The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-01-17

that the fees. deposes and forfeturss De increased
some OF them one hSndysd per es~i.
and receiving neither look deed of encouragement
he man turns away with unavailing and disap
ponment-the anciPations and hopes of years perhaps
Of life, blasted by the blow He furtiye glance
al the Capol-n IS, indeed, bwt flrttve He sees no
hope OF favor there he is neither an official professor
hs hor nsSsi o. army omcer he mentally muses. with
nave committed, that there should be such dia-
tincton made He thinks OF the plow, the steam
engine .ne cotton gln loom. and locomotives he
looks round upon your public edfces and dwellings OF
ease ana comfort, upon your ships Of war and com
meice upon the very stones Of the pavement his feet
ptacsd by nds and hgwds ke iis He therefore feels
more keenfy the injustice OF your partiaytastes more
bitterly his own subject.inieriorty,
tste your unjust and impotic determinations in favor
OF wealth. class or station. could proceed for the day
TO enumerate instances and classes Of to prove
tnst the wants OF the necessoos working classes
either totally neglected insultngly slurred, the
same time that the incidental desires OF wealth
and station cared for and grafed with the
puiOus poeness and prOmptness.
Sir. would you learn and practise the remedy Would
you produce content and happiness, and render firm and
sscoie ,hs lns1ltntous q your county You must re-
TO the waats and necessities OF the people MAN. ire
spectye Of hsreations to wealth station Meet pro
vide for hsse wants, "and all things else will be added
do not by this that you should provide by direct
contribution; far from il. The intelligent workngmen
oi the country desire no such thing they would scorn
experience. that most Of what you have contribute
as in the Of the patent fund-was first drawn from
their labor and pockets But what they do desire-wha,
laton that you pass laws operate equally upon ALL
and execute them with mparialy that thsy may be
starved but may have fair chance in the Of
demand that you shall longer usurp the useful domain
OF the soil, and exclude them from rtgh occupancy
OF srth-leaving them but charity suerance tenants
TO those upon whom you now lavish your unneeded
bounty; but that you surrender 10 their tree occupancy
as means to them Of life and MISUNDERSTANDING,
at least the ndispensabes al food rament and shelter,
through the exercise OF their energies and industry
They demand your negative action onythat you shall
not arnatiOeiy or positively oppress them To this they
tell you That you must and shall reform the to
this extent; the shall appear manifest be-
fore close Grant this reform, and they will never
ask you for contributions
But you may say the scheme as proposed-embracing
tree land homestead exemption, and land limatiOn-is
mpraccabls Sir, this is but the tyanss answer to the
call for reform every age Impracticabe Why, s,
i is not new II was pacsed centuries ago Its
land monopoly-was only introduced with kings and
monaIchs; and its abandonment was the main cause Of
the fall OF than ancient republic The wonder
Of the wisest has been that it should have been
practised through all ages since will present the
views of one Of those-han whose, the mind OF
great and good Sr. PIERRIE. read from his "SrUDEs
IoF NATURE" No. 7. In speaking of the evils and
wrechedness oecasoned by large landed accumuatons
in France he says:
TO prevent the unbounded accumulation of landed prop
sry. The Romans had censors who limited the Of
the subsistsncs OF one As ROM increased in lux
nry. II was extended to 500 bu, this aw
innXed, a~d the hurried fosoa,d the of The
rspa6zcr'
He might have said the same OF ATHENS and SPARTA.
"Conquerors have always with feeble resistance in
aOantIies where properly sunequy divided Ovsrsrown
have svsyhi~g and those who have rofsg The shocks
Of corn said Xenopaon inspire re- those who va,e them EN-
field Is as prize exhibited In the middle OF the stage
the conqueror.'" sU
property exposes State ouwaIdy; but the internal mis-
chief produces among the citizens, and on the state
lands less be de plored Ii is the face
vast domnions but in the bosom OF industry, that the
FArnks of mankind Pous out the precious fruits OF the
sarth"
Enormous property poverty all over the king.
dom ~ many place, .nse Is n no snplGymsn, n .s ,II
insist only their reshsdass ioht seems 10 nesas "nh
the riches Of The d,strtet they inhabu'"
.rhe dstrict OF Caux the fertile country in the
world Asrcnline on The g.sa, scale Is there carried 70
oG.snes on, The and indigenee the
other"
shall not go further into the general principles Of
this measure, but shall content myself with discussing,
more IN detail than formerly, ITS practical bearings and
the necessity oil its adoption tor the safety OF the country
and the people. II will be found far practicable to
adopt and enforce il than to pepeiuAle the republic
Its practical bearings are mos, impoan, in their effects
upon the old States which contain no public land, and
should be considered Drs view OF the mat
the measure proposes take hat btsags 10 the phoe and
g,ve II to part This objection involves consideration
OF two questions first, that OF constitutional power
second, thai of Justice and expcdiency a.at
The first question Is easily disposed OF for, by the con-
sti,ution ITSELF Congress has the express power TO dis.
pose Of and make all needful rules and regulations
specng the territory and other property belonging TO the
United States. IL is after ALL hut question OF dis
creton in Congress- to be determined by the TO
the second qucsiion-thai OF justice and expediency
This, again, must turn upon Just conception oil lhe
Dsating equivalents OF the measure, considered in
its broadest view. Now, If il be shown that there
pensang the old States for the loss they would sustain
BY it, then the question is settled in the afrmave.hat
the measure both just and expedent so far as those
States are concerned | shall now endeavor TO show
this and 10 do So shall show to be their interest
to promote the production OF the West.
The old northern States are, properly speaking. not
aproducing but commercial and manuiactur-
ing States. Most OF them IL is true, engage more or
lees 10 axcuue but they not and never can BE- the
mus, ever be the inland Staies-mostly those Of the
Mississippi valley. The old States of the North are
commercial by of their proximity to the Atlantic
seaboard they manufacturing, because OF the'r
great eupply of wafer -power COAL and minerals they
are both commercial and manufacturing. because both
pursuits combined constitute for them better interest
than agriculture If their lands even adapted to the
latter pursuit
A. 70 the old southern States the North and West pro-
duce wha, they do nofhey produce what the North and
West Each Is interested, therefore, an the largest
production by the other.
Now every commercial and manufacturing community
il interested in having country tributary 10 IT which pro-
dnces LARGELY the material OF its fabrics and the sta
ples Of ts commerce do the term tributary IN