The New York herald., 1870-02-04
AGRARLANISM.

Address Of Thonns =. Nelsons Of Missouri In
Wnshini.ton--Vhe Conflict Between Labor
ami Cspiiai-How IL 10 TO be Ended-Every
Citizen 10 ee Given Land-Tho Proposed
Plan.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8, 1870.
Thomas s. Nelson, Of Missouri delivered In thu
Hall OF Representatives tonight an address explain.
atory Of the doctrines OF the National Labor Union,
ana OF the measures proposed by 1t necessary To
restore the labor OF the country to It's legitimate
rights. The hal, was well hled. Mr. John Mcguire,
ol Missouri, presided.
Mr. Nelson declared that capital and labor now
organized are necessity enemies, the profits OF
one being the losses OF the other. The remedy for
this antagonism IL be found In faiFer distribu-
ton OF profits; in impartial taxation. which does
discriminate against labor In favor Of capital In
fairer division the public domain, and not, AZ
now. donating millions OF ages to q few individuals.
This giving away OF land to the few deDary the
many OF chance for obtaining what ID
really their own, whereby want and vice
are inflicted upon communities. Congress
has no power TO sell. Unrestricted ownership OF q
sucIency OF tie soil to every citizen IL invitation
cordially rendered and accepted. The poverty Of
the country presses upon all the wealth that labor
produces and Is tho source OF all the misfortuncs
that beset American labor is stricken with
poverty and now possesses respectability in the
old States OF the Union. In the States and Ter
rtories comb nations Of men are engaged purchas-
ing al the choice andscapitaf, OF course, the fur
tive enemy Of labor being at the head. The Ameri-
can laocrer, although politically q Tree man, II
socially slave; bis ballot Ii bauble instead or a
sceptrc he IS treated as single grain
OF a rope OF sand A sunlcency OF the soil
OWLS; it prostrates controversy between labor and
capital IL has oeen said at the doctrine OF agra
ranlsm has been condemned by the wisdom OF man
kind, but u has never prevailed anywhere Inc
most important discoveries have remained hidden
FOR ages and yet tner benefit to mankind have been
the less their tong seciusion The agrariau
law OF antiquity failed because 1t required men to
restore portion of their property already vested IN
them by paramount ute. This led 10 strife; and
this Is the principle OF agrarianlsm that has been
condemned. lGe divine doclrine OF landed sum-
cency Is now or the FIRST time pressed upon the At
tention OF men, II gives scope TO industry and
eets paupersm & = furnishes support 70 children
proposed tho following plan-
FLe tae part remain uneisturbcd tho landed pos.
ressns Of present owners be he as Vested rights as pol
t abundant all ,ue be dyided. not for sae hare
tore, but for distribution among the people, the OF tho
aoi.
according % standard Of siciency In money and the
anoqn o. The quantity TO vary according to the money value
raifhe euan,t, Of land thus Fixed to be the endow-
faea o ca appstn, taness o. h.a pr hes who IS srssay
dion Of citizen, inchoate or complete
for The people aad in q minors by their suardans all
@ o n sni gesugng M , 70 ~, q sr ~ ,as
mahe restoration Of the endowment, because Of such future
land 70 b b s5s.mg from a liability o. 3 s's.
be incapable transfer Of aay Kind for any
Or To- ssr,oi o. imo ha'ossor and such
SsBI hs surplus vaLl. that may be added thereto By
the be his absolute PROPERTY At bis disposal and
SeaI he original saciensy 10 the land always to sur
ALREADY oenGe endowed or be otherwise endowed there
after default o such heir cvsec, 10 return itself
Congress 70 be granted to An unendowsd applicant - be-
r'htWhsn hc smoun, OF suuiciency in the land ,s In.
creased ayed or over IN money value y shall be separated
from the grant, susceptible OF division kind, aud
NO, susep,5e o dyson It's asnsy value ,ha be- psd 70
CouGrers upon reasonable terms OF time and anoun
paid ne grantee r. sny time 70 Congress- In either of these
tha whoc OF tho land sha become tae absolute
Nat lhe money thus paid shall be funded expended
in snnucs 20 mnora and the within certain
limits oil age, In lieu OF land endowmsn.s.
Mr. Nelson argued at great length In support OF
this method oi applying remedy 20 existing eyns
and closed with eloquent declaration 10 the cYect
that mo one entitled to q surplus OF common
gift which depriVes another OF a suficiency.' Tho
ADDRESS was listened TO throughout with marked
attention.
A CURIOUS APFAfR.--The New orleans P1cdrfns
relates that little more than year ago man In
tnat clty suddenly left home but returned few
months later with no explanation LOT MS absence.
He resumed his family relations ana his wife, glad
OF his return forooTe any reproacbes concerning nis
long and unaccountabe absence. But q few weeks
after his return another actor appeareda young and
beautiful woman, who Claimed to DO his vile. The
man declared the woman WAS mistaken,
and that ne never saw her before He
maintained his declaration 20 earnestly that
everybody believed HIM and the lady was regarded
as an tmpostor. she went away, but has come back
again, armed with o marriage certncate and PROOF
OF her husband identity. Tic explanation Is sam
to be that the man, who now admits the W0maMs
claim, went away while suffering from temporary
insanity. During the hallucinanon be Wooeo ana
won his second wife, but whom nis reason rssTrnea,
came back to his Lawful love ana nrss wHe. iuh y
the story told by the family. Singular = u MAJ
SEEM both wives appear 10 be satisfied Win tns o..