Notices of the Public Services of General William Henry Harrison
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But, sir, this is not all : he had seen the injustice of the monopoly intro- duced into the land system of the United States, by which the poorer class of citizens were effectually excluded from its benefits. — The public lands were sold in tracts so large, that none but the wealthy could purchase. The poor man was compelled to buy second handed, and, consequentIy, at an advanced price: he was at the mercy of the speculator. Harrison had wit- nessed the oppressive operation of that principle, a...nd resolved to correct the evil. He brought the subject before Congress, exposed the injus- tice and iniquity of the plan, and obtained the passage of a law directing the lands to be sub- divided and sold in small tracts. That altera- tion in the system, placed the poor man on a footing with the man of wealth, and put it in the power of the entire west to become freeholders and independent farmers. If that had been the last act of his life— if he had then been gathered to his fathers — his fame would have survived — his name would have been loved and cherished — and his country, at least the western country, would have erected a statue to his memory : but he survives, and hundreds of thousands who are now enjoying the fruits of that benificent measure, planned and carried through by him, know not by whose agency they obtained it.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
But, sir, this is not all : he had seen the injustice of the monopoly intro- duced into the land system of the United States, by which the poorer class of citizens were effectually excluded from its benefits. — The public lands were sold in tracts so large, that none but the wealthy could purchase. The poor man was compelled to buy second handed, and, consequentIy, at an advanced price: he was at the mercy of the speculator. Harrison had wit- nessed the oppressive operation of that principle, a...nd resolved to correct the evil. He brought the subject before Congress, exposed the injus- tice and iniquity of the plan, and obtained the passage of a law directing the lands to be sub- divided and sold in small tracts. That altera- tion in the system, placed the poor man on a footing with the man of wealth, and put it in the power of the entire west to become freeholders and independent farmers. If that had been the last act of his life— if he had then been gathered to his fathers — his fame would have survived — his name would have been loved and cherished — and his country, at least the western country, would have erected a statue to his memory : but he survives, and hundreds of thousands who are now enjoying the fruits of that benificent measure, planned and carried through by him, know not by whose agency they obtained it.
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