New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-12-01
Land Reforners Meeting.
leeting Of the friends OF Land Reform

After the roll Of the meeting read, Mr.. Thomas
Dyer Chairman OF the Committee, chosen for the
purpose OF submitting Report, read The following
which was accepted and adopted:
DECLARATION OF RIGHTS
Nature has formed man with certain imperative wants
heller warmth, clothing and iOod-withour these be
mutt quickly perish.
hauEtible storehouse from which those wants be
amply supplied through the agency OF labor To this
greet storehouse every has the rht Of scce>s-a
night founded upon the imperative Of his nature
right which depart from him 80 long those
wants remain condition Of his being
Nature il memorable. Even If men suffer thernselve.
20 be plundered OF this natural rghi-if all means Of
access 20 the great stOrehOe be forbidden 20 - eOr
hidden By powers against which they unable - con-
tend-even then Nature Will not sbaie ut of her de-
msnds You must feed and clo;he and shelter her NJ
excuse, oHput II you do not, the penalty Is deata-
slow, lingering, indezcribable death
l. il true that countless millions Of the human family
have from 70 age paid this terrible penalty is
true that every human being who 80 died was cut Oh
from his night access to hs Fathers sorehos-e-the
earth j. Il true that except by special cal antyl
no human beng who owned reasonable quantity OF
land ever persisted If hungerf
The government ths cut man OF from tls nst grest
natural night, ought the time 20 free that man
irC n the oppressive demands Of HE nature And II
government have not the ability 20 set him free rom
hunger cold snd his other ineNora0ie wants tnen thN
government has no ju-t power 20 depuye him OF ne
night 70 20 the grea; sJrehouse and labor for theI
supply If the government does 20 deprive hiui-1ni if
the man perishe- in consequence-what u The orm' oil
that government.
EXAMPLE OF EUROPE
Now If kincs and mobiles IN the OH World carved up
the earth with their sworis-ligided among ca other
-disinhertei the people hrst, and then and 1y mat
means turned them into vast gnng Of slav"- II kings
and mobiles accomplished this crime in the Old World -
that sufficient why we, the citizens OF th- Re
public should accomplish the same crime IN the New
Are we so enaulcre of thcse lords and kings the we
81 st.~
of our so be- es- fatal because every acre w-s -t
BY the nns Of q dollar instead Of the cut Of swordt
APPEAL
Men B. ether Ctz ne Il AL patrlod ul-aH II
depondCnce of sou--all manhood-all common sense,
eyepl ave they ell departed from among u-i Must we
appeal 10 you the nation-your 'eivespo.'ery-
sit must We appealto you vain DOsedto aih by mol
low ousckery-sunncd by appeals from selfish men-An
army Of rpostors rushing on your attention. and pass
ing in endless and clanorCus succession before you
il 10 way strange IT, amid this brazen din you cannot
hear voce-canno distinguish us from the crowd oil
mpcstore.
And yet you must distinguish us-you must listen 20
our voce-you must lend your powerful cooperaton
or hi- Republic will perish As nation OF freehoiers,
no bounds can be set TO the prosperity the duration Of
tie Republic As q nation Of landlords and tenants,
small will be prospery-bref the date OF our ca
recr.
THE QUESTION STATED.
Now InCn what DO we ask you 20 dccidei Is the
auction a difficult One-ike tariffs and Ike banks,
hedeed round by pros end comfy reasons snf srgi
mcns tor 0Dd agairEt IL NO, never OclCIt WIS qi'S
ton 80 simple propounde TO tie judgment o. nation
The summer sunlight falling fields and flowers pre-
them palmer TO the eye than ths question pre-
lions itself 20 the judgment Of the people
This nation Owls two thousand millions Of acres OF
lsnd--orty times the extent OF the entire British
Islends.
Now the queetion Is whether we sha sell the fee
pie Of this ettaie for dollar acre aa1 50 DIS
INHERIT our pOsteTiy, whether shall reserve u
sacIedly for the free every citizen who desires
to cultivate reasonable portion Of FOR the support of
his family
We have now srrived 81 the cross roads-one road
leads nation Of Freehoders. the other road con
ducts us 10 a naton Of Landlords and Tenants.
