New-York daily tribune., 1851-07-12
The Sixth Industrial Congress 10 the People.

FELLOW CITIZENS: The Sixth Industrial
Congress of the United States respectfully invite
your attention to great measure OF Reform,
which II deems OF vital importance 10 the wei
fare OF our people and the glory OF or: country
For SIX years has 1t appealed TO you, IN behalf
Of the Freedom of The Public Lands, IN limited
quantities, 10 actual landleSs settlers only; and
now their appeal is receiving warm responses
from thousands of the lust and generous. Scores
OF representatives IN the highest councils of the
country have declared the measure iust, and die
tated by the highest considerations Of public
policy. A few years since but a single paper
among the two thousand OF the land raised note
IN this behalf now hundreds are advocating H.,
and the number is constantly increasing. One Of
the Land Reform measures-Homesiead Exemp-
uon-has now become the policy of nearly half
the Confederacy; and though i Will be of little
consequence when Land Freedom and Limlta-
ton shall be adopted, vet until that time II Will he Of
great importance 20 The security Of wives and ch-
6ren. who have toe often fallen INTO nameess and
comoriless condition, through the ImpToyidence Of
husbands and fathers
There is not The leas, doubt bat Land Freedom
and Limitation viii, al no distant day, become UNI
veTsal throughout The Republic The indications Of
lis progress in the public mind during the pas, few
years arc ample evidence that the doctrines involved
III this reform Viii be confessed by every
thoughtful person. Il s founded IN exact Justice-t
IS Eot al oeemOSenary or charitable measure :
full Of TRUTH and involves of the Natural Rights
Of man-lhe right 10 place IN which 10 be and exiS
on the earth, which was evidently intended for ihe
free sf al mankind.
But as tins measure IS We, 100 generally mislnder-
stood and misrepre>en,ed, II i proper to give q brief
exposition Of Is principles IL scope and It's bearings
upon The general " efare Il proposed 20 abolish
the present Land system by which individuals are
permitted control vast sections Of the earth for
purposes Of speculation, and thus withhold them
from the hand Of industrious Labor-and to substi-
tuie II rs stead system that recognizes all men a.
equally entitled 10 portion Of the earth on which 10
i've and loA, and provides for securing 4 farm 70
every agricultural family and a town lot Of ample
SIZE TO every other family free Of cost, What are
the reasons Tor this change
!. The very fac. Of existence implies the night 10
place IN which 10 exist. Man can live neither IN the
alr ire sea, or II the cayesns OF the eaIth-but he
must dwell on rs surface and suDsls by The apnca-
ron Of Labor . the Elements OF Nature Bii our
concuen : prescribed on which ample stpplyc can
be Cbtanec-2nC that Is tie application az shor ~
80 ~ eoi -itet stage ti
society, man SuhSsted on the SPONTANEOUS f11ts of
the earth, and al Il necessary for nm 10 10 Was
10 gather and consume them. Is sny thing clearer
than that az bad night freely 10 pluck and ear -
But had the present Land system prevailed IN tals
early per,od, would have enabled The strong 10 say
10 The weak. you shan not De permitted to gaiher the
Tult, neither 10 Eat nor exist unless YOU viii gather
for both yourselves and us-selecting the 6irest
most pleassn, and heal,htul. and far The laTg-
IS, quantity Tor cur use, taxing FOR vouf-
selves only the refuse OF the season No one can
escape an acknowledgement o. the gross injustice
and aoSuTdiiy OF such Land SyStem-and vet 7, i
the tS!SiRg Sytem- that which enables those xho
are best able to produce their living 70 in,rr1
ale, and accumulate without labor on their mart AMI
exclusively nom The toll of the weaker and more 10
norsni portion Of mankind This Is the system thar
pIesai.s - BIS see OF boaSied Freedom Eahghieo-
meni ard Jusuce--the System OF Land Nononalv
Ihe wants q mar ere more numerous now than