This anti-republican discrimination between real and personal property when the nation was struggling for its life against a rebellious aristocracy founded on the monopoly of land and the ownership of negroes, roused a popular opposition which thus far was altogether unprecedented.
Julian critiques the discriminatory policies regarding property during a time of national crisis, highlighting the moral implications of such actions.
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They scourge the mining States and Territories with the unspeakable curse of uncertainty of land titles, as everywhere attested by incurable litigation and strife.
Its prizes are often rich and suddenly gained, and when they are sought through the forms of a law which compels a man to choose between an expensive and hazardous litigation and robbery, human nature is severely tried.
Custom, and the faculty of adaptation, have a very reconciling influence upon communities as well as individuals.
The movement of 1840 was necessarily transient and provisional, while underneath its clatter and nonsense was a real issue.
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