would soon far overbalance the diminution of the proceeds of the sales of these lands. This bill, so far as it goes, will produce the same effect. And who are these gentlemen who are so afraid of beggaring the Treasury by this grant of land to the men who, when we were children, defended them with their valor ? Some of them are men who, but a few years ago, voted to distribute all these lands among the States who, this session, have voted for every extravagant measure that has been before this Houpe who, but a few days since, voted five thousand dollars to build a puldic gr em-house thousands of dollars to be wasted in ornamenting these public grounds thousands of dollars to make improvements for this city, the very kind of improvements which the cities and towns of their own districts make by taxing themselves who have heretofore voted hundreds of thousands to carry on immense systems of internal improvements. All these things they have gulped down without an effort; but now, when it is proposed to grant a few thousands of acres nf land to the old soldiers who succored their country in the dirk hours of her adversity, they are at once seized with a perfect mania of economy. They are horror-stricken at Mich reckless extravagance. I hope this disposition to economise is real. I hope it will continue, for it will save much to Ihe Treasury ; bot I think its display might have commenced upon some more appropriate object. But, bir, we are told that much of this land will find its way into the band of speculators. No doubt of it, sir; but what of that! Is this any reason why we shall not do justice to a meritorious class of our citizens? I apprehend that speculators cannot get them without paying something to the immediate recipients of this bounty. These men, many of them, are still living. They are scattered all over this country, from one side of it to the o;her. They are trembling upon the very verge of the grave. Many of them are in poverty, with constitutions chattered, broken perhaps in this very service of their country; they need this provision to support them in their declining years. And 6hall we be told they must not have it for fear, in doing justice to them, speculators may possibly also be benefitted! That those who would receive and appropriate these lands to the support otid comfort of their old age, shall not have them for fear that others may be less prudent, and may, by their own acts, thwart our efforts to do them good. Sir, this is a sort of reasoning, a kind of moral ethics. I do not understand; nor do 1 desire to. We are told they rendered their services under a contract, and that they have been fully paid according to that contract; that the purchase money of their blood lias been fully paid, and that they ought not to ask, ought not to receive any more; that six or seven dollars a month is a sufficient compensation for all their valor, for all their hardship, for the live of those who left their bones to bleach upon the fields thpy won. Shame upon such an argument as this. It is unworthy a great and grnerous people, and will, I assure gentlemen, find no response in their bosom, unless it be that of their indignation for those who urjre it. Sir, there is not a gentleman upon this floor who dare stand up and directly avow that they have ever b-?in paid the value of tl.eir services; there is not a citizen in the country who will do it, who thinks it. Then the question recurs, did the Government comply with its part of the contract under which tnese serviles were performed, so that, they are estopped from recurring to the value of services rendered? Did it pay. clothe and support them as it wat bound to? The history of the country proves the contrary. The files of this House, where there are yet claims of thousands of dollars for their clothing and provisions furnished by individuals to keep our armies from disbanding, also show the contrary. . Gosnd examine the files of the Uommitteo on Claim, f which I have the honor to be a member, and you will there End large claim, yet unpaid, of merchants who advanced these things to the soldiers at Pittsburgh, to keep them from being driven by necessity to leave the service when the Government could neither pay nor clothe them. Then talk not to it e or to them about a contract, wheu the Government utterly failed to com ply wtth its part or it. I repeat, sir, this bill ought to pass. This tribute, I care not whether of our justice or our gratitude to these care-worn and laurel-crowned soldiers, should at once bo bestowed. The lapse of time which we have delayed it, is our reproach, and not an excuse for now withholding it. We have no time to delay. Whilst we yft deliberate they are passing away. Let tl en i not go down to their graves with their hearts wrung

with our ingratifude, but let thir last days be cheered with this evidence, lhat their valor and patriotism is properly appreciated by their grateful countrymen. Fbidat. 21t Jon. DEBATE FURTHER CONTINUED. Mr. GORMAN, said t Mr. Chahmin, I renew this amendment, ta say u Ihe friend of the bill, that ihet proptxiiioita to include veijrbodjr, both tailors od Midier, are killing it. It it ocHrly dead now you hire alieaJy neatly drdroyed it.

