New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-03-06


epce are nourfbed the virtues that oounerac the de-
cav of human institutions the courage that defends the
national pdep ndence, and the indastry that supports
ell clssses of the State.
II was said by Lord Chatham, in his appeal N the
House of Commons in l775, TO withdraw the British
troops from Boston that trade, indeed increases the
and stamina are he looked for In the cuvators of
"the land In the simplicity Of their lives is found
"the smpeness Of viriue the integrity and courage
"of freedom. Thee true, genuine sons OF the soil
"are inyDcible."
The bstory Of American prowess has recorded these
words as prophetic. Man, in defense Of his hearth
stone and fIeside, is invinoible against world OF
mercenaries.
Let ms adopt the policy cherished by jackson, and
indicated in Lis annual message TO Congress in 1882,
| in which he Gays:
III csrnot doubted that the speedy ,e,emen Of these
ard the strength of country are its population and the best
part oftbe population are the sUvso,s o. the n m'ssna
ofn6erts" TO put an end all partial and
Auercsn enterprise the opportunity of securing in
dependent eehod seems to me therefore, best 70 abandon
OF raising future out of the public snds
This advice by one of the country noblesJ patriots,
though UNDECIDED the time, is among the richest leg
| aeies he has bequeathed 10 his country.
Why should the Government hold the public domain
longer as source Of revenue, when IT has already
more than paid all coss and expenses incurred IN us
| acquisition and management! Even II the Govern
Lac right, b ed IN the nature OF things mus 10
hold these lands it would be adverse 10 sound ma
tiona policy to do So for the real wealth OF country
contests not in the money paid INTO the treasury,
but in its ocks herds and cultivated helds Nor does
IFS real strength copsist III fleets and armies, but 10 the
bones and snews of independent yeomanry and the
comfort of It's laboring classes Its real glory Consists
rot in the splendid palace lofty spre, or towering
dome but in The intelligence, comfort, and happiness
| of the iesde of its citizens.
| What constitutes Statel
Not hieh1sised battle uent or lahore mound
Not cities pIond with spire, crOwnedi
Not beys and broad armed poIts -
Where, laughing at the storm, rich naYies rldei
wSere ow Sro%ed baseness watts perfume. to pride
No: men, hgh-minded men
Men, who their duties know,
But knew their rights and knowing, dare maintaini
Ard eTesh he sysnt while they rend the chain
These constitute State"
The prosperity of depends not the mass OF
wealth. but It's distribution. That country is greatest
and moet glorious in which there is the greatest
Der of happy liresides. And If you would make the
freside happy, rage the fallen from their desIadal2h
elevate the serve rom their grovelng pursuits TO the
rights and dignity Of men, you must hrst place WITHIN
their reach the means for supplying their pressing phys
zeal wants that religion can exert IT'S influence on
the SOUL and soothe the weary pilgrim in his path way
| to the tomb.
What Justice can there be In the legislation of a
! country by which the earnings OF its labor are alb
sacted for any purf without returning an equiVa
lent But as a question of merely, il would
be TO the advantage Of the Government 20 grant these
lands in homesesds u actual cuyatoTs, II tht eDy
was 10 induce the settlement of the wilderness, ln
stead of selling them to the specuator without sste
| mept The revenue 10 the Government from the
lands if considered ANIMAL is the nefes. on the par
cbsfe money; which would be on quarter section at
one dollar and twenty five cents per the Interest
two hundred dollars, equal, at six per cent, TO
| twelve dollars per year.
But as the revenue of the General Government with
the exception Of the sales of the landsl is derived
ain ost wholly from duties imported articles con-
sulned in the country the amount collected depends
upon the quantity consumed. On average each
individual consumes of imported articles about Sll
isee oI tl.. .Oppiyfer of
Treasury appended); and, calling seYen the average
number of q family then each family consumes annn-
ally SIS worth Of imported articles, upon which du'y
of not less than $50 was paid.
the Government would be the gamer Of SO per year
on each quarter section by giving away 10 settler
in preference 10 selling it without settlement In addi-
ton as you cheaper he necesssries and comforts Of
life or increase mems TO pay for them, you in
erease their consumpton; aud III the same proportion
as you increase the means 10 pay for imports you IN
crease the consumption of home products and manuac
tures 10 that the settlement Of the wilderness by "A
thriving population is much the interest o. the old
States as the Tie amount now received by the
Cover inert of the settler for the land would enable
him furnish himself with the necessary stock and iu
plements TO commence its cultivation.
For the purposes of education, building railroads.
opening all the of trade and of slbdung the
Wilderness the best disposition to be made Of these
lanes is TO grant them in limited quantities to the ret
tier and thus secure him in his earnings, by which he
would Rave the to surround himself with COM
fort and make bis fretide happy to erect the school
higher civilization and rear his children educated and
respected members of society. This policy will MT
ONLY ado 10 The of the General Government
and the taxable property of the States but will
increase the productive industry and commerce of the
whole country, while strengthen ne all the elements Of
national greatness.
The first step in the decline of empires is the neglect
of their agricultural interest aud with Its decay
crumbles national power IL is the great fact stamped
on all the ruins that the pathway Of civilization
When the worlds unwItten history shall be correctly
decphered the record of the rise progress and fall of
empires will be but the history Of the rise, develop
INT nt and decline of agriculture H0oke in describing
the condition of agriculture among the Romans
than two thousand years ago. the process Of absorption
Of the lands by the ch and their consequent caltiva
ton by slaves furnishes the student of history with
the secret causes that undermined the empire and de-
stIoyeC its liberties. read from book six chapter
seven, Of his History of Rome, volume two, page
500:
From earliest times Of Rome had been the custom OF
the Romans they sabdned Of the nations Italy TO
deprive be% Of Ps Of their teIn'or! Pson Of ine,e
dons ApPn their paying annually tenth OF the corn
ard fifth the uits of trees beee eertan number Of sr-t
process OF time the nch, by various
got possession Of the lands destined for the subsistence Of the
poor" The rich and the mighty contrived to
themves Of the lands OF their poor neighbo At hst
they held these acquisitions der borrowed ateward
openly 10 their To cultivate the farms they employed
Italy danger Of lonE M inbab
itan condition (ho had announcement TO marry
educate children snd II being oyeiun with
bsrbn that had neither affection for the repabe
intei eft IN her preservation
Tbeiiu: Gracious, Tribune Of the people undertook
10 remedy these disorders"
Nevef Gays Putuch was proposed law mild aud
gentle against iniquy and oPPrefsoni yet the rich made
mighty csmor about the hardship Of being stripped Of their
ns m n % soe on ,ne Ss other hand eo
planned Of the extreme Indulgence to which they were redaed
the many battles where they had fought in defense Of the Reub
he notwithstanding which they were allowed no share OF the