The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-02-07

taken the high ground of the Divine
right of the people to occupy the
soil and subsist upon it. Like their |
ancestors, who bought religious
liberty with their blood, standing |
firm npon the "Solcmn League and |
Covenant, 50 these opponents of |
hereditary land monopoly have
adopted a New Covenant of the
Scottish People," which is docu-
ment that forbids the chivalrous
Scotch agrarians from being placed
in the same category as the lawless
and faithless disturbers of the Con-
tinent. This covenant" is issued
by the Scottish Land Restoration
League, formed at great meeting
of the citizens of Glasgow, held in
the City Hall about a year ago. Be-
low we give few extracts to show
the exalted tenor of the New Cove
nanters' declaration of principles
We hold that the earth was created by
Almighty God as dwelling place for the
children of men. that it belongs and can
belong to no one class or generation. but
is rift fresh from the Creator to each
generation whom he calls into being.
We hold that the equal right which
every man thus derives from his Creator
to the use of the earth upon which that
Creator has called him is right which
no human power can abrogatc or impair.
and which exists and must continue to
exist despite any or all laws. grants, dc
vices or bargains which men have made
or may make.
We hold that the denial of this first
and most important of all human rights,
the equal right to the possession and use
of the natural elements necessary to life,
is the primary cause of the frightful po-
verify and misery that, in spite of all our
advances in civilization. exist in our
country. and of the vice, crime and de-
gradaton that spring from this poverty.
We hold that the fact that the land of
| Scotland-thc righttul heritage of the
whole people of Scotland-having by a
| long course of usurpation and fraud been
of few of their number is the reason
| why more than two thirds of Scottish
| families arc compelled to live in houses
| of one or two rooms; why wages are SO
| pitifully low in every department of in
uusely; anu mny piouuoels u naaS " . Meai.la
of their brow-eat scant and bitter
nrthu wl,l,e nronS S o.h %. tose Mo 90
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fuse and wanton luxury, drawing from
tlic scottisli people immense 'i sums ms TO DC
son why scotsmen are compelled to
emisra1eIwmle 1.--, ME great tracts OF inelr men
| driven, are given up to beasts and sport.
=, we hoid ,14 that those evils WI which are
ing the declared purpose and benevolent
intention OF the creator, can be cured
alton Of the land of Scotland to the
Scottish people as will secure to the
his lust share in the land which the
Lord our God has given us. To this
and we hereby call mon the Scottish
people everywhere to follow our exam
ro 'u nt ut @o'n W srarn r -, a offnrt nd NO
nnrinoo .m" IT,, .o =" rosto,a tho soi, nf ScntonI
t, 'iIH oo,,io fo,. ,,,hn,,, - ,r,S intoninh
on5 ~ 1no ~ prUp onvn % +,,is mroot %''J s}nn,n and
a, ;o ~ frn .u to ,amd ,rS Iy Io,o ''''''''
''i'l'o nun '''o i''.'e "o io'''
The Covenant goes on to draw
ga c,oor distinction batwaon nronor-
| - 0 =,
" III laiio anu property III 'lie results
oi i"oof' hoi'''ns 'n'' 'ne ioriie'
oeioiiss III 'is''iruc' W ,iie "loie
coiiiih'ii'y' ''ie i"'.et iisn'iuiiy ~
'noSe WHO nave l'roo.oeo i'' Ahe ohe
'heS piopoSe " ies'oio W 'ho oeo.-
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those 10 WHOM IL properly peioiiSs'
linen comes one ol Ile lhosI eAlra'
ordinary deliyerances of the docu.
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