Before you take your choice oihese roads hear what
tie Congressional Committee Of "A has % say.
TIE FINGER POSI-
"Tenantry unfayor.be freedom it lays the ouni.
ton for arate orders III society annlhates the love Of
country, and weakens the splrt OF independence Tne
tenant Lns fact country 10 hearth No domestic as
househod god. The eehodeI on The contrary l. IL,
natural support Of q FREE GOVERNMEAr-and It
,hould be the policy OF Republics to multiply their Free
holders is the policy OF monarchs TO multiply Tenants
INV 1[ e a. ~GffR ia % public Land,
sLeeIy ard easily into the hands Of the people Sell for
reasonable price TO those who able 10 pay end CIV
WITHOUT PRICE TO those who are not"
There now Take your way, either TO Monarchy or
Republic You have your choice now You Will have
10 choice hereafter
PRESENT EFFECTS OF FREE LAND
Threefourhs OF the labor performed in nation is
labor the sell II this labor be highly rcnuneratcf,
all other labor viii rate proporonobly high And the
reward OF labor the soil runs low, 1t would drag all
other kinds of labor down along with it. is because
the so OF England usurped by arstocracy that the
lalorer On that to realize for his labor more
than about two dollars week And il is impossible Tor
wages in the English ces to rise very much above tina,
standard IL II cid so RISE the aborers in the country
would rush in and bring it down sgan-thus ree-tabi=h
ing something very close 10 equilibrium between the
county and the town.
Now, then, suppose tie Public Lands OF this nation
were freely opened 10 the people-and suppose nee
passage afforded to every who chose TO settle
On Il csc endf-what result would iolIowl
Why, simply dis: That men would realize upon the
soil the wages ordained by their Creator Whatever
amount this ght be, it is duty be content with
Z Your Committee believe that /: would be better than
ia money wa.os in the cities Of three d.llars day.
With u reward Ike this 10 be achieved on the soil.
wage in the cities would steadily and inevitably rise 10
the ame standard.
For as. under these altered circumstances mon could
remove the soil in companies OF 20 or 100 families
ceh,T they would have no motive work in the cities
ier smaller reward than they could realize upon the
coil.
Nor would the demand for mechanical labor be less
upCn the soil than q l. IN the c.tics Would a D1pua-
ton OF prosperous reehoders require less hOuserOom
furniture clothes, harness. carrsges books-n short
every ccncouiiLnt Of cvizatonthan the ordinary pop
ulsous Of our cities now require Would they not
fact, want great deal OF these tnng--thus in
creesing the demand Tor mechanical labor, a. wen
oherrg the mechanic cheap Living and Delighted
RAJ Tcsicence combining the pursuits of the city with
he quiet suthnahes-lhe forests the lake,. the noun
,hins Of nature
CONCLUSION.
Men and brothers When presented this great sub
jet 10 tie public ten years ago. we were regarded
Utopihn crcamers-as contemplating a change tina,
never could be accomplished Sluggish non4hinkins
supposed that 10 hOat on in the dull chan
re- Of European exsmpie-ihit we would never break
rs bounds and strike out path for ourselves. Tney
were mistaken All men, except the land tralicker.
nov agree that ti- reform ought 10 be accomplished
and 90 the very lat session OF Congress only tor the
eonspirtcy o. few political scheme in the Senate
scheners who owe eveithn NJ 10 thu generous working
men whom they conpred 70 dsinheri;-only for rlose
few Senators, the Free Homestead BIZ would now al
hls moment be the established law OF u land
Courage, then, bToiheTsi Stand Up Oh your feet and
act Coogerse, Ike men, with the great Of
non which establish IN Nev-York CIV We
present you the opportunity. Accept It now without
delay. Our daily ayOcatiOhs-the dues We have 10 dis
charge 10 our aInles-wul not permit u 70 give long
c-o.o Attention % lL.s work d. rnt arcau-a.e