New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-09-05
ca MONDAY IN THE SENATE.
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WASHINGTON, Monday, sept
IT.. nrooes5fngs in the Senate are OF go nsNe
$500 days that they hardiy furnish '94s
.or,r,ent UPON The sesaions are not
han two hours in length, before the doors afs
L. .nd the rest of the day is spent IN Ezsoa
tive seGsion -. ~. ~
Tby, morning we had labored speech rom nj
49,. :, favor of abandoning to the State OF
IS-;.i.,, The public lands within her borders, TO-
9TH the litigation which il likely To arise
mt rof them. and which there seems 70 De no pro-
h.bi}ity of she United States Government ever al
;,.fne There are in the Western part OF the
State 81 Louisiana, chiefly in the Parish OF WASN'T
>. two large claims for eztensive tracts OF land
,-ro,rn AZ the Mason Rouge claim and tie Baron
DO Rostyop Claim, which reat on Spanish grants
made prior to the cession Of Louisiana to the United
States, ard which are supposed to be valid, but
,phch the claimants have never been able to get
ediudiosted Their inability to do 80 arose from
tbs incompetency Of anndividusl to sue the United
States, and the ncompetercy or unWllilngneSs OF
the Land Office TO Issue patents for claims OF such
an enormous extern amoantlpg to several mlluooe
Of acres II was not until 1914 that law was got
through the Congreag Of the United SsateB, author
ling the claimants to establish their title before
the Supreme Court, since which time suits have
been commenced affecting part OF these immense
tracts 30 far as litigation is already pending 1t Is
not proposed by Mr.. DowEss bill to disturb its pro-
erese. But in the meantime, the whole country
eeovere5 nv thfEe eranta has been settled up and
now consists, to great extent of valuable plArta.
tions. These have all been sold on condition that
the title proves eventually good, and hence the
whole region is wound up in complicated webb
OF te ation which, it ia thought can be much bet
ter unraveed by the local Courts than as distanE
point like Warrington.
LARGE portion Of one or both of these claims
beones 10 the succession OF DANIEL CLARK, tie
father Of Mrs. Gen. GAINES, and II decided 20 be
good as there seems to be little doubt 1t "il be,
II can ever be brought to trial. VIII go to aug
ment the bulk OF that otherw wise oversrown estate.
Another ground upon which the possession OF
the public lands is sought by the State is TO furnish
the mears of more eHectualy guarding, by new
bulwarbe against th Q iDroAds OF the Old + amer
of Waters, who has been making himself rather
merry of late vi the Bender cords which have
heretofore bound him.
Immediately on the heel OF this bill, 30 as il
was referred came up the first special order, which
was the Bounty Land Bill from the House, tnaS
seerng to be- under the special suardenshlp IN toe
Senate Of Gen SHIELDS. Immediately AFTER IT.
and as O. second special order, ntands ar. w ALk.
ER's and Reform Bill, giving away all the puohc
lands to the several states in which they lie 20 Do
by them bestowed according TO the thirty nine a.
ticlea OF the Land Refo7mers creed upon land
hackers of all sorts But | greatly fear that this
posterior position of the Land Reform Bill upon the
calendar is only symbocal Of the late Oh Lana hs'
form itself. Undoubtedly the doctrine OF Land ne
form to the extent it has been uttered by the CEN
trail organic alton in NewYork, snd by other exist
ing ORGANIZATIONS elaeU here, is making rapid pro
gre.s but it is not making half such rapid progress
ag the Wholesale disposal fthe pubic lknda IN the
mean time. What mean, then, IL, that oy tne
time the Land Reform doctrine becomes sufficiently
nod
muat inevitably come-there will be no puolio DO
main left for it to act upon. Land Reform Will then
have left to it the bootesg task OF shutting the sta
bic door after the horse ia stolen. w nat shlnk you
then Land Reform will do7 viii 1t sink back
60 ponentity, content with having chaEed shadow
until the clouds came over the gun and efaced the
object OF it's pursuit Not II | understand rue
aracter ofthe men who are engaged IN it. and the
hold they have upon principles which reach thou
ssnd miles beyond g hat they have ever chosen 70
announce as the purpose OF their agitation. Land
Reform has always appeared to nae, confess as
either one of the most silly Of the inani.ies of the
day, W hen preached as the remedy Tor the SOCIAL
evils of working humanity, or else as one OF the
most pregnant and significant omens OF thorough
going and radical revolution for good OF evil Ia the
existing order To torm an opinion which IL WIN
prove, | have as a means only my Judgment oil tue
men who are in the lead ofit and OF those who are
being drawn inso IS mpsthy with it. The lmpres-
sion is strong with me that they are quite IN car
nest and that they will not be baked OF their pur-
pose by q clever political coup de man. whlcn
shall place the public domain Of their reach ast
at the moment when they have grown to a stature
| which would enable them to grasp it, IL Is clear
| TINT the doctrines of Land Reform are far more
radical than any application which has hitherto
| been made Of them Rest assured, then, tina! 1t
| those politicians who are conducting their moves
upon the political chess board TO oheckmate the
! Land Reformers by hurrying the public lands out
| Of the possession OF the Government, succeed In
that policy, they will find thas they have ssill au
other much more desperate gane to play Ihey
will not be lst oil 30.
| Precis civ at the point have designated it, il
am skilled TO read the tendency Of revolutionary
movements Ls md Reform W i'll transform itselfntoa
modified pgrsrianism demanding In the MOST pc
remptory tone, the application of It's fundamental
principle to private possessions of land.
The prograss Of Land Reform Will be liks tnasol
abolitonisu5, ever rising higher and higher In ita
demands. 1t a undeninbly and fundamentally true
that man ia by the essential nature Of the const
tuition which God gave him. entitled to the owner.
abip of himself. 1t ia undenably and fundamen.
tally true, that man requires land Tor his susse
nance az be requires air and water, and that no
government and no human laws or institutions
have right to cut hin off from this essential re-
sourcs and condition OF his existenoe Both ths
aboltionist and the land reformer stand therefore
upon on immutabs bssia Of natural trnth Each Ia
destined 10 raise higher and higher IN bis demande
until me whole OF ahaR ne asks ID bFSated. u
may be sooner or it may be later. When ALeER
NON SIDNEY taught the truths afterwards EN-
bodied in the American d Declaration OF lndepend
ence az against the divine right OF kings there
seemed little hope that they would ever berealized
in prsctce But the Tina was not distant when
they were 80 realized. The period ia fsr less now
which intervenves between the conception OF
new truth and lis realization, Events march at
the present day in double quick time. Humility
is young Ambitions ladder" Land Reform talks
now only Of the pubic domain; but let her be
baked OF that and the nexs assertion will be Of the
naked principle, thas land, no matter where, is
"nasursI wealth." and that all human beings are
alike entitled 10 It's enjoyment. land Reform will
be found in the end 70 be no child, play. 80 be-