Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1848-11-24
From the Philadelphia Daily Republic.
Land MonepoIy.

The right of :tua settlers TO free giant Of
portion OF the public lands sufficient to afford en-
pioyment and sustenance, appears to be Question
destined 70 GO hand IN hand with the cause of Free
Ho'f, and the one tndmphihg will be but prelude
10 The success OF the other The system OF specu-
latIon which is praetised in disposng of the public
domains IN this country, as we'll as in the British
colonies has direct and inevitable tendency to ga
liner the lands of the nation into the hands of few
making the many virtually the bond slaves of the
propnetors. A speculator buys some thousands OF
acres In desirable locality, at a merely nominal
Pnce,-the tide OF emigration is setting in that d.
recuOn,-he surrounding country soon becomes ill.,
haolted every settler adding the value of all pro.
Perty,-the land Spectator then comes in and gets
large price Tor his estate or aping the feudal no.
blty, lets II 10 tenants:-thus without labor of his
own oil any KIND, without even risk, " lthout having
done any one useful thing, he becomes the posses
sor OF a fortune
Laws are ostensibly made 10 secure the products
OF Industry 10 their proper owners, TO discourage
dieness IN the people by giving them an object for
which TO work. and yet this evil is suffered to 90 on
wltbont check. Legislators complain of the diff
Guilty encountered in framing laws TO suit the wants
OF all classes, TO provide that while the rich are
protected, the poor shall not be plundered Now
here is an evil which every day is growing greater
one which every thoughtful mind in this country
and IN Great Britain sees will one day become the
centre OF new aglat6hs, unless flow put stop to ::
easy OF remedy, too if met with an honest desire TO
remove lt-and yet but little attention is paid to il
IN high places. Law makers seem TO forget or TO
be ignorant OF H. that this is the very root of those
aSitatlofs which have shaken Europe from one end
to the other for the last sixty years The acqusi-
ton OF land in large tracts whereby for the advan-
taSe OF few, multtudes are andIess ard depend
ent, has been, without any doubt, the handspring Of
those atrocities which gave unen,iabe notoretv
10 the hrst French revolution and the primal cause
OF those upheavlngs win Il have succeeded it,
The same easy acquisition of the soil has been
followed in England and Ireland by that unparalel
led mass of misery which is the establishment of
travellers. as 1t Subslss in tie midst of such vast
wealth, thartIsm-republican isln-aTe but the
MODES In which deSltuttoH protests against an evil
become almost lnsupporlabIe. 1t is in the power
oil the people of this country to project themselves
against the monster without giving any living being
cause to complain, by simply using that power
which the constitution Guarantees them TO set a Ii
NIT to the quantity OF land held by one individual
and al the time TO sell or Civ to none but ac-
tual settlers. None in justice could object to this.
as II GepriveS no of his property or the fruit of
his orn industry; while it guarantees TO all the
means OF a comfortable livelihood Other nations
bowed down for ages under the yoke of oppression
have difficulties and dangers TO encounter in freeing
themselves from such burdens, which the citizens of
thus favored land can have no idea of. On the one
hand, the European patriot has to fight against old
institutions, supported by nobility made powerful
BY the very robberes against which the peopIe
are rising, supported by all the old ira dons of the
country, manners, customs, education, even religion
for the church hestates no; to league with pow.
er. On the other hand, there is a violence OF the
al 10 H. Il
centuries OF painting for revenge for injuries past
Ignorant OF prey entons TO the attack oil the naady
in future, with dealt to the arlstocrat for the rally
ing cry, altogether ignorant of the true spirit of
freedom, which, while asserting its own, follows
the golden rule with regard 10 others these are
difficulties not easily overcome; and in making a
tue estimate OF the conduct OF the people OF Europe
they should never ba lost sight OF
But it would be useless TO read of those events
now belng transacted on the other side of the At
Idntlc unless with view 70 gain practical nstruc-
ton. They should be looked upon rs warnings not
TO be ecspised Americans, while your estate is
misunderstanding your settlements form bat dots
on the map of your country, you will feel but as
feather, this incubus which rests with such sadden.
ing effects upon others, but remember that your
country will one day be peoped densey and that
perhaps at comparatively not distant day-are YOU
willing that your posteTlty should be subject to the
apprehenslons which drive to your shores by mil
hons the sons of other climes. and which you-.na-
ny OF you 10 doubt-can but look upon as the inn
agnings of excited brains, though terribly real TO
them? Ponder deep!y-ponder wei-and act so
that posterity will bless and not curse your memo
ry. lie: not your children say that through your
supineness they suffer wrong, mayhap forced to
commit crime. Now is the time TO put an end to
the gambling transactions of spectators. Would
you could all. by another Asmodeus be shown with
your own eyes-yourse,es unseen-the workings
OF that system in England, which you tacitly en-
courage here. You would perceive to your horror
and dsmay that the silver dollar takes the place as
a legitimate successor of the Norman spear