The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-06-04

reference 70 the art he asked what would be the in
evitabe consequence Of apportoning the public do
main in the manner proposed First OF all "
would make the iaborer independent, and above the
caprice OF employers the fluctuations OF commerce.
II IL essential in this country that the laboring man
should be placed in condition Of independence. How
say IN EUROPE ihere the isooring man must submit
to the terms OF his employer become charge the
parish In either he Is unfit to be freeman If 1t
the bished law that every could claim
matter Of right part Of the public lands what would
be the situation of the laborer, lie would escape all
the evils that afiict society in Europe lie might be
degraded in the city but by stepping his foot on the
broad prairie, he becomes a man. lAppause) Again:
Every man shoatd feel independent-he should have a
hand in framing system by which his children
should be educated This Is not It is
an irrt vocable law OF nature that when people
crowded together the many strong term
to make all men equal IL is the feeling OF equality
which makes take interest in the laws and in
situations Of his country without which no republic can
long exist Another considerable in favor Of land
form is the improvement Of the important
subject which much overlooked The consequences
Of monopoly Of the land easily Monopolists
take choice locations and seize them and hold them
for years reproductive they in the Desert OF
Sahara In his travels the praires. within year
he struck with the absence Of mprovems MT and
inquiring why it that wastes existed why cities
and towns did not exist there-he informed that
the lands in the hands OF spectators. An.
other evil connected with the monopoly Of
the public lands is the tenant system, which has
worked much injury in other countries This system
makes the tenant not on the slave of the monopost
but Of the decline and uctuaon Of the markets. lie
could illustrate these propositions, ii necessary The
political as pect of the matter Is also important Our
constitution recognizes the right of self government and
the capacity Of man for self government How is
to govern hmsef to make laws constitutions when
he il struggling for existence, To do so, a must
feel the dignity Of labor and know that his labor will
give him support Political economists have made q
great mistake to what constitutes the wealth of
county 1t is not money. lakes, rivers any,
thing else but labor, which makes nation wealthy and
prosperous (Applause) If we were disposed to look
the history of the past it would be found that the
Of this principle the OF the destruc-
ton OF the republics of Greece, and OF other
tons How was it with Venice, She set out witt
bright hopes; but there too little attention paid to
labor and they fell warning to republics. So it
with every other republics he prayed to God that
republic may not fall lie believed that if the monopo-
lists be allowed to take the public lands great step will
BIZ taken IN that direction. population placed at the
mercy Of employers cannot be free men.
Another orator made speech and conteuded that the
land from which we derive our food should be free
the water with which sake thirst. lie contended
that the peoples sovereignty be maintained only by
land reform Possession of the soil he said has been in
all ages the emblem Of sovereignty. II there
other argument in favor of land reform this would be
sufficient for the purpose Instead Of land reform being
engrafted democracy he coatended that democracy
should b. engrafted upon land reform. The principle is
adopted by myrads Ct American citizens and
later it will prevail.
member Of the Industrial Congress said this was
great day for the democracy banner has been raised
under which democracy will be victorious. TO be
victorious they must be in advance of their opponents
in progress AT the time Of the United States Bank the
deocracts in advance of the wings and the result
vas that the wings were beaten and cried pecavia
how tendery Mr. Webster handled this subject, the
9th day Buffalo Now lie 1.-THE speaker professed to
know something Of the views OF the people Of this State
the subject and he knew that the principles of land
reform would meet with hearty from the people
Let the voice Of tonight forth and earth
suppress it. Let cratic orators go forth and
preach this doctrine, and every shall have home
Of his The evils of land monopoly felt in this
State well in other parts II the country In this
State there is land which never felt spade plough
sufficient feed the people the whole State but il
covered by sheep sSinthe most stretchy Of all skins
and the consequences is it is unproductve For himself
he travelled the country and spoke to the people land
reform He told them that when their orators aud
clergyman would commence to advocate the principle
he would doing They have out and he
does not appear in public except occasionally when
called
MKE WALSH called upon to address the meeting,
but he declined ON the ground that he would have
thing do with barn burners-that the Union question
must be settled in Tammany Hall before he would
sent to speak any other subject.
The follow ing resolutions then read and adopted
Resolved That to Isaac Walker Justly the proud
est Acknowledgements peoples gra tude bestow for
his untirng advocacy Of the rights Of labor his
and consistent course statesman all questions
less Of the rights of occupants Of the soil
the mcrcenary Observation-Disclosures,
Resolved, That nominate Isaac r. Walker, Of Wscon
sim the candidate Of the democratic party for the Pres
tion believing that his will inspire confidence among
the people and to restore that union and harmony
indispensable to triumph Of democratic principles in the
approaching contest.
These resolutions proposed with the understand
ing that they should be subject the decision of the
National Democratic Convention.
One two other speeches made and the meeting
ad journed