New-York daily tribune., 1845-12-13

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st-('v So SS3e Review oi the question. Nor,
~. s-, compelled - dissent from many OF the
-s,sr,> ,cMs. io aCUb. the perfect fairness o
=, ,-s,,.s,.> Sa;, - ,ha; writer's vision the cues
- ~ oaiv one S<pcci He ,tates no premises
,>,S,7s has Eoy ;he purpose OF drawing conclusions
,,:,s: ;A, Tenants Their complaints are consid-
- -, a,cre,y - show. in the writer's jndS'
-, ,h4; ,hcv xre totally untouHlci. ladetcusibc
-,,r.-s,.s' for even Mr.. BARNARD encounters
sss>-Srs r,sa,ie, aS things that may bc safely re.
,-,sI 70 the justice and masnanimity OF the Land
k7;S
We hsve neither the time nor the room. five had
=. ss:;v 70 give This article the attention which
ssi-co-.&nce demands and which we hope it may
-os;ve To some o: lis errors OF assumption and
,: Sc: we will however, briefly refer
We do no; ihiuA tina; Mr.. BARNARD calls things
" ;be:- ,sh, name when he speaks OF the Van
Ssasseasr Tenants as ga body Of substantial
s-.ssA,;srs' or "iadspendeat farmers each the
.ra<r Of tie soR upon traict te 6eStoped has Ia
sa-r The distinction betS cen Le0Sehold and Il
,s hold estate. is 100 broad TO Justify such mis-
.,afcaaon Of terms. The Tenants who were re-
szi,ed. in addition 10 the payment OF gwen num-
5.s of bushels OF wheat annually. 10 the Patrooa,
acone with teams and labor given number OF
sys and 10 bring annually TO the Manor House, so
-sny fowls and SO many e5ss,were neither substcn-
rs treehcders' nor independent farmers. w g
sy nothing now of the right or the wrong OF these
ieudal" exac.ions and "villien services bur refer
10 Them 10 show that MIR. B. bases his argument
apoa an erroneous tact:
But these frcehoders were no: wholly free from
deb, !, would have been most extraordinary II they
hsd been When they took possession Of these lands,
they had not the means 20 pay for the hrst acre. Inc
nupapt became he owner in fee of 100 acres 0f land
snd a. land property. ike the air or TO
b. had oniv for the asking, would seem to follow OF
course that some sort OF Indebtedness mast have been
eoa.racted on account OF so handsome possession.
All verv true this The time had gone by when
Oh MI h,,h had IN
The asking. But this vas; Manor, at an early day
when free as the air, given by Monarch
,oa Favorite "ior the asking. So lavish was the
git that instead of bounding his generosity by the
ordinary mode Of measurement, the Royal donor
authorized the Court recipient TO take possession OF
the lands for twenty miles along either side of Hud
sens River and extending back, East and West;
two DAYS Journey" Then say, lands were as
free as the air. and TO be had for the asking. =
But we found no claim upon these Lands. for the
Tenants, upon the ground that they were given 10
their Landlords. This grant. with others has been
recognized by our Constitution aud Laws. greatly
TO the advantage of few FAMILIES, and highly det
nmeDal 10 the general prosperity.
Mr. BARNARD appeals TO the wide and ramlicd
system OF Rents in the city OF Ncw-l ork-u
system upon which the welfare and prosperity OF
that great metropolis may well be said 10 reposc-
for evidence that there Is nothing wrong in these
J. Maporia Tenures. Those Rents, he adds are
sometime. paid to very rich individuals" The fact
that such Rents" are paid promptly and cheer,ully,
proves more than is required for Mr. BIS argument.
Il shows that where onr citizens hold property by
virtue OF tenures consistent with the common wei
fare and in harmony with the general policy OF the
Government and Institutions, they are amenabtc 10
lhe laws JoHY JACOB AsToR. though n rich man,
and hard man. gets his = Rents because there Is
nothing excep,onahle or "teudal' IN his Deeds
Leases &c &c The American Pc0p(e do not
"repudiate." or resist the payment of debts, with
Lor; / e.
upon their side The praise worthy fact, therefore
upon which Mr.. BARNARD justly dwelis with so
much complacency, that the massive ana cCmphca-
led rentpay ing machinery works 20 the mutual ad-
vantage of the parties of the First part and OF
Aepares of the second part in the city OF New
York is o. itself evidence either of the detective
aes Of the " RcnsselaerwycA' Engine, or oil the
'n,kiulness OF i,s Engineers.
