The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1852-04-25

ing ,he native county, was to avoid the dysadses on
Laadoyds amd to ENJOY ands fee 10 descend 20 their pos
tey, that he children the benefit OF their labor
hs e bp 1s - be
charge OF improving them"
That is the language OF a real philosopher and tue
land retormer But The policy he recommended was not
adopted and the prosperity OF our State has been serious
| ly Affected by II.
have already alluded 10 the disturbance of the public
peace which has resulted in later years among u.s. in
consequence OF this system II is not necessary,
would it be proper in this place. TO say which in the
Iigh-he landlords or the enantsin those unfortunate
controversies But II proper and il is the duty of every
enlightened legislator who has witnessed these events.
and is satisfied OF the unmitgaled evil Of which such
system productive 10 use his utmost exerions to pre-
vent It's infection upon any other community. And while
have seat upon this floor in any other legislative
body will never vote for any scheme whose emotest
tendency Is TO foster such system. II proposition
were now made by which my own Stale was TO acquire
the largest share in the public lands, and by that
the probabilities OF the introduction OF land monopoly
were increased would vote against and oppose il 10
ihe last extremity and gentlemen ought not for the
purpose OF transient popularity in their districts al home
10 nfct lasting evil their States because the in
iuence OF the first settlement continues for ages-l had
almost said forever. New England owes her enterprise
TO the character OF the men who earliest emgrated and
established colonies there. The early settlers Of eastern
New York The Industrious, frugal and thrifty Knck
ebockersfree from that restless. wandering disposition
which distinguishes their New England neighbors-and
the steady prosperity OF the descendants OF these
now nhabng that region, can be attributed to the sub
sania character of the parent stock New Jersey. Penn
sylvania, Maryland, and Virginia. retain, in their popu
aton, laws and CUSTOMS the characteristics oil the orgi
nal settlers This first settlement being important
for the future welfare OF State, want the West
the Great Vest, which for centuries must be the chief
agricultural dependence Of this continent settled BY a
people owning their own arms-ullIng their own soil
We want labor there receive its full reward, and not
merely the share TO which the landlord may stint IT, No,
sir can never go for any OF these measures until the
danger OF this great evil is wholly avered The pest-
lence may visit your land and scouTge the inhabitants
the confagraton may lay your cities in ashesthe whr
wind. the tornado, and flood may do their work OF de-
IS hut ron
turning health enterprise, and perseverng labor will again
restore everything Butoa country grooming under the
incubus OF land monopoly there is no speedy relief but
in revolution. Labor there cannot be prosperous, be-
cause robbed OF its reward Enterprise cannot exist
there. because its vitalilyremuneraed exertions ban
ished An industrious and thriving population cannot
be kept there. The fruits OF It's toll blasted.
Do hear gentlemen say there is no danger TO be APP
pretended from this source, because 1t will be for the
means for building the road Listen while read an
extract trou report OF lie Illinois Central Railroad
Company, 10 which the last Congress made donation
Of two million five hundred thousand acres OF land:
Awrl 70, 1851, and by them ddopfsd
cit would be iryudic,ous present to submit est.
and your attention in be particularly devoted plans
10 be adopted Tor the best use OF The lands and properties
which have been given to the company for the purposes
To retain the lands your actual possession uni, The
The ralgoad shall given them a high value
seems 10 DO the most judcious course and therefore IL
I"
by the chare build the road and its branches by the
ceeds OF bonds to be issued for the construction charges TO
be secured IN the most perfect manner in your power
Inc details OF The arrangement as lar as II has been ma
tured, are now submted"
Thus the lands are not be sold at present. but be
"held by the company until the increase OF population,
caused by the facilities created by The railroad shall have
given 10 them high market value" Is not this the germ
OF mammoth monopoyl Is not this land speculation
An individual who engages in This you call in the West
''land shark" Here is a grand, ssaserpent, but
leviahan OF the land created by Congress and
asked to give birth to such monsters and spread them all
over the country.
II is alike the interes, of us all TO guard the drpo-
son Of the public lands: II is sir not only the cues
lion OF this Congress- but it is the question of this
generations and upon It's proper determination depends,
IN great measure, the continued prosperity OF this
nation. Every hour il passes-eyery wave that breaks
upon shoreswells the accommodating millions oil our
population They come from the Highlands oil Scotland.
and the dykes OF the Neiherlands-from the land OF
OConnell and OF Tel-from the deep-sunken mines OF
Poland, and the crowded manufactures OF Engandthe
Saxon and the Cet--he Roman and the Gaul--men OF
every faith, and men oil no faithmen who bave grown
gray under oppression and the infant unanght to lisp ia
native accenis-men who have been wIonged and robbed
by bad government and corrupt relgionmpatient OF
sraint-seeking free land 10 Till and free air 10 breathe
For ihem-for their chllden-fo their welfare, and our
own what is 10 be done What TO do Here is
problem practical and necessarya problem which
be soved-an exgency which must be meta question
upon which we must act No Chinese wall can be build.
ed around bounded No ranks of armed
men that prevent their landing, The day for con-
hniog man TO any particular locality is passed Locomo-
own spirit. The world is all before him where 10
choose"
The emigration 10 shores OF the overstocked coun-
tries OF Europe is a fixed and unaerable des,iny-as
natural as the rush OF the air 10 irresistible
the laws OF gravalion. We placed here by Prov
dence upon missionary ground where necessity aud duty
alike constain TO action, compel TO benevoence
Where The instincts OF preservation less than the
dictates OF enlightened philanthropy command to ACT
for humanity.
BY this constant influx of the tide OF emigration our
Atlantic cities aud towns crowded with aborers seek
ing employment Our citizens, many cases. de
pryed OF the means OF earning respectable livelihood by
the runous competition produced the supply OF labor be-
ing greater than the demand. What is the remedy We
have millions OF OF public lands unoccuped and in
that condition worthless TO the goyenment-bnging
which the stream OF population may be directed The
wealth OF nation is made up OF its productive industry
Here idle hands may find employment and by this
reeve the cities OF their crowds and add 10 the national
resources The true policy OF this government is 10
dispose OF these lands for purposes OF public education,
and 10 grant, upon proper terms, 10 every citizen who
desires and will occupy il, home where he have
a freehold OF bis own, stake 10 its welfarean in.
erest to maintain its Institutions To this end,
a,or, and the dominion Of corporations, and offered
TO settlers upon such terms free from all consiitu.
nonal objection, as will induce their acceptance OF
them am therefore, for the principle OF The bill
be ore the committee, though in OF Its details
gard il as highly Objectionable. BY this the
or land States will speedily be settled and the necessary
railroads Constructed much in my judgment than
by any giants OF lands 10 the monopoes that now,
BY their agents, besegng this ball, and filling its Hobbies
While avowa preference for such disposition OF the
public lands let be understood endorsing. any
manner those idle vagares OF wild crack Drained