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

w@s nos authofiZed lS0&; ana ~ o@I
quarter secuohs or ~ acre tracts, not until 1090-00Wn
10 which time the price Continued a "a Wae not
unit, the 9th OF April 1882, that the man with - ealy
then only that the sale in quarter ousr4er eecoos
or tracts allowed Even theu ~ ~ = n
year. you required the humble purchaser 10 ake an cath
appalling IN it's terms This Is the oath 4s1l 80
do olemny swear that the land is intudsd 10 M ,~d
for my prso~a benefit and not in iof awoiksv aud
'ha, the is intended tos Ms Yposs of esssiso~
and that have not entered under the aot o. 9th Apr
1882 under le act OF al March, 1883, this or ANY
land Office of the Unitad Sates any land in quar-
ter quarter sections in my na,ne, in the OF
any other person--so help me ODD y 4ss
Surely one would have thought the country might
have spared the humble seeker o home for hinsel
child this last embarrassment and humiliation. From
him who had the and desire to purchase ten thou
sand with which speculate upon the necessities
who possessed but $50, and who, from sssking 10
pend for land. gave the best evidence OF intenti0n
to make II home, and from il obtain an Independent
living, must sCear, notw hstandng that such was his
design. s MI '3lss IA
!, has been your practice for squartsr Of century TO
appropriate land by millions OF acres, alternate sec.
ons, 10 construct channels and of commerce
and to make the aborng and producing settler pay for
the increased price Which you demanded Of him for the
alternates not appropriated. ft
aton and eabarrass productive industry. you have for
The last four years been running wanton riot in your
legislation 10 promote the ends OF land moaopoly You
have issued millions upon millions in smouat d assigna-
bic Mexican bounty Land warrants, operating, not Tor the
benefit of the soldier, but of capital, paper medium
ton OF the peoples heritage As if this sll not
enough last session you authorized the issue in warrants
OF unknown millions more; and because you did not
make these negotiable mad fury RACES among the horde
OF nghtbesetng houndtongucd agents and Spectators
throughout the land; and members, casting look
to the future are striving at this session to cut ooss this
last and only security the soldiers boon, thati too.
may be coaxed or torn from the hant'O warworn need.
But above and beyond ALL the very crowning thought
of wrong and lyas ii determined to plunge the coln
try into Russan-labor bondagesome are now entertain
ing, with serious compacency. the hdeous project OF
giving for few cents per acre. OVER ONE huHDasD MIL
LIONS or ACRES TO ONE MAN. TO enable" him to make
railroad territory equal in extent to the States Of New
York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Delaware! gH
Sir, if read Alright the signs OF the times. the work.
ing of the people have resolved that you shall
change your policy and practice--that you shall
partly your from the exclusive hrall OF uxu
rious incident. They are discontented and unhappy
Aside from present and want and that sense OF de-
sndence and s1becion with which your class discrm
nations have depressed them they feel and knowthey
cannot close their eyes to the facthst the policy you
pursuing portends gloomier day in the future
for them their children. Already, where most crowd
ed the favored but able TO obtain through the
for their families. II sickness overtake them, or mis-
fortune come for few days work cannot Dc had real
desttulon and suffering nsolvable debts are the re-
s nsy sG % 70 bs
to make the journey, they have no mQre; Of u
they have little more knowing the expense and time OF
exhausted they despair OF ability to buy the land when
shall come into market They know that whea their
first stack gone it will require all their carningsto sap
port increasing family that Tor some years they can lay
up nothing their labor and iron the
bloodlured grasp OF the speculaor They conseguenEy
remain where they toing on to an uncertain destiny
with consolation from the past, lew comforts OF en-
oyments tor the present, and less but more gloomy
hopes for the future They that machinery tast
pushing them from the stage OF human iabor.thas a
OF machine products, and that price upon te amount OF
tribute tariff they themselves forced to pay to keep
the rryTsrs Huspsrn Millions Of shs public issd; but
starvation Or ss ds O.
you may there is none other left unless you soon con-
cede their right freely dig subsistence. ndependsncc,
founded | fears T will Be removed Cease your iavoritism
in the blessings and bounties OF government and they
will lose the OF subject nfenonty with which your
unlus, determinations have bowed them down. ~
But sir you will never do these things s0sssgty; yet
you viR do them The working number--tha6ks to
God and the form OF our government-hoid the means
to compel you They hold the ballots through which you
now hold pucer The means which exalted you can
humble you and these they have determined to
employ They have already begun and the results are
you would know what mean, refer You to the elec,
lions of last fall, held in New York New Jersey and
Delaware II you did not know il before, you are now
told THAT NATIONAL REFORM DEMOCRACY ELECTED THE
MAJoRIrIEs ELECTED THOSE STATES will tell you
another truth, little as IL is known-hdt HoRArIo N
SEYMOUR might noc be governor Of ht Emfsu seAs
he had not remained negaion Spsw ~ sstied Of
human rights and nec.ies The working multitude have
been long enough depressed by false and oppressive
practices, following sweet and honeyed prOoe90Oe-vney
can be deceived longer They form no party OF their
own, but in combination practise what they pfescn;
They have resolved to their from slavery and
their country from haA monarchy To these ends
they have turned their attention in earnest TO tne eoso
lutte rxht, and positive oants oil mankind. Iney nave
that you shall do the same or susveeder TO
those who will IL is for you to choose yoWv aRetna-
tive for as certain the Lord veth. you cannot msch
longer pesecue as you have done the OF Auercas
workmen for the "unreal wants Of luxury. ~ Ah
Sir do not contemn this labor movement Of the peo-
ule- ia MOTIF n III
made manifest by works-which lately hurled Louis
Philippe from the throne OF France, and drove him,
exled to another land to de which recently baved
in Hungary the terors OF Russian and Austrian arms and
power and but for treachery would have uumphed And
which IA recently caused the German Pfinclpahnee 70
quake and their princes remble their castled
and which will yet dash them down, 10 feel the efrofs OF
the fall All this was and will be done to gain. ~ means,
bnt what Americans hoh-the elective fra1cane.
the Magyar or the German would sarve, or i've pat
lance -sefv,uds, simply because elective rulers ~ be
musti No Nor, having II, VIII Americans 40 ssner,
onv because YOU may say they must when thsy can 10
easily and without blood or struggle, force you from the
stage OF power
ia afford you manifestation OF this, they carried, in
two short months from the last adjournment, one
tenth of this Union by storm. But il was calm
storn-no swords, no bayonets, no cannon OF mas
and who desire but labor and wages that thsy may
live, Armed with the dreadful ballo--but drsadful to
oppression onyhey marched to what gold plated con-
servalsm thought its mpregnable rampant; rsd but one
round land that scarcely heard at the time but sons OF
the enemy who fell behind that rampant were not igno-
rant of what hurt them said in my speech Of last ses
sion, there should be petition here 1t thm wnieo