The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-02-15

This is bill to grant quarter section Of land (loo
acres) 10 men who heads OF families, coalition OF
their settling upon il and cuigang IL for hye years.
There Cannot be less than million heads OF iam.
lies aud adult males in the United States who do not
own a foot OF land, and such ownership TO many OF
them under present circumstances is virtual imposs-
billy Did God create so many human beings,
and give them feet and hands, intending al the same
time that they should have land Tor their feet 10
stand upon their hands TO cultivate II not intended
to have any land TO live on, why they not equip
ped like fishes for another element. so that they might
live somewhere independently Would it not be
well TO decree that should be born without hands
and feet as without land! /
great portion Of these landless men are in our cities
They live poorly. poorly clad poorly fed, poorly shell
tered, supply themselves and families scanty with
books, and many OF them do not send their children to
school hence they consume but little of the articles
which the merchant imports from abroad. OF the fab
RIGS which the manufactured makes at home
And in the absence OF articles OF necessity and LUXURY
which seem 10 them dear, they immense quantities of
rum and tobccco, which seem to them cheap
Now transfer these people TO the western praes and
river bottoms, which always stand ready to welcome
Them and the very first year they would have album
dance for the sustenance of their families instead of
scarcity the second year they would be able to send the
products OF the held the forest or the mine to the
kets of the cities they have left. taking their commodi-
ties in return, and in Ave years they would sell more of
what the merchants and manufacturers want to buy,
and buy more which these classes want to sell,
than under present circumstances they will ever be able
to do to the end of their lives.
Are not the laborer and the mechanic also Interested in
this movement, in order to reduce the competition which
now grnds them as between the upper and neither mill
stone; strips them OF adequate wages, and thus takes
away the power OF making liberal purchases Of what they
and their families need' Are not the merchant and man
ufacuer interested in order OPEN rather create
another market, that their may bear some
better proportion to their goods than presents Is not
the patriot interested in this movement in order to broaden
the foundations of the counry's powerl And is not
every lover of his kind interested in order substitute
being for ibeing, and happiness for misery, so
large portion of the race
ONE THAT LOVES HIS KIND
The Fond du Lac (Wsconsin) Journal, in an article
against the wholesale system of granting public lands
to railroad companies &c, makes the following remarks
eff our public lands to be granted as a gratuy in
Heavens let it be to actual settlers in limited
Quantities This would accomplish the purpose of en-
couraging industry and settling the country, and its i'm
mediate effect would be necessity for railroads
and make il an object for capitalists TO invest money hav-
ing the assurance Of fair dividends. And we firmly be.
eve that the settlement Of the public lands would sooner
cause the construction OF thousand miles of railroad
in this State than the giving away of these lands to rail-
road companies The experience of Wisconsin in i'm
povement grants s not very f,uering"