New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-06-05

,d hnmap beings. Thus monopolizing and
,,,,s,ine the fair pa,rimouy of the Human Family
.,.rvips pepury, wonders why the Poor tniH be so
o,rov ident and proigate as 10 reduce themselves
the Landlord, if he gives though. and penny TO
to beggary, and thus become public nuisances-
never once rejecting tha, their misery and beggay
is the result Of has unrighteous though law-sanc-
toned usurpation Of right to deny them opporto'
nifty 20 labor and produce for the supply Oh ''ea
pressing wants-a right 10 hold them Migrants ana
trespassers on every foot Of their nause SOIL pave
The barren and dusty highways, wherein 'ney roam
from one stated taskmasier in search OF ano'her-
The Char,sts. as we have said, have realized that
the only Substantial and enduring Reform 50 fer at
ess, as the condition OF the Working classes is re-
earded is that which shall undo the woful work OF
the Battle of Hastings, and restore to the English
Millions at leas; portion Of their native soil But
they are TOO wise 10 hope to redress by the sword
the injuries and wrongs which the sword has per-
petrated. They loathe War and Anarchy and cleave
10 Christianity and Peace The plan on which they
have united is that of gradually and systematically
bringing back the SOIL of lchlch their ancestors HeTe
roJbed To this end they unite 10 form National
Association to whose funds each member contributes
small sum weekly or monthly, not as gilt but as
9 well secured investment The aggregate is 10 be
employed, as ias, as i, will suffice, 10 purchase
es.sies in fee simple divide them into lots OF two,
three and four acres, build small comfortable
dwelling on each and draw lots for the privilege Of
first choice second choice, &c. occupy these little
holdings as tenants of the National Association
The rents annually accruing, az well as the in
thafo 1l,y
devoted to the redemption OF The Land and the loca
.ion Of the Working classes thereon until the whole
shall ultimately be freed from the curse OF monopoly
and Lordship-Sucb, al we have gathered it from
hasty perusal OF two or three stray numbers of
the Char,is,s Organ. The Northern Star, edited
by Feargus o Conner, is their plan OF Land Re-
dempton. Already very considerable little sum
has been raised, an estate purchased and aloimens
made thereon 20 some thirty or forty members OF the
Association
Such beginning may be sneered at by the ad'
verse, but look a, the possibilities presented by it;
Suppose One Million only of the British Working
Class were 10 Join the Association, and, by denying
themselves Liquors, Beer, Tobacco. and other de-
basing indolgences should contribute barely One
Shilling per week each to the National Fund. The
aggregate receipt would be about Twelve Millions
of Dollars per amman, which, a, an average of Two
! Hundred Dollars per acre. would redeem Sixty
thousand Acres Of Land and locate Twenty Thou
sand Families on lands owned by the Association
So many would be placed in a condition TO employ
themselves at all times when no one would give
them more than they could earn at bone. And
now, beside the rapid accession OF members which
may with certainty be counted on, there would be
added to the next years SIC 100000 the rental of
the Sixty Thousand Acres already redeemed-say
800, oO0-and 80 the Fund would go on increasing
from year to year from its own intrinsic force until
every purchasable acre had been pesceaby restored
TO the cultivators, when equitable adjustment Of
holdings to payments could be made and each
cultivator become freehoder, forbidden only 10
sell again into the clutches of Monopoly.
Such is an imperfect account Of the best plan we
have yet met with for the redemption of England
and the English from dependence, enforced idle.
ness, pauperism, famine and consequent crime. 1t
evidences the general tendency of our time to con-
slider profoundly the questions connected win Land
lordsm end Land Monopoly, with view to such
solution Us shall most clearly promote the grestest
happiness OF the achole number We rejoice at its
inception and shall watch It's progress with ardent
and confident hope