New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-06-24


have just alluded to rs example, and no sane
man, apprehend, will believe that the purchaser
Of all those lands bought them for the purpose Of
selling them aga ain AZ the same prices, with the
simple addition Of interest to his money. We al
know human nature too well for that And il is mol
unre asoDeble 10 suppose that in the course of 4
few years the land adjoining or contiguous 70 tina,
land will be settled upon by thriving and industri
Gus farmers, which will add immensely 10 the vAlue
Of his land and # poor man shall then want b
buy farm of that proprietor, think you be will no.
have to pay & little more than six per cent ad.
vance on the original cost ay, Sir aud il may BE-
more than six times six; and perhaps he will not
sell At all but viii only rent bis farms, as in the
case Of the Ant. Rent District; which he would
have an undoubted right TO do for the land belongs
10 him, and he can never be Invested Of Of il, and
never should be Invested oft let him do with j,
be might And suppose he should collect around
him one or two hundred tenants with their fami-
lies, who would be dependent on his Will or the
will OF bis heirs for the tenure Of the soil they
were thus enriching and cultiyatng. ls it 10 be
supposed, would ask, that the community would
be as happy and thriving and pros porous Would
they be as good citizens they would could
every man say that the land he was enriching and
culiiv atiDg as bis own and for bis children l
was iorciby impressed with the truth of an obser-
walton in in a speech Of the honorable gentle an
from Virginia Mr. Meadel; be said: Blessed is
that country where every child is born land.
lord" Ay, Sir, blessed is that country, indeed,
as lie the with every child who now first draws
the breath life in this free country Of ours And
would not only have it continued so, but / would
have it so that every such child at the age OF matd
rity should have, If he needed it, title deed u
portion of that land whereon he might live and
support lis family. II is not unreasonable TO
suppose, Sir, that we have at the present time in
our country, at least 100 600 families-yes, be-
heve we have five times that number, who are
sadly deficient Of the means Of securing a COM
Portable subsistence and suppose each Of these
families could be given, as the honorable gentle
men from Maryland and Ohio say, quarter sec
ton, or eighty acres of these lands | ask these
gentlemen if they or !, or any OF u.s. would be any
poorer for it Would our country be any poorer
for it1 Ay, indeed, Sir, who Of us but would not
be richer, lar richer, for this act OF mercy, which
would be the stepping stone, as 1t were, to an
eventual ndthoroueh reformation OF the ignorance
and misery with which shuddering humanity is
now cursed all around US. And when | see the
pure and noble hearted philanthropsts OF our coun-
Try, struggling in their vain efforts to reform
these abuses, and to raise up the down trodden
and debased among us, by their efforts to dispel
ignorance by education, and relieve the misery
and wretchedness around them by their daily acts
OF charity, | bless my God that we have such no
bic hearts among US and while / admire and
reverence the noble spirit they are thus mani
Testing, / cannot but feel that the task or duty
in which they are engaged is hopeless one,
and must ever continue so, until the cause Of
these evils is removed. 1t is in vain for US to
talk Of secular education, OF religious instruction,
or Of those daily acts Of charity which relieve the
momentary wants of humanity, so long as the suf-
fering mass around Us are without any homes, and
by this word, Sir, | mean something more than
amere hovel or wretched tenement, which manyof
them are now inhabiting and which may per
chance keep out sufficient OF the cold wntry
blast to prevent their freezing. Something more
than crust Of bread and a cup OF water, merely
10 keep the death-rattc from their little ones |
mean a home which shall be such in every sense
of the word-one that shall belong to the occupants
Of it, and one where amid the social comforts
and enjoyments of the family circle, the children
OF the present, and who are to be the fathers and
mothers of the future generation shall be taught
and schooled in those lessons OF duty and patriot
ism which shall fit them to take charge Of the des-
TIMES of this great and mighty Republic and into
whose hands they are soon TO be committed by
those OF as who are passing from the stage ofife.
Sir, we hear much said and boasted among US of
the courage and patriotism OF the American peo-
pie. And would not detract in the least from
the merit of those institutions, or the richy-earned
reputation OF the American people for patriotism
and love Of country No, Sir l would rather in
crease the strength and perpetuty Of those insti-
tutors, by infusDg into the minds Of the people a
filisl love and reverence for them, which shall bid
defiance to the combined assaults of despotism
throughout the world. And how can We do this
Sir Why, by giving 10 the houseess and home
less, the poor and friendless Of our family-ior,
after all, we are but one great thanksgiving -
these, ! say, home where they can learn TO love
and reverence the institutions which have thus
care for and protected them and where they can
teach TO Their children the same lessons OF duty
and patriotism. This, Sir, will do il This would
not only make Us, as people, more happy and
prosperous than we ever have been bat it wOlld
also, as nation make US inyulnerabe against a
world OF despots for IN that case, Sir, every
hearthstone Ia our land would become e Tier.
mopyla, and at every threshold would be found
Leonidas 10 protect and defend il Sir, when
shall see this Government engaged ia a system Of
legislation which shall care for add protect those
OF its citizens who need its care and protection
and who have q right TO demand il, then shall |
believe and ieel, that are fulfilling our true
mission among the nations Of the earth Then
shall believe that the tree of liberty is striking it's
roots 30 firmly in the soil in which our fathers
planted il, and which is in the affections OF the
people, that it shall bid defiance to the storms
which are now shaking the empires and kingdoms
of the Old World 10 their center The honorable
gentleman from Wisconsin, who so elOquently ad.
dressed this Committee few days since said that
we were living at an important period in the his
tory Of our country. We are indeed, living at an
important period, not only IN the history OF our
country, but the world we are living at a time
when nations around us are upheaved and con.
yulsed by the storms Of internal dissensions and
bloody revoutons at time, Sir, when the crash.
ing Of empire is bat tick OF the great Clock Of
Eternity; :" at time, when the great heart OF
humanity throughout the world is beating lively
70 the song OF liberty and freedom frat
echoed ard resounded on the plains OF Lexington
and the nights OF Bunker Hill and let US be careful
Sir, that the notes Of complaint and dissatisfaction
arising from penury and want among US, are not
heard mingling their discordant elements in tha,
happy song which is becoming the morning hymn
and the evening anthem OF universal humanity - I
And l would appeal, then, Sir, to the Representa-
tives Of this great people now assembled here, ii |
they would strengthen and perpetuate the insttG.
tons of our country, and increase the happiness
md prosperity Of the people, that they 50 legis
late upon this subject, that the sol which is now I
held by Government, and is free from the blast /
ing curse Of the Spectator and monopoIist, may 4