Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-09-12
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the RIGHT Io ala. sn al s,, y
Ehotl berries Sh@ ..a,e? sOr'nre
n 10 b left 10 the management o.

nE.ssrs. Fourier, Owen,, Louis Blanc 4
Neither. Such q doctrine Is consist
emit with the highest state OF civiliz@
| ton, may be carried out without lHyoiV;
| ing q community .of goods, on0 taeea
cause no very serious revolutlon IN CA
4~istiug surroagements. The change re-
euired would simply be-, change Q,
landlords Separate ownerships wonto 1
4 merge into the Joint stock ownership of
the public. Instead of being IN inc
i possession Of individuals, the country
Il would be held by the great corporate
body-Socicty. Instead of leasing ms
acres from an isolated proprietor the
farmer would leane them from the ma
ton. Instead of paying his rent to the
agent. of Sir ohm or his grace, he would
pay it to an agent or deputy agent 81
the community. Stewards would DC
public officials instead OF private o1H's'
and tenancy the only land tenure.
, A state OF things SO ordered would be
in perfect harmony withah moral Law.
Under it all men would be sequaiiy
: landlords; all men would be alike nee
to become tenants.,s A, Is, Z ana she'
rest might compete for Tacant' farm
!, as now. and one of them might take
: that farm, without in any way violat
Q ing the principles of pure equity AL
~ would be equally free to bid; all wonio
be equally free to refrain. And wheI,
:. the farm had been let to A, Il or =, AZ
81 nartics would have done that which
as tbev willed-the one in choosing to pay
~ n given sum to his fellow men tor the
u nse of certain landslide others IN re-
y fusing to pay that sum. Clearly, the'e q
80 fore, on such system, the earth moJ
- be- inclosed, occupied and cultivated IL
entire subordination to the law o.
~ equal freedom.
20 9. No doubt great difficulty must at
~ tend the resumption. by mankino~
large, Of their rights to the soil iht
~. question of compensation to eNistlns
:, proprietors is q complicated one-oh'
ct that perhaps can not be settieo III
strictly equitable manner. Had we Il
deal with the parties who originall.
-. robbed the human race OF its heritage
=, we might make short work OF the max
- ter. But unfortunately, most OF on
~ present land owners are men who nav
either mediately or Immediately
~ either by their own acts or oy the ae'
W.. of their ancestors-given for their e.
:s. tates equivalents of honestly earne
III wealth, believing that they were IN
- vesting their savings in lcgltitnat
Nv, manner To justly estimate and isHu
~. date the claims of such is one of tn
4
=. one day have to solve. But with TN
nerpleS kitty and our extraction from T
abstract morality has no concern. sic
-, having got themselves into the dlicIntn
; - by disobedience to the law, must q
i+s out of it as we'll as they can; ana VIII
as little injury to the landed class
r,. may be.
y. Meanwhile, we shall do well to reco
,.r lect that there are others besloe u
~ landed class to be considercd. In 81
.n ftender regard for the vested interes
49,. | of the few, let us not forget that u
80 rights of the many are in allegiance ~
- must remain so as long as the earth
- monopolized by individuals. Let us
member, too that the injustice thus
f,icted on the mass of mankind Is an
I'll, Justice OF the gravest nature Inc IA
- that it is not so regarded proves pphh,r
In early phases of ciyitization CIV
-, ss homicide is thought lightly OF. L
:, "a. Esuttees of India, together with the pr
ticc elsewhere followed of sacritcm!
Aat hccespmb Of human victims at
Herr kburia. of a chief show This, anapt'
= IN ably cannibals consider the sla'rgh
.s;at Of those whom 1.-The fortunes of w;
., or has made their prisoners perfec
,,l,e Unsuitable. It was once also unlve
ave ally supposed that slavery was nat
,,s+ | al and quite legitimate institution
here condition INTO Wh'ch syn. =.
the and to whlch they oushI 49,
Their to divine orohha.'on' 10y "a .
are opinion stilk higher social devei
pre- men', however, Nd" =. aons;f
they better falth' ana we no" ~, -
t alb able extent recognize .ne :. ;,
sc to Emanity. But our civilization is %
~ :, partial. 1t may by and by be perce1'
.eeds that equity utters dictates to which
,rists have not yet listened: and men
tboll then learn that to deprive others
Buc- their rights TO Ine us Va vi. n
Free commit CT lme micro, oiii9 49, =,
I'd in ness to the crime OF 'a.>lAs ""'
make lives or personal itoerlles
have Urearned Increment.
roper :. ..,;A
rdom Mr. Henry J. Chase is inclined