New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-09-19
THE TRIBUNE.
The IeasehOld Land Tenures.

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Jew comments upon the following text
Aanotncr thing which tends the way is the vast
,rent Of tho 1ad,d of several large corpora
.soas chiefly religious and charitable and the AbonI
.xsLE PRACTICE which exists among them and among
snsny rich individuals. Of conveying isnd not by the
rIe but by ieose for long periods.
Start not gentle reader. have not taken the
,5oye from the Freebooter" nor the Anti Rent
1 or nor Young America bnt from the Journal
,fConmeree" 1t is an extract, too from an edito-
IA article 1t occurs in a long essay upon the N.
Y and Erie Railroad, and is assigned as one, among
| ober reasons, why New-York City has heretofore
5ooe 60 very little towards constructing Railroads
| br the benefit of her commercial intercourse with
IN, interior of the country. think il the best rea-
| ~, which the editor assigns.
!, mnst be all right since David Hale has said it
J N. man who has denounced the Anti renters as
,,rariaps and disorganizers, their associations as
s..onatle and themselves as rebels and murderers-
Ru, now behold David is himself unwitngly, perhaps
- AMI Renter We do not think his paper or his char
s, would be any help 10 cause, but for once, he
h.. ou Of elinteresi for pay, by mistake, or in
sS,srtepee. published great truth in fitting language
what IL tbe argument Of this paragraph
In That the pdst eient Of the landed estates OF sere
"a. lorge corporations. ckify religious and chdrtobIe IS
.srous obstruction 10 the growth and prosperity OF ihe
Cry This means, suppose that trinity 'hufch'
-, Johns and others are huge incubi brooding
x.ssnerpetusl nightmare upon the city corporate, OBJ
,ucpq s free and regular breathing and impeding all
!, functions Wei, believe IT, think the men who
equeaihed this vast extent OF land TO these ana ohcr
.ore,ies were fools bosOed bgots, and the leglsla
, who enacted them into corporations betrayed their
ust as representatives and violated their duty as Cit
lens Of arepubhc. Here the first steps OF the
s.re priesiiy craft which once owned and occupied,
M, from toration so large portion Of Sweden. Eng
lsnj France and Spain and which even now holds Inn
uense domains on the Continent of Europe
But presume the Journal does not mean TO ocnonhce
~g, landed estates evil because they are held by
"relTous end charitable corporations or by corpora
hons Its view neither religious nor charitable such
mbsnks and manufacturing companies. ltfollows men,
that large landed estates are an ecu. whether IN inc
uession OF corporations individual men. The Jour
nal then would Of course admit thai large dndd Is
fass' would be evil out of the City OF New orS as
well ii Ii cannot, therefore, be denied that the
broad anors which are granted by the colonial govern
ments and out of which 1t was intended to build up
rdshps baronies and proud and wealthy arIstocracy
are an e nj and acurse -,
bu, b. has for ioA4 periods, is an "ABoMINABIE Wac
asT fully agree with thc Journal. 1t IS an abomna-
kk paotioe 1t never should have been allowed IN this
democratic country II should have been prohibited
bv clause IN the Constitution of all the States All
such eases should have been held void and worked
hrfeiure Of the estate The Editors phrase, not by
d, tile" don't express his meaning and shows mat ne
WAS ignorant Of what he writing about. But VIII
NOT quarrel with him because he does not know how to
use legsl terms will forgive him that ignorance be-
cause be knows so well how to choose appropriate
epithets for "prpetuGi leases" An ABoMINABLE fkAc
TlcEi In Scripture there is but one Elm denounced as
the ab0miabe thing, and in the catalogue oil crime thcie
nbut one offence go dbOmndbc that Is Is not nj 10 20
named. An abomiDabe practice ~ something 10 DC
listed TO be rooted out 10 be condemned, ana "hohy
abolished the practice is hateful because II nteriefes
with the construction OF the Newfork and Ire hal'
road is equally hateful when it iaerferes with other
public improvements In other places II II Is hateiu De
he and PROSPERITY OF uc iy Oh
New York il is equally hateful when II retards tue
growth and prosperity OF Troy and Albany and the Coun'
tee Of Albany aud Rensselaer,. Schohsne' delaware &C.
Indeed this practice hateful and hurtui 10 tne
hrmng community than TO the inhabitants oil city.
Such is the legitimate argument drawn fr-m the text
furnished by the journal of Commerce.
Now the great object the Antcniers 10 To rid he
selves of these abO Unable This admission Of the
Journal of Commerce is enough to show that whenever
hty exist they are known and felt 10 be An urmnl9dted
ans his curse fastened upon us by legislation, and
smusi be removed by Legislation IL viii not do TO say
there 10 no remedy there must be a remedy the Lee
glsiure viii be compelled to act We are not To be
Nnthed with Illegal combinations and have our object
defeated by such false assumptions and contemplate chi
cnery A. formed the basis of Slas Wrghts Message and
RECLAMATION Here heavy curse an abornndble Ten.
~ overspreadng very large portion oil inns STATE al
tng the happiness and prosperity oil large psft ol
our population checking the growth OF our Giles and
hsdenng the march ofinernal improvcment-and shall
We be told there is remedy Are We the citzens OF
sRepubc and cannot ftthe burden OF seGSe ironlour
siiaaons If we are 10 be hampered and ensaved by
inem Freemen the unresirained use 81 their hnos
Ills the protested and only legitimate object OF Constitu'
hons and laws foster. protect and encourage "hsh
hey fail OF this object they of no farther use ana no
more sacred than any other worn-out rubbish lhey
must be repealed, altered amended. or give place 10
wholly ones 10 suit the wants and eNlseneles oil
the times
The tenants had scarcely begun TO complain OF this
.tsabk tenure before many papers in the pay or IN
ss the influence Of the Landlords set up the cry You
have no remedy-you must throw yourselves dpon ihe
nsrey OF your Landlords. few rash men IN some
hfssozen instances have resisted the law and in one
Instance life has been lost great hue and cry was I'M
nedstey raised and all the Anti Renters braided as
sees and murderers Now. considering the vast extent
aeouny covered by these tenures and the great mum
H OIL people affected by them, and the intense excite
nes, growing Of the subject II is no great wonder
"a some outrsses have been committed. There Is
noe crime more resistance 10 law in your city in one
week than have grown out of this Anti Rent excitement
ne whole State for Elk years know there has been
sesf deal Of noise made and considerable dust thrown
The eyes Of the community in respect 10 the so-csled
Aat Rent outrsees single grain of discretion the
Psr Of Sheriff More OF Delaware. would have prevented
neestssropLe Andes, and the many Official outrsges
shsse been committed since IN The name OF Law and
Waer but 10 total disregard and 10 the great scniA OF
sh TIE authorities OF Delaware and Columbia viii be
'Inly damned 10 everlasting fame. As the mists oil
Aeaood and prejudice gradually clear away. II VIII be
20 ies' some men in Office have more aous cd ana OUT
Nd law and order than the nisdmen who have put on
ee Indian disguise
COX for good result the consequence OF these
hol.n Affairs The attention of the whole country has
en called 10 the subject OF these abomaable tsn9res-
nexsinn4non and perfect understanding OF them will
.aedy end in abolishing them and prohibiting them
y NE future Thus this partial evil viii result In
universal good Perhaps nothing short OF such VIC
=, Inflammation would have exhibited the nature and
&snl;y OF the disease. and the necessity OF removing
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