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corporations for charitable uses is a growing evil, one of great 

 magnitude, and should be remedied. It is opposed to the 

 genius of our institutions. This matter has already excited 

 the attention of some of*the States and well deserves ours. 

 We are constantly making changes in relation to the trans- 

 mission of property, and 1 trust we shall very soon make 

 changes in the direction I have suggested. It is the right and 

 duty of the State to see that property is not disposed of by its 

 owner in a manner inconsistent with the public good, and it 

 has the duty to decide what the public good demands. I com- 

 mend this matter to your earnest and practical consideration. 

 The subject is one of vital interest to you. 



PREVENTION OP VIOLENCE. 



I advocate no rash measures ; I am no communist. I de- 

 sire to prevent, if possible, the existence of such a condition 

 of affairs as will lead the people to look to temporary commun- 

 ism as a remedy for its evils. 1 respect the rights of prop- 

 erty, and would have them rest upon such a foundation as to 

 be entitled to respect and protection. The ambition to accu- 

 mulate property is a laudable one, and is to be encouraged 

 within just limits ; but facilities for robbing the masses ought 

 not to be furnished by the State under the pretence of protect- 

 ing property. The rights of property and the rights of men 

 as men, are both to be regarded, but the rights of property 

 ought to be so adjusted as to favor as equal a distribution of 

 property among the whole people as is possible. If the facili- 

 ties for accumulation increase, as it is certain that they have 

 increased and will most rapidly increase by reason of the great 

 change in the mode of communicating information and of 

 transporting merchandise, the facilities for distribution among 



