The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-12-11
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| LONDON, Nov. 2, 1859.
70 tAs EdEtsr Of the wonKrpo~AEs ADvooArn.
(CONcLUDED.)
On the next meeting night Mr.. Lu-
craft was again voted into the chair.
On opening the proceedings be said:
wiss to sav a word or two shout Mr. Mir
Free Laod League. Il has gone forth that W
| sFS oppn~ed TO it such 70 NOS the case. M
Mill vans 70 facilitate the purchase and sale o,
laDd, he SCENTS 20 multiply the prnpristOFu that
will not affect us. Ours is another question ~
are landlrss aud have no means 70 buy aHv, and
" Others than the p+es~nt propsietors buy land
We shall be landless still, We shall be LETT u
>taPve 70 nOw landlords and capitalists don
'rOr BILE themselves shout a. We mat compel
he ministry to take the starving mill 'ns ~
hsnd and provide work for them. II viii be "
crime on our part IL we permit this sale OF
| things 10 continue.
Mr.. Weston moved and Mr.. Fielding
seconded the 0aext resolution, which
was objected to by Mr.. Osborn, vino
said thu question had been mooted for
thirty years without any practical re-
ruIt. He wished that something should
he Immediately done for the unemploy-
ed.
Mr.. Bradlaugh said:
The Irish Caurcn mas been longer car
PEI, and has been aolVe1 at laat musr
have tuo things the land. and 'tu Blitic i
poser O. govern the country fnsGhG interest OF
The people We mu tell the gsnV what we
~Aet, and if We canSot setsht%e mue' GaAt for
u and ike il. There is fpi il Of discOntsnr
about which We will not be satisfied wiEh an
thing short Of change in the constellation.
The resolution was carried unani-
mously.
Mr.. Odger. in seconding the next re-
solution, said:
The omlv thing We can ask to remedy the |
D'e-ent state Of things To- that the land IA N be
hrid BY the stAte 49, trusLee for the people The
~'ste ca" al much better with the land a. the
- re- Of the food Of the people than private in
dividuais; a general supervision Is necessary.
Free trade In land cannot be pared with "a
II ve ~ere siIly enough to 20 for
~ometh ng less t0an the nl-ion Citation we
ssuid acc'mo'ish nothing When people be-
g'n 20 cnmpr miso 'hev Iose ~ -~Ir rear - and
Reserslly g-'P nothing. I believe Mr. Mill and
StherS viii rupDO Us u w. ~ -e are Ia ear
re~s. | belirve TOO that Mssars. Gladstone and
Bright would be on our side. They are FAR
ahead OF Ihs age, but they S,e surrounded bV y
Oarty thSt would turn them out % morrow n
they -cted according 20 their convictions,
MIR. M0Itershead said: ..
The ether scheme 10 Numerically OpOOeed
70 GUS; it holds 70 the rights Of private prob
OertV He r"padiate them IL the Law primo
xeD't~re snd Entail was repealed, the money
m. lgers wOu'd get possession Of the Land, o.
the lASdl 'rda. nth very few except ma, are over
had ami ears in debt. If peasant propri-tor
-hip " ~ inroduced It would PIT a stop TO ali
Aoci@I ref run. IL would fureAise private proper
". Peasant proprietOrship Il che curse Of
France and Rassis. 10 both COUNTRIES . blood,
will ne necessary before the working
people can succeed. D. you think il would have
been possible for euch 0 rogue a. Nap leon 70
Income emperor without the seven million little
rOPsietOuf
The resolution was then put and car
ried unanimously. t, l7 !,
On the third meeting the remaining
resoluti ms were agreed to without dis
The title Of the new associa-
on gave rise to a long discussion. |
! b sw @ were fer the original prom
'sati0n maintained that no other tide !