New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-03-19


Joe Dugsins has shocked the moral sense Of 20
Gate 80 Wallst,l and would seem to have disor
dsrsd the reason Of that conscientious locality
suming that there ever was any to disorder What
Joe proposes our readers will remember, is simply
this A. B. has settled and improved piece Of
wild land, fresh from the hands Of its Creator and
made of the patch OF bowling wilderness q fruitful
and goodly farm. He went upon it, supposing II
part Of the land OF c. ID. and in that belief took
perpetual lease Of it from c. d. covensntng to pay
90 much rent per snnum and perform various other
services. AL the clearing building, road making,
tax.paying, &c. has been done by the settler or
those he Representations OF il by the supposed
landlord. In process of time the settler discovers
or has reason strongly to suspect that he was i'm
posed upon in max ing the lease-that C. d. never
had any title to the property. Now ought the law
70 compel this settler. because he was once de
ceived TO be forever plundered1 That is the es
sence of the controversy. Whether the Law
should, while the matter is.in dispute presume
that the buildings, fences, etc belong to him who
constructed them or TO the claimant landlord may
bee question but ought there to be any question
to the rightfulness of allowing the settler to
IN and show fraud or mistake on the part OF the
landlord and an utter want of title in him 2 Mr..
pugsins indeed inchnes to the opinion that the
Law should incline to believe the settler the owner
anti somebody else shows q title 70 the property
But % the law now stands, he may be able to show
ipdisputably that the man claiming rent 10 not the
owner and that somebody else is, and is morally
certain to claim the rent by snd.by ye, the Courts
can hear nothing of all this but will make Joe pay
e -. ID -.
deception and injustice Perhaps this will stand
but 10 it % palpaby right that il 10 yillsny to can
vase il
Let US illustrate the principle in dispute by .
house case since the Courier win admit no differ
snce between the products Of human industry
which naturally belong TO some Individual, and IN,
products Of Gods bounty, which naturally belong
20 everybody until Law on Labor has plainly sub
jected them to individual ownership The owne
of house in the City is drowned in the harbcr
leaving the house vacant and no present heir q
claim it A German immigrant lands and inquire
for house he 10 met by some sharper who know
that this house has been left vacant and unlocked
shows it to the immigrant who likes it and hires il
agreeing by lease 10 pay $500 year for it perPes
ualy. But soon the truth is whispered about, ans
the immigrant goes TO ha volunteer landlord to b
Ger ss rest ~ 10 the title. Tie wants be assures
chat he 10 paying the right man, and that when b
has paid him he shall not be Liable to pay some on
s2se Get out of my sishti" says Landlord Dsz
ale, Il have your name signed to the lease an
YOU cannot help yoarselfl You are bound TO pa
me rent % long - no one dsturbs your possession
and whether have title or not is none OF your bus
nsss The Law viii 20, hear 8 word IS 10 N
ownership, bat viii compel you to pay to the las
esntn-saeh ia undoubtedly the law, bat might
not be improvedi This is the question which MI
paggins asks the People to think of and thong
IL bare proposition is denounced as "bold imPu
aspee," "barefaced wickedness." Kissed with ii
disnsrion." and chsitsbly attributed TO "A sasaI
sss spirit Of mock philanthropy" &c. &c. by I'll
Courier, we rather think few will consider il not
vishssnding And We need not tell the Courier
"Talcott that we are quite willing the principl
pOpounded By Mr.. Daggins should be applied
suy property we have or ever may have.
That the Cocrier should consider the OWNERSHIP
Of the farm the owner tis and lives as much
.ucnopoly and 'carse a. the ownership OF tn
farms improved and occupied By ten thoasan
other men, or even Of the whole earth, by one be
man landlord. IL quite Of course. 1t is not the GU
Of tia, paper to exhibit common in the treat
meat Of any subject related to landlordism. Ths
10 shoald rail At Joe Dsggins as scoundrel speal
Of his suggestion As "a crusade against Justice
common sense and common honesty charge tia
The Tribune is abe,ting his vinainy' &c, is Al
strictly in character So is It's appeal to the VIII,
party. whose measures il usually eensures anS
whose candidates Is frequently sssails and oppo
sss, to rally in defence Of Feudslsm- In the eye,
Of the Courier and its clique, is is the proper mis-
sion and use Of the Wing party to stand up ans