New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-12-26
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Treasury Report, where sTsV,oieaoSs2gsessye
hint ,es sotins the rishifoiy haroonous relations
Of Capital u Lsbor IL t'rndiy pro2oooded. We
fear xe o. all not find il recognized "a tho ANNA
Ezpose Of tire Secretary q the interio' thoroul b
a. tina; document is reported 20 be able as it csn
hardy fail to 30. No bill emsodying il, however
cautiously and guardsdly, has yet been scc0r'ed
the honor a rejection by Yeas and Nays 10
either bra Ga Of Congress. though We think y e
Hosse vo1ld have accorded il last Winter b..
Tor tho uopopulsrity on It's Aoor Of the Member
asking tn. favor AID. seeing 81 a. the vital, vyi
yi5s principle Of Msn's high: to the Soil renal'
1o.ckno gsd and derided, the Jest Of the tow
ering thou % the hops Of the lo~ly, We invoke
the patience OF oUr unsyn ps.hisins readers while
we once more comm end 1t to general attention.
The priscipe propounded by the Land Reform
ers partskes not Of the nature Of Com manism. IL
foes not imply tina. Property IL h2bbery 1t
rather rosi..s and c,nfronis the legal appropriation
AMI consom ption by one man Of the fruits Of ano-
theirs toll 1t sfSrms and insists on radical dis-
tno,ion between Property the product OF humsn
industry, the result OF human effort or care, AID
those anterior, Celebrated elemeDts--air, water,
earth, &c.--oot ofvhich Labor creates or fashions
Property. Az the fish In the ocean arc the prop
erty Of no one human being more than another
until caught thence by some one and thus sPpro-
pristed, rendered specially or property his-in
other words, Propsrty-se 1t Is urged that the VIZ
gin earth, the untsmed widerD ess, the hitherto
uuimproyed portions Of tho planets surface, be
long not 10 one man, nor 10 several, by virtue OF
any gift. grant, devise or sale, by any cebqueror
potentate, or congress, but to ali men who need
land by vrtue Of tteir necessity and to the extent
thereof--no farther. Governments have necesss
riiy q duty TO perform In relation to such lands
bat not that Of selling them to the graphing or
even the nsedy--tbe duty of surveying, dividing
and sllsttins them to every land needer accord
log not to his wealth, but to his need-Dot to
his pecunisry ability bat rather TO his desttu,ioD.
10 other words. the new idea stirms the Right OF
Man to Live-snd Of course 10 live somewhere
not by virtue Of bic coin but Of his manhood ard
the resulting duty OF the State to apportion ?,
they shall De needed the unsppropriated or unim
proved lands within Its limit not to those who
give most for them, 10 The expectation OF BEN.
enabled 10 wiring still more out OF the necessity Of
their future cultivstors, but to those who need
portionment. il ia Urged. 90 lar from enabling any
one to live in ideness, would deprive thousands OF
their present facilities for incident and Luxurious
living out Of the heavy toll which Land Monopoly
empowers them to exact from the sweat and toll
OF the iAndlsss-Why are not these suggestiobs
worthy the confederation Of the fortunate and
powerful Who shall presume to decide oahanc
that the Lsnd Syitsm enscted and 80 rigdly en-
forced By tho inspired Lswgiver to the Hebrew
Ia 10 no feature, nnder no modification, adaptable
10 the poli,y OF Christian Repubc
LAID Reform--ths Risht Of the Landless to
come patch Of wilderness TO improve and cultivate
has hardly yet bogus to be considered by the
accredited leaders Of public opinion, but 1t ia not
the less dsstiped TO be widely discussed and We
think ultimately adopted ss a corner stone o! Re
publican Institutions TIE present silence OF the
Commercial Prefs aud of those above It in the 90
cisl hierarchy only proves that the idea is YET
rovel not ,h,t 1t mus, ever be unpopular Its
day star has not r'sen but We dmcsrn some scin,il
lations Of It's future brightness. Already within
thu last year four States and che Territory have
Inscribed on their statute -books the pioneer mes
sure known a. II )nestead Exemptioo and Sc
veral Others are now obviously on tbs verge oi
doing 10. Within twenty years from the ne
Agitation ol the subject three f5ur.hs VI the Stall
composing this Union will have secured the HON,
Of evsry family sssi1st legal con6.oItion fr IN,
debts Of its owner. Do many thinkers suppose
that the movement will stop herei When it
shall have been established that afamily shall 40,
b Invested Of its homo because Of debt, will ut
the propristy of some legislative sxertion to ss.
cure homes to those who have none 10 logically
irresistible
Thi. ia ooniesssdly the more difhcal, Of achieve
msnt, In communities where the entire Soil has
legally. however unwisely, been granted away 4
q portion Of the Peopls. Net in our own coup-
try. Al this moment, of the entiro arabic SCI. o
the Union not moro than one-third 10 the property
OF individuals, while Sreat portion sven Of shis
third 10 the legal property OF its improvers snc
caltivasors Land Monopoly, even with the aid
ct Bdush Crown graats, Royal Governors pa
tents, Dutch ps.rcone'y. Spanish empresaic
grants, Virgins, Texas and other Military BcDn',
!sod', to say nothing Il sloss frauds and jagglv'.
he's a. yet fastened upon bot a small portion OF
ms magnificent domain Of oars, stretching hon
the nay oil Faady TO the Pacific and from Lake
Superior 10 the mouth OF the Mo del Norte.-
WHAT sesahe the fa.e Of the residue
There always have been. .lv,v. will be
rriecss enough on zoo, 70 eu,rv f.vo, with ,hs
settlers Of today by redaoih s the prie a, n.hI;
lands, granting loose predmpticn., giving -.
riJhs and let In fasteesaace q this. Ina, .ns A..
other scheme OF 'oosi or general utility. Noae OF
Those touch the core Of the evt nay, they psl.,.
hly tend 10 hasten the triumph o. Land Monopo.
~ What - needed "a not tbs rendering Of land
in vast tracts more sssy oilse sGirs mens bat sy,
tenn uader which whoeves needs land N sy ohcos.
and take. oct OF that ROT already brought aadel
oultiv alioI, though he have no money 10 pay III
tray, ali the more resdils because he has none
while he who dees not really need more land car
cot obsam IL q: ANY price No &C. which does no
limit future scqaititicns Ian be Of any pIsc;ics
worth, unless as s.et atone - sometime,
better. Aay Law that does will hi, the mon
s.er 10 the eye, even thouSs il shoald leays
untouched the price Eow exAessd The tea sht
hugs per acre charged Sr wild lad by the GOV
ernms Mt 10 iodeed sericf, tax on the piosesr'