Hide Article Text (OCR)
DAILY NONPAREIL.* 1 1 * -)Vfwmpmmmm, s. AX ASSOCIATION OF P UNIX IS,, \ I». ABBOTT. A.DBWNBArGIil fPlt'^r. ffl, DEfTEFUTOM^^©/ T. BBOWN. f II■■P4'- 'P* VMjiBU Of . ' IABHUTT It CO., -ft*•r» i at tux sfwif iiBUi in«JW0, corner or main axd■il' g? FIFTH gTEBETf, CINCINNATI, OHIO.f»c i ——-----——— -----—. ... p 11 —Cofrc*pQiulcftcf of the Ilaijy faw#» -« letter from Thomas Jefferson ^utlierlaiid.4nBbookyilLe, FbAN KLIN Co. IikLinic*.ofat*£S fe; Mum ImourHi made an effort td write /on a fetter some eight weeks since. But the job fell through on account of bodily infirmity, gj f I wa,* taken bk-k on my way up the Ohio river, now about ton weeks, and have been tinder the Fj weather ever since. In fact I am now fiat on r. my back; and am indebted to tlie hand of a friendly lawy er for penning this ' ommtmiea-adr t* i rui,tion. yor recovery 1 have large hbpes andS | MMfljpfe protfdaA. i rr9 t I ant not advised whether you, at the present day, claim to be Land Reformer^, or not.But presi aing that you will do me the favor.wIR»- | alter*,eSIe Nonpareil, jI have included herein, point* for the congid- ; eration of the Land Reformers of Cincinnati. r The entife code of Laws of the United States,V . • . « Tk af-; + JSv*- rfffor the management of the Public Lands, has ,] been rendered nugatory, by Land Speculatorsand Squatters; and every law of Congress,JPA— j H-' ; |i »i 3F*^RT|w jjf■ ■ 3 u * TPTji / • ■ I ■•*£ .7rs, which has been enacted under the pretense of)*-Rsustaining the interest of the actual seller, has * been made to work as a law, for the benefit of jt’ELand Speculators. ^ Iml I The people of the Unipn, have a right, and6me#tftpartE-ntilBw,tot.| ought to demand, of the Congress about to go “lt;j. i into evasion, that provision be made for them-1 execution of the existing Land Law's of theUnited States; or that they be repealed and K» j otliareenacted in their atead.i On the subject of Free Grants of land, from the Public Domain, to actual setters, for cultivation, it is my project, that the grant shall consist of one hundred and sixty acres of j prairie-land; and that the timbered lands j shall be surveyed into five-acre lots, and soldto actual sctlers only, at three dollars per acre. Had either of the bills w hich have hereto-f w Ji f;fore been before Congress, been passed' to laws,, they would have afforded no relief to those who seek the soil for cultivation; but wrould JlJ | have been turned like all proceeding enaet-j ments of the kind, to give aid and comfort to t he Lend-Specu 1 a tors and Land Monopolies.— jp* I1 trusfthatan appropriate Bill will go before JJj i the present Congress, and 1 hope for its pas-Jjjj j sage to a law. But to make, this hope good, there Is w'ork to be done; and for which work ( there are no hancte, except those of the Land j Reformers of Cincinnati. ' The first opponents to a moasurc of Land Reform in the present Congress, will be the advocates of a Bill for the assignment of the Land Warrants issued under the Act of 1850.—r.h«ine.ionaevernehIds,(Msfee*eu-Iff,iat-|Jte sufthisbyA great majority of these waiyants, called for only forty and sixty acres; and therefore canbe made of little account for Land Speculators, unless legally assignable so that they maybelocated in bulk*Many of the Western members of Congress arodacidedly interested in the Land Warrants, and tfiey will be backed up by scores of specu-iary | lators from tlie East. . If the measure for the alignment of these Land Warrants is carried, they will be made use of for the sequestrationiin\OHEx-ionid!tostter2areiealrse,icaltIrioramitheritht.LDtentTo-r id^ix-t.of the most valuable portions of the National Domain, and to effect a double robbery—to seize lt;ho income of the public treasury and to take from the laborers upon the land, the result of their toil..il-; : i. y.l fr - JlAnother set of opponents to any measure of Land Reform, will be found with those who are applicants for grants of public land to aid them in the construction of Railroads, Canals, and other pretended public improvements.— These will be in great strength before the present Congress* The State of Iow a is asking for only about sixty thousand sections of of public land, as aid in the construction of eight hundred miles of Railroad. That State has hereto fore received large cessions from the public Domain, in aid of her Internal improvements, none of which have been completed; while the lands have all been squandered. Missouri will claim at least one hundred thousand sections in aid of several projected Railroads, some of which haife Bp other object, than to found a claim for a grant of the public lands.Another set of opponents will be found with those who are interested in what is now ter,i I CMt'071*der,canfirothe Swamp Lands. Under what is termed the Swamp Land Law, millions of acres, including some of the finest soils of this broad Continent, and which have not been overflowed since the great Deluge, and have been taken by the Western States and passed to the hands of Landn lii*:* ■ *f aaRv * A*Speculators for mere nominal prices.Add to these the long list of those who liate monopolized lands for sale, and tlie fact that the newspapers of the West, are all owned and controlled by Land Speculators; and Land Reformers may perceive the force of opposition w ith w hich they must contend, and overcome, if successful. My head gives out.Your* truly,-: ' -v ?:if ■’ *: .4--4 -'J.. Th* Jjefbbbson Sutherland.Kauai By of Man and Woman.
Newspaper Details
Cincinnati Daily Nonpareil
Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Tue, Dec 02, 1851
Page 1
Full Page
Clipped by
Anonymous
USA 01 Jan 2023
Other Publications Near Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati Kentucky Times Star
Cincinnati Christian Age
Cincinnati Israelite
Cincinnati North Journal
Weekly Cincinnati Times
