The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-03-12


should DO maintained and keptup forever together with
competent proportion of land be used and occupied
WIN tnen and II aowise 10 be severed from them as
by anoher statute made afterwards in his successors me
was more uy declared This upon forfeiture be taken
itself by the King and lords OF the fee, half the profits
W The houses and lands were restored BY this means the
and the proportion OF land for occupation being kept
did OF necessity enforce that dweler be beggar OF
couager, but man OF substance that might keep
binds and servants, and the plough going This did
wonaedhy e9aoern the might and mannerhood OF tue KING
do 10 nave farms, were, OF standard sufficient TO
maiaain an able body out of penuy, and did Ia effect
amorze great part OF the lands OF the kingdom unto the
hold aud occupation of the yeomany middle people, OF
condition between gentlemen and cottagefs or peasants
Now, how much this did advance the military power
OF the Kingdom apparent by the principles OF war
and the examples OF other Kingdoms. For II hath been
held by The general opinion Judgment in the
wars, howsoeyer some varied, and that may
receive some distinction Of case that the strength
army consistent in the infantry foot And to make
good infantry, it equreth bred, in serve or in
dgen' fashion, but in some free aud plentiful manner
Therefore, II State nobemen and gentlemen,
and that the husbandmen and ploughmen be but their
workoks and aboers, else cottagers, which
never good stable bands foot; like coppce woods
thati yoa raye Ia them saddles 100 tnek ney WIN run
this be France and Italy, and other parts
speak of people OF towns and middle people, and
therefore good forces OF foot inomuch they
like for baalons Of foot. Whereby, also 1t
pass that those nations have much people and lew sol
ders. Whereas The king saw, thar conrsrwise II would
follow that England though much less IN territory, yet
would have Infinitely more soldiers OF their native ioces
hydras teeth wheeu pom, according the poets tc
DOM doom sH00a use up ""s' me" '0 ' '''''' '"' AS
was wise in Lord Bacon's tne and it las been wise
ever since. There is other way by which you
make d nation srong so formidable, as 10 give the
great body of the people al interest in the soil that
when American army approaches lneir eetnes, they
may be pointed OUT they have been on a former
by the leader OF the opposing host who turns TO
| his soldiers and says " The owners OF the land have
come" When your armies are composed OF owners Of
the lauu-aud that Will be when the land to
them-you will raise up the most invncbIe force with
which il is possible a nation can be defended There
fore, as a means OF strength, and AS means OF great
power by which the liberty and fortunes of the country
are 10 be defended there is no possible way by which
you do much as by giving the lands TO those who
willing 10 go to them, tor you thos niuse into the
hearts of the people sentiment that they Sighting for
the stock and the common lot.
Let me address myself to another idea, which look
upon very erroneous one. People talk about The
government giving land TO the people II will do very
well to talk about that in Kngland 1t will do TO talk
thus under monarchy But what is the government of
this counlryi Where does il liver Have any Of
you the government? The government OF the
country is the people-these very people upon whom
it is proposed 10 beslow the largess That is the real
government here and those gentlemen who call them.
selves the government, and talk about giving-why sir,
they talk about giving as Colonel Barre told the British
Parliament when they undertook to taxes upon
these American colonies without their consent" You
undertake give grant to his Majesty OF that which
you do not possess" That very much the way |
remember have heard dlstng uished clegymen speak
while dscoursing upoa the story the New Testament
OF the temptation, when the devil took the Saviour up
into an exceeding high mountain, and showed him all
told him All these things will give thee if thou wilt
fall down and worship me" why" says he, the
poor devil promised what he had not got TO give"
llLaugh,erl So i, is here with this government. We
talk about giving to the peop!e-what' Their own
lands We ownit! How much is your share, Mr..
Presdent' You talk OF giving il TO the people. Why,
the people own II, and they simply come IN and ask
that they may have 1t.
will now answer one or two questions which the
honorable senator from Georgia asks. He asked how
this is 10 encourage agriculture, commerce, and
iacuresf How IS 10 encourage agriculture IL Is by
giving agrcuturists something 10 practise agriculture
upon and by the way, my honorable friend made pro-
esson OF ignorance upon the subject OF agriculture which
| think rather Pckwickan. think he not so
entirely ignorant upon this subject he would have
10 believe from the remarks which he made III he is
can tell him that he IS an exception 10 the general rule
Ii is TO benefit agriculture by giving to great and vast
number OF practical agrcuurss something TO practise
upon la that way is TO benefit agriculture. How is
il 10 benefit commercel Ii is 10 benefit commerce by Civ
ing TO those who have not the means OF purchasing the
articles OF commerce, the means by which they buy
them. Ii is 10 multiply the consumers TO increase the
nation wealth, and by that means TO increase and benefit
the commerce OF the country. How is 1t to benefit
uacures II is TO benefit manufactures by increasing the
number OF consumers and giving to them something with
which they pay the manufacturers for the articles OF
their manufacture This is the way in which il ben
eft agriculture, commerce, and manufactures.
And how Is il benefit all other branches OF Industry
By increasing the by which the products OF indus
try may be bought and paid for, and enjoyed IL is TO
benefit all branches of Industry commerce. manufactures
and agriculture, by spreading abroad, wide the
land the OF happiness the means OF comfort, the
means OF progress, the means OF wealth. Ii is TO in
crease them by taking the poor man. the houseess man.
and nyerng him into householder, landboder, and
OF substance, comfort, and wealth II is TO ben
eft manu- actures, commerce, and agriculture by going
into the abodes OF poverty OF want and OF wrechedness
and extending the hand OF sympathy and kindness to the
down.rodden and oppressed-provded they of the
right conpexion-aad taking them up and placing them
IN situations where they may achieve for themselves and
those who 10 succeed ,bem comfort, and progress
and wealth In this way IL is 10 benefit all the brapchss
OF industry that pertain to civilized and social life Ii is
TO spread abroad everywhere, all through the land the
means OF acquiring possessing, enjoying. and transmitting
TO those who 10 come alter the blessings which
flow from the feeling OF independence impaired TO those
individuals by giving them place upon which they may
stand and say that 1t is theirs.
How Is IT now Sir, a great many OF the individuals
proposed 10 be benefited look upon this fair earth upon
which they have been born, and on which they live
with feeling that they have other right and no other
title except to that place which they shall occupy
when they are in their graves ltI taking them and
raising them 10 feeling of inde pendeuce which they
Will ieel and will enjoy when they have acquired what
we propose to let them have and when you have done
that, you will have made this nation imprcgnable in
strength as IT'S possible 10 conceive soceiy and govern
ment TO be. You will have bound every citizen in the
land every resdent-no whether he be born upon
the SOIL or driven TO your shores by the oppression OF the
government IRON which he has ed-you will bind him
by the affections OF his heart by hooks of steel to the
government OF his adoption and his choice And more
than that sir by doing this you will dfose the light OF
civlzaon, OF science OF refinement and Of progress
those whose only light to-day IL misery,
lndgence pennry, apd ignorance. You will do this
SIR, lhe tables OF fiction and never
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