American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1851, 1851-06-09
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preamble and resolutions adopted at large
meeting at Tammany Hall, in New York, on
Tuesday, the Sd instant. The object of the
meeting, as set forth in the CALL was the en-
grating of the principles of Land Reform on
the creed of the Democratic party. "Believ-
ing, the preamble says, that the time has
now fully arrived when the great principle of
mans right TO the soil, SO prophetically shadowed
forth by those sages and founders of democra-
cy---Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson
should be engraved on the statute books of the
nation, we do most solemnly and earnestly re-
ooIhaend the Democratic party throughout the
United States to make this vitaly important
question, OF free homes for all, one of the car
dinal issues of the party in the Presidential
campaign of 1852 III is tie supreme vW
Of The people that it should be So Through the
length and breadth of the land the question has
been agitated, resulting in full and candid
acknowledgment of the wisdom, justice, and
policy of making the public domain free to all
who will occupy and cultivate ii. Our over
crowded and rapidly augmenting city popula
tons most imperatively demand an outlet to
the vast resources Of the mighty West The
tide of emigration must become producers Of
~ealth--wealth gained by labor out of the soil
instead of congregating in large cities to con
sune only, and add numbers to the already over
supplied labor-market. Every consideration Of
justice and policy dictates that our public do
main should cease to be source of revenue to
the Government The plan donating quarter
sections of lands to actual occupants seems the
only reasonable and sure method Of bringing
even moiety of the public land under cultiva-
ton within two generations, if they are sold as
formerly at an average of two millions of acres
annually, there being still unappropriated lands
to the enormous amount of taoelpe hundred mil
hon acres, over two million square miles,"
1t was therefore resolved, that - we cordially
endorse the sef-evident truth that every man
has natural and indisputable right to so much
Of the earth as is necessary for the maintenance
of himself and his family, to be guaranteed to
him and his by wise and salutary laws" that
i" the measure of the Freedom of the Public
Lands of the United States to actual settlers IN
limited quantities., as advocated by our demo-
cratic Senator's and Representatives, at the last
Congress, meets our hearty approval, and we
will most willingly cooperate for the consumma-
tion of this great and bencfcent Reform !" that
"we will favor the election of no candidate to
the Presidency or Vice Presidency of the United
States who will not cheerfully and unequivo-
cally avow before the American People his de-
termination to use the influence of his station
for the speedy accomplishment of the measure
of the Freedom of the Public Lands" that
:" the thanks of the friends of Free Homes are
most especially due to Senator GwIN of Cali
fornia, for his noble defence of the settlers
claim to our public domain in that State )" that
"the attempt at the recent session of Congress,
to make Bounty Land Warrants assignable is
cunningly devised scheme of the enemies of
Land Reform, designed only to serve the
grasping cupidity of land spectators, and
as such shall receive the uncompromising
opposition of the democratic party" that
Ito Isaac P. Walker is justly due the proudest
acknowledgment peoples gratitude can be-
stow for his untiring advocacy of the Rights Of
LaJor; his undertaking and consistent course
as statesman on all questions affecting the
welfare Of our common country, and his fear
less championship of the rights of occupants of
the soil over the mercenary speculator;" and
that " therefore we nominate Isaac z. Walker
of Wisconsin, as the candidate Of the Democratic
party for the Presidency in 1882 subject to the
decision of the national convention, believing
that his name will inspire confidence among the
people, and serve to restore that union and har-
mony so indispensable to triumph of Demo
cratic principles in the approaching contest !"
The resolution was passed by nearly unan-
nous vote, there being but one or two in the
negative Loud and reiterated cheers were
then given for Walker.
Hon. VIM. X. Wilson, Democratic member
Of the Wisconsin Legislature, arose amid min
gled cheers for Walker and Wisconsin, and ad-
dressed the audience. lie said he felt called
upon as a Democratic citizen of Wisconsin to
respond to the resolution nominating her favo-
rite for the Presidency. In the West, he said,
there was but one voice in the Democracy, and
the doings here would meet with q universal
response. lie said they had done well, and the
nomination would be adopted by the National
Convention.
THE YANKEE IN SwEDEN.-It is highly gra-