The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-07-13

That thew should take who have the power,
And they should keep who can. &c ssgE !
The precedent of the French Revolution, cited
/ by one of the Speakers, was very opposite one;
for it was based on opinions and doctrines pre-
cisely similar to those held and advocated at this
meeting. Eaotp h1, +a
la B.s!T LAND REFORM MASS MEETING.
e Reported for the Daily Wisconsin, ia
at Military Hall last evening Pursuant to call
O large number had assembled, when at O'Clock
the meeting was organized by the appointment OF
PrssidentgfIon GEoRcE Fl. WALxER Nm ~
Vics Presidents--Capt Upmann and s. M
Booth. ~ 45 isi,y ~
Boynton, D.stF. Herzbergh. aw
| The chairman, after few brief and appropriate
! remarks introduced Mr.. Boynton to the meeting,
who came forward and read a report OF the pro-
ceedings Of the late session of the Industrial Con-
tgress at Chicago, Of which he was secretary.
The reading Of the resolution commenting the
course pursued by Senator Walker, was greeted
with applause. 90 1s s',m. aE
4 After reading of the report, MIR. Hine of Gin
cinnai, was called for but gave way to MIR. In
gals, who favored the meeting with a land reform
song which was well received, and elected consl-
ff
Mr.. Hine proceeded to defend the right of the
soil to all men Unfortunately, and insisted that
nature and natures God designed that mankind
should enjoy condition of equality, that under
the present artificial and perverted state OF society
the poor had no right in common to the enjoyment
Of elements necessary and essential to subsistence
| The deprecated in glowing terms the extent to
| which land monopoly had obtained in the city
! of Cincinnati, for it was literally enclosed by
brick and stone walls, and i was therefore impos-
sbIe that the landless could enjoy the pleasure Of
looking upon green thing n. I'l" 1'7-
81 MIR. Hine wanted to re-enact the law OF nature,
and thereby render free 70. the use OF mankind.
| The speaker was warmly applauded, and gave
way TO Mr.. Ingalls,. He would confne his re-
marks to the principles of land limitation, Of all
the ills that aflict humanity and under which So
| ciety groans, he considered the great majority
were attributable to the curse of land monopoly.
! There was natural tendency to the consollda-
ton of landed estate. 1t was discovered by
Statesmen of former ages as well as OF the pre-
sent, that some limit must be imposed upon the
| right of acquisition Of the soil by land holders.
| The number Of land holders in the Eastern States
were rapidly diminishing, and we were approx
mating condition more to be dreaded than the
| system Of entailments and the law Of primogeni-
| tnre. Land monopoly was the foster parent OF
slavery, and contributed more to ITS extension and
jperpetuity, African and native, than all other
causes combined 81 1t was a legalized system Of
the weak. The condition Of our people underit
but little better than human bondage. If produce
tive labor was the only legitimate source OF wealth
| from whence do many Of our millionaires derive
their immense incomes, it was the product of hui
man toll and human industry, and the man who
thus lives, fattens upon the toll of those who per-
form all the labor, and acquire for themselves a
| meagre subsistence. Let Congress In the first
place, said the speaker, secure the freedom of the
public lands to actual settlers, and the States pass
laws limiting the II quantity OF the same; ne
| concluded by saying that land limitation was the
| flag which lie must nail to the mast and struggle
under, he had no fears for the result 1t was the
cause of humanity ---the great lever which was
to raise the world from the sdebased condition
to which the perverted state of society had de-
Q pressed it. y. zlel 5EC-a..asy auZ %.Gaa ~
Mr.. Van Amringe- followed in speech distin
guished for its great practical lore, concise Ian
suage and cogent reasoning. He considered land
limitation as the background Of all true REFORM
for without it, society could not stand upright
Some had asked why not extend this principle OF
land limitation to personal as web as real pro
perry The speaker elaborated the distinction
Personal property is that which is produced by
the industry and skill of the person; land being
1 the origin of all property, il was necessary to
enact laws to preclude the undue accumulation of
it in the hands of the few, for it disparages IN
dustry, debases labor, and encourages vice, and
slavery. He insisted that man had no right to
life, except he had place to live; right to land
necessarily involves the right to the elements
which pertains to il, air and water. Land lInlta
ZION will also equalize the amount Of the products
of labor and industry. The speaker pointed GU
ton of the monopoly of land that had existed for
ages, and which was the result of conquest; and
the gigantic strength Of the French nation, under
the reign of Napoleon, was attributed to the sub
siding Of the old and corrupt systems IN that
country %Rj' tf2f@ '''|i.''. 4' =. t1"'" ',4.
L. r 4
! our country rapidly on the increase, far more
SO than most persons suspect unfamiliar as they
are with the facts, lit growing beyond all concep-
ton in the Eastern States, 1T is SO IN the Nv estern
States, and in our own State. Spectators have
forstalled the actual settler, and eigrans are now
compelled to press far out beyond the verge OF
civilization, and to pass over the extended landed
possessions Of the nonresident speculator. He
Concluded by offering the following series of reso-
lutons: @If.i@G 30 sii}S- e5tliStf t1tl ltst.sAA
Resolved, Thatit is mockery to declare that all
men have d natural, inalienable rightto life, unless
they have a PLACE TO live and that the natural
right to-a HOME is ndispensableas a foundation to
the rights TO life, liberty and the pursuit OF hap
piness. doys--syi;s h.Guwr4r Rgh.ie E@a Elf
5ia2. Resolved, That as all men have an inalien-
able right to a Home, no one man, and no COM
pany Of men, have a right to monopolize all the
Homes and that Land Limitation is a cardinal
and essential measure to Land Reform. 49,, 4
't3. Resolved, That Mechanics and Tiers who
do not wish farms, must be guaranteed building
lots an out-lots in towns, villages, and cities, and
| that no Land Bill in Just one which does not pro-
vide Homes for ALL .~'V',E ".8 Eia2gS a.' j..
s"4. ResoIped, That we witness with pleasure
| the rapid progress OF Land Reform 1.-THE Senate
and House Of Representatives Of Congress; and
among the People, and we pledge ourselves to bend
our energies to the establishment Of the measures
of this great reform, which is fundamental to oil
others. y yl..,r.f ,,sfGoil .l Esre .e5f{ sdt ls-
| s.. The resolutions were unanimously adopted, 81
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