Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1851-06-14
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DIsIsTERIsTED REroRMERs-Some Of The so-calIed re.
formers of the present day very far um setting examples
worthy of their petenGons dsinteresed bepevoeDce and
philanthropy and strikes US that transcendentalsm. in
oi phases is exceedingly selfish and practical Abou,
pretty specimen of seshness disguised under The gar
Of zeal against monopoes remember to have SEEN
afforded by the following resolutions recently adopted BY
eleced Congress" that has honored the ciy Of Albany
with its presence:
Resolved, That, all sustenance comes primarilv from
the so and as existence Il impossible without access to il
therefore the right OF every much an his needs re
qure, without price, is elf.evdent.
Resotred That in the light Of nature and of that Proy-
dence which repecter persons the bounes Of
belong equally all OF which each has the right to partske
to the extent OF his necessities therefore, no one has right
to more Of the esrhs sursce which provision az
than be cultivate With his hands, he be farmer
or to more than be wishes to for the comfort Of his family
ne De mechanic, merchant professional man. lest by
so dong, ne rob some one else Of q supply"
piece Of aant sylogistic nonsense was p,obabv
never Penned Just read the first proposition "A susie
nance comes primarily from the soil" Suppose we admit
the truth Of the posulae what follows "And .. exist
ence is impossible without access to n-without wha,
without sustenance Thus reads certainly and the an
thor Of the resolution, and the erude body that passed IL
entitled to the credit Of very satisfactorily that
"exstence impossible without to susenance /" The
opinion has long been generally entertained but the truth Of
is now logically proven. Existence impossible without
sustenance.,
But the Trainer doubt that "exsence is impos-
sble without access to the soil y which, unfortunately for
this unique ogcian !. true. Bot suppose were
What follows Therefore, the right Of every one to as much
[what susenance, soil his needs require is self
evident Prodgious. Bread we will say, is mans sta
pie foods bis sustenance. Bread composed Of -four water
vest all chemically affected BY the heat Of the bakers oyen
Flour the product Of wheat finely ground and sed BY the
miller Wheat 10 the multiplied product Of seed sown and
narrowed and titled and reaped, and ganered by the far
mer But the earth supplies nutrment to the CROP there
fore h seevdent that every ought have as much
land % he needs, without prce-whout purchase either
with money or its equivalent labsr Wood comes pmar-
in the intended by this astute ogcian-from the
soil and as habtaons impossble without access to
therefore the right Of every much land as he wants
whou. price is seIfevdent." Well we do not think So
We designed however, only to illustrate the selshness Of
much OF this cry Of anti monopoly in respect TO land in
every thing else This illustration we have in the second
resolution It must be promised that the resolution originated
with and was adopted BY body Of theorists calling them
selves an Industrial Congress- The members were me-
chanics and inventors; they DECLARE rs that the boun
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right to parske to the extent of his necessities Let us try
this axiom We suppose designed apply to corn
wheat BEANS bees potatoes, Sc. although would sug
that these about much the rewards Of labor and Of
art skiuy applied they the bounes Of Nature We
will not apply to the axiom and unpopular test 1t
might apply perhaps to peach and apple orchards though we
doubt whether any Of the members Of that Congress Of the
industrial fraternity would venture upon the experiment Of its
application But there gentlemen present the Con-
gess who deal in India rubber which is strictly literally one
Of the "bountes Of Nature" exudng from the tree Of its
own volitoa Would those gentlemen like the axiom ap-
piled with respect to any the sap of which they had
purchased the rights We irow not.
But look at the se6shness of all this resolving We have
said the members Of the Congress mainly mechanics
and inventors emo one" say they, "has right to more
of the earhs surface than be cultivate With his own
hands, if he be farmer" WE'LL that 10 specific limit
he be- FARMER he must not have rood than he can
till with his hands," We believe there were no farm
e in that Congress, but two three But there
goody number Of mechanics and professional men,
And what next says the resolution "Or.more than he
WISHES for the comfort Of his family, If he be
mechanic, merchant professional man." very disin
teested body Of must that Congress have been truly
and fair specimen, fear Of large majority Of the self
appointed renovators Of established social institutions with
which some portions Of our country