Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-08-07


United States, and especially the Democratic mem
bers of that body.
FROM THE n. YORK COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER THURSDAY
VoTE YOURSELF FARs.--A bill is now in committee
Of the Senate which the House has passed. the object Of
which the gratuous bestowment upon every andess
American Citizen who will reside upon and cultivate it,
certain number Of Of land from among the yet
sold lands of the United States AT recent meeting of
the advocates Of the e-yoursef afarm" policy a
series of resolutions adopsed the intent Of which is
to intmidate the Senate into the passage of that BILL
Readers do need be told passage of
bill we are earnestly opposed for various reasons,
Of which have heretofore advanced Wegreaty doubt
its practical benefit those whose interests it pro-
esses to regard We deny that there exists any necessity
for such measure, and but regard its principle
as involving positive wrong the people large The
whole scheme is Utopan and its successful working ut
tery impraetcabe Moreover the public lands cheap
enough and readily be purchased by the Industrious
and man will love his homestead all the more if he has
earned instead of begged it,
Holding these views, cannot look with any favor
upon attempt to ntmidate the Senate pass the bill
Yet such is the purpor Of sundry resolutions adopted
meeting last evening of the so-called
though in judgment this is the last title to which they
should lay claim. Precious little "land are they likely
manual labor planted stock raised by their
selfimposed toll They the feversh excitement Of
political agitation and speech making and the crowded
city, with precarious subsistence is by them preferred
to the more monotonous and tranquil pursuits of agrcu
ture Passing by this, however, let glance the pre-
ambe and resolutions adopted last evening. They will
afford some relief for graver TOPICS and little
ment will not be unreasonable just now Here is the
preamble:
! Whereas the laws which regulate and establish the
tenure OF land from their inherent nature form the
trolling principle of national action and possess the
power when founded upon right and justice correct
all that may be wrong in the constitutions Codes
toms of any nation through the irresistible
tendency of such laws to universaze industry learning
peace plenty, and brotherhood.
While the contrary all land tenures founded on false
and aristocratc theories do continually tend and thus
in the worlds history always successfully to destroy all
practical liberty because it is the of all unjust
land enures to increase dleness ignorance poverty and
every form of human antagonsm, always ending in des-
potsm and
Whereas we the friends of the free homestead bill,
holding these opinions have been recently encouraged to
hope by the passage of the free homestead bill through
the House OF Representatives of the United States that
the time had arrived for great step forward toward
bringing the tenures of land in beloved country into
greater harmony with the principles of republican gov
ernment; and
heeas believe that the passage of the free home
stead BILL with all its present defects, would confer
greater blessing mankind, and rebound more to the
glory of country than the whole collective legs-
aton of Congress has done for the last twenty years
Therefore,
We the friends of the free homestead bill now in the
hands of committee of the Senate of the United States
being earnestly soictous that said bill should become
law and fearful that this great democratic and human
ary measure may be rejected STAYED off until the close
of the present session of Congress- and lost have
solved
We have and commented upon some rich exhibit
tons in the way of preambes and resolutions adopted at
meetings of land reformers" but have not read
many preambles which plainly showed that the
authors of them did know what they preambng
about We defy any to define the meaning of this
wonderful tumble and nane production Yet men who
write and unbushingly read, hear read at pub
lie meeting, and speak in support Of such monstrous
Of absurdites and contradictions claim dictate
to the Senate of the United States and threaten those
Senators who in the majority in the Senate with the
withdrawal Of their votes from the Presidential candidate
if this giving bill is not passed in that body We
course have objection any Withdrawing hi
name from Mr.. Pierce and Mr.. King and giving it Il
General Scott and Mr.. Graham, but though maj
do worthy act, do not feel committed to thu
commentator Of the unworthy motive which may hav
prompted the worthy action and the silly threa
contained in the following resolutions trust that thu
Democratic Senators win practically rebuke:
l. That the defeat of the free homestead
members Of the Senate of the United States, Of which
body they constitute decided majority we will hold thu
Democratic party of the United States responsible for il
before the close Of the Of Congress
2 That If the said bill should not be passed the
present session of Congress it will be because the rights
and interests of humanity and Of the great Democratic
have been corrupy sold to purchase support fo
the Democratic Presidential ticket from aristocrac anc
speculative cques, because the democracy of the
leaders of the Democratic party hearty but super
hcal democracy Of aords and phrases DANGEROUSLY reite
rated as passports TO the public Treasury.
A. That, as the destiny of great is entirely
within the control of the Democratic members of the
Senate of the United States such failure will clearly in
dictate that principles and will be discoun
tenanced and repudiaed by the Pierce and King admin
stration, should they be elected there strong
Of political and party character favor Of the pdssag
Of the bill whch uiH after The election Of No
member nert. And it is further resolved
s. That in the event of failure Of the Senate to pas
the free homestead BILL the friends Of that here
assembled will call all the friends of that measur,
throughout the United States to join them in saying
the Democratic party
" Sms You have for years Aattered us with profes
sions Of friendship for our principles and measures.
You have induced us to meet at your wigwams anc
headquarters in many wards and townships.
Your leading orators have eagerly volunteered 10
speak in behalf Of our principles at public meetings
characterizing them pre-eminenty democratic and
promising their unfinching support
You have had the power to carry those principles
triumphany into effect and have most shameessly fall
SIZED your professions, and have shirked the question
l on have by this of action shorn of
hope had heretofore entertained that our glorious
principles would obtain the support you have freely pro-
mised and have thereby left but open to us
wherein we consistently act for their advancement
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