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rsiit n. .uk;oned rrn.zks q n u.ndszing sys.en
NJ saopt then Go heir nuik anp ine.s
..rkcn he denaEoEu-. q Res Undertook 70 destroy
n. ibcrtiss a. that rcpablic The onmenced By DIR
ding TIE Lads cli nonE the Psa# who were TOO 49,
- Sork for them. Win tLs Al bstoa hey were ~ I
satisfied. They bad received ~ withoet l,hos, -
|her musf have corn c. IL 1arn.rma Their cle,-S
,~rrs -6f nnteeded. Tie brs. hat ipdusiry s-ise-
u.s pa into The moth q idlen~ nnd ihe pi.l.ss
q the treasury prrch1sed the pes q me ~
when here No Logger la1d by them I'm, -
i,erfahlc results a sach poli written = " ~.
citation q he City q he cEss. Do the hsne Are
tory hold up their uafni1Es TO- people n van 81
th.v % b iorercr deluded b ! senssless eian'f
agrsrisnisn. under The GO 4snoerasy
To nh< Editus n Ne Ftu n 80,
In ycur paper q the sish no, the soovs ri 4.
and quoi aiion from enc q ID eotemporaf,ss Ia.
found. It would have beea' iced sooner, 0.' :,
loss u the paper eautainiag -. no
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ming and arti6es 70 ds = nnnl PPn..1.--,
opposed. rather than a b "a manly resistance ioit
IPass By, however. - citations On Mr. Hunters
rnssiEes. and come to ytu oistioa from an sunansd
"eoiemPorarysr md vi you say, you adopt fOf the
"irush and sptbes' sfAh .femarkss on the "squan-
dering system, as ycFs pleased to style the Home
stead bill'
| Now, Messrs. Editd ifyuu viii only be pleased %
your objections 70 Homestead bin depend upon
the truth error, a Gay be, contained in the
marks q your sscotenifsy," nothing more conld be
desired BY friend to u bill, and one who thinks it
more just and eqaitab dispose or the public lands BY
an equal division, to lie Tho will subdnc, cultivate
and inhabit them, thar &c present Land system,
any other system Of not.fices 10 deliver them over
70 the monopoly Of gra&kpeculators and capitalists
FOR, il viii be no difica i to prove that your co-
temporary has hlied and msrepresented the
facts Of history lin rer.rb the agrarian speciality
and that, in the aPpeac his philosophy to history,
in deducing the down The Roman people from the
e" Of demagogaes in dFibuting lands aud corn to
them, he is in the gFoSse&rrof
There were two gresttis for the down fall Of that
people, and they have ~ and will continue be-
iess remedies esn Be a the most potent Of all causes
40 the downfall Df any rI,le Those causes are, in
the hrst place. iHiquitos nneqHa land laws favour
ing capital in the acqusiis and engrossmert Of enor-
nous masses Of the eos7 lands Of the people, which
can never cultivate, n thus enabling the capi-
tal TO speculate on the die themselves in their own
lands plundcrcd romhs ana transferred 10 captsI
and ir the "a place, rulsg usry, 10 which the la
boring masses are expos by the want Of proper and
eincent laws 10 regaiathe use Of moneythe medium
by which their labor issxehanged Indeed, the bal
anees and scales By Win their labor is weighed -
These are tho two greakase that in reaIity,though
many others are lalseykssgned, as waseiulness and
ialeness-run nations, Il bosiiug and pampersg, ener
vatng and corrupting a. class. while they sink the
o'her 10 the depths Of otncc, poverty, and degtada
lon These are the e causes that deprive the people
Of foot Of land TO stand upon and call their own and
y the same time cheat them Of their daily labor And
hese are the true causes that in the end-a the down
All o. nations-commena The spoisoned chace to the
FPS OF The original wroag doors and oppresor, and in
olive them and those they have injured in the same
cannon ruin. might here addsce instances, without
lumber from history and refer to these very causes
ow working their contemporary nations,
shew the ageacy othese in producing the ca
inow cal The attention Of your readers and II L.
