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Of his life Interest, which WAS only Sortl,
| the annual thinning Of the woods, WIS sold
| to Ill Israclite, who knew he would lose tll
It's snnn as the young lord died. Flat state
farmers had no LEASES. and no security for
any expenditure. They were unwilling to
cxpcnd on the restoration or subStantlai
| maintenance of the far!ll-buildingS. Ihe
k,uw aIrd could not know when the lord
might die. Tie gctltmAn who took the illa11-
sion would not eSpenn uI,o!il it, fNcllisc he
could not tell when. he might be turned out:
The lsr:.elite, III order to mike .s much out
of the estate rs ne could raised tin; rents as
much lis he could, and cut OUT of the beat'-
full park ard wuuds far more timber
tl,:.n any ullc,!lbarr;sss:d owner woula nave
done. and SD the estate WAS d;l1laged more
and more. year by year; the tcnal;ry were
prevented from dealing tairly By the land or
fairly To themselves; there was no oie> to
support the scl!n0ls or the church, or To
look after the large village Of Iaborers Ipoi,
the property. All social progress and all
end to, The farm buildings fell INTO decaS
the land was not properly drained Or c'titl-
yatcd7 The pi%nt:ll!OEs were injured. tnc
ttt;ttlsiou }lt:c;tlte ditapitatel: And Ill th'f
allowed the lord and his heir IL execute. II
it had not been fur thest: deeds tIc-e>tale
would have bccn sold, either i'll unc or II!
manly lots, ut least forty years a-". a!la
Will III tl}t1t RtlC un1EltGiEt sttt H'llti%talCh
into the hands oT men who would have eS-
pc1itlcA capital upon it and developed alI It's
resources. Now, you Can SEQ how the liant
laws Of England help ~A;aerica.'
HOW CAME SUCH FOOLISH LAND LAws 1o
EE ~
l. Tile existing lard laws OF England en-
tended from and :lrt. the offspring Ut tla;
fcudal SYSTEM, established BY William the
Conluernr and his SUCCESSORS i'll the eleventh
and twelfth centuries. Since tllose tlays. Il
continued struggle has gone ull, tho people,
assisted by tho lawyers. seeking to ntotify
thenl; tile great nobit%; and sosereigns who
were Interested il, tilem seeking 70 lllaint:it1
or rcGstablish their strin@el.clcs- Sometimes
one party gained ground in tie struggle, and
sometimes another, but slime Welt ol ttte
growing Interests ut the nation and the i'll
creasins power of tbs middle GLASSES ctftt:te
many qualifications. rlen broke ut~th:
great. FRENCH Revolution OF lss2 1t found
greater strngency abroad than in t:rrat
britain and Ireland, and ealisin: i'll
Unity more l1tscry. a'l1onS the middle:
and lower classes lit foreign countries
Britain and Ireland II swept away the fcu-
dal laws first in France. Belgium, and 1Iot-
land, then il Germany ami 1hc ncighDnrin.
part Of Italy; but it did not affect the mosl-
fed fcudai iand laws wlicf. sill existed il.
Great Bri1ail, and 1relalhl- The great estates
broke up III, one sitit ri the British Channel,
but on account Of tie notifications wlt,h
had bee:l submitted to upon thu other side
they not only continued to exist, bat they
also continued greatly ~ Increase i'll size AMI
greatly to diminish in nunbers-
SKETCH OF THE. LAM, LAWS.
Now. tell inc just what ;trc tit, Hriti>l.
Land llWs.''
''Thcre are three classes Of these Lal
laws:
!" The laws which allow Il landowner.
.f.Akt.i
~ 1gn III bin" ivs soI ar " s,i1 'e or -. "i i;, r. -,
':ttu o':tll@ sof,' ~ sc'I:t ~ les>t'cu III 81
:iil,er '.1r|n; M his own life Or for ma"y sea;>
'i!c' ~, W w. .'G.an. f',,. ,..,,;,,, - +n,
ne III" Wl'l,Il; u t!'e laiiuo";'ef ':'"'>
ot a'''a n,nint ~ us |I'Mf i' iD i: nt'he 1r
tEu -, Mr, r .es XII ', H ~ , ,,iv; M3;
es!Hte; .' iu lne lSlntoN'rt,s ''cNt ifc1r. lh'a
Is tiie H.; law or ptlllln:tnttirs.
e ttWs Whtra ain" eit' taEow''e'-
~ ,n n,r,;aus 9 1 @ ,.o i9s u, ~ 'lr ,st -
'lGtIitte Il. a." ysafs-.!lu l"a,'leet !t'l
y ~ nus ~ c"a "ac!:st'lt> " "l:, ;tieGt .ie
,orllol,S { lor sehert;in's allef tAe <ici:! n
nc laiu 'l.:i, @ ao a.ui 'aG ..la M ~ ~
'efe l11:oe'
AEs*S7Esish-
"Wllat is :lbstllteeiS.n3'
- \ great part vi tile lrlS:l I:nl-ownrr> do
~ NJ fnr.i.n' r ~ ts u ,rh,.ir r! eS'.c H.
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mrjrh fI,e', j',,;s :'I,s';,;,ii i ,.n,;yr. H..
iii, ,,nnf. ,f ,t,,. n,,,v Win,
.nters ~ .,stnn, ~ },,'I 80 w s. 49,
1,', ,t,''t :ssa.,Lv;, !tf,,.
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,s,n..i,hj,. r;.si.lr,t tsutt;,r;, ;T,,.. n,snnra
+ 1hf.st. l,u,iIuris ihrny:s tl5e t,r,n..rs Ind
'hnr,srs az frri.nd iuf, ;ho ;,n,tts s,,f
drnts WHO ,nu1a.-. Far ,;,.. .,hs..,,i
,vn,.rS T'ha.. a,s,,1,7s ,.,u 'u,t f,..i
,a'' s,,,a ;r,nrn:t H. rio ,a,',,+r. '' MI,
.,,om THAR nri'",t ,turri ,t"t ~ *, r',,.,a
~ ,,ta ,,i ~ ,a.r',, ~: ~ .nt ~,
rn,.,,,cn nf ft.o st;,it,t, 'it;.,! ,'.,t
ra 1,1'tl.nrv ~ ,I. :,.r,.,,t;s w,rI. W * H.
.nt,,r NJ i,,, h,rt ~ ,, , ..y.':.t ; WIN - ~
t,.s mn sunnnrt srhnnls AMI r,.1;-;n,,. ,,,t
US, md local charities and perf,,r,u the
ospitaIilics Of the ta1uiIor,I. unr sit IN ti,e /
ench rs 4 Magistrate. aud watch over the
lterests of the neiglborIvosi AS this has
cen luost kte1ly felt for many generations
Ireland, OConnel raised his powerful |
1icc against it. The leaders vt the Irish
sople cry ont against it now earnestly and
:llenlently, but there is not the sIIgl,tcst]
,ssibility OF applying 4 remedy To Ills evil
,ccpt by repeaiill.; tic laws which have pro