Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-03-12

I..'ss'iNe i'i2tit ~ s's'.n stVsSts, are acf.,n
i No aa9ioa wp"ld e lloaass ,Aave i s
Cd is continuance, withof eyp.5iess;s
bencdt from il. Npg, their fyifem,S1,
injured by the experience Of ssts Ivy s
have adopted @!'a nam-reJs emsa5s',a.
rendering il more corrss,iy sp2lclSls !,
our own circanliiances; amour mc,cb,o,
axe t4lissea.
Put it IS I'D ;herc arc defeas i s.
Lqg7. no donor OF il. Il is imn,@
bic fer tbe hoinln mini, where tie RI.
tons are e inhnie, TO torn a per!ett e.
ten. The lay was originally de62oel
as 40 experiment, as fac1 il vas g1isi
for syc years. Nav, a'.cr havios r.,
BAT Tor t~o years, we are aboe; u rem,
il. lIow are tie benefits 80 b: alccr,an
ed, until tie operation OF Ike law is al,
" tried ? Repeal it nov, and yoa will q
foon called upon again TO r2fs it il acrui.
fate. Whefea', # as TIC dcfcas Of Il,
law appear, yon app'y the knit. or c2l.
tic, the probability IS, thar in fes
years, you viii 70 amen. il as 10 make !,
universally acceptable. There is grc.,
force in the obfcryailon thar The oueaio,
OF rep.sl is very different IRON that in.
vo!ved in he original paa4ge-betweee
tn. giving It existenos 81 all, add the
Cen iluiag It sfter il has gone into eatt;.
/ nope at this larc period OF the iellion The
fyaem viii not be abcli:!lcd. The mex,
Congreis Will be more namerous BODY.
and Will repsclent more fully the PEG,
pie, ard itir lhall then appear 10 be III.
lcnfe Of the nation TO repeal, il cIa be
done.
Mr.. Bacon laid the gentleman from De.
laware appeared to be better acquainted
with the in;erelts of profeG:9naI men
and ct merchants than win the intrreGs
of The cultivatcrs Of the foil; he leemed
70 conider the cuitiyators OF the ioil as
capable Of calculating their income and
expenditures 10 cent. This was rot 70.
The gentleman was mit}skcn. Supyole
a cuirivator fells his farm or his produce
TO trader. Suppofe the trader fa,is, and
takes the benefit of the Bankrupt Law,
is noe tie hulbantman left without re.
nejy 4? II is no uncommon thing fox
a nan to abandon the culture Of his
land. TO ge5 a few goods, open lhon
and 1--we in high fyie; 10 incur large
debts, from which he is relieved-hy the
Bankrupt Law, while the hul5animan
who truGed him is ruined without be-
ing permitted to avail himfeIf of luch re.
lief. l have known many fu1h inAaa-
ccs, and l believe lheGe little ofenGble
merchants very eenegsI1y avail them
fclyes Of the benefits Of the act. Il is
generally, l believe, thefe pedlarS and
faop keepers that have taken lis benefit.
II the gentleman were as we'll acquainted
with the landed in:ctef, as with tia, OF
profeaiunal men and merchants, believe
W. fhould have been feared The nccetlily OF
hearing great part ofthe learned gentle
ran's ip:tch. The gentleman axis II The
country IS in a WORE Gtuaton nov than
bef,re fhe paH5ae ct The at. In return,
| will Gil en- him 10 thew whether It IS
in better Gtuation now than II WIS
then. For tlele rea(ons hope the mot-
on of poaponemen, Will rot obtain.
Mr.. fTaitiogs. The gentleman iron
Delaware has called upon gcntlenco to
poinr out the evils Of the Bankrupt Law
I will point oar its efecfs in Mall4caa-
fetts compared with thof- of The lnlolTeni
Laws. Under the iniolycnt laws N 'i''
fate if 4 debtor make oath that lie hi'
not property fuaicien: 70 Psy hi' d:oa
and prilon charges, lie is liberated iioh
confinement. BGs any property, wai.'
he may Afterwards acquire, IS iiao!e 10 y
taken to diicharge his jalt deotS. IS
20 with refpstt 10 tie Bankrupt la"
Undc: tne Bankrupt Law ne is diieHT8-
al from, all Xix 1ebts Mt only 10, p9.