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equitable division? In the freest of all free coun- 

 tries, where freedom is " the Law of the land," why 

 should not "the land itself be free?" "Why is it that 

 nobody will take the pains to understand the ques- 

 tion enough to see that " primogeniture " is a thing 

 which families may make for themselves if they 

 please, like heirlooms ; but which the Law has no 

 more to do with than with the descent of my Lady's 

 Jewels to the next " my Lady," though under the 

 Statute of Distribution of the effects of Intestates, 

 they would have been treated as personalty, and 

 divided accordingly. 



Again and again be it impressed, and understood, 

 that it is not the compulsory division of land by 

 law that is here advocated. It is merely the assimi- 

 lation of it to every other form af capital, favoring 

 neither its aggregation nor partition, leaving it to 

 assume its natural proportions and relation to the 

 wants and habits of society, as the law actually 

 does in the case of every other article in which 

 Industry invests its savings, and concentrates its 

 results. Wrap yourself in the triple armor of Cus- 

 tom, Prejudice, or Feudalism, admirer of Primogen- 

 iture-Jy-Zaw / but know that every great and 

 accredited writer on the Wealth of Nations, from 

 Adam Smith to John Mill, maintains the Freedom 



