The New York herald., 1850-08-30

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discussed BY able speakers In other countries OF
world when any grsst reform 10 desired the people,
It found to attack the govern either
In Its form In Its practice for the right OF suffrage
Is curtsed that they caunot otherwise pish
what they desire. Their hands tied-thsir voices
cannot be heard Power, irresponsible to them lays
its hand upon their mouth and waves its wand over
them. They must be silent. Here thank heaven. |
this 10 not So Cheers 1t s true that In the history
our government there have bsen many things con.
dtmned that have been yet continued but they have
not been condemned by the peoplsin sufhoent nu N.
bers and with sufficient force II have not |
rscted mporant evils the fault lies not in repre-
fentatives but In ourselves feel proud to proclaim
that the institutions Of this country suited
complish the wishes o. the Of the people II the
people supns and allow evils to grow, lst them
tifyfng TO see the mass Of the people beginning |
to be aroused to their interest, and trust that
ny % never nag m ,o .noss & For % are
entertained sfear that ths Institutions Of this
country be SO long as the results for
the benefit Of the people Tbs great reform Of the
is the land question; and well may 1t be So when on
eide there is much Of wealth. and the other
much Of poverty and destution In consequence Of
the land being held by few monopolsts in most
justinable manner. propose to speak OF land re-
occupants-to speak first Of its bearing upon the 60
vernnept and the people Nothing Is more desirable
for the maiutensnceo Of government in its integrity
should be sustained by the people In order that every
may in it all that pertains his appiness and
glory In come government 1t is necessary that the
people should be coerced by arbitrary power aght
for their country; and even here at this many
might be tempted throw down their called
upon to do battle having nothing to strike blow for
But had every man In this gr at country homestead
to fpbt for. and invasion to take place. how
would arms spring up as IL were1 from the earth, to
hurl back the Dercensry invader. (Cheers) Every
man would say this At least, is mine; nay wife and
defen or live to enjoy III tGreat eheeringJ wish
now to fpeak of the influence of this reform the
more than any other thing to reard the progress Of
the people. Pride steps In and attempts to put down
the humble and struggling who aspire to acquire
Rnt Whanf fealt m IA AltaA thA
struggle of the masses for home 1t is peculiarly
edious, and recalls the lines Of Pope:-
"Of all the vices which eonspire to blind
Is Pride. the nsysJ failing vice q fools
contend that this great reform would advance the
aggregate happiness OF society and check the opera
tion OF pride The domain the West and south
will be settled by hardy yeomanry who Will be the
dise-som- of them who here indi nca,
with other hope than the hope they have through
proteetea in bis home industry as It is called
large producing population become customers that he
never would get otherwise. (oheers) These men
would raise produce from the teeming earth to send
your canals and railroads, and BY your ships,
that would reach them In any other way for .
century TO come 1t lie not the interest of the csp
tslist TO keep q large class in poverty On the
trsry 1t is his interest to advance the land question
fer Its profitable Investment In fact, in the har-
mopious whole, there Is no man who would not
be benefited by this reform. Nay, the whole
population Of the earth within the boundaries
Of the United States there would be land enough for
all. The population Of the globe is estimated at one
hundred millions and the land Of the United states
would give fifteen to each inhabitsnt aud n,
man ever yet starved upon the produces Of dftesn
acres (Cheers) To com plets this reform there
two Other IN. asures be adopted FIRST there ust
be land limitation law adopted by every State Leks
lature Is the condition upon which 1t receives the
public LANDS from Congress-. 1t must be to actual
setters and In limited quantity. In vain you settle
the land, IL you leave open the question as to the
Of the wealthy from the necessities of the INDECENT
potsessor. limitation must, therefore. be hxed.
