Journal of the House of Representatives, of the Legislative Assembly of Wisconsin Territory

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1847. Excerpt: ... Amount brought up, Printing 20,000 copies constitution in English, do 5,000 do in German, ) estimado 5,000 do in Norwegian, J ted cost, Translating into German and Norwegian Printing journal of proceedings, ) estimated cost Binding do. do ) Necessary and incidental expenses, $35,483! All of which is respectfully submitted, and the committee ask to be discharged from its further consideration. ELISHA MORROW, Chairman. see Page -29. v I KEPOST OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE TO WHOM WAS REFERRED THE PETITION OF SUNDRY CITIZENS OF IOWA COUNTY, RELATIVE TO THE LIMITATION OF LAND TO ACTUAL SETTLERS, AND IN QUANTITIES OF NOT OVER ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY ACRES EACH. To the House of Representatives: Your committee, having duly considered the prayer of the petitioners, beg leave to make the following REPORT: That on investigating the principle upon which your petitioners have based their petition, ve-y many sound and sub-, stantial arguments are found, to support them in their positions. The first great fundamental principle appears to be this, that all men are born equal, with equal natural rights, among, which may be classed as the most prominent, (inasmuch as upon it hangs.all the others, ) the right to subsist himself by the cultivation of the soil, and as a consequence the positive right to as much of the soil or the earth as is necessary for his subsistence. That appears to be so very clear that it is thought no one can doubt it. Another conclusion from that hypothesis must follow as a natural carollory; it is this, that if every man has an equal right to a portion of the earth for cultivation, his right extends no farther than to the right to cultivate, and to no more than he can cultivate; therefore the power to sell it does not vest in any human being by a..