i h Krnlleman from Mtrrlaod TMr. EviimI bildlr nroclaimed hit itlJ opposition ta ii, sod be i too eudid ta y IMI he on-T thi amendment lot any other parpoie than to deotruy itt hi speech wat ii-teitdrd a funeral sermon over itt aliesdjr mutilated iemiu. It mot aw bs ident to all ihat fh moment yon alined the bill from what it wat when it time fiom ihe comraiit-e, von gave it e terioa blow. Geiuleinro mutt have obervrd thai ihe eneiniet of the bill vote for any a nendment t wvigh it down. If von ot the oldieit of the war with Great Biiiaiu to ftavs thit bounty land, vote against any and all amendtnsntt that ars propoed. The committee gave it full rnnaideratioo, and decided I ive eighty ariet to all tix montht meo, one bundled and iaty acre to all twelve moiilb men. Thu will Def.lliwii. .reredrott audio rive it f.r a lett riiod of tervice, will be depaitin from fjimrr precedent. I bat been devoting myself most aidenttr ti get thit bill psted and I would, with all my heart, give foity aervt to all aoU diert who served thtee montht or le-t. and were, during that time, in any battle; bat all the member on thit floor, know, that lo biinjt iha seivice txliw three montht, and giva very man lorxy, or eignty, or one hundred and vixty acres ul land, who were only diaf:ed for tome peculiar emergency, and served fio-a five to thirty, forty, or fifiy dayt, dorinc rtürh lime they postibly never saw an eaemy, it to kill thit bill dead. Aie member awais that daiinr tho war with Great Britain, there were called into tervice three hundied and oighty-two thaaud militia and volunteeit, and ttwt two hundred and fifty thootand ol that number were mere temporary toldier, called out and tiatioued alunr the ei-b ait, in iuit intancet fur a few diyt, oi one or 10 mouth f many of whom wete at borne, and at their wink on lh ir faimt, and in their shop, meiely holding themselve in iradinet, if they should be needed. Those who aie aidentlv and liunenly wi-hing the pataga of thi bill, should vote down every amendment to the bill, and keep it as a prudent, careful, at well-L.foimed committee brought it in. I would bo slid to give a bounty to every toldier who eived Iii couutiy for but ons dyt bot you must limit Ihe time to tome reasonable period of actual service, or you cannot get any till passed through thit Huuir. Tbe geiitlemaa fro.n Ohio Mr. Vinton it too candid a man lo rise in hit place and aay, that by votine for these amendments he did not deliberately intend to oppose, drfeat, and destroy the bill. Mr. Vl.NTOX said, if the gentleman will permit me. I will aiatr my motive. - The t.ill rotiiely deitruyt our Und system I therefore impose it. Mr. Gorman continued. The gentleman fmm Ohio, and a laige maj iiiiy of hi Whig friend, have oppo-ed the bill fiom the slait. But I desiie to tay a woid more t The original bill proposes to give a bounty land to tbe tix, twelve and eighteen monihs militia and volunteers. If left iu that foim, it will pas; if reduced t five, ten twenty, thirty, or sixty lsy et vice, it will not pass, as every member now can plainly ee. If the bill it left at the com.nittee reported it, it will piovide f r about iwenty-two thousand men, or their cbiidien and no moie. I desiis the committee to remember that my houoiable fiiend fiom Connecticut Mr. Waldo and myielf, ai m-mbert of the Committee n Ilev i'.utionary Pension, had fullr investigated ihit matter, and searched up evei law that bat been passed on the subject of bounty lati.lt to soldiers; and we found that all soliieit who weis mastered into the legulji seivice for five years, got this bounty and extra pay; aad all who wer mustered into the service for duiing the war, got it likewise. So that, if you leave the bill at the committee fiamed it, yoa provide for all the six, twelve, and eighteen mot.ths men. I am fully awate, that some of the veiy warmest friends of the bill have proposed lo amend, by allowing all who served only one day, to come in for tbit bounty. 