▁war , ▁h ector ed ▁gener als ▁who ▁showed ▁ins u fficient ▁ze al ▁in ▁pressing ▁on ▁the ▁fight , ▁and ▁purs ued ▁committee ' s ▁most ▁important ▁objective , ▁se cur ing ▁the ▁dismiss al ▁of ▁Union ▁Army ▁general ▁George ▁B . ▁McC le ll an , ▁whose ▁slow ness ▁in ▁adv ancing ▁on ▁the ▁enemy ▁Julian ▁saw ▁as ▁nearly ▁tre ason able . ▁ ▁Julian ▁played ▁an ▁important ▁role ▁in ▁se cur ing ▁passage ▁of ▁the ▁Hom est ead ▁Act ▁in ▁ 1 8 6 2 . ▁To ▁Julian ▁the ▁legisl ation ▁" was ▁a ▁magnific ent ▁triumph ▁of ▁freedom ▁and ▁free ▁labor ▁over ▁slave ▁power ." ▁After ▁discover ing ▁that ▁the ▁law ▁contained ▁many ▁loop hol es ▁that ▁fav ored ▁land ▁spec ul ators , ▁he ▁introduced ▁measures ▁to ▁correct ▁the ▁situation . ▁Julian ▁was ▁also ▁an ▁out sp oken ▁critic ▁of ▁rail road ▁land ▁gr ants ▁and ▁ad am antly ▁opposed ▁the ▁Mor r ill ▁Act , ▁passed ▁in ▁ 1 8 6 2 , ▁that ▁provided ▁federal ▁funds ▁through ▁gr ants ▁to ▁help ▁establish ▁agricult ural ▁and ▁mechanical ▁colleg es . ▁ ▁Although ▁Julian ▁did ▁not ▁dis like ▁Lincoln ▁personally , ▁he ▁opposed ▁the ▁president ' s ▁policies , ▁which ▁were ▁more ▁moder ate ▁than ▁his ▁own . ▁Lincoln ' s ▁objective ▁was ▁to ▁preserve ▁the ▁Union , ▁while ▁Julian ' s ▁primary ▁goal ▁was ▁to ▁abol ish ▁sla very . ▁Julian ▁was ▁among ▁the ▁radical ▁Republic ans ▁who ▁fe ared ▁that ▁Lincoln ▁would ▁not ▁issue ▁the ▁final