1849.
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wanted then ~ ord treatise ov the former sabjech The
fate of empires. ~=d -* - fortunes of their peoples, depend
upon the condition = +he proprietorship of land to 8°
extent which iz net at all understood in this country:
We are a servile, aristocracy-loving, lord-ridden peoples
who regard the land with as much reverence as We still
do the peerage and baronetage. Not only have mob nine
been-twentieths of us any share in the soil, but we have
not presumed to think that we are worthy to possess a fo%
acres of mother earth, The politicians who would propose
bo break up the estates of this country into smaller pro
perties, will be looked upon as revolutionary democrats si”
ing ab nothing less than the establishment of a Republic upo®
bhe ruin of Queen and Lords.
“The only way of approaching this question with advan”
tage at the present moment is through an economical arg?
ment. And Mr. Kay may do himself credit by his treat
ment of the subject, provided he gives us plenty of well-cot"
sidered facts throwing light upon the comparative conditio?
of the people in countries where land is subdivided, snd
where it is held in great masses. In my opinion the high
moral and social condition of the inhabitants of mountainet®
countries such ag the Swiss, the Biscayans, etc., efic., is t0 be
greatly attributed to the fact that as a rule the land in hilly
countries is always more subdivided ; in fact, that the fac
of nature is almost an insuperable bar to the acquisition of
large continuous sweeps of landed property.
“P.8.~—Don’t you think that ‘A History of Chartis
from the framing of the Charter down to the present $i
with a temperate but truthful narrative of the doings of the
leaders, would be an interesting and useful work? Somer
ville is the man to do it if he had access to a complete file of
the Northern Star. The working-class are just mow in the
mood for reviewiny with sdvantaws the homhastic gaving?