New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-08-30
NETWORK TRIBUNE.
Land Reform Meeting.
Grand Demonstration at Tammeny Hall

There was glorious rally Of the friends Of Free
Bones for tho People, last night, ct fammany
Hail. goa up under the auspices ~ the Land Be
iapers Of the eecond Ward. The Hal uss thor.
esehy aled at a. early hour by an attentive and
quiet assembly, most unusual occurrence Ia the
Old wigwam.
Al about O'clock the meeting was called 10 or
der, and the following officers Presidents Of the Sec
end Ward were appointed.
g. g. Z wv ,s9A Esss;s rr yss.s..,,,,n,
Ben. Pace thci re nd tbs following Address and
Resolutions
IL has been asserted, on authority almost rnivsr.
sslly re cogpized in this country that Governments
are instituted for The security Of the right and hap
piness of the people, and that when they become
bsufcien' for, or destructive OF this end the peo.
ME nay Justly nd or alter thom or abolish them
And substitute Others. May IL not be added
mat where they can do this 30 easily as By
Sepositing a ballot, il is folly or cowardice ia
hem lot to 90 30. Can aay thing be more noto.
nous tb.n the fact that the Governments State aad
National uDc 81 which ve nov live, do rot secure
,be rights and happiness OF the people, as perfeety
AZ they might Do We not ace Rich and Poor
among Us as In des yotic Governments: Rich, who
have become 30 through 10 labor or merit of their
own, and Poor, who are so through no dement, or
hack of INDUSTRY 10 theml IL it not plain that al
meet every species Of the product Of labor passes
inne diately from the hands Of its Ingenious and
Industrious yet poverty stricken creators into toe
,roprietorsh hip OF those whose only labor consists Ia
keeping accounts Of thsir Aladdin like accumula.
toDs, and contriving how 70 consume the luxuries
they afford Here, In this city, twelve or sixteen
tcurs monotcnous and health destroy ing toll Of the
widowed or orphaned seamstress, 10 her rented
sarret, is rewarded with two or three shilings
while the man who 10 merely engaged In excbang
Dg the products Of LABOR peck cts twenty or Thirty
per cent. for the few hours he spends away from his
Injurious up town or country mansion; and from
the ork shop, toe mine, The ocean or the farm
numerous examples might be drawn OF similar oon-
tasa between sbe toilers paluy pittance and the
proprietors gambling gains. But let us pass over
he sufficiently ofttod tao. and come 81 once 70 the
question, WY does oar ADlerIcaa RepH 5ticaH tsHl
D. edpee The tame bitter fruits the rotten Despot
rn of the Old World? rbe solution Of the riddle
has been discovered: our Republic has been based
on the same rotten foundation as the crumblIng
Des potisms--on LAND MONOPOLY.
How could it be other wise than that there should
he Rich Idlers aud Poor Toilers, lille feU were
allow ed 70 become propretors OF the ground from
vbicb all must dra " their subsistence Coud an
mere ssipg population Of lscklanders become any
tping 90 than poorer and more dependent on an
sres of ground that never widens an incn' ana the
cessipe numbers and aggregation, yet upon which
fkev are forced 10 psy each succeeding year an ad
6,tora al premium Let us cease to wonder then
"A result 40 inevitable from a cause so palpable
end iDquire directly for tae remedy. Ii DssPot
lam can only mslutsio a convulsive existence on
he basis Of Laod Monopoly, Is IL not legitimate
aeouction that a true hsDuoiican sn can only be
permanently established on the foundation Oh
f.knrp DsmocRAcYl We unhesltatingly aihrm
that vur form Of Government requires only the
AMI no ment the Free Sol principle 10 reooce %
PRACTICE the tbeoretic truths of our Decnation OF
Independence
R,soived. That the proper object Of a Republican
Government 10 TO secure to every human oeins
every right, aud that the pretended necessity OF
Giving M portion Of mans rights for the purpose
az ,,curirg roe remainder, 10 falscy incalcated
br The support Of DespOt'sm.
P,solred, That the right Of primary necessity Is
that of the means Of subsistence, the use oil tue
soll, without which toe nolVluuh mus oi'"o'
live ia dependence OF die.
R,soivsd. That notwithstanding our education
rom infancy, under the till recently-unqnestioneo
!; uences Of an i'm ported sy OF land rathc ana
monopoly the Incl easing numbers and Dependence
of our snoless population, hsve iorced u recur
reIcs 10 irs, principles, and developed 70 our rew
ths v ronei guinness, the crushing injustice OF LAnu
Monopoly.
p,,olre6. That the nost Jest and feasible meas
ures to Abolish LaDd Monopoly snd secure no-ies
~ all are r.t t. prevent any future acquisition u
isnd nv individuals sbJve an ample suule'eacy iof
+. m,Ix's suppofs; secondly, TO Proh'o@ al tsms
a. The hubble lands, and dec are them nee Ia SUI
g., nottions 70 the lanslessi and thlroy, 70 as
clare the homesteads exempt iro n 4" NANNY io'
debt. and transferable only 60 lsndless people
R,.olp,d, That all Government grants oil lana 20
70 be soid for the support oil SCHOOLS coneses Huu
universuies or Tor pubic improgement' arc papa
~. xilAtious of the Free Soil prsnclPie sod roo
b,ry Of the gnol,ss OF the tsi price they are COZ
nailed 10 pay TO Government or the seoonu price
IL .ueculators for lands 40 granted, 10 the oAemp
non from rigbtful tax OF those IA Posss''on o 'ie
soil or of properly obtained through "s mon'P"
Re,sired. That Government grants OF isa' -
military services are lniqal oas' because :. sns
dir already had a home his proper recounPeO.s
y.s cssh oayment for his services, and II ne nAu
mo hone he was probably forced 70 the var ~ DIS
necessities, ian inv luhtsry suos'Iu'e iol 'oo
hand or money .mOnger who TOOK care " ''sy
,wayl and has rather & claim 10 tue insAus u Sc
ding upon his isuc-h's wis1oHt 4 uSno." '..a.'
sraSt-tban 20 4 paper warrant - DO peddied sNsy
e. The ,,4.n. of temporary subsistence, again 70
4. u.sd a,r soeeulaIion on the necessities OF sne
ikEoess poor.
R.,o,nsS That no CAM idate FOR auy oh'e oas ~
On rscsiva the vote OF any irieod OF eqoai rig he'
spd Jus, government, unless plrdse1 Ia ~flslu5 ~
p.s su bis influence, wnotner elected OF nV~ "
r.,,x into effect the shree LAID heiorm measures
~ rem Hour system Ia factories aud on paoIlc
.o,k a and such other measures tor the temporary
r,li.s OF the lxndless toIlers ne may oesA1e neces
ar mi the Iabd measures can Do enforced oy ~
P,ss,red That the speedy accom- Phsn@snt
Isnd reform aud Labor Emsnc'Pstioh requires
a.. nncaa,ipg activity Of the votsr 00t only a. we
nil, bu, a. tne primscy elections aad nos Only At
h. prlmsry elections bat IN evsry sphere OF every
R,soire4. That Land Refor a !. the reform ,s ..
srst Importance 10 the cause oil Freedom @"' wv
&C Of tnis RePuolic
After the reading Of the Address ana h''Os
tors (which ~ere adopted WIN sshanderlas Ay'i
-. r..d from Hons. Henry