New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-07-19

which L Is evident from the bnle. from me ma
iure and wants Of man. and from his positon here ID
this world the Creator designed 70 be and 20 remain
free for ever last al rnonopoized 20 that from
the highest pinnacle II Mount Blanc Is 900 feet OF so u
the lowest Tempe valley IN broad Europe there Is not
rood Of earth destitute VI IL parchment cOyeflng %
the darkest deepest Trosarcns Jaws i covered over
with the patents and te-deeds Of society. and time has
haOwed the possession Truly IN these ss dhy' ~ o.
DID, The foxes have holes and ine nrds nave e'l ''
the Son OF Man hath not where % lag bic head mold
II 10 be selfevident that has natural reh, u ne
occupation and enjoyment u portion % t eai'n eh'
rhe frat command which ! ind gwen 20 MN IN tn
Bible though not IN the form Of command j. IN SUB
,s,ce Tia, he .heU 20 forth and work upon H. Again.
in tho institution. Of the Chosen People, broad disnc
lion l. taken between the possessions 10 land ana innse
,hinr. fashioned BY the hand Of man which we call
nersonsl property for while these the transient the
ner,shable were not back Al the jubilee Il j. pro
vded that tae land st0N not BE- s0ld for por Modern
Governments however. not only assuDe 70 sell The
Ind for ever" but asO-by hat night an AZ loss 70
deterrnne-they confer dominion it 70 the ndiydu-
A. no, bounded by bis wants or his ability 70 enjoy but
By his lust and ambition alone. Thus Norman william
gave all the lands Of England 700 OF his ireeDoorng
barons and ihreeourihs OF Il Is owned by three hOu-
sand families 10 this day Herein IL the solution OF mat
problem which has long. IN ~ general aspect puz-
lied the Political Economists whence comes II mat the
wealth OF tina, nation rses Just in proportion ~ us iAooi
INK into poverty and desrtution 10 nilohs OF
the people Of England % the soil without revou-
ton 10 impossible; employ men then Al some raie thcy
must have Of capital die. Machinery comes ID 10 90
work ~ tnNlItn 90 tnf WIN VI "Nii'H anu
constant increase Of numbers agsravetes their hepe
ness still employment they must have and from sucn
employment good Lord deliver Us not horse. not
an OK willing work IN the United Kingdom but s bet
ter paid such enables Gfeat Britain % command
for her products the markets OF the world by uudcr-c
ing every other people and thus Is the gold and silver
tde setting from far and near toward the last anchored
isle
After manifold Manchester Instructions the people Of
England are now finally coming to the conclusion thai
nothing short Of outlet to the land will answer and
they are demanding the restoration OF ten millions OF
acres lands that have been insidOu-y siOen
from them and enclosed by Partridge shooting Ari-tO-
cracy the while they have been hid away in dingy work
shops black lOshsome cellars, and subierranean mDe-
The Land Question is now up before the world II Is
up in this country. and II ought 10 be up ana naue he
question Of questions every where
With us IL discussion and settlement Is easy which
with All people II certainly is not. Leaden Hne-buci
needs no, be applied the simple paper ballot sui
hceni without enr-nchng the Constitution without
irespassng on private established right We. the Ma
iOnal Reform Association. turning away from the cult
waited and appropriated earth going beyond the present
borders Of civilization take stand there between the
living generation and those which are 10 come and ask
that that Virgin rich ana wild as ~ the dawn Oh creation
should bee preserved free asylum Tor the oppressed ANA
safe for the slaves OF wages and al Other slave
for
We ask that these lands shall be disposed Of under
something ike the following plan which Is no ccnirVancc
ours-ior the present condition OF Agriculture seems
already 10 have decided what just and practicable con
ccrn, them Let Territorial Governments be erect ed
over them and state Governments IN time let the m
be- divided counties townships sections and quarter
sections IN like they now are, ana let every
man who will live upon H. come and take, without no
ney and without price OF these quarter sections (bO
acIes already occupied. which shall remain TO hin
and his heirs forever but in every township at cast the
eligible section Zone mile square, should be reserved
and laid out with proper discretion and into free lots
for the inhabitants Of village and To prevent the accu
mutation Of great possessions in land the inevitable
suit which il deprive thousands OF the eniOyme M
OF any il should be provided that no title 10 more than
one farm village lot shall ever be reco gnlsed IN
any man To this extent then would land be property
subiectto al it, laws and incidents but farther Every
man in such a state would be born ircehoder. which
of course gives him national independence for all time.
There undoubtedly would be employer and employed ?
but abJect dependence there would lie wages, but
no slavery Of wages"
Forthwith were this great carried the tide Of
human life instead OF setting steadily toward the
cities would itself toward the setting sun and three
generations hereafter should see In that valley ~ the
Mississippi swarining with IT. tens OF millions the most
industrious viriuous intelligent and in the aggregate
the most wealthy community wherein the sun ever
shone Revenue Wei the Wing Poriy and General
jackson have said the Public Lands should no longer be
sold for revenue and perhaps a great and wealthy
people coud p easily support Governmen' as misc
rabc Impoverished population. Genueucn' this j.
the measure which ] propose 20 the working ana III
other classes of this country rs decidedly me fOhtch
measure of the age it, influence would be extensive
AS The continent Tor make our lands free and neigh
bors to the North and those 70 the South unless they
would country poisoning as the rose and 'nei
own hOsing wilderness. must go and do likewise; Hnd
thus would il travel from Pole TO Pole. Would this per
feet human society By no means the family state
must finally give 10 higher social order am sails
ned last for ever But 10 emancpa'e labor IN
this present and these next generations from the thra
dom of capital and put in possession of their
tural and naenabe rights propose as The first iunda-
mental of true prosress-the Freedom OF the
Public L6nds