The daily union., 1852-04-13

oil view, preferable 10 place them in self-suppotIng
condition, than be compelled 10 enlarge your prisons
Ss aaa agSsss n y better than
cure" From these classes chiefly originate the wnoe
tribe OF hiTelings labores, rowdes, and oaiets, VINO
increasing much faster than the Tao OF popuiauoh
But, 10 make this bounty effective il should be per-
petual. The land donated should DC insienaoe III ue
family and. on lis extinction, revert 10 he government
That American who has passed The age OF lory--nay,
tbrty-without obtaining foothold upon the soil in
city OF farm lot Tor other properly equyaenp has al
ready begun 10 lose hs sell respect ana sell ana
In society than day-labofer, city porter, tenant
farmer Hope is dying out OF him the future is of
living from hand TO mouth, mbered by the contrast OF
successful enterprise. and thrift of those who started in
the race with him shall be told that some OF great
est started from this class OF society Granted But
one swallow does not make summer; and these some,
compared 10 the mass, like "anges visits" Set it
down fact that hreefouhs OF the boys and girls OF
this class will not rise above the position OF their fathers
and mothers The very failure oil their father 10 In
the world will prevent their rising sympathy in mis-
fortune exers stronger influence upon the ignorant and
INDECENT than the example OF the prosperous Now grant
each OF these destitute, perhaps mproyiden depressed
unfortunate grumbers, freehold on the public domain,
under proper regulations and will you have elevated
dIones into ndusttais opened fields OF enterprise to
the dishearened, removed the humble from an over
shadowing influence, and infused new hopes and aspra
tons in The besoms OF the ignorant and despondng Is
not the elevation OF every individual 10 wealth. and sta
State
Il
Of his brethren of the southern States. To section
of the country would this bounty be so advantageous
rightly improved, the South The field of profa-
ble labor and successful enterprise is there much more
circumscrbed than at the Norihihe variety OF employ
ments being limited Hence the INDECENT con.
hned 10 a much narrower nentaf vision. But noble
race OF fellows-ihough marble roughhewn--are the
poor men of the South Their hearts and hands are
always open, even beyond their means, TO do you a
favor To labor hlrelings they averse, and 1
would offer them chances OF making livelihood beyond
those OF hunting coons, culvatng patch of potatoes
and selling wood by the mulecart load, and ncite them
to higher personal pride than the honor of drinking
whskey with their ordy neghbors at their neghbors
pense. They should have larger view of the world
than in seeing patch of blue sky, by gazing upward
among the pine Take the sturdy poor men of the
South from their homes, whence they well be spared
place them upon the savannahs Of Louisiana and Texas
or the pTares OF Arkansas and Missouri give them
field Tor Improvement and inducements for exerion; and
twenty the great South may double her resources
and increase her population far beyond the present ratio
As situated at present. the class OF poor the South are
adding neither 10 individual national wealth Hap
PLY for the of this bill, every section of our
country has public lands adapted to the climate and Sec
t,onal interests of all its population, borean or tropical
slave or free. t
In conclusion, we think the evidence is clear and
abundant that the passage of this or similar BILL is
only question of time II must pass the present or
early future session of Congress- Ii has, we are con-
hdent IN the judgment OF every upright mind less obec
tonable feature and more elements OF wise and liberal
policy than some other measures which public opinion
Cor other agences) have carried through Congress under
the pleas OF justice and benevolence If, then, the
policy which dictates is sound one; if il will relieve
society II will add TO the national wealth and strength
II public opinion avors il, why not LET its benefits be en-
loyed by those who desire them without deayl We do
not believe that the number accepting the bounty will be
SO large as in any 10 disturb the current OF So
ciety The few first pioneers will test the value of the
grant, and, others gradually follow, the merits or de-
merits OF the system will be developed and its effects
upon society and the national welfare unfolded
AN HUMBLE AMERICAN.