Exemption of the homestead from forced sale and
eution Is another MEASURE wanting to complete the
proposed rsiorm; and the only objection have ever
who would otherwise be faithful to their
gseemens. Ths Is not borne out either by experiences
or reason. lMr here read very long extract from
speech Of his In 1s4s In Wisconsin, when he tried to
get homestead exemption into the constitution and hs
then proceeded have not come here to dsoonten
among The very opposite Is my object IL should
not be cause cf dscontsbt point evils of the
land popoly and their remedy. The mariner toss
ed upon the would not be dscontented recev
ing intelligence nom friendly sail that submerged
rock sy tefUr. him On the contrary he would be glad
TO receive the information and putting down his
helm would avoid the danger. never heard any
other answer TO the arguments for land reform
thsn sneers and taunts II any man cannot bear
these let him retire from the ranks OF national
form. speers not answers. and for my part they
never ohend me. When the land monopolls, taunts
you, hold up your ballot. and tell him that In that s
the charter Of your Independence and freedom and
that you feel you are nov more valuable voter than
youev.r we're before This reform started by the
bone and siner Of the oountry-the laboru ug class,
who alone contribute to the wealth Of the country,
that class n,,s (Cbeers) All that Il necessary IL
that they should unite act together and perrevere
to the end by pursuing this course, victory will be
sure TO crown their struggle.
Mr.. Walker having thus concluded, resumed his
seat amid loud cheers
Here there were loud calls for MIKr WALSH who
after while for and end-avorsd TO excass
himssf but st length obliged to yield TO the ee-
persl fat of the nertipg lie commenced by saying
that he OF the rst II not the very hr~t who
advocated land reform In this city. He very well re-
Numbered when the idea OF a man being = land re-
II ~ m lst Of m m Tt "a hall
picsToeket (iear. hear. and lausnter). Bat he had
been .v'r since the frst attached to the doctrines
prtu plssted by the movement IL there is desire
beie that should b. a conservative society. let
then give every man something to conserve (Cheers)
They had ths curse Of lSndlordsm not ten thou
tssd years ago but almost under their own eyes;
they had the peopl. OF Grrat Britain starving
hands. ,bsy a." ,hs m.n yi,s a ssl,sy p,,,snss
obliged to pay th. landlord the greater portion OF hts
.sIpipgs for d.sllipg In which the women cannst
enjoy the decences OF life. tCheers) lie wanted an
end TO lend monopoly and TO lsndlordism. and that
- stem which had ruled them for ages II they
located barren issnd and where they -antsd VIC
tusls they could not look the face of the Deity
and raid him; but they living In beautiful and
fftile world and II will be their fault ~ any
gifted With the elective franchise does II for
his own elevation aud the elevation OF his children
But very poor man /. not an independent m an nor
every peor man an honest man II they thev
would not set "a TO leave their posterity de-
pressed than they themselv.s are. N he could
vince every poor of the deetny which must a~sst
him by Inactivity N the poor could tn. long
hrlpless old ags. and tn. poor hou,s before him he
Nohla MN nus inactivity. nut the poor
toils the base expectation that he gill
day have Independence ard thus leaves to ot hers
the work that he should do himself lie (Mr Wslsbl
would say 20 them, let them the e-ctiv. franchise
for the elevation Of themsvi'es and their ieor
(Cbs.rs)
The oHsss.r having announced that ssme Of their
German fra. nds wisbed to hssr the opinions OF German
tpeskers this question, bsged leave TO introduce
hr HEEprHr Who addressed ibs meeting la the German
lsngssss The substanee OF hts speech may be embo-
died In the following Had the question OF land
form been agitAted some hundred years ago-had The
he lth mi Y teen
BY The voi oikDgmsn themselves a. an earlier period
had the of smsof alton been earlier devised and
advocated with such spitit aud liberalization ns at
present.. Ne should not h. standing at the point
aetuplly DO: would have the position of the
lstorsT In society occupying oftfrr and more elevat
ed stand than at present, should have Witnessed
the triuu instead ~ the pending struggle of labor
People were at earlier period not much dspres
cd ~ they now, and hence may have proceeded
their tsrgy apo negligence In looking to the amelo