The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-01-19

TWO latter & asses pays tor two executions for
ty cents each. BY the bill, a replevin bond i.
to be given which will fall due at the rising
o. ,he nexs Legislature lii this will be in
the whole becomes principal and bears int
rest at 6 per cent. When this bond becomes
due. the same proceedings, l suppose, are a.
gain to be had, by which interest is annually
TO be converted with costs into principal and
bear six per Ceht interest. What debtor f.r-
rler can bear this accumulation (? He makes
Not four, per cent by his farm, he cannot
bear THIS heavy interest. it far exceeds bank
inserest, and it may with propriety be said,
that the farmer is in the high road to ruin
who pays even 6 per cent int. on any con-
siderable sum BY this mode Of proceeding, in
how many years would the debt be doubled ?
AT ordinary interest, probably in sixteen
years, in this with the accumulation of costs
perhaps IN half the tine-thus. are YOU pre-
pairing il the end inevitable ruin for your far
mers. Indeed, Mr.. Speaker, to FL on any
S;sci aay fol the pay menu uf ali the iutiy-
ments now recovered or to be recovered in
the present year seems to ME to be bringing
Certain rnln on dettors-let loose such a
amber OF executions on one day and the cir
.culating med.um ot orr country won d not
pay for the property taken in execution !;
property would Sinis to nothing-th;s then
cannot be intended, and to fix on the rising
OF the next Legislature seems to me to be o.
ninous. The next legislature are to inter-
POSE, and what then? are the debts due in
chic ro"ntrn ever to be paidS NO sir, if the
GROUNDS taken hy the gentiemau-to.my left.
the member from Fuvanna he correct, they
never are to be'paid, and if the debts are TO
De sponged, II, is better thai it be done ar once
let us come directly III the point. The gen
tleman from FluvNnna, has said, that debtors
engaged to pay when prices of produce were
up, ana the debtor expected they would so
continue, and nov when they are so low, it
~oul0 be unreasonable to make him paw
But 1t the gentleman is right, / ask when
are these debts to be paid-not whilst there
is war in Europe, for but little hope remains
that we shall be treated with Justice by che
beiiigerents, and whilst we are treated with
injustice, We shall remain in our present
state or be in a state of war; in either case.
produce Will be as low as at. present. except
1t n be In greater demand for home con
sumption but If there be peace in Europe.
and these bloody