1 know their good intentions; but the pat history of bill of thu kind it full of admonition t iit friends to keep off all amendments. And, sir, if it needs amend nenlt, let it so to the Senate; and thev, having more time and lest coufusion. can, aud will tbiow aiuund it all pipr guardt. Speech or lion. John L.. ISobinsoii. We find (he following five minutes speech of Mr. R. reported in the Washington Globe. Mr. Robinson renewed the amendment. lie said that Congress had mw bem in session innre than six montl, the ordinary length of a !ng session, yet it had done abtfohitcly nothing in the way of the transaction if the important public business which ought tn receive its attention, both Houses have, with slight exception, been exclusively engaged in debating questions connected willi the admission of California, the territories, and slavery. In tltis House, we have hud the President's California message before us for over f mr months, and over a month ago we voted to stop the debate on Tuesday last so as to cease talking and commence acting. In all this time, I have forborne to say one word upon any of these subjects, as I prtferrer1 to show my faitli by my acts rather than by profeosions. I have been ready and anxious to vote, but not to speak, and no one who has either heard or read the speeches that have been made can fail to conclude, that however able and eloquent, and (atriotic many of them have been, taken a a whole, they have done infinitely more harm than good, by tending, as they have to excite and inflame the public mind, but for which the country would be tranquil and happy. Believing this, I say I have foregone any disposition I have had to mingle in these discussions, even at the risk of being misrepresented and assailed, as I have been at Lome. It is the conclusion, I find, of many persons, that a member of Congress must needs speak upon every subject that comes up, or be set down as of no account whatever; yet if he does do so, he subjects himself to the just censure of the fame clus of men for thus delaying the public business. I have been ready and anxious tn vote for the separate admission of California from the first moment she presented us her constitution. I am no less willing and desirous of giving proper (roverninents to New Mexico and Utah in short, of action upon all these questions, each by itself. Action, not talking, is what the people demand of u-i, aud almost any kind of action is better than the miserable no-action policy recommended to us by the President. But, my one object I had in rising at this time is, to call the attention of the people tn the spectacle we are now exhibiting. We resolved, over a mouth ago. that we would stop this debate last Tuesday. It was thought five months and more was quite time enough to debate one subject. Under our rules, however, after the regular debate cease, a member can move an amendment, and is allowed five minutes to explain it. Availing themselves of this, we find that one amendment is movei1, the member moving making a speech thereon, withdraws it, and his friend who next gets the floor renews it, and so on lo the ccd. Thus, in stead of clooinrr the debate, it appears we have re newed it in another form, likely lo prove far more acrimonious and unprofitable than under the hour rule. ISow, that those who oppose the admission of California should seek to ingraft amendments upon the bill. and otherwise embarrass its passage, is natural, and perhaps not unfair nor improper. But thai Uioe who claim to be leadersexclusive friends of California, should, as has been the case, contribute also by their motions and speeches to delay action on this subject, is past my comprehension. For be it known everywhere, that tho South alone is not responsible for all these motions and delays for threo days pant. Let any man look over the debate, and he will find that, though southern gentlemen hate made more speeches yet you will find that northern gentlemen, who will have California alone, if we believe their professions, and nothinz else, have furnished most unnecessarily and unwiely the text for these speeche. The country cannot fail to see that all such motion and speeches are out of place and suicidal on the part of those who de ire lo bring the II"ue to a vote on this question. and I hate used five minutes to invite attention to the fact. A word to the amendment now under consideration, a vote upon which has so t tratigely excited some gen tlemen in the South. 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