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slavery, the child of land monopoly, as under the system of 

 chattel slavery, which has so long scourged the Southern 

 States. What we should demand is, a policy that will 

 guarantee homes to the loyal millions who need them, and 

 thus guard their most precious rights and interests against 

 the remorseless exactions of capital and the pitiless rapacity 

 of avarice.&quot; 



The reading of a law so comprehensive as this 

 will naturally induce a belief that, so far as the pub 

 lic domain is concerned, it is a final settlement of 

 an angry question. But, unfortunately, this is riot 

 the fact. Mr. Julian says the overthrow of the 

 Homestead Law is already threatened, both directly 

 and indirectly. &quot; Since the date of its passage,&quot; he 

 says, &quot; Congress has granted nearly 7,000,000 of acres 

 for the benefit of agricultural colleges, and about 

 20,000,000 to aid in the construction of railroads. 

 There are now pending before Congress (March 18, 

 1864), bills making other grants for railroads 

 amounting to nearly 70,000,000 of acres. &quot;We have 

 a project before us which grants nearly 7,000,000 

 of acres for the education of the children of soldiers ; 

 another, granting 200,000 acres in Michigan for the 

 establishment of female colleges, which, of course, 

 would be extended to the other States ; and anoth 

 er, granting 10,000,000 of acres for the establishing 

 of normal schools for young ladies. Every day 

 witnesses the birth of new projects, by which our 

 public lands may be frittered away, and the benefi 

 cent policy of the Homestead Law mutilated and 

 destroyed.&quot; 



