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Prospects Of Farmers

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Day
28
Month
November
Year
1842
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Public Domain
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Lost weck we consiclüred tbs condiüon of og1 proc!ucf3, and iouad tbat t'.is'e a remimeratory mórket for any one of the stnplea of our State. We also discuvered ihat thore was no hope of suoh aioarket being proviiled by national legislación, by.tho demócrata, as they do nbt propose any uction respeeting t; nor by ihe Whigs, l'ccatisc iheir protectivc lorjff will be hut partiy pffioaoious in providing auch a market, and will dpubtlees bocurtailcd in ka leadjng features by the action of a Democratie Congreso. Tao [)!an of reeiprocal exchange with 'Èngland in a certain way, as jiroposcd by the Liberty papers, wc lound feasible anda d.vanlagepiis; but thert iü no hope of ita-odoptipn, while the slave power controls the ftction of cvery national officer. Let us uow 6ce what State legialatíon can do. Not a few of our farmeis ure in debt; and the pnynient of .a.debt is a differeot ihingaow from what it wn daring thè wildcat.tinjes. Í (lioso debts are oí long staniJiiig, onmany a large bijl of c.ists has accumulaied. sotnetiines more ualling the original dcl-t; and the i of successivc years has aiso addcd largtsly to its amount. In this stite of thiiigs, ïow can mcr pay thcdcnKindsagniiw. him out of his crops, when hr ennnot reslize for ihem the Hrst cost of production? Supposö 1Í3 propcriy sold at auction by (le sheriff, it vi!l bring but a mere trine; and t lio debtor fiiuls his propcity gone, anu hie oblination uncancclled.Öur State Legtslatare, by nny exercieé of powr vesíed n them, cannot secure n market for the ( anner's producís, Lut ii has beer. supposed lliat ( hey couli!. in scine measure, rcmeJy the dit-irees ( it upon the present lenv pi iaeá Jüut can my thing efi'cc'.ual bs accomplielied by iorií Among the most snvarre natiens, the right of )roperiy is not s-acaredby law. Thcre is no !aw. ISach savage gets nnd retaina what lis can by inlustry, iurce, or cunning. As govevruneiu be;an to assume regularity. comracts were reeogind property becamo one of the iirst obfta care, nnd the (icblor was then compeled ie work out the ('ebt. The seeond step i;i :ivilizntion vrúá to imprison the debtor until thè ;5ebt hould bo paul, presutniny, we aoppoee, tfaai lic could pny it. ií he wouid. A lhird pre wnsfor the law iü s'.cp in and lengthen cui ihu tiine of paynient. providöd the clebtor will get a sccuriiy !o E'.cn vi:h him. This is done every ihrf where judgineni6 are renderud a:u! stajjedr. - A íourth provúñún worthy oí nötice was adopted ín thé case of-the Bank Suspension lav.-s. ilere t'c timo of jiapnmtyfas lengthened by arbitrp.ry legal enactments, "in most cases, we believe, without any ttdditional eccurity to the creditota A, B, nnd C, members cf the Legislature, that certain cornirniins ncd not p-y D, and E, at the time they had agreed to pay them. In the fiüh place, a cousiderable araount of property haé been eccurcd to the fornily of deccasd insolvent dcbtois, irrespective of dehts. Bixlh, they havo exetnpted a considerable amoum oí fjoin all legal process for tlie psymont of debt3. A scventh and very important Btep ;n legislalioQ, is tlie passage of insolvent la wa and bankrupt avt:1, ly wbich ihe legislatura nntiuls the pecuniaiy oligaüon of the debtor, nnd says hc necd not pay what he has agreed topay. An èijKlitb ij. adopted by our Legislatjirej virtuolly compsls the creditor in certain cases to tako.pvoperty in p;:ynicnt. or forego tlie collection of his debt till some future time.This, we bclicvc, is the cxtont to which legisIr.ti.in lus reaclied in favor of tJic debtor. But wc have reaaon to believe that a proposition will come bcíbrc the nekt legislatura to ex luti'ly so raany hundred dollars tvörth of real and porson.il estáte from legal procesa for ordinary debts. Lastlyi we mighï meruion ia ihis sura[nnry, that the plun ij a'.ready afooj in our eoimiry lo nbotiflh entirely the colledtioii of debts hj law. The project was brought 'befare tbc lcgislüture of New Yörk Inst winter, and o mlnority of tlio cominittee, to whom it was rcferred, rcporlod fèvorably of ít as a prospective measure, h iriexpedient pt présent. It will thus be scen that the course of ! tion has been almost uniform'y in favor !.'