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Homestead Argumentative Analysis
Our time has finally arrived, President Lincoln has finally got the Homestead Act passed, and it will be great for this country that Congress is granting land owned by the federal government proving farmers with the opportunity to own land out west. We need to ensure our stockpile of gold reserve is on hand; because we don’t need any setbacks with the currency: we must have the ability to provide loans to these farmers and former freed slaves. (The Homestead was widely successful because it helped the west develop as a consequence of the Federal government awarding more than 15,000 loans in the 1860s and eventually over one million to date.) We supported our congressmen with wine and dine; meals and cash carrots, in order to get this Homestead passed. It took years for Homestead to get through Congress. That President Buchanan had the nerve to veto it in 1858. He destroyed this nation. Those southerners fought us with every tooth and nail against issuing Homestead …show more content…
We are winning as a consequence of Homestead passing without those traitors in Congress. We have no mercy for those separatist and greedy traitors. But really, those southern states were petrified that the westerners will realize slavery is worthless and free trade is the way to go for their development. Free trade and open markets will defeat slavery. Times will be great for us, especially after we are triumph with the war that they caused and wanted. I thought we would never get a chance to rebound from the 1857 panic; that horrific financial slow down caused by those unequipped foreigners. Now, we have the settlers who will need loans for homes to be built and equipment for their farms too. Let’s get our doors open and let’s get out to the western markets as soon as possible while this war is being

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