The homestead policy was established only after long and earnest resistance; experience proves its wisdom. The lands in the hands of industrious settlers, whose labor creates wealth and contributes to the public resources, are worth more to the United States than if they had been reserved as a solitude for future purchasers.


The Papers of Andrew Johnson: September 1865-January 1866 (ed. 1967)


The homestead policy was established only after long and earnest resistance; experience proves its wisdom. The lands in the hands of industrious...

The homestead policy was established only after long and earnest resistance; experience proves its wisdom. The lands in the hands of industrious...

The homestead policy was established only after long and earnest resistance; experience proves its wisdom. The lands in the hands of industrious...

The homestead policy was established only after long and earnest resistance; experience proves its wisdom. The lands in the hands of industrious...