.'o,-; nn 1 ihe;p ospect is that future legislation will bo similar in its cliaracter. Property has ticen confirnicd to his family. He can liavo his ostponed in manj' cases; in others ho can uirii o'.; ■ :;nd if he has no property he can have t!ifj:n cancclled. But the hard times exist with debtors, notwitbstnnding this legislation in theif fivorr which bas been progressing for centunes; and this in itself, is one strontr pieeumpiion thnt législaüon cannot reach the evil. Bat to p! tlic case in the ' est ligiit. suppose the legislature siion'.d rijjrre i do for each debtor precisely tfaat thing which Bhoald relieve hirB without injaring o'ther3 more: whnt coüd lic ask them to do? All the relief he co.uld possibly ask, so fer as we can see, would be in one of these thrce ways; to have the legislature cancel his debts absolutely- to pósfpoñe their payment till sorne future time - or to t!:c creditor to iuke propaty in paymént at a faft price. Tlie question aiiscs, would eithcr of ihese methods le bencficial to the public, on (hc A tegislative cnactment cancelling all debts will bc contended for by no sane person. A law postponing the payment of debts already due, for onó, two, three years. or any longerperiod, if beneficia! at all, must be so to the comtnunity, the creditor, or the debtor. That tho general transactions of comniunity wou!d be hindèréd and embarrassed by such a suspension oí payincnts, any one can see. For the saüló rea601), the bi!3iness of tho creditor would bo crampcd and contmeted, and in many caens hu wonW be in danger of loosing his debt ihrough the misfortune, vicc or improvidenco of the debtor. The only person. then, who coukl bc rclieved, would be the debtor. In referenee to him, it i.; plain the longer the debt was postpo-icd, the inrger it ' would become by the accumulation of inieicei,uidpêrljapa uhimatéíy, of cuata alao. T.utit iurj in ;c thought tint h-j .:::s [■..; pnrt tHlejyear, and oi inrt ncxr, and iü thïe way it con be mare w I:-. lür.y be 30. Bitt doe? sxperièncó iconfirra tnioplensing amicipation j eiaily? Is not the amount to be paid leas now than it ever wiil bc? Iü it not about as much as the debtor can do lo live frorri yecr to ycor these hurd ti;c? and do not the tunes grow harder e.'cry yeéri Br " -e ni rëHef v uies to be pr.cfoJ, in a great majofity üf cuses. where ih.e debtór is hdnei aiiii -Inddstrióua, ihe oreditor wiü volunlnrily wait. fiere, thun, J thingwHl be gnined byany rejierflawa. Uut tha plan of p ' j by property :niead of cash, will pt cónsiOöred the 1 -..".it feasiblo. In tUisrcase, -dre creditor gives iip to the del-tor his noto, nnd receivcs vn gons. I horses, oxci. hoga or whatever the debtor i;ny j happen to have. it ia a mere exchango betwei-n , these two persons. The ro3t of the co.iirruinhy , ;r èin or of.c any '.hing. Tha amount of , properiy in commumty is the r.iir.e ns before. - Are citlicr oí these f.vo persona gainereby ilioc.xchnngc? Ifitbe í'r t'üoir mutual benefit, it is very ccrtnL'i t'icy will inakó tV.s tfahsfer of property vvithfjpt legal coernitiíi: ifit bc uot fVr tlieir odvarrtage. they ought not to be eompellfd 10 effect it. "VVho c:m judgö beVt ilpoO thii poi:H - the partics iliouirelves. ora set of tr.en at Detroit who know nothiwg of the debt or the partieel Bui we contend thnt the legisjaüve ejcpi thst have bcsn r.doptfd ia the present emergency for temporury rriit-;', viz: ibe bank suspension law, the cppraisal ia1, and the new èxemption !-n. p: ! perhnps öihers, have n.t cnly fniled in íiffjrdin effect ttal rc'ie!, biil i produced aoriouficvils peculiar to thnnselves 1. Such into.rfcrencö ofithe legislatura v.'i'l; the private contncis of individuáis; whan nlrcndy :::.-ii!c. i;i. .i itself, ári cvil. It renders aI bárgaina uncertain. It haa a tendcijcy to lowcr tiie feeliti of inornl obligation in the commti.uty, :::id o r.r.'ce rhöral duty only commensiïrato wi:h legúl enacímeníí. 2. It is aii inviRion of the ri;;!;;? of the 'credit or. He is oblied to get hir pir, ii":ii :;!!, rider ent ctrciinis anees frorn lliose in uhich the contract v:a made.siiiiar evüa ojtfend tb;e operatton óf kee ■;3. The bank suspensions ro novj con:■. tíi-ii to have been a ditttiage 10 llie pedple. - I ' iso at the operntion of the exempüdu taw, aa mahifóstéd in o singlo iiötshcó vfhii'h cnn:c to our knowledgo. A puor uuin workcd f.jr a substantie] fhrmer, who o'vraed 300 acres of land, for cy 'ie to ii:.