Weekly national intelligencer., 1852-06-19

one in particular, by furnishing employment and good
wages. So NJ
In building ships for navy to protect our extensive
and almost defenceless seacoat how many trades how
many operatives would receive liberal employment
While not only leading politicians, but likewise our
cabinet minister's are holding the language Of defiance
if not of menace to the despos Of Europe, ought we not
to have navy commensurate with our big words?
Was there ever any thing inconsistent than our
passion for extended domain and ndispostion to pro-
portionate augmentation of of defenceg To
afford this defence is of the primary and obvious du
ties of Congress- how then it be right while this is
unperforned, seek other modes of appropriang our
national wealth!
Since copying the above we have met with an
article in another newspaper, which, whilst it affords
contrast so marked to place in bolder relief the
beauty of the foregoing extract represents in deep
er coloring than our pen has yet attempted, the
disorganizng and dangerous principles of the So
cialists, whose agrarian teachings, as we have al
ready said, have unconscously influenced the pas
sage Of the so-called " Homestead Bill in the
House Of Representatives, and are now busy in urg
ing its passage through the Senate.
The article to which we now refer appears IN the
Times" paper published at Williamsburg, (near
| and much connected with the city of New York;
1t addressed to an honorable Senator of the United
States from Western State and baArS the signature
of proper name, unknown to US, and which there
is no necessity to publish, the writer's objects and
arguments being all that we desire to bring partcu-
ary to the notice of our readers For the same
we withhold the personalities Of the article content
ing ourselves with making the following extracts
from it, which are, however, to the extent to which
they go, strictly literal:
Ertracts from Communications az the Williams
buryh Times" of Friday last
Wealth and intrigue his part, and activity and
talents yours, wrbe unavang if you attempt to de-
feat this great and good measure 1t has got impetus
by the action of the lower House Do not resist that
impetus 1t will crush you, it will crush any man, any
party even, that may attempt to resist it.
q Revenue! You well know that we are squander-
ing money every year for unnecessary purposes than
is received from the public land sales Your heart
honest convictions viii my side when con-
tend that vruous Government would retrench those
necessary and corrupt squanderngs and let the settler
have the lands the conditions fixed by their Creator
The price of sweat and toll that the poor settler must pay
is price enough If you tried to till the land under bro
ing sun you would say so too.
profess 10 De aAUem0crat-to act with the Demo-
cratic party. Now, listen to if you attempt to de-
feat this BILL and if you get the Democratic Senators
act with you against it. tell you you will lose New York
State in the coming election. The Land Reform Demo-
Gratis of this State hold the balance in their hands The
who writes this is of that class of Democrats
and he is acquainted with forty thousand of the kind
in the central counties Of the State-never talk of in
Vulnerable straggers in the cities and towns. These
viii punish any partyeven if it call itself Democratic
that will refuse to let the poor citizen dig from the
earth morsel of food for his children.
You have heard even in Washington, of the Land Re
form Farmers Of central New York. Some of you were
talking about DISTINGUISHING them six or seven years ago.
but you didn't Those marched up to the polls
without leaving their mark behind them. You might
afford depse the pioneers of Reform that are to be
found in almost every town and city You might hope
drown their voices by the camor and clash of the eec-
tioneerng strife But sir, there in the counties Of
Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer, Albany Schoharie Della
ware Montgomery, Oneida, Otsego, and Schenectady
multitude of men, in number like the sands on the sea-
shore, far withdrawn from this clamor; men over whom
you have controls who recognise the authority
party wrepuers just much they recognise the au-
thorty of King Victoria Queen Albert men who will
kick the three-legged stool from under you and join in
the general laugh when you sprawling in the gutter
that is provided you and the Democratic Senators refuse
to the poor homeless citizen a homestead on his own
lands.
sBut who is the writer Of this letter. Some poor
endess devil who is restless and dscontented through
the pressure Of his wants Living all the way of
Long Island what does he know abouthe farmers Of the
central counties Of New York;
sir If did not really wish to keep good terms with
you, and more especially with the Democratic party
would leave those questions to be answered the second
day Of next November As it is let inform you that
am rich enough to spend your years salary in
like this; that the farmers know me well that after an
absence from among them Of years. the very an
nouncement Of my name will gather them in thousands
meet me in public deberation that if make out to
vict you Of treason against the Republic Of determine
ton to bring in European andlordsm and plant 1t down
American SOIL then, sir those farmers will pass SEN
tence you, and they the very who will be out
on the I'd Of November to the sentence executed
"And, sir, you and the Democratic Senator's win re-
qure to at quickly and ungrudgingy in this matter.
Men Of thought and patriotism well Of naked
and natural wants. feel insuted by the rotten tim
bers exhumed from the graves Of past strife
this Baltimore platform Of yours Not stick from our
perennial forests not blade Of grass from the untrod
praries not stalk Of wheat from the cheerful farm
Dead National Banks skeleton Tariffs buried Mexican
wars ghosts Of Internal Improvement phantoms Of Eco
nomy TO be realized, sham fight about slavery
these the materials upon which all to rally
are theys But forget. The ofice-hunters in Balti-
more did actually think it worth while to mention the
public domain. They have declared that they win il
for I'LL call, IT,.