Mr. BARSARD proceeds 10 answer the objections
The Van Rensselaer, Leases:
Bat other complaints have been made of these con-
rsn They reserved all mines aud AL wster-rtshts
I'd ses for wacrInils IL will be time TO consider the
srsace in regard 10 mines, when any thing OF the kind
aiA be found in the Rcnsselacrwyck lands though we
ma! say IN passing that it farmers ana no, miners,
eaMr Van Rensselaer, undertook supply with lands.
h@ was he dealing with pliers when hc was convey
h2 farms 10 agricuurs,s. What he did Mt choose 10
tA 10 them he reserved from sale. But II he dd not
F The farmers mill sites he did better by them They
e then poor and unable 10 erect mills tor themselves
gtpoper of the water. where II was 10 Dc iouAu'
40 IN judcicEs locations, often by advancing MS own
e Tor the purpose, he took care that they should nt
'appaed from avery early day, with convenient ana
goo mls. The reservations OF water, In the deeds
sse nominal merely, in hundred cases TO one. IL
avery rare case II farm as laid out anu Geeceu
covered mil site. would be affected IN any way oy
1e erection OF ;ls. II would much land was re-
N''ed and rent was abated accordingly Where mil
we're kR0tcn 10 exist they reserved from gem
ga sales and land enough for their use and put out on
rsciai ierms We believe this WAS benevolent and
ae P!ecauuOn, tor the common benefit; and, az any
se ater much inquiry, have not been able TO learn
& sir gle instance OF real injury or hardship TO any
ef @ o, land IN Reisseaerwyck has ever occurred IN
@ sGuehce OF these reservations OF water, or that any
plant 90 '0''"-,e
rt"iu not be insisted, we presume, after ;hts ad.
AZ on ~ Sna' the Van Rensselaer, Tenants were a.
] ''' D. anrms IN The commencement OF his article,
"A SoDY or SUBSTANTIAL rRkEHoLDERS. THREE
.AocsASD lSNrMBER." Here was 4 Domain twcn.
i laues long and forty broad occupied by "Nree
.:0s'aNa substantial frcehoiiers." who We're de-
I eo the practical use OF the streams which How
i'Vaght their lands These independent farmer"
ld purchased the Land-but the Water was re.
ssVedF Not d man, upon this broad Domain was
permitted to erect mil, Il manuactorv or Il ma.
eone shop. upon the streams, or to turn q wheel
win the water which Providence kindly provides
N' the wants OF men MIR. an Rensseaer as we
sFe Informed when he undertook TO supply farmers
+, "a lands dealing with m'.ler-.' manu-
.ss'aters, mechanics. &c he knew, II seems, what
was bes; Tor them. and determined that instead OF
permitting them TO erect mills 10 flour their own
s;aa and 10 saw their own lumber they should
scS sSS no, like the "cobler to his last, but, like
rourh, to his swine.hcrd.' Hence, what Mr.
~ did not choose to sell. be reserved And
u most cases. il seems that farms 50 laid out
-, - ueeded, as not 10 Include a rni!i site 10
-ske things sure, however. all mill-Sites va
sss.Elsnts, mines. minerals, &c "rc
served" in the deeds.
sos'ihough Mr. " Il. would not sell TO bis three
NJ S'a'and substantial freehoders The rghiial use
10 as Waters which. whatever may BE- said oi
ai- were bcnefccnLy designed TO be az Tree nr
b ar BARNARD that he did better
r., ,lem , Tor, finding them too poor mills
Win, telnSeives he took haze them aappcd
..a convenient and good mills. !; scarcely
the 70 assume THAI who were debansd
erec, ngEt ,t OF building mills were 100 poor TO
M. ou. NV. we are amazed ,ha, Mr B4nsaup sboald
sin,,o ser much inquiry, been sbic 10 learn tha, d
the instance of hardship has ever occurred upon
manor IN consequences oi besc rcscrymtiona oi
We cannot imaginc Ia v,ha, direction Sir
il prosecuted his inquiry" /. must have been
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