New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-10-15

wings IN fa-o- of TO fire aeainzt it speaks I'll Fe
could wish 10 add On this subject.
.. The bill TO equalize Taxation, needs calg 70 be
explained 10 commend Itself 10 every lair mind
Tie tenants on lie Leased Estates or AanoTs are
required BIZ the terms frheir leases 70 pay ever
tax Of whatever name or nature. that MAJ b. IS
sesssa thereon The landlords therefore stand ut
teclv exempt rom taxation Thus w-e have class
Of citizens 81 great power and influence, highly
favored Of fortune and afauent n means VINO con
tribute nothing 70 the support Of the Government
and ere exempted from bearing any part OF TIE
general burthens. They may exercise PoTertni
inausnce in in~oving the Country IN War or any
Other procedure requiring lavish expenditure yet
impose the task Of paying their share OF the shot
entirely On their poor and humble tenants Ice
PATRONS may haze soas oo--i ssioned N the AT7lE
and A7svy lor whom they desire EiorT- ind promo
ton they therefore push or 4 Il ar knowing thai
40 part Of It's expense VIII deyolye on themselves
II is go plsin!y ct variance With good police and
Republican principle that these mems ra!uabie IN
terests should 90 utterly uata-ed while their ten
ants arc compelled 70 pay ILL thu: re see not hos
auy one can uphold such IN arrangement KIT
the leases say the Tenants must pay Whatever Is
CHARGED On the Land, snd these cannot be inva-l-
dated. TIE Legislature, therefore has provided
that the landlord shall be taxed on thar reserved
interests rent or income. Just as mortgage Is now
,axed-just as they and not their tenants would
low be required TO pay their quota OF the Income
Tax II 4hey lived III Great Britain OF course, one
incident OF this tax ation VIII be to incline the and
lords 10 sell out 70 the Tenants on fair and Just
terms. when they might otherwise prefer and we
DO not blame them not to sell out property vi
terly and perpetually exempt from taxation IN
order to invest the avails where they would be
taxed like other men Still il is so obviously Just
and polite that all citizens should be required to
contribute according to their means, to the support
Of Government thatwe believe every bodys true
and Ultimate interest is promoted by the law 10
Eqralize Taxation which passed the Assembly
Eieht,.lour to Nine-Thir;y seven IFhigs IN the
affirmative to s5r in the negative. II Mr.. Young
voted wrong on this siJ-serentis Of all the Wings
in the Legislature did HSew;se, including Messrs.
!. Miller. 4. Worden. T. Ward. y. Coe. D. Bar
ton and many other eminently able, experienced
and conservative jurists and Legislators
3 The third bill in relation to Devises and De.
scents for which, Mr. Young voted prescribes that
the holders OF lands under perpetual leases and
none others shall be entitled, on the death OF their
landlord to unite in an application to the Court OF
Chancerr for an order 10 commute and extinguish
the rent-charge reserved on their several farms
they paying to the heir or devsee the full actual
cash value thereof at seven per cent The tenants
or so many Of them ns choose unite in the appli-
cation must pay into Court the full value IN cash OF
the rent-charce with which their farms stand IN
cumbered-over 500 on farm paying $50 per
nnnum over 81, 900 on one paying 800 per annum,
&c The heirs Thereof will receive the full value
in cash of the property -nghts which have been
left them. which they divide without delay dis
pute or cost and invest they severally see lit
How can they object 10 this We have all along
been told that the Landlords of these Manors are
willing to sell even anxious to sell to thelrenants
on fair terms Yet there was evidence before the
Committee OF the Inst Legislature on Manorai
Grievances that in one where tenant wish
cdto clear of quitrent Of only dollarp annum
he was charged Serea Hundred Dollars therefor
The power to make such exactions the Courier
would preserve and perpetuste, not merely to the
actual landlord las this bill does but to bis heirs
and assigns for ever. This biil passed the Assembly
BIZ .Sirty.ihyee to Eighteen being supported by
nearly or quite twothrs u all the Wings who vot-
ed thereon. If Mr.. Young Is to be prescribed for
supporting it. DO not Messrs. Coe, Worden Ward,
&c 20 overheard also
" Let us consider that cur Legislators were
compelled to regard the whole matter submitted to
them-to determine whether half a dozen Counties
were to be perpetually held in durance under sys
ten which even Europe is shaking OFF, and which
is here utterly variance with our National char
acter spirit and institutions. The Manor Leases.
with Their absolute reservations to the landlord OF
all mines minerals wafer power. etc. ana OF the
liberty also TO cut as much wood and timber as he
shall see fit and to take quarter OF all the tenant
may at any time sci! his Improvements for, and so
of the next tenant aud the next indefinitely would
hardly endure in any other State OF the Union than
this, and even here the State has already incurred
heavy bills of expense from time to time IN uphold
ing and enforcing them. Years ago our Legisla-
ture abolished Entails Prmogeniture. and many OF
the more preposterous and unbearable acquisitions
Of the Leases-tor instance, the requirement IN
many of them that the tenant shall entertain 10
stranger twenty four hours IN his house without the
express permission OF his lord Such exactions
may have been proper once they are papaply 9th
ervyise now Ultimately, we must all see, these
great Estates will be broken up into small farms,
aud the tenants become freeholders. This change
is greatly desirable to the State, being certain TO
promote its advancement in every way-in Morals
Intelligence Thrift and Industry. Who can doubt
that 1t is the true policy OF the State to listen it by
all means not incompatible with individual rights
That the Courier should stigmatize every measure
calculated to hasten the consummation as enonni-
ties, vile and iniquitous, agrerian, jacobinical,
infamous, sc. &c. is matter OF course. That pa
per will never forgive John Young his advocacy OF
a Constitutional Convention nor the. Freemen OF
our State the vast majority BY which heycalled it
Every thing that has been done among us OF late
has been jacobin, revolutionary &c. not having
been frs, suggested in the Couriers columns. The
People have learned however, TO ger on very toler
ably without It's leading or commentator, and will
probably continue 10 do
V The Courier, while protesting 10 set before It's
readers Mr. Young's course on the subject of Anti