New-York daily tribune., 1844-09-05
1h. snns.eraerwJea Tronbies.


Question from the PATRONS slce' Some P-i' o.
!, IS bat repetition OF statements we nave a.
readv oablisbed bat matter we preferred not
- ~, II BIZ exscission. As this IS 'hc second
st.,sms-, - ,ys have Published CT that side, and
r,,l one we t.ast it viii not be said that ne
s,!o a 5ors less than justice 10 the Van Rensse-
lae.s.
the gross itnpsrtincnce OF a;trnuting our Editor
u. ~ some unknown source II such were the
f,c.. or adoption Of them removes every Hght 10
cari What we publish as Editorial we are ful-
IL responsible for, unless we see f, TO disown it,
Bat no Inc on this subject has appeared as Et-
i.o-igl in on. coiums which was rot written by
irresponsible and toler4bly known Editor CT Tie
Tr;buae; and there Is no word Of it lmisappFs-
hensions Of facts OF course exceqted) which he
docs net now deliberately reatfirm and maintain,
however atr0cious It may seem to Pe:.oons' at
torneys. So, gentlemen, re pleased to spare
your compliments and your disclaimers, and at
tend to business.
The article on ou. Fist Page is full OF misaP-
prehensions. Why champions Of The Van Rens
sslser interest should see fit to say over and again
that coaspi,a;ors, lsw.breekers and rioters should
be defeated and punished, we cannot imagine
From first to last we have urged that all these
Indian operations should be put down with
strong haud-that, no matter how real are the
grievances Of the tenants or how righteous theiF
demands, any organized resistance or obstruction
70 the administration OF the laws is a hagrani
crime, to &c sternly rcpressed and punished
WHY, then, DO the writers on the PATRON SIDE
uniformly repTesen; US as countenancing il not
justrying conspiracies ard violations OF the laws
If only for the Tenants sake, We should protest
against these as utterly indeiensi5e and Iuinous
So with regard to Lawyers. Our corespon-
dents will insist tina: wc speak reproechfully o.
Lawyers or of ticir lawyers, because we insist
that the Van Rensselacrs should have managed
and adjusted their relations with the great body
Of their tenants without the intervention OF Law
yers. Now we neither implied that attorneys
were useless, ror that those Of the Van Rensse
.ers were bad men. We know they arc other
wise Bot we know also that The position of
lawyer is not the right enc 20 be peace-maker
IN such a matter as this-that PATRON ought
not to need nor accept his aid in any such case.
But let US state our ground distinctly:
We DO not think that two Counties of Gods
Garth, possessed and improved by tenanry
from their first settlement, and By them only,
can be morally the property of PATRON in JUS
the same sense that the house which man has
built With his own hands or his money is his
house. We think the true relation between a
PATRON and his tenantry is more patriarchal'
more intimate and kindly, than that which pro
pcrly exists between the ovne. of block Of
houses and his tenants. We think the PATRON
is by his position the friend, the adviser, the pa
tron and guide OF his tenants-that he should bs
intimate with and often among them-thc arden,
advocate and promoter # Agricultural and ali
other Improvcments-of Education and every
GOOD work IF there be any thing in the leases
nc inherits which Encourages enterprise ano
thrift, he should be among the first 10 detect ano
insist on expunging 1t, and not undertake u
sell it Cor some paltry sum- Just enough 10 Irritatc
and vex the tenants, but not enough to &c him
any good. A Patroon educated to and delight
ing in this sort of life would hardly need much
legal service and, though sometimes an ugly
customer might be found on his !ands, the great
body of the tenantry would be firm on the side oi
their best friend and patron.
But let the PATRON be known On his manor
merely as rent exacter and consumers let MN
appear among his tenants only by his lawyers
excellent men in their place. a corps Of Sher-
ifs deputies LET him be thought and spoken Of
only as the man 10 whom 50 much is TO be paio
eyefy year AMI soon the tenant in his narrow
and scantily furnished cabin will begin to pom.
der " Fer ,ohat am required to pay this man
so many dollars every year, Wha, has he of
: his done FOR ne that so much should be taken
from my little all to add to his abundance Il
is all needed TO cothe and educate my children
why should it 90 TO paGper ahd surfeit his !"
Atlength some bolder spisit gives utte,ance 10
these thoughts-they become the topic of ireside
after freside-then come agreements to resist legal
process, ard conspracies, and violence; in time
bloodshed and fearful crime and probably some
OF the insurgents cxpiate their offences with theii
liberty or even their lives. This is what such
matters tend to. Our correspondent thinks the
mischief all grows out OF the depFavi,y cf the
tenants We condemn the law-breakers, and in.
sist that they shall be subducd, bat see that you
must go farther back to reach the origin OF The
evil.
Throughout our correspondents letter there il
Il catching at verbal points watch We cannot ad-
miye. Ee says that the PATRON offered TO com
prc.nise with the tenants when the State appoint
cd Ccmmissioners-bu how! He is very wei
aware that the rightfulncss OF the Pa,roon's title
is disputed, both the ground OF original defects
aud on that of irregular descent. He is aware
that there are Others than Stephen and Wilham
P who claim 10 be the true heirs OF the original
PATRON, TO ,heE exclusion. Ii seems to Us that,
rnde. such circumstances, the offer to quitcldin