-i at thé fihd. of ïhe 5Bi V.'iiJi iliii hi: n'.fu.'.i ■', tu parchase a volco o" oren npé ' . land. ÍJia oiupl iiol pny him, fiodthelaw 1 .y ba ánch nn c.:ont :' anly reeoureo .i3 u tükj fifteeu er iivoniy acres of lana whc! ha fitJ not want iVoin ons tnd o' a farm, or e!:; v.-aa for yeors for !is pay. Tima y. r: ; . ".■..■ was calculated to ht-üfifit üio poor men - ihepórtf d?bt:r; hut ns near!y ffffpry 1 . . ■;■ fin' tircditór, h opérales Jwo wnya. B 1 . end C ; and theame la ■ ' '. eaya J ; pay Aj siys aJ.ro lh.it G ríe.! not pay C. Ia ik3 wr.y, i ,on of' ... I: v,1.". ' tefl r ; ƒ löèwures, and hot a; On tho -.vuole, it La our c.i::vioticn ihat the ve:h:U c;;n ba ?aid öf thso expediente ;.!. fh il o oMüubffiü BtHity'. and all the bssiufi whicli have been derived frppi Lhese, or derived from nuy siairi ir Btipictn eáts, wil! fcnrccly ontwfeigb thé.évilsof contjrtual 1 anda. perpetual tampering wilh the Business tranaac.ions of corumufti I y.ff-"No two rr.iiu'.s triinlc exnctly alike on ivcry point, nor do tlieynlways expresa them;;lvea in cnch a v;ay us to meet eaicji ethers i'Í3vs. It cannot be expected, therefore, ihat svery sentiment or expressipn wejnay u?e .vul cójfeidc exactly vviüi the viVws of evey reader. Nïiüur üo we approbr.to a'! 'rhat our correspondents wfile. Hut our ruléis to lei overy man be heard. Let evsry tub stund on its oyprt bottom. Now wo are on tiris subject, we will jnst mnn'ion a convicíicn of oura, that it is for the interest of tlioae wjjo writo or frpeak lo do it oveiy whcre in a liberal spirif., fiiich &á rnay bocome gen; lomo and Christians. With sensible uien, an atgumeot will lose nona of ifs forep, becaui'e presented with candor andcourtesy. We know somc politica! wriiers lay it down as a moxirn that of' two writers of equal tibiliiy, he v;'üo can. 'oo the most ubueive and personally s&uTÜJQUS, will have tlic most influence with his readers. But no m:i:i c:n be obusive wilBout vioïating truüc; a;id lic wlio does tiiiSj Siogeaway {ie tr.o.t powerful svenpon he can use. He vho rrabitually reprcfents facts or persons t o be diflferént frem wliat they ure, wíl' Lul hiu:.sc]f in the predicament of the comnion liur - he will nut be believed when he lelie the trtuh.ttTA'writer in the Philanthvrppist eays: - Tlie Whig Organ of the State, of the l'Jtli, (Weekly Ohio State Journal) for the first time.charges the Demociats w:th being the"ilirs uj the si ave power! i ' Let the Dnmocrats r eturn the charge, and both will easily euccecd in fusten ing the stigma npon encb other. Let them make up the issue botvveen them, if thcy dare. The Country wili be the gniner. OThe town of Aostiriburg', Ohi", gave GG liberty vote, for Convin C3, for Shaiinon 55. Twenty one Phüanthropists are taken in ihat towu. 15. B. Httiiter inquirea whetlipr this can be beat? Wbo will anewer for Michigan? 0 (L7Liberty votes wqro given in eevejityfour co'intied in Ohio, b.oing nll bof ñye. - Thus thosced is widely scattered. The vvhole vote this yéar is 542S; lust yenr 274G. Thns il lias doubled uiïug the year. Ashtabuia cpanty gave 7 votes last year; thia year,453. OTlie abolitionist8 of Ohio are ' to tet the (Jomocrticy of tlio party in f 1 by besicfirtff the lepislaturo to abolish thcir ( icked and fooü-ñ Black Laws. They intcnd . ascertain which party is "most favorable to , berty." i 1 ÖLThe Öakland A. S. Convenlion, in io, adopted u form of petition to Congress ir-hich is to be widely circulated, and forwardd to Mr. Ad;uns and Mr. Giddings, nnd preented by thetn in one inammoth petition.- good move. OSome half a dozen whiie villains cnered the house of a colored man in Clermont ;ounty, Ohio, in the night, and havinj bound iini v.iih cords, they carried off h is wife and bur cbildren, no one knows where, but it is jupposed into Kentucky. The yoimg-est ;hild was but nine days old. The colorod mnn md lus vvife both were fi ee.èthad re&ided in t!io county cighteen yeurs. They were marncd tliere, and all the children were börni in the county. Had a party of British villains;comtnitted such an outrage on a white fatnily, the enttre nation would be ready to go to war. - "What haa the Noith to do wiih slavery?" CCLet the friends of equal rights introduce ths principies of tlie Liberty party into the vnrioii9 Lyceums nnd debat ing clubs in which they niny take a pnrt. Wlmlever of Imih you may advanöe wil! not bo lost: for it is mighty. No upposition can stop it.

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