New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-12-02
The Wings and New I..ue.-Anti-Renr, Anti

IE II a9sA R a h.ss, 3secresries. aa
The Wings and New Issues-Anti-Renr, Anti
Slavery, &c.
The Courier replies ably aad courteousiy 10 our
article of Saturday. contending, with reference 10
Anti Reutisln that the authority and majesty OF the
law must first be indicated by the condign punish
men. Of dis;urbers and tha, Inc Anti Renters must
be laugh;
.,bs, hey like other citizens will be held accouna-
c n, NJ ou-rsre and for crime: that they IKE otn-
c.s must fqla ,her contracts, discharge sh tne
..ons bey may have assumed anu suomi ~ w.
th1,i,y AL respects We have ureea uat -. 49,;
"a the fend. o. law and order should lnsis, upon t
Vs. :, sb.I hsye been effected and quiet restored
then nv ali sciusl grievances be properly ,euie
III bCpld ,iot be forgotten however, whenever this
-, :, +!..,,..d tina, hes. lands held not BY JsH
dnl .tt. rs ia sometimes represented out unoef inc
Ia, ft-c .se OF Ne~York that the faith OF the state
,ber snsrs that tenants occupy them under agree
Voluntarily entered into: that all the oogauons
resting upon them were voluntarily assumed ana tha
i1.,ic 10 the landlords well as sympathy Tor the Ten
ANTS in any actual suerings Is 10 be consulted On any
change that may he proposed
We approve heartily Of holding all law-breakers
70 strc, aud speedy account for their offences no
mater whether they are called Anti Renters or any
thinc else. lie, them be made TO feel and under
law into mis- own hands and attempt TO redress his
own real or fancicd njaries by outrage and blood
she'd We thoroughly agree with the Courier then
that the Supremacy OF Public Law over Private
Win or temporary passion local force 10 sound
and vital prncipIe-a Wing principle whenever II
becomes necessary 10 rally party to lis support
But we object altogether to the Courier ho''oii
lInore f1lly developed in Gov Virgins annual
Message, that because the Indians have done
wron,. therefore the State cannot properly inves'i
gate the Tenants grievances and redress them 1t
found substantial until quiet shall have been re-
stored You won't get any real quiet at this rate
Bat take hold Of The grievances nj once-prooe the
complaints to The bottom, and apply the remedy II
needod-tlea YOU may hope FOR quiet This was
The course ultimately taken b !, the Law and Order
party OF Rhode Island, but for which it would have
been overthrown. Had it resolved not to grant
Free Constitution uu, Dorrism had surrendered at
discretion. an ardent popular sympathy would nave
been enlisted 90 the Dorr side, the agitation would
have gained strength and courage, and the State
would have been overthrown Let these coDsld
eratons he needed
AS to the rights of Landlords and Tenants on the
grea, Manors or Patents we do not care 10 orestal
the investigation which the Legislature will doubt
less institute Ourimpression IL that the Landlords
titles are generally good and if so, we cannot see
,yhv env should object to thorough scrutiny of
them. open TO all interested. The titles being pro
pounced good, we insist as sirenuously as any one
that they cannot be aienaed except by the free dis
posal of the owners. But mans right TO possess
certain property is thing, and his right to use Ii
ms be peascs is another with which the State is con
s,anty and righteously interfering. One man con-
tracts TO pay twenty per cent interest-treey and
farlv-yet the Law invaidates the contract an
other contracts TO pay $500 in case he loses game
al cards. or n particular stock sells at certain rate
six weeks hence; and though the contract was
perfectly fair one and the promser abundantly able
10 paw. vet the Law declines TO enforce the contract,
on the assumption that it contravenes sound fubhc
Policv or tends 10 impair Public Morals On similar
grounds. VIC believe the law which now screens the
great es,atc-hoiers from the payment OF any taxes
on said estates or their Incomes thence derived ought
at once to be repealed "a tending directly ana
strongly 20 disincc the Landlords 10 sell, and thus
keep the Tcnau,ry forever in vassaage. We be
lieve the Right Of Distress these Estates is essen
tallN huu Ftuuhi ii6Hb giving SS' W
the relation of lord and vassa and not Property
right founded in the relation oil Debtor and Creditor
Just look at its operation A. b owes his landlord
years rent, and has no means Of paying it, until
c. D. lends him the money and the debt Is pad Z.
y. takes note of hand, payable six months ahead.
a yeac afcrward another years rent is due, and the
tenant Whose family has been sick Is unable to
pay. The landlord is now entitled 10 come on the
place aud sweep it clean OF every thing for the pay
ment of his claim, though he has mad no trial, and
offers 10 proof its justice but the lease and his own
affidavit The lender, though the justice OF his claim
is freely confessed and i has passed through ludg'
ment TO execution has such remedy, and can col
lect nothing. We do not consider this Equal JUS
,ice. and hope the Legislature will correct il
The contract of the tenants to pay so much
rent or annuity per annum, provided the title be
good is of course legally valid but the stipulation
in some or most that they shall in addition 10
this pay one quarter of the avails Of their own i'm
provcmcnts every time the land is transferred (which
ii can be only 10 such person as the landlord ap-
proves Mr.. Van Schoonboven "a lawyer pronounces
usurious. Ii certainly and manifesty con,ravenes
sound policy since is the interest of the State that
every holder of land shall improve it 10 the utmost,
thereby increasing its productive and ax-bearing
POWER. We express no opinion on the legal valid.
~ of this stipulation, but we know that it has been
q source of great and constant, irritation, and we
hope TO see il abandoned if not overthrowp.-So
much for Anti Rent. on which we have never asked
or urged the w ig party TO take any ground what
ever. But we do urge enlightened. generous up
right. Christian of party and of all parties
10 look thoroughly into this Landlord controversy
see wha, is right and faithfully, uphold it. The
merits all upon the surface. nor is the whole
truth be gathered from the slapdash assertions OF
our great Journals. very different from
theirs is necessary bring it TO speedy and bene-
fceri conclusion.
And now as TO Texas and Slavery:
The Courier pronounces our Statement, that by
the terms Of Annexation. mine ,en,hs in extent
and nineteen ,wen,ie,hs in value Of Texas is
bound hand aud foot to eternal Slavery OPP
posed 10 MIR Clays opinion, expressed in
his Raleigh letter Unfortunately Mr. Clay
opinion referred 10 Annexation he thought it