National Reformers

Tlie Liberty S:ate ooudídaieá of JS'cw York. with onc cxception, returned afiinnative answers to [lm folio ring inquines of the National llcformers: "Wül you if elecled, uso whniever influence you may possess to sustain or carry into effect the following measures : 1 . To prevent nlt future traille in tlie public lande of this State and of ihe United Staies, and causo th'.'in to Le laid out in farms and lots for the frte and exclusive use of actual seniora not posáesed ef other latida ? 2. To limit the quaniity of land any individual may herejfter possess in tliis Stnte ? [The National iteforiHors concede tlie expedienty of the present holders of land rëmainiog in possession thereof till death ; and thèn, niier portioning the heirs wiih 'lio legal limited quantity, that the surplus, if any, shnuld be suld, and the procecd dis'.ributcd nmonji tlie heirs. ] :{. To e.xeinpt the hoincstead frotn alieimtion on account of any future debt, niortgage, orother inability ? 4. To limit the hours of daily loborto ten on all public works, or in esiablióhments chartered by law ? 5. To adjust salaries to the average compensaron ot'useful labor 7 6. To libérate from prison indiscriminntcly the remaiotag victims üf the anti runt diiliculties." John Thomas, candidato for Canal Commissionor, aftcr answering ailirmativcly, lurns upon thani in the following style :"Now, gentlemen, having answered 5rour questions fully and frankly, pennit me to aslc )'ou how it happens that you have overlooked a qucstion infinitely more important than them all ? Your purpose seems to be a purpose of humanity and mercy - how could you overlook the claims ofthrce millions of American citizens, who are not only hopelessl}' imprisoned, but daily whipt to unrequited toil, without t! homestead" or " lunds," deprived of their wives and children and friends, kicked and cuíled, and insultad, and bartered away as mere brutes, and ruthlessly deprived of every righl of common manhood ; without]etters, without a Bible, without a Saviour, and without a ray of hope but that which springs from the compassion of mankind, or the vengeance of the Almighty ? Especial ly, how could you overlook the case of th is amazing mass of your innocent and sufTering fellow crealures, when you refioct that the whole power of ihis government is wielded to hold them in their misery, mainly at ihc expense of the North, and (au I regard it) at the expense of the very wrongs which you are sec lüng to remedy." "We should like to know how the ReformPfs, in tlieir turn, could answor the catechistn pf Mr. hornos. CCNov. 26 is Thanksgiving day in all the States this year.