, 1873-06-20

wofo novor bnbjoot to tho Homestead Inv. They
woro BiVon to tho Chorokoo Nation III exchange
TOR cortain landB In Goorgia when tho Indians
woro removed from that State. Subsequently
tho Indiana concluded to soil thom, md, ut thoit
request. lho Unttod States Goyornmont offorod
them;: through Mr. Harlan, tbon Secretary Of
tho interior, to tho highost bitldor. They woro
frat bought by tho Connecticut Emigration
Society, subsequently suspected to 10 myth, ut
d low price and on long time. Tlis ealo WIS
afterwards aot aside, md Mr. joy bought
tho lands for casl. Bquattors took possession
Of tlorn, md cithor refused to pay Mr. Joy any
thing or would consont to glvo only tho dovorn-
mont prico Of 91.25 Nh aoro, claiming tho right
to sottlo on thcm undor the homestead and pro-
emptiou laws. This opposition to Mr. Joy OK
tended to railroad which lo undertook to
build through that section Of tAo country. Tho
sottlors toro up tho rails md committed such
other oyort acts as to require tho presence of
United States troops. Tho purpose Of dlspoB-
seaBing Mr. Joy seems TO havo boon enlargod to
TINT Of dispoBseseing all railroads who have Ind
1ndfan land-granta, and all porsous who hold
moro than d quartor-soetion Of such lnnda, no
matter how obtatnel. To tllis purpose han boon
added TINT of ropudiating locn1 bonds issued in
aid Of railroads, which accounts for tho NOM
borRhip In Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio.
Wo should bo slow to believe in tho existence
of such M organization as 's:rho League OF
Justice is described to bo II there had not boon
vaguo muttoringB and open throats in various
quartorB looking in ;that direction. But,
whether there is actually m organization Of this
kind or not, there is d spirit TINT suggests its
existence, and this spirit cannot bo too quickly
crushed out. Thoro has boon nowhere moro
stoadfaHt and consistent opposition to railway
land-grants and the loaning Of municipal credit
to corporations than The Cu1oAao Tu1BuNE las
givon, but NO cannot concodo tho right to nny
man, nor to any sot Of mon, to undo by violence
what has been done in lnwful manner. Ours
Is n representative Government, and tho reo-
plo arc directly responsible for the land-subsi-
dioa and laud-HtealB which they or their roj>-
rcsontatiyes hnyo voted. Despotiem has had no
hand in the buBinosa. Tho proposition to re-
pudiato tho bonds md Reizo tho lauds which rail-
roads hnye secured from Congress, LcgiBlatnres,
County Commissioners, or Town Councils, is
revolutionary, not in tho sonse Of putting down
dospotiam, but in sonRc Of turning represonta-
two Government into anarchy. There Ia
sevoro lesson in these land~grants and bond-B11l-
sidios, but 1t docs not teach that property can bo
tab hail 1.,S
disposed Of lawfully. Tho lesson iB, that
the pooplo must tako caro- OF their OWL
In popu1nr form Of government; TINT thoy
must not be blinded by party prejudice; TINT
thcy must not permit themselves to bo mislod by
knavos; thnt thoy must keep their oyes in their
heads, ana stop villainy in It's inception. Tho
people my mako this lesson usoful II they will,
but not III tho WY suggested by tie "Lons1o Of
Justice" which Is utterly Bubversiyo aud de-
atructivo Of representative government.
We cannot believe that tho farmers, OF any
considerable number Of thon, will think of ally~
ing themselves to d revolution Of this kind. It
il ultimately opposed to their most vital interests,
Thoy aro landowners. Such movement as
this nins ut tho destruction of oil ownership.
It land, or bonds, or franchises, lawfully
acquired, can be snatohed away from railroads,
then farms may bo seized and divided.
II tho communicate revolution suggested under
tho name OF tho "Loague Of Justice" should
oycr bo started. 1t would socuro itB recruits
mainly from the ranks Of those who hayo moth
ing to lose. lilo farEnera cannot afford to enter
into combination Of this lsua, and 1t is crafty
ing to know that tho Grange organization has
nothing to do with tho " Loague OF Jus.ice.r :