The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-04-29
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Rsf0f" ding question. It's well, there
very .,ser il. Connecticut, Georgia.
lore, Michigan, and Wisconsin,, have passed
$3.50 exemption laws" Many oil he
,',.l.,ures of the leading States have ''n''sa
b's .r,,t 10 ten hours; the privileges OF
-, amen in the way Of holding property
H,, .S e.p greatly extended; and these are but
I =. ,..,iuning of greater changes Bat the
"' ,o,,ssiye sign we have observed !. the
mos b M.oLsr, NJ. c., of New York
i s'' No, only giving his hand to the Na'lonai
Op ,.r.. but pledging himself ipi'y Tor Land
- We quote from his letter
h''S' nan with many better and wiser
"iI -. hen penetrated with the profound
nsl,.',ancholy at every contemplation OIL the
esi nd vretchedness, and crime, to which
Ps'sl',' an hopelessly consigned, aud which
% Hian, ,sIIr observable in our large ciiies.
are ,ho1sands of laborers, receiving what
LooN .,'. snI6cient 10 supply the animal wants
n,,ure. and with scarcely the hope
Of ~ fu,ure will ever dawn upon them,
hss ;l fad their condition materially inn
Sh1n 5, oak At the mechanic! With youth,
pr Ss,lth, and employment, no man Is more
'a-S.osndeut, or. perhaps, more hsPpy' iet
- - ,raearious the tenure by when ne holas
~ ,bsss. Whist provision can ne make ior
...knsss and old age Perhaps burdened Win
N Increasing family, he cannon regard escn ad-
~ ,-I .bilS A. an additional blessing, but, har-
- with underlined spPrehensions OF the iu-
Asseu -, .uee,s Of domestic life made
s m,. "a him Where are his opportunities for
."I.c,nal culture. TO which a mind free from
.n1 some degree Of leisure are absolutely
-s,,i.lp Chained TO life Of toll. lew and lar
s,,...su are such opportunities and he be-
.,..,bs 70 MS offspring the same legacy OF hard
ts-.nd nnreouiled labor. Yet the two Gas
80 men here mentioned. the only producers
- ,rsslth. make up the bulk OF society. Sure
y ,h.T. must be some radical defect ia its or
..ni,.tion requiring the application Of some
. ,rinciple 10 remove evils so great and SO
-sn.r,I believe this principle will be found,
nsr, in limiting the quantity Of public land
-tIrb zach individual can purchase, confining
sarh purchase only TO such persons as become
81 ocrupants Of the soil-making the sum
1souired for the purchase merely nominal, and
.,smptipg the land thus acquired from aliena-
ION For the poverty which sfiiicts, and the
crime which disgraees Society, good men have
a. different times suggested different remedies
A system Of education. so thorough as TO reach
IN classes, has been proposed as one OF these,
sns we have been told that by this Instrumental
nv crime would be diminished, aud wealth aud
b.nniness multiplied But experience has
shown that even this has proved delusive.
Wthout referring TO France, take the more re-
msrksbls case Of Scotland, where, by an admir-
r.bs system Of Parish Schools, education is
brought TO the door of the humblest peasant.
Yst. from the nndispuied testimony of one Of
her own authors, the number of individuals
charged with serious offences, Is in England
I've times greater than il was thirty years ago,
N Ireland SIX times. bat in Scotland twenty
Rins times.
No, my friend. TO prevent crime, remove the
causes which lead or impel 10 IL. Develop in
the working population the forethought and
foresight by which poverty j. in most cases
svoiced But who expects in the present aTtifi-
cjal state of things 10 find these habits smOng
those who, TO use a coarse, but alas. expressive
phrase "liye from hand TO mOuthf" Who can
expect TO SEE a sacrifice of the present TO the fu
tule, when after the simplest wants are suppl
ed there IS nothing left Ii is, therefore, sym
paihIe deeply with your views, because they
hold out 10 the working man a permanent object
Of attachment, well adapted 10 develop these
habts-tO level the inequalities of society-the
fruitful source Of so mach misery-and TO make
DeE country the IN tiic NOIlA
Within the lifetime of many who are now
alive, our country will have population Of one
hGndred millions, and this, too, by immigration
and natural increase, and without reference be-
ing had TO any future extension Of the bounda-
ries Of our territory. With this lapse Of time
will come increased intelligence. and facilities
for accommodation. Now, imagine such a
population organized into a great landed demoe-
rscy, each man, who desired it, sitting under his
own vine and hg tTes upon his own freehold
What elimination Of crime.-what increase OF
weslth!-whst difHsed intelligence would then
be exhibited! such country could behold with
sympathy, but without spprehe n, the social
commissions Of other LANDS, and in a military
point Of view, would be inyncibe 20 world in
arms. We wonder at the feeble resistance made
by the Roman Empire. to the be- rbarIans of the
North, who, under the command Of him who
has not been inaPily termed the ''Scourge Of
God" threw down the fabric Of its power. Gu,
wonder ceases when the Historian tells US that
oil Italy and Africa was in the hands Of seven.
teen hundred great families, who cultivated the
lands, thus mOnoPOlized, by slaves Why should
Se expect the Roman Of that day to fghti lie
bad nothing to fight for May We profit BY
such an example.
In all that constitutes free government, thi.
guard OF every other, but even here. where At
power is in the hands of, and emanates from tn,
people, the preJudices which we have inherited
nom our anti-oemOcratic ancestors still exist
and there are not wanting those who ignorantl,
"AgmAtize, as agrarian and disOrganizing, doc
Vines which are in cOnsonance with the Who'll.
sPHh o. our Government, and which must ulti
lA'siy Dc engrafted upon the policy of the ma
WA nom regard 10 the well-being Of its citi
.e.s aho The PerPetuity Of free institutions Tn.
~ ~, We are behind many other nations il
sPPieaton Of our political power to socia
sOfn' ahd IN much that relates 10 land gratui
ues' occupancy and limitation. During IN,
p"eAt week, have received a communication
reply TO a letter which | addressed I,
aim' IRON General Pedro A. Herran. Miuists
ieh'Po'entiary from New Granada. now re-,
eng n this city, and who was formerly Pre.i
uen' o. That Republic. Under that G overnmen
eseiy SELLER is allowed as much land as n
s 70 cultivate for himself and family
PO'ec'eo IA the exercise Of his religious faith
'n. .'e'ef maj faith may be-is exempted from
auon ior twenty years-is freed from ey
'poeies OF military services repaid by IN
nieht Tor the expenses incurred in hi
uOn 10 New Granada, and is admitte
rsL, 'ne moment he occupies the land to all Tn
ahG inmunities Of any Of its citizens.
60. nerrsn concludes his letter to me b
.Anng that it gives him pleasure 10 saw 20 m
mat his Government will grant All III 800 -,
sOn which depends on its power 70 inSns,r;ou
americans" who should desire 10 become nit
',Ss o. the soil in that Republic.
Gn,a.e sho liberal policy in the concerns {
S 49," are never found dsunited. an
Al Illustration Of the union Of both.