New-York daily tribune., 1846-01-27
THE TRIBUNE.

"a, Charter translated for The HaTbnger Consuelo;
u,pders Messiah; Cranchs Musical Address and Re-
,,,,o Movements originating among tho Producing
cses-neary every line OF this number being either
original or translated expressly for The Harbinger The
.,t named article ofdeep eancsness and breadth
oy;son reviewing and doing justice to the Free Land
movement. We quote from it as follows;
nIf we examine the history Of this country during
,be last twenty years with view to ascertain the
r.,ure of the movements In iavor OF reform, which
bsys had their origin among the LaDoring Glasses,
ve shall discover that those movements have been
NJ shallow character-either mere negations, and
denuncaiions. or very superficial reforms the OBJ
isct of which was the correction of some abuse,
or the forwarding of the interests OF some one class
! Trades Unions strikes attacks upon corporations
! and banks and other similar movements character
i've the efforts made by the above classes for the i'm
movement of their condition These reforms when
carried out have not produced was easy to anti
cpate the desired results One important effect,
however, has been obtained the working classes
have been somewhat Schoofed and dtsc1pt'ned IN
these trials and efforts, and they have come TO see
the impotence and vanity OF such superficial meas
ures They are wiser than they were; they begin
10 see through the delnsons the negative radical
ism and all the unwise measures which are the
common attendants upon Reform which Is not based
upon true knowledge cf the principles OF Society,
ofhuman progress and the destiny OF Man, and up.
on sentiments of Universal Justice and Philan-
thropy.
For some eight or ten years past the working
classes have been quiet; they have been resting
since the last crusade made against the Banks, and
since the Trudes MONS. But now new movement
has been commenced and II is OF this movement that
We wish TO speak. It's center is in New-York
although it has already spread through several Of the
Northern States OF the Union, and is gaining ground
very fast.
This movement is far deeper than any that has
a. IL.
es and il is gratifying sign of the increase of intel
heence among them with regard 10 the importance
Of trae and organic Reform instead of the antag0-
pjs,c and destructive radcasm that has heretofore
prevailed 10 so great an extent. This new move
uent does not aim TO correct few superficial abuses
which would do very little good if achieved it
does moi attack one more existing evils leaving
thousand 10 rcmau,-thus wasting lis efforts in vain
mempis in short II Is not 3eg0tUe; II Is aihrma-
i've. and procains new principle and advocates
is adoption and the engraltlng OF II into Social
0rder-knowing fall well that the practical intro
suctos of new principle into society is The true aud
only means of producing important results, and OF
correcting old evils and abuses.
This movement has given rise 10 a party with
regular organization and with It's organ. The party
sknown by the name of The National Ret0rmers,
and the Organ is Weekly Paper called Young
Amcrco printed q, the headquarters of the party
In New. York.
"Tbe great and in fact, the only important measure
which is adv vocaed by this party is very simpe-so
thai its significance aud ITS Interior results are not at
FIRST perceived by the observer.
"The National Rciormers demand that the public
lands shall be made free to actual setters-one hun
dred and sixty acres being allotted 10 any family
that chooses 10 take up that quantity and culti-
it
They farther maintain tha, the one hundred and
sixty acres thus mnde free 10 any family which
chooses to settle upon them, should IN no case be
sold for DEBT, m0rtgdged. taken out ot ats pos
tessloq for any pecWRidry consideration. The
family can at auy time sell tie Improvements which
hhas made on its one hundred and sixty acres OF
land and remove from it, bot not 10 any person otras
ing any other }dR9
Thus the soil is made free 10 oil persons who choose
settle upon il, aud they secured N the posses
sion Of it against the dangers that beset the Labor
ius or Producing classes in the present Order oil
ninss-aganst sheriff sales, mortgages, &c. SO
that the rfght of 10 the soil is made paramount
pdebt and pecuniary contracts, as is the case with
AePerSonGl liberty of man, where abolishment Of
Imprisonment for debt has taken place. This guar
ty of the Righ, to the Soil is that no family can
sl i;s portion of land TO any other family that al
ssdy owns any land, thus preventing the monopoly
j The SoR by wealth and keeping II In the hands ot
bose who cultivate it.
The fact tha, the Earth belongs to The human
race collectively. and not TO the few who dad not
ctdte IT, and that the uSutrWet or the right OF using
The soil, only belongs 10 the individuals oi each
generation. Is great ana profound Uuth' WHICH
should be nstilled conjoin,ly with the one already
mentioned into the minds Of the people and the
leaders, of the people-of which they are at present
profoundly ignorant
The National Reformcrs. we believe are doing
his, as far as lies in their power. The measure
which they advocate, leads them TO see the profound
principles on which il is based and OF which 1t Is
partial reazaiion-not a compete realzaiion-ior
hatis only possible in Combined or Associated
Order Of Society in which only the right OF the
sol and the opportunity of labor, but every facility
IND aid in prosecuting it. is extended TO man. IN
which industry s rendered attractive, and the pro-
Queer guaranteed against spolialion or unjust I'D
ranages being taken of him by commerce, capital.
asury, any other means Of legalizcd or illesazed
plunder
We wish te have it understood that in the pre-
cedng remarks we have considered certain aspects
0s The National Reform Movement only. With
respect 10 the measures of this party, regarded as
permanent and conclusive reforms we hold the
same opinions we have expressed in former mum.
osrs OF the Harbinger and Phalanx. To the spirit
u bitter hostility towards important interests. and
me destructive doctrines which, from time 10 time,
Vccapy the columns OF the acknowledged organ Of
mat party, we must and always give an I'M
Saahhed condemnation
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