Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1864-1865, 1864-04-01

opo.y That were ever offered 10 the
greed Of avaricc anI power. Ihe
r.ch Lads o. the South Ia Q been
sIrset by this evil from the oegih-
uinr. ani without the interposi'i)n
OF Congress the system will he coa
Innel, AL vitalizeI anew b. fall
iag into fresh hands. The degra lei
nd thriftless condition of the peo-
lc. tie heritage OF centuries OF
Ondlge, will pave the way for
III monopoly in more grievols
rms than have yet been record
/ in ancient or modern times. |
ociety can not possibly be organ
ell on Republican basis, be
use a grinding aristocracy, resting
ION large lanlel estates, will con
srt the mass of the people into
ere bridges and dependents. AIrI-
IN slavery may not exist in name.
ut the few will practically control
ne fortunes OF the many, irrespec-
live Of color or race. In such com
nnnities public improvements will
necessarily ANGUISH. Wasteful and
slovenly farming will stamp upol
the country the impress Of dilapida
ton. while reducing the productive
ness OF the soil. AMI hindering the
growth of manufactures aud com
merce In the midst of large Ian l.
ell estates. towns All cities en-
neither he multiplied nor enjoy a
healthy growth TIE want OF diver
sity of purs'Iits AMI competition in
business. Will palsy the energies OF
the PEG BE. The election OF the
muses. will I've impossible, since tn,
establishment an support OF schools
within Convenient reach of the peO
pie cannot be secured. The propri.
etors OF the great estates, rs has
been well remarked, will be feudal
ords. while the poor will have no
,uial rights. Under the tendency
Of false system, society will stead
w gravitatc towards the example
o. Sc ith America AMI Mexico, where
some estates are larger than two or
.Ire, of the SIN iller States Of or
Union. The country will find its
likeness in England, in which the
smaller landholders are daily being
swallowed by the larger.
"In the civilized world" says DR..
Claiming. there are few sadder
spectscles than the present contrast
in Great Britain OF unboundecl
wealth. AMI luxury, with the starva-
ton OF thousands and tens of thou.
sands. crowded into cellars and dens,
witio 1t ventilation or light, com.
pared with which the wigwam of the
LILLIAN is a palace. Misery, famine,
brutal degradation. i'll the neighbor-
hool AMI presence oil stately man.
sio1s. which ring with gaietv, and
dazzle with ponp and unbolndel
p.ofasion. shock Us as does no 9th.
er wretcheiness."
Sir, the sympathy Of the British
aristocracy for the rebels Is alto
gethcr natural. Llnl monopoly is
slavery. Tn. great English landlord
LOOKS upon the large shareholders OF
the South "a ..brothers beloved,
while the "ssni- Killers and clay
caters of Carolina AMI Georgia are
perhaps not more miserablv degra-
del by unjust laws than the English
agricultural laborer. Mr.. Bancroft
describing the co1lilitioa of Italy
some two thousand years ago. says
"The aristorrlcy owned the soil AMI irs
eultivdtors The vt~t capacity too accumn-
liti,n which tive Laws OF society secure -
caDlt,l IN a greater degree than 10 p,rsonil
ex.rtibn. lisp ~ it-rif nowhere clearly
a. ia sltvvhOiling State where the ls""r-
In cliss "a but a portion 81 tho capital Oi
the o?rlent. A. weilth consists chiefly in
laBd aud slaves. the rlt"s of interest are.
from universally operative causes. alwivs
comparatively high: the difficulty ct adj
vsncins with borrowed capital proportional
~ great. The I'm ~ llniholder finds him.
self Unable 80 compete vita those VIII" are
possssed Of whole cohorts ct londmen; his
slaves. his l,niS. rapidly ptss. in con~e-
quence ofhis debts. into the hands Of III,
more opulCnt. TIE large plantations ar,
continually swallowing up the smaller oa-s
aud Lar. aud slaves come to be engro-sed b.,
few
This Is not only an exact dcscrip.
tiol OF slavery as we have seen it III
tie 80 ithern States, bat a parallel III
psiaciplc To the aristocracy in Eag
lani, foInlcl Oh the monopoly oi
the soil Travellers through that
coaatfy speak OF it a. "thinly set
tIei." Outside OF tie cities and
towns this is true Even the com
mons. Oh whici the poor uscl e
pasti;c their cattle AMI enjoy their
gtnct. az nov elclosel nv le ral
l.. Il Ian robbers Those who de
null core .tioi OF these evils, il
the n lne OF justice an | the people
arr denoInce,l ~ "Agrarians," jus
as II, ele MES OF slavery i'm thi
country are branded as Abolition
i,:s' The slaveholding land mon
opolis.s Of this country are to-da.
reloiag the bitter fruits of their un
rishtcols domination. y rctribltio,
q the aristocr acy OF England, no
l.ss terrible, is u certain to come n
that panpefeI Injustice finds no lin
its 10 its demands.
Bat | neel hot dwell longer upol
the evils OF land monopoly. Tn
history Of civilization furnishes n
unhroken testimony 10 these evils
AMI tins pleads with Us, in the or
galIization OF new civil communities
10 fortify ourselves against them