New-York daily tribune., 1851-07-12


for the benefit Of Land monopolis;s, the value of
whose unjust possessions has been enhanced there
nv Under the true Land system the people could
have made their own Improvements at TAR less ex-
rerSe without even 50 much as charter from the
State but now they are under an annual contribu-
ton 70 capital. the shape Of interest that LEVIED
upon them. Behold how monopoly doubles and
cuadruples rs power Of extoring from Labor In
the first place It takes the land and part oil
the labor of the people goes INTO MS Naue 10
be absorbed by the rich. In the second place,
the State makes Internal Improvements, whicn
greatly raise the value OF mOnopohes ana III
the third place the monopoliss lend the money they
make out of labor TO the State for Canals ana Kali
roads. and draw interest upon Il from the laoor OF
the very persons whose toL produced IT Let 1ne>t
things be carefully considered. We have got ABOUT
/ 4o0 O0O0eo acres of Public Domain, and the cues
non IS whether these acres shall belong 10 tae harI
hands that work. be plundered by delicate. glove
invested figures that viii not deign 10 perform the
least productive labor.
But some objections are urged against Land Free
dom and Limitation. What are they, and what
force DO they bear
Why may not land be made the subject Of mo-
nopoy as well as personal property Because land
Is not the product OF human labor Personal prop
erty cannot be produced without the nstrumentahty
of tol In the first instance, labor Is employed on
the land 10 produce the raw material ana IN lne
second II is expended IN the shop To prepare II Tor
use The products of the various kinds OF labor are
personal property. Land is wholly independent OF
human agencies for Its existence The political
labor and when they come to the land they tell us
that the labor of man applied 10 the soil POUNDS
right Of property IN IT, We take this as the truth,
and say that whatsoever land man improves win
his own labor shall be his but he shall not clalm
title 10 tha, which he cannot improve without the
labor of Others
There Is, accordingly wide difference between
property IN land and IN moveable goods. Nnen the
monopoly Of the former shall cease, there VIII be
llte or no danger of the monopoly OF the latter to
such an extent disturb the general welfare Lev
Justice be done IN respect to the SOIL and each VIII
he welcome TO possess all he can produce by his own
labor Alive ask, therefore, IS that one man SHAH
not rroft n, anOthers expense. But under the pre-,
sent unjust Land system, the harmony wnlch uou
designed between man and the earth as well as oe-
tween man and man. is destroyed te" I'VE III
splendor at an expense of thousands beyond any
ones right and often add thousands annually TO iher
wealth besides and many are consequently urNeh
TO the other extreme. and forced to deny themselves
every comfort though they perform tne gttaVe>
amount OF hard labor. How rank IS the injustice OF
this Who mas not reason enough 10 perceive H. ana
heart enough to desire change IN the unnatural
system that occasions most OF the HIS OF society
9 The second objection IS that !and IS cheap al
the WcS,-onlv one dollar and quarter an acre
and all can have farms II they desire. Let the 90
lector listen. II 1t Is my natural rlght 10 nave
farm if a farmer, or a town lot. II mechanic, as
has been clery proved they insult me by asking
prlce for that which God most mapiteSty gave unto
me. This objection Is nothing for the whoe quts-
tlon Is one of natural justice, when II IecluSu one
-,
must fall | have legal right 10 my time on affi'-
ing al twenty-one-why may not my father ask me
one hundred dollars for my liberty, while nave not
cent 10 pay II Will not work.
But look at the effect after territory becomes
settled Wild land commands ten dollars per acre
and the price rises the country nils up. w nat
fbsn Is The poor young man to do Let Us Keep IN
view the time when the whole country snal Occome
settled as that time IS coming and is FAR easier 70
put Tie truthful system into practice no" IMAM u
Will be then. day of extreme wealth on the one
hand and OF extreme poverty ana dlsteSs on uV
other Is coming IN tins country II we do not chailse
our Land system Liberty, Equality and Democracy
Will be hut empty sounds II We do rot IN season i'y
the basis of real Freedom. Our fathers did not
make all the progress that Is nccessary-there Is
something for us to do.
2 third objection is that very few would take adj
vantage Of and Freedom were II carried INTO ehect
Here again the obect0r leaves the real issue ana as
serts what lie has 10 night to assert II Dul one IN "a
ten or hundred Will be treemen, Is II any Ploo ua p
all have not a right to be free 20 OF the iahu' bul
how can we satisfy ourselves that none VIII take
that which rightfully belongs 10 theni' anu "l,uVu.
which 'hsy """fVt I'VE eAcept III Ser,nuuc n- "la. %
presumption il this IN the obJector Because some
VIII not ENJOY what belongs to them ne would
snatch the right forever from the reach OF every one
The Director would look As well stealing a watch
from a eweer, and lustifying the thett by saying
that he could never sell it. and never would # he
could. Absurdity after abSurdity attends the enemy
Of Progress.
long all the States, having been acquired by the
blood and treasure OF the fathers of the Conederacy
and II would be unjust TO permit their settlement
without price Even granting that they are the
property of the Nation, cannot the Nation give them
away as Justly as an individual can make a deed of
gift But If our fundamental principles are true, the
Public Lands do not belong TO any power under
heaven but that of Labor, and every one who wishes
to toll upon land not actually cultivated by another,
has the light 10 do so by nature and Is the province
Of the United States 10 guarantee the enjoyment OF
natural rights.
5 1t is SAID that the Public Domain should pay the
expense OF its purchase and survey lake notlce'
all We VINO make this objection TO Land Freedom,
that II Will save ten fold this expense IN crime and
paupersm, TO saynoihng OF the human mlserylt VIII
prevent. Were economy consulted, the lands would
soon be free. Besides, every independent farmer
ard mechanic, made such by this reform, Is An add-
ton TO the number of taxpayers and the large ac-
cesslon in tins respect VIII more than compensate
for al the DOMAIN has cost.
6 Another objection is, that Land Reform Will
cripple enterprise and destroy industry. Not So II
viii greatly stimulate all true MISUNDERSTANDING,
and pubc-benehtlng enterprises, and AWAKEN an
industry in the millions that IS enjoyable ~ VIII put
end 10 mad ayarlce that ruins SO many promising
young men, and destroys that body breaking soul
killing industry that only obtains starving reward
All having land that they can call their own-a little
empire on which they can sway the scepter OF their
individual klngships will feel themselves of some
importance in the world-wlll be strengthened by
manly sentiment and virtue Will flourish on millions
OF Homesteads which would otherwise be the abode
OF Nth, dullIess Incidence and vice.
But away with these oblectlons-we spend too
much breath upon them. The very notice OF such
absurd shnts TO avoid glorious truth dims the glory
Of that enlarged policy of wisdom and benevoence
which looks to the emancipation and elevation OF all
mankind by restoring them TO the earth which Is,
like freedom the blrthrlght of all men
What, then, shall be done ? Land Reformers who
have fous hi this great moral battle tor years are
YOU not yet fresh with enthusiasm for the good OF
ycur fellows, and yet fun OF youthful ygor TO adj
vance the good cause And you who see the crying
demand Tor d change in our Land system, viii you
not me to the work and carry II forward IN tn
umph Now is the day and now IS the hour. 1t must
te done by voting such men in as viii vote out un-
lust laws This question transcends all party con
siteratons IL affords the voter an opportunity 10
vote for principle instead OF spolsto vote for the
Socd OF all the people instead Of the elevation Of as
plTanls Office
Neleave the question with the people II Will be
earned out al no distant day, and We might as well
all come up 10 It at once a. happiness VIII the soon
t.,th ,.iu hless