New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-06-02
Scientific Foundation Of the s,stem Of
Property.

one accepted by the advocates of Association.
God placed the Human Race upon the Earth to
liyc--to cultivate aud cmbelish it, and to periecl
is creations He gave to the Human Race. and
10 all tie successive generations of the Human
Race, the us4fruct oi.-or the right Of using The
surface of the Globe; but hc has given to 10 one
Generation to Class the absolute ownership
Of the or the right Of noEopelzing it, and
Of excluding others from it.
CsuFRucT signifies the temporary enjoyment Of
land. TsUFRUcTUARY person having he enjoy
OF the so for the time being without having az bso-
lu,e ownership The Human Race are the usuiruciuare,
OF the surface OF the Globc.l
In all civilized countries, the soil. whish Is the
Joint property of the Human Race, and to which
all have the RICH, Of usufruci. has been monoPo-
lied, and i, in the hands Of ;he few, to the ex-
clu-ion Of the many. In Europe, in the Middle
Ago., the grea. Barous took the Sol BY the force
of the sword, and divided it among their fol-
lowers in 50 doing, they robbed all succo- sive
Generations Of their Right to the use of the
Earth. In this Country, the Government has
taken the Soil is selling it ont in parcels, aud Is
cutting large numbers of the future Generations of
from their Right to their common Inheritance.
An individual, in coming into the world and
finding the Soil monopolized around him, can
say" God gave the Of the Earth to the
Human Race, and no, to few individuals "t the
Race; now as member of the Human hace, l
demand my Rga, of using the common property
of the Racc-of cultivating the Soil and ENJOYING
the fruit of my labor"
If be finds "A System of Property established
which excludes him from his Right, he can
say" Your System Of Property robs ne OF my
original inheritance "a IA member of the Human
Race; Your Right Of Property is consequently
false or artificial and based upon usurpaiion.
call upon YOU to rcspcc, my Right, which y
based upon the intention of God and his justice
to all"
Some theorists have wished to divide the Earth,
surface into small parcels and give to each person
his piece but tki. would be u violation OF the
true system. for no one has right the absolute
opncrship of the soil, but only to the usufract OF
it. Besides, any individual could say" VIII
not accept tie corner of earth which you wish to
force upon me in exchange for my natural Right;
[ do not wish the ownership Of this patch,-l de
mand the usufruct Of the common stock An eqlai
division Of lands and a community of Property, are
two defective schemes proposed by minds indignant
at the present System of Property but unable to as
cover the true one.
Here is the fret view to be taken in the question
Of Property: on the other hand, every Indi"duai
has an incontestaJle Right to what he produces
The absolute ownership of the product oil MS iaoo'
OF intelligence belongs to him: he can do what DC
chooses with it.-giyng il to friends on children
Bu, Man did not create the Earth therefore h'
cannot claim the absolute ownership OF the Farm
God created and gave it TO the whole Human
Race. who are all his children; and as he has as
inherited all have right to the "Sn''hcf u
its surface. or right of cuiiva'ing IT, and enjoying
tho fyu;ts of their labor The RICH, To the use OF
the Earth is a, natural right as the night to the
sir; Tor Man. to live. requires the nuns "' '"'
Earth a. much a. lac requires the arr
God. in giving the Earth To the Human i'ace'
gave il TO them in rude and uncultvated state.
To he fruitful and productive, it must he cultivated
and improved forests must be cleared 'wamP'
drained. nocks tanned, hoases built, implements
invented. &C., which only be done 10y TIC
labor of Man.
These improrcmcnts adj to The original ra'He
oftbe Earth, and his additional Ia!ne or '0""
forms Property, clict sho"id 0eloHE l. TIE M
diridu,ls lrhOse tabor created II.
W, lind, consequently, two kinds of Property
1.t The Earth. in It's ride and uncutivaied state
created by God and giycnby him to the beings wh'm
he placed upon it,-ihat is, to the whoe iiuna"
Race. and no, I. Il few individuals OF the Race TO
the exclusion of the vast MAJORITY
"a The improvements upon the Earth created
by the labor of Man. These Improvements or adj
di,ional value should belong to those whose LABOR
produced them.
As these t,co kinds of Property cannot be seFa-
rafed. the question arises-llow can the ousln'
Rich, of Man to the Of the Sell he secured 70
him without encroaching upon the acquired h'g''
of otbers-that H. without using then improve
peuts. which do not belong to him, bat to those
who made them
Her. is the grand point to be settled, but when
cannot be in our false Societies. ut present lux
land goes with the improvements, and the oi's'nHi
Right of Man to the Soil Is violated.
We will make use Of a practical illustration 10
explain the nature of these two kinds OF properly
and show how both can be maintained and re-
spccted. ho
Let US imagine an extreme case to sho" TIE
.ubiec, more clearly We will suppose iha'
Generation of the Human Race clears the Lafii'
-, il forests. erccts buildings, rcurs Hooks con-
,,ructs implements and machinery, and prepares
=, ,,Ily f,r cultivation. Could that generation oi
Individuals. because they had done this say to
,ho.e who followed them" We own the land and
bc Improvement, YOU shall not live upon the first
,o, u>c the second" No, they could not Tor II