ell to the quotation above, as you hay. made II fro,
our "eotemPorary" wish them TO read il. and then
earken 10 the evidence. u
II viii be at once tat in that most unust and
alse picture, all blame for the ruin OF an empire Il r.
noved from the paisieans and imposed upon the ple
eiansor these were the divisions Of the Roman pecpe
), IN word, removed from capital and imposed upop
Ibosv Il will be seen that this is DONE when Ii true
isiory Of the Roman agraran laws and corn laws Z
resented when just the opposite Of this version Of vour
otemPorary is the true one. In the picture drawn b.
our cotemPorary, i is represented that the people.
nc lazy people, received atthe hands Of demagogues
lnds for which they did not labor that sthe bread or
'dustry" was put into their idle mouths, and, finally.
lat the deselaon Of the city Of the Caesars was "a be
'crbed TO besoted "populacr'' for that Is the eon
'mPtuOus term applied 10 the peoples il this sma
site word" was intended fbr its "Casars'' only. and
'e rest Of mighty nation was sp6puIaes - Such
the burthen Of paragraph saotei from some upk5pvu
'temPorary, as model Of truth and aptness There
not one word Of truth in II. and boldly take issue
pon ali lis statements both relation to the lands and
Urn, and also upon the consequences that are sa;d 4,
ave followed, and which held up as an awful bea
N to the American people.
The lands sought to be divided By the proposer. ar
'oPrated lands and the corn was also pubic eorn mi
e Roman people had earned both By their labor-the
lrdest and sternes Of all labor, the toll Of the battle
"a. They had won them not only by the sweat Of
eir brow bst BY their blood This is the true history
the difficulties at Rome about the public lands, aud
~ now qnote that history sanctioned By the aushor
Of Mr.. Calhoun in the LIST vol Ct his work on gov
nneat and at page %. lis as fellows:
at i web known to all the least eopvers,.t ia
elr history that the oman people consisted Of two
ders or classcsihe Pafricans and the Piebeian.. ~
AT the line If distinction strongly drawn ,k.s
long time, the right Of inicrmarrage betvcen 49,
As prohibited Alter the overthrow Of The nor,-th
q The expulsion q the Tafqnins, the government fsi
rcnsFely under The contryd Of the patsicians m
ith their clients and dependents, formed al The tine
very numerous and powerful body. Al frsf rL,i,,
ere danger Of the return Of the exiIed smilr ,1
Gated the Plebeinns with kindness; but after il hsd
lssed away, with oppression and cruelty. =
cit not necessary, with the object IN view a .,t-
70 minute account Of The various acts Of cpprrsrEo
d cruelty 10 which they subjected Il 6 ssf-
srt to STATE that according tohe usages Of war At he
me, the teuiBrY q 4 eonqo4red people became H.
cPerty Of the eonqqesors AID nat ths plebeians sr
Irassed and oppressed By wars IN which ~
lagu and oR were theirs, while al the fruits of v;e
y lne .:1ds q he y.aquihed and The spos Of war;
cgned 20 the benefit q their oppressors, The resuit
e such as might Be expected. They were inporeF-
bed, and forced, from orcesify. TO borrow from n,
tFicans, II usnri1is AID exorbitanf interest fnnas
ith which they had been enrichcd through feir blol
d toll and % pledge their I'll for repayment a sf;r
led periods. in ease q detnut, the pledge became
rieiied ard, under the pl6Fisos Of Law Il such c.-Ts
debtors were liable 70 Be sezcd and sold or upri,
"a By their creditors N private as prepared and kcDt
the pnrpose These savage provisions were enforced
III the utmost reor against the indebted and nnorer
led pIcbcians. They conslitufed indeed 4, s.cnfi.f
n Of the system through wbich they were pIundere9
d oppressed By the p.iFicians.
. system oppressive eonld not be endured. tn.
snral consequences followed. Deep hatred was en-
nicred BETS cen The ueiss 1econpanied By factions
1iencs and eoruption which distracted and ueakenei
e government Al icngth, a incident occarrcd uheh
Hsed he iedsnatca e the pleheians 70 the utmost