American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1844-11-18
MONDAY MORNING, Nov IS, 1914.

ed in various Sc ;tions of the Union, with the
avowed intent of propagating agraran princi.
pies; and yet such is the fact. We have now
before us newspaper, which contains extracts
from several other papers, all in opposition to
the right of individuals to hold more land than
they can cultivate. The land is claimed as be.
longing to the human race, and the accumula
ton of more than necessity demands, in the
hands of an individual, is denominatcd an evil
and monopoly. And how is it proposed to
says
'Abolish the system of holding landed pro-
perty individually, for traffic, let men work
for, and not in opposition to one another let
the machinery that is employed to abridge Ia
Dor, and which is working in competition with
the laboring people, be owned in general by
them, so that it will be used for their benefit
instead of their injury; let all laws which give
to capital the power of monopoizing, and to
n few individuals special privileges, which arc
not enjoyed by the people IN general, be repeal
ed Immediately; and let banking institutions,
which facilitate speculation and extravaganza,
be blotted out of existence. If these, and a
few more reforms of the kind were effected
poverty, crime, and wretchedness would soon
begin to disappear from among mankind"
1t is also proposed by these agrarian writers
to divide and distribute the public lands to such
persons as may require them. This is bold
step, and would form great inducement to the
paupers of Europc to become citizens of this
country. We shall not be in the least sur
prsed if this proposition should have many ad-
yocates
In relation to the public lands, the writer
from whom we have above quoted, says
every man who is convinced of the truth of
these doctrines must be up and doing; they
must first get oar Legislatures to allow the pub
lie lands to be settled by such of oar citizens as
own no land, free of expense; they must patron
ice those ,chich adrOcate these great retum msa-
Sures and sndeavOr 10 prer0H upon their Neigh
b0rs TO do The same. Social Communities must
be encouraged and patronized; no friend of re-
form must fol one moment relax his exertions
to bring about these relorms-dnd, as sure as
natural principles will triumph over unnatural
ones so sure will their labors be crowned with
success
We may laugh at such doctrines, or hold
them to be unworthy of consideraton-but
they are taking root in the country. They are
recognized by the "Anti-renters of N. York"
who have Just shewn themselves strong enough
80 elect three members to the Assembly of that
State. 1t is known that these men set the le-
gal authorities of New York at defiance; and
that all measures to bring them to obedience
have failed, And what is to prevent forcible
of the public lands in like man
ner, to private uses Europe can supply set
tiers in abundance, who, as the naturalization
laws now stand, would sosn be enabled to have
their own legislators to sustain their usurpation.
We look forward to the time when the public
lands, instead of being benefit to the coun-
try, will prove to be source of great conten-
ton and evil. We hope that we may be mis-
taken; but the "signs of the tines indicate
such result
The idea is becoming too prevalent, that in
dus,ry is not entitled to its proper reward-that
the man who has assiduously applied himself
to his vocation, and by prudence and economy
accumulated independence, is the natural enc
my of the poor man. 1t is a delusive and a
dangerous doctrine, and strikes at the very
foundation of civil society. There can be nc
such thing as equality i'll condition of life, SC
long as one man is industrious and prudent
and another idle and extravagant-and were
all placed upon a perfect equality to-day, it
would not continue week. Every man either
does or should aspire to improve his condition,
which is only to be accomplished by labor
The wealthiest men in society, generally owe
their prosperity to their own exertions-which
should be an incentive to others, instead of a
subject of envy or hatred.
If "a man by uniform attention to buslnes,
and the practice of economy, has acquired for.
tune and purchased tract Of land, he is forth
with designated by the agrarians, monopolis
and it is gravely proposed to deprive him o
his property, that it may be distributed to 9th
ers who may have spent their time in idlenes
or dissipation. Or, if he lend his money to as
sist others, through the medium of banks thos
institutions are to- be crushed as injurious to so
cety. We desire to see more healthy cor
dition of the public mind. The rich and tn
poor mutually aid each other, and their, inte
ests should be considered as identical; for the
cannot be disunited without producing distre
and disorganization.
VESSELS WANTED. The Eastport, Me. SCI
tnel says "Vessels appear to be in great d
mand here, and we have been requested to sta
that SO or 100 sail of vessels can find freigh