New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-03-16

e., NJ william p Van Rensselaer, wants ne
ho,sovsr hi, head and the little farm be has grown
up on, and which since the death Of DIS isine' %
"a cultivated for himself Mr. V claims pos'os
.ion bscsuse Joe's grandfather executed le1e'
seventy or eighty years ago agreeing 70 pay
rnueb a wear as the rent Of this piece OF land
which rent was duly paid until ls9-' since when
time il has not been
Well. Joe what have you 10 say 10 this
WHY Sir or Please your Honor have this 70
say. NJ grandfather came over here from Europe
an honest, dihgent but ignorant man. knowing 20
BODY and little acquainted with the Jaws o. 'n'
Country. He was told that the Van hensseisers
owned this region, and, as he bad never he@fu d
moor digpers like himself owning land, he never
1oobted that il must belong 10 somebody Of the up
ner class sobe made his ozark TO the paper offered
him and went 70 work on the land. But have
bcep 20 school some have read and heard consiaef
able in my time, and | don't believe the an hens
se,.rs ever had any honest and clear tile 70 tots
land
Bot suppose they had ut, what is that 70 you
By what right do yOs claim itP
nBy this. Sir. Ny grandfather found 1t q patch Of
the primitive wilderness unoccupied and onini-
proved before he took it. He cleared away the
fres, from half Of it, and built log CABIN and cara.
Nv father succeeded him, extended the clearing
bnilt framed house and barn started an orchard
and replaced part Of the old brush fences BY rais
and atone wall. have grated the fruit, completed
the fencing improved the buildings, and fertilized
The soil. As the heir Of my father and grandfather
"A well as in my own hight, it seems to me that my
claim is very srropg, and only to be overuled ~
clearer and stronger"
sBut how do you dispose Of the Van Ren,,elaers'
ttle1
% don dispose Of it at ALL it viii be time to DO
that when see it, Il the Van Rensselaers have
& good title covering my farm, Of course must
bow 10 it. But II they assert such title. why
should thew not show it 7 cannot Of course prove
q neestive when they produce their titie, lor
YOU can tell whether it is good or not II they
hare title, why stand on bubbles and cavll' =
Why not bring it forward =
Bat the lease, Mr.. Dagsins 7
YES. Sir, the lease That proves that my igno-
rant grandfather soas told that the Van Rensselsers
owned this land and did not doubt IL Bat !. more
familiar with the whole matter do doubtn. Here
ia the very point 70 be settled by this litigation
Now, suppose that my grandfather was mistaken,
as believe he was and that there really was 10
rightful owner 10 this land at the time he took II
but the State of New.York-who ought to be con
sdered the rghtful possessor oft until the state
make, somebody the owner-I. the heir OF those
who have done SO much hard work TO make this
farm, or Mr. w P Van Rensselaer, the heir Of
nor
anything for it p
is that all, MIR D. 2
"Yes. sir-all have 10 say until Mr.. V proves
his title"
We'll, Mr. Duggins, then your case has not
Lee TO stand on The Court has discretion in the
premises it is here 10 state and apply the Law as
IL has been settled these hundreds OF years. MIR
" is not required TO prove any title in the pre-
misses the lease signed by your grandfather makes
out his case perfectly. We have only TO direct the
Jury to find that the premises are Van Renssel-
aers-that you must surrender them and pay him
the eight or nine years back rent and that you
must also pay all the costs OF this litigato So
say YOU all, Gentlemen of the Jury Mr. Clerk,
enter the verdict
Now" says Joe. Il haze a word more TO say,
with your permission Ofcourse, bow to the de-
cision as the Law Of the Land, and shall give up
my farm peaceably sell of my stock and tools to
paw the back rent and costs. and with the little
remnant Of proceeds shall soon have my wife
and children on canal boat going West, in search
! of a patch Of land uncursed by feudal monopoly
But this law which you have choice but to admi-
mister, seems TO me avery bad law-aieature otthe
system which drove my grandfather out OF Europe.
with many thousands like him. and which is now
booming millions TO a lingering and awful death by
famine Before l so West | shall advise my
neighbors to speak to their neighbors in favor o.
changing this law, so that, when one man claim:
TO take farm out from under the feet of another
the claimant shall show that he is or represents the
owner fit. | shall urge the same change, ii !
be not already effected wherever may 60. GooC
byew
We have looked thoughtfully at this matter
and while we see some practical inconvenience
either way, we really do not see that Mr.. Duggins
! proposition is felonious atrocous, or anything
J the SORT Indeed it seems 10 US that II the claim
an, is the owner lwhichwe presume TO be generali!
the case it be hard tor him to show the TACT
while. II he and his predecessors have oonecte
rent for fifty or sixty years on false pretence
ownership, they ought 10 be satisfied with wha
they have got and let the farmers wor
ios themselves spell And yetthe Express work
itself into 81 Of vrtuous Indignation and honor
Z the proposed Act Concerning Tenures. saying
This set allows Anti Rent defendants to dsRy f ralid
~ Of As oys;aal ,i1 l.dsr ekicA tier yaAt lease %
made and compel. tho Paiptsn 10 show independent
his grant or lease tc. which the defendant denies
r This is Tenant holding lease OF Plaintiff to sho
ssanst HIM title TO the property the tenant owns 70
his by taking lease from him
IS III s time for al parties to combine ana crush suS
b. faction this TAs sorst soT q Loco. Foeosrs ~
Fss Poisis. Pvsf sliieRee with, rather than sa'
: an alliance as this
We knew that the Express Was not al al nh
e to its Political associations that its speci
N ends were thereby subserved. It's prefer Of & CO
tinsens alliance 10 the wsrs. sor; Of Looo-Focois
al the Five Points viii hardly suSee to s,ife
s. quiy and arrest popular progress with regard
or the Reform Of orr Land Laws
L. PEsssyIvASIl LEeisLArvxK--In the Senate
=. Saturday Mr. Gi3oOn resigned the speAkership ana
- the fourth ballot William Milsrnson. having receiv
~ majority Of III tie duly elected 10 serve
rag the recess and until he meeting Of he rext Leg
lSiore.