Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1848-06-02

WI. b. MACLAY. VI. C., on LAND
REFORM.
Among the numerous evidences of the
progress Of the Free Soil doctrine constant
" accommodating. the following letter from
Mr.. NacIav Member Of Congress from tins
city, 10 the National Reformers of the 7lh
W ard, who have invited Mr.. Macav to adj
dress a public meeting on the subject, bv
no means the least encouraging.
WAsHNGroN, March l8 1913.
My dear Sr;-I duly received your let
ter. One of my children is very sick. and
tbs, without any reference to public duties.
will detain me here. Your kindness, how
ever, in your request. is not the less felt bv
me that am not able to avail myself of il.
while, at the same time, | cannot conceal
from myself that you Oyerrat tie the influence
which any address of mine would have al
a meeting such as that suIges ted in your
leucr. Yet the objects for when the Ma
tnnal RrlOrmerS ATE associated have nv
best wishes, and the time is near at hand
when their policy will find expression in
some decided act Of the National Legisla-
urc. can express myself with the more
freedom upon this subject, because. allho'
frequently candidate for popular favor. |
have never been base enough either to re-
lnquish or adopt an opinion to gain il, and
no one who knows me will now attribute
the snetlmcnt uttered by me to any motive
less honorable than that of a sincere convic-
ton.
In common with many better and wiser
| h1ya hpat, r,anafr,tal al, Il,
IoUndest melancholy at every contempla-
ton OF the poverty and wretchedness, and
crime, TO which 50 many seem hopelcssly
consigned, and which are specially observ-
abe in our large cities. Look at thousands
Of l1borcrs, receiving what IS barely suni-
cient to supply the animal wants Of their
nature, and with scarcely the hope that any
future will ever dawn upon them, which
will find their condition materially mprov-
ed Look at the mechanic! With youth,
and health, and employment, no man is
more independent, or, perhaps, more hap
py. ct how precarluus the tenure BY
Whichhe holds all these. What provision
can he maze for sickness and old age!-
Perhaps burdcned with an increasing faml-
Is he cannot regard each additional bless
ing, but harraSsed with underlined apprc-
"cl's.o's 'o' ''e iu'"re' lle sweets OF 40
'''7Sl'' ne "o ll',''.e Ol''tF % NM mere
,' ~, a. ~. '''.e'lec'0h' IoI''Ie'
',,,,',' ''T'', 1'''e anu s1,''e
",S'e0 " i''''ic are d0S"Iu'e'y eSSeht'al;-
N"''Htu - Iie u 'o"' rev ana lar De-
wcen are such opportunities, and he be
queaths TO his offspring the same legacy of
,,,, - nan .,, w
,No ''',s>'s - li'ei' 'rT'e '''e''"'e', "'e on
= f'"'"' 90 - "o"'"'' NAME "P '"e JUN
- S"C'GN S"'''S ''e'e must oe some rao-
'1"' Ue'e'' ~ : % 2''''Na'i"" requiring me
"PI ''S''''" - s",''e ie" P''HclP'e Wl''note
III, IL" o. o'''e'e ms
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- '''''''' ~ 'u'1',"s'' '"''ih'''7 sue" P"i-
mas "i''> - S,'., P''S'''iS a. oe'a"'e az
'"a' Occur pans - '''1 So''-'naN,'g '''e sum
cq"'''N 'oi "'5 purchase merely nominal
anu eNe'"P'nS '''' 'a'io' mus a'qu'teo' rom
a''thalo"' or u'e poverty "'llci' a''''c'S.
ana me CRIME Wnl'h diSgraces socletv,gooo
men nave a "'iit'el'' '''1eS s"ggeS'e" oli'ef-
EN- fe'l'eo'eS. SyS'en OF eouca"of' 50
"'"F"'-', y % 'e"r" al ''"SSeS' haS oeeh
p'"Po<e" - o!', - ',ese' "l''' We nav oee'l
o'" t,"' "H "',s "'S''"'''e"tdny crime
"ou'u "e "'"''u'S,lc"' az" wealth. ana nap
p!A'ss E!"'tP'''0' bu' experience mas
SHOWN u'at e'r" nv mas P'oNeo G''"SlNe'
" iihout referring 20 rance 'ake me more
remafhaoIe case oi cro''4hu' Wue'e, .! an