The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1860-04-14

tof day, but the fruit Of long years III in.
Justice aud wrong. The seeds planted BY
ialses pfeniciOns legislation. often require ares
70 gctminatc and ripcn into their harvest Of
ruin and death The most pernieioua of all the
nalelgi Aeetls q national existence y policy
snAs esIauss ~ lalcT. Whenever agticul
tutal labor becomes diehon0flbA Ia Will az
course, be confined 10 those who havc no IN.
Il sstes. " the soil they ill., and when the III
Dorer ceaees 70 have any Interest nj the land
Il ne cult lvatfa, he ceases % have 4 stake il the
- advancement and good order of society, fpr hc
| ~ nas nothing e lose nothing ID defend, nd
thing 10 hope for The aeeocialiona ~ A. m.
n dependent freehold ate enincntiy cnIculatr.I N,
4 snnohle and elevate the possesscF. IL i the
Mie.sprlng u manly national character and
Il 81 generous patFi0tism.-n pntFiotIsm that
PUSHES % the defense 81 the country and the
ylndication ~ ~ honor, with the same real
and alactity that ~ guards the hearthstone and
The nfeslde Wherever Freedom hns unfurIed
her banuer, the men who have rallied nruund
70 sustain and uphold Il have come nom the
Workshop and the iieId. where, Injured 10 heat
and 70 cold and 10 al the inclemencies az thn
seasons. they have acquired the hardih0od ne.
cessaty 20 endure the trials and pFiyations III
the camp. An independent yeomanTy ecak.
/ tered over our vast domain, il the best and
surest guarantee for the peFpetnity 81 our ii.
ioT their arms are citadels ~ nations
sse - An0s HlHNNFkH Oh flDeHtvse2
Let the public domain. then, Be sci atart a
the patrimony Of labor. BY preventing It's ar
sorPtion into large estates BY Capital. and ~
consequent cultivation by sstenants anil
slaves, n instead Of independent fterholders.
II The proposition 10 change our land poiiev
70 as 70 accomplish 20 desirable q result by So
curing 70 the pioneer d home on the public do.
main at the bare cost Of survey and transfer,
g often rejected, BY those who have given but
La ISnnt
agrafiAn. When was there ever an effort
made, since the world began, to wtcst from
power lis ili-gotten gnins, or 70 restore 70 man
his inalienable rights, but ID has been met
with the shout Of IeycIing and agrarian! That
Il the alarm cry Of the devotee OF the past,
with which he ever strides to prevent all re-
forms or innovations upon established usages.
behind such bulwark old abuses entfench
themselves, and attempt TO maintain their po-
siticn by hurling against every assailant terms
Of odtum and reproach, made 20 by the color
ing Of the alhcrcnts Of pEerogRtiye and power.
Until within q very recent period, the chroni.
cles OF the rice have been, for the most part.
syeophants Of power; and, being the allies Of
the State, have CLOSED over Its cotemporane-
Ous dcspotism and wrongs, while they have
written down tho true defenders Of the rfghta
tsof the people and the champions Of honorable
labor as the outlaws Of history. III FIJI
Because the Roman GTacchi proposed to eie,
II Nnte the Roman citizen by dignifying his la-
bor and restoring him TO the rights 81 which
. he had been unjustly deprived BY the oligarchl
who controlled the State, their name wal
Inado synonymous with infamy; % arch.dis.
inrbets OF all that Was good In society, Ill
Nicbuhr tore off the veil of Two thousand years
Of obloquy, and yindicated 10 future times
i their memories rs true defenders OF the rights
of the people, and advocates of the best inter.
ests and glory Of theircountry. Snch has been
! the fate Of the worlds Fefonncrs Ii Il mos
| time that We learned wisdom from the chrou.
icles Of the past, and ceased blind reverence
for customs or institutions because Of their
gray ages Why should not the American
statesman adapt the legialation OF the country
10 the developement Of its material resources.
the promotion Of Its industrial interests, aud
thereby dignity Its labor, and make strong the
prime elements Of national power
Let this vnst domain, then, be sci apart and
consecrated forever ~ y patTimony 70 the sons
Of toll; close your Land Office forever aeainst
the speculator, and thereby prevent the capital
Of the country from seeking that kind Of liz.
yestment, Of absorbing the hard earnings Of
labor, without rendering an equivalent. While
the laborer il thus crushed by this system es4
tablished BY the Government, which abstracts
so large an amount from bis earnings for the
benefit Of the speculator, In addition to ali tho
other disadvantages that ever besct the nm.
equal struggle between the bones and einews
OF men and dollars and cents, what wonder is
il that misery and want 10 often sit at his fire.
side, and penuIy and sorrow surround his
deathbede 8s s. 3s3s5 fs, Sie&
While the pioneer spirit goes forth into the
wilderness, snstching new areas from the wild
beasts, and beqeathing them legacy 70 cigi-
lized man, let not the Government dampcn his
ardor and palsy his arm by legislation that
places Kim Ia the power Of sonlless capital and
grasping speculation: for upon his wild battle.
feld these are the only foes that his own stern
heart and right arm cannot yanquish.