Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1801-02-03
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! TO eRa5liih which se rnua knock down
the preieut Mutual E&abIiihmca,.-I, ia
itame that the haembly nioald have been
10 much irnpoied on when they paiied the
/ law s; his fame listlc Dutch.nan has slfo i'm.
poled on i7ts in the iufurance on buildings,
and about 500 in the iaiurauce on goods and
tuTniiute, WHICH aye upward, of 500 ref
peetHble farmers, merchants, t, aGefmen, SC.
IN this its;e--lf we could Get rid of this
l:,t.c atilzlal, CT bring him over 20 our iit;e,
we could prelsntly etta5l;r private inCur-
Snce compa " for our own benefit that would
be az profitable in lit'Ie time as any Bank
70 a n'erica - Cove We viii not give The
matter up, for az the perpetual dropping of
| water Will make an imPrshion Oh zone, 70
! by Nea5Y perseverance, We may iuccesd a,
| lslt--ws will endsavou. 10 make the peoplc
believe (as many dc already that it Is cheap
ct and moe certain to infote 10 private
i1!urance company and is W. eau get
majority OF the afembly on our fide, we will
loon break up thcfe democratic mutual IN
iurance companies; they call it truly re-
publican form, and lay il 10 not like oae
that may mean any thiug, but free reefe
tentative republic, and that each perfou, a.
loon as &c is injured, immediately becomes
common member with the ref, and can
st any time he pleaiss, examine The books,
Papers, and all the trsnlaaions of the CON-
pany =; 3 entitled TO feat. vote, and is ia
every Tcipe6 On 40 equal footing With any
OF them. AT their general meetings., which
are held annually. they may dilcu(s any part
! OF their contributions, rules aud regulations !;
may alter, repeal, or add TO them ss they
think proper may examine the books, pa
pefs, cath on hand, and enquire into the
condnet OF thci executive officers, aud eyen
without impeachment diipiace them a.d ap
point Others IA their Place Wa, ,ho.e ever
any thing more democratic Why the
plan mua fall Of idelf for 1t canuc, tail 20
end IN anarchy ------Ba. TO be ferrous -
| he that hath ara to hear, Ter hin hear, o,
eyes TO fee aud can read, let him read this
for his own fake, and when ne un6eraaad-
eth il lee bin explain !, urio hit neighbours
aud his friends. INA they 70 msy uuderR4ud
It for their fake. For we know not a; what
hour, the great evil may befal US of ,bat
day and hour, knoweth no man, no rot G.
ven the ~ifeR amongt us.--It may come
like thief in the night, yea even when we
are tat aileep which hath kumbled the
! prids 81 the grea', made beggars of the
| itch, and left the ick, aged and iaGrrn, def
\ tigute as ii were 10 moment, of bed 10
ret their faio,ing aud feeble bodies, or .
I mcriel TO put into their mouths, and throggn
! them at once, into Tie cold arms of charity,
which alone can hslter them from death.
/ This bslt aud WORT Of elements, Ike a
ccnAsgraIion as It is, hath in few hours
4 deliroyed whole yilleges- and although we
cannon prcfcribe its bounds, st is furely of
importance, to Alleviate the diareiTes, which
may bctal the objeas Of its Jury, --pcrhaps
you will ak how Is this great and deiirable
end to be accomplished Without much ex-
Peui-? Way, viii tell you.--AIl Of u, do
one, or other Of three rhings, viz. Rand our
own inlurers, as in the cafe of not infuring
at all, iniure 10 private iHlurAnce company,
or in!ure in the mutual infurance. fra
then if we R2nd our ow. infurers, which by
not iuIuring at ell we certainly do, the rifk
is too great, aud in cafe of an accident, we
may lole all, yes, more than al! we are worth
in the world, and while heavy debts are
hanging over our heads. aud poverty taring
rs in The face, we may be lurronnded by
numerous families looking Up to their JiC-
tre!ied fathers and hgj6qnds Tor he aecsfIa-
RES of life,--Sureiy then no one can be 60
hardy &C to fay, bu, thar il is duty we owe
our iaIuiliee, as well as oorfelves, to infyre
tha. part OF our property, which is every
hour expofed to this dciroy:ng element.
Secondly, To infure in private influence
company IS very eXpenGve, and the lecuri' y
doubtful thsfe companies arc generally
competed of few lyecula,ing individuals,
who often jniure twenty o. perhaps fifty
times as much Is their actual capita. con-
liequeutly the ridr, runs the rillc, not on
(, " Of ell che property iofured ~ rhsm, but
alto ;Acir private lprcuia,ions, and iu cafe he
10 buru' ont, iuResd Of receiving the ful, g.
mouat Of the fura infmed, May only have a
!nall dividend, or Psrhsps &c, nothing.
Thidsy. Boz IL yon infore 10 tie mu-
tual iplurauce, all tie properly injured in
that company, r7ua burn OF be entirely de-
( iroyed, before you would lore as much 81 II
not injured ., ai.--rhat 20 tcz haye ioiu-
ed theie companies, may 10 foos mrsfure be
accounted for, when we csnGdrr, GtA, that