Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-03-14

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The cohfe'td'ion gives TO coosrsl, ATE 's'''.
10 make /" anl'oIan laws % he loI,i F9s'I
bankruptcies tnroughoot tie i. j,'9t
The word bankruptcies was bo .''s'''
from the Brisiih Aasutes, ard As 'us'd
Phraie, lis meaning Is preeile ana ',wl
nite. l. is we'll uoderl ood and d.e e'a,
BY the Englifh juriiss. Tie term b',T
rups means trader, ooe wbo ob lux,
bis livelihood BY buying and lelios ''''l'
ficies OF merchandise, or depepJS, a., 81.
thar livelihood 10 a cev,ain dro,s '0'
buying and filling articles Of rper. ~ W
die. Ii this d&aoi'ion Of the word :;
righ' ore, aud lavts il 10 be e. "
wofcs bankrupt, trader, and nerc :, 'as
ale fynousnous- they ale couyer,,,I's
terms, meaning one and the fame ,h; ,S''
AS f1sh tie soiifi'ution fo:b;ds Us. n's
eoys oar hands from extending The wy
viiionS O: bankrupt Law, 10 si,het ~, ~
farmer, planter, mechanic, Or any c,.r
Of cl'lzsns other than trader Or ne,
chant.
am conf,ious hat ! am add.elinp NV
felt TO an enlightened sGrmhy-,o (.
letter judgment | will f.bmi,. with :"
thar Difference and refp-ct, which worth
talents and virtue can infpire. 1T an
wrong, folicit them TO correa nv ~
rors. | likewife behold here pro(er.
final gentlemen, If have deyiated FINN
legal ground, to point our The path /,
which lholl regain it, and Iwill re,,,ce
my feps.
The flence Of gentlemen embold.o,
me to lay, that the ground I have tskrr
Is firm and fold. Should gentlemen tell
me, that the Britiih bankrupt fyfem /,
extended to delcription Of p.Hon, 0.
Their than traders or merchants, | viii
grant it. What will be gained by ri,
conceiiion +? Nothing, tina, appreheua,
Ii is 10 be remembered, that the parli,.
nent Of Grea, Britain is omnipotent, &C.
cordng TO the learned Blackstone. l.,
power to legilase is Co extenGve with all
and every dslcription of action: which are
fnfceptible Of Legislative confront, on
which the legilatiye will caa be brought
to ad. But even there, iii. is the will
of the parliament TO extend the benefit
of the bankrupt laws 10 other perlow.
helldes ineychaats, the law mlR lpecially
deicribe them. In thia country we are
70 peculiarly happy as TO have conAitu.
tion which is grant Of certain powers,
in other words, code OF laws to the 90.
vernors.
All our acts nor AUTHORIZED and war.
ranted by tina, initrument ale not bind.
ing.
This dod $50 universally known
and underlto at am relieved from
the neceilty' ing infances. The
power given contribution to con-
greis. to max. } laws on the fab.
Jet OF bankru throughout the y.
n'ted States, ted power, as |
have fully lhe"2 e former partd
my argument. =
Congre(s can by n ,aaitutional law
place the farmer, pI,t ter, or mechanic,
OF the fame footing vith the trader OF
merchant. The bankrupt law, according
to the terms of the petition, is Of COME.
quence partial ana | will add, inpod.
tic and immoral.
am NOT difpofed, Sir, TO dsprecias
the laws and infitutions of other nations,
nor to detratt from thsif merits, if IN
their Jurisprudence any ching valuable,
dllcoyerable, and by the adoption Of
which advantage is to be gained lhaIl
be always ready to render my homase~
Truth, and to profit by the l-dons Of ei.
per:ence, knowledge and wiidom are not
the precious and invaluable gifts oiheaYen
TO any favorite cline, or 10 any cholen
people ; they are not confined within CT
tain geographical Limits, ideal boand'rF@
they poGefs the attribute of ublqml'