Download or read book History of the Land Question in the United States (Classic Reprint) written by Shosuke Sato and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-17 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from History of the Land Question in the United States The growth of territory has been accompanied by the growth of population and the rise of commonwealths. The public domain makes a home for the poor and the Oppressed of over populated European countries. The first immigration census, taken in 1820, shows the insignificant number of In 1883 the census shows an influx of foreign population amount: ing to nearly Six hundred thousand people. In Sixty - three years Europe contributed to the population Of the United States more than twelve millions of people. The West is a paradise for the settler. Public land is free of cost to every one who comes in good faith. Broad acres await labor and industry, cultivation and improvement. Mother Nature is lavish in her gifts. The Virgin soil yields profitable returns. The thrifty yeomanry, inspired with the spirit of free institutions, build up local and municipal governments. Every naturalized citizen enjoys political rights, and feels perfectly at home, though in a strange land. Democratic-republican principles permeate local, municipal, and State institutions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.