Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1848-12-15
The Right OF Property i'm Wind.

the elements which propelled them and
when the wInd-miIs, were Introduced.
| tins assumed right was eXlented over them
also, they being dependcdenl upon another
element for motion. A stOry is told Of
some Augustine monks, who were DESTROYS
of erecting 4 Windmill in the neighborhaod
Of their monastery, but the lord Of the soil
opposed the project, on the extraordinary
assumption that the Uind IN the district
belonged 10 him. The monks appealed
TO the bishop, who decided in towering
passion that no one had power over the
wind in his diocese but himSoT. The
monks took out their letters patent from
HIM, and built their wind mill.
Instances like the above will excite our
mrthIulIness, and we at once scout the idea
Of monarch claiming exclusive iurisdic-
ton over the water; or landlord or the
Bishop over the air, and we claim them
free for all. Now, we ask, what better
right had these kings, bishops or lords to
sell tie I4id. True, land is not air; neilh-
er is water; but they are all common
elements DI nature and all equally necessary
for the susetnance OF lie. Considering
that the elements came from one common
source, and each forms a part ct the whole
the creatIon-we ask, when, how, and
where did any man obtain title to control
one, that will not extend HE same right to
CONTROL all!
In this connection, let us ask the candid
to answer this question-is it consistent
with the most exalted ideas of infinite
wisdom to suppose that the Creator fur
nlshcd the elements to his creatures for
their sustenance, and designed part Of the
said clements to exist in abundance every.
where, for fresh use, and another portion
no less indispensable TO the lurDherance of
the designs of OmnipoIance TO be locked up
by one portion of the great family, and
dispensed at their capriclous will, To their
/ equally worthy fellows.
Again: would not this landIcss portion
be equally Unsuitable in apportioning the
/ the wind to the landed, provided the air
WAS al element susceptible of control in
the senses that land is The landed
would say yes, provided you have title
founded upon discovery, conquest or IN
heritance. Admitting this, the real right
to property in land rests IN the simple fact
/ that it is susceptible of brute control and
! division. The same principle will Justify
murder, savory,or any other crime which
man IN his might, uncontrolled by right
can commit.
The bountilul hand of Providence is al
ways ready ever to dispense the air to our
respiratory organs, as each pusalIon of the
! hear! sends the exhausted vital fluid TO re-
/ ItS pt.i,r
same KIND guardian sheds upon the hills
those gentle showers to nourlsh springs
whose unbought draughts are more grateful
to the peasants burning tongue, than is to
the monarch the wine he sips. Is it not
presumptious, then, for the lew to claim as
exclusive property, that foundation, upon
which the many stand TO receive the life
storing breeze, and from whose bosom
gushed forth the cool spring, and from
which vegetables every plant that is given
for sustaining life. We say, let every man
take his right, and if bishops and lords in
teretere, carry the case to the Great Parent
who made it all, and each will find deed
for the use Ct as much as is necessary for
his existence, bearing date co~existent with
his birth. National RCf0rMer.
ACumsrMAs TALE.-WhiIel the last gen
Grafton was furnishing there dweIt in what
is now a famous city, not a mile from Bos-
ton, an opulent widow lady, who once al
fordcd manifestation olthat odd compound
Of incorporates called "human nature"
1t was a christmas eve of one of those old
fashioned winters which were so bitter
cold" The old lady put on an extra shawl
and ae she Rugged her shiverlng frame, she
said 10 her faithful servant, lit is a terrible
cold night, Scip. am afraid my poor
reighbor, Widow Green, must be suffering
Take the wheebarrow, Scip; fill 1t with
wood; pile on good load, and tell the poor
woman to keep herself warm and comfor-
table. Bu. before you 90 Scip put some
more wood on lhe fire and AXE me a nice
mug of Flip" These last orders were duly
obeyed and the old lady was thoroughly
warmed both inside and out. And now the
trusty Scipio was about to depart on his er.
rand Of mercy, when his considerable mis-
tross interposcd again. Stop, Scip; you
need not 90 now; the weather has moder-
atcd."
An overland passage from India to Chi
ma, occupying sixty days, now cost III
pounds-neady SIX hundred dollars. BY
the American route passengers can be con-
veycd from London to China for four hun
dred dollars, and the trip with our improve
ments in steam navigation and better road
over the islhmus, may be made in thirty
Eve days-bcating the English mail twenty
i've days.
A SrARTLING FAcT.-The celebrated
DR.. Mott, in an opening lecture at the Uni
vcrsity IN New York. it is stated, asserted
distinctly, that of the thirty thousand deaths
which, occurred in our army during the
Mexican war, one-lhird at least, were caus-
ed by the want of timely medical and sur
gicai treatment. Such was the fact, he
said, and he hoped ii would be warning
to government, never again TO enter into
war without providing that our gallant SOL
diers shall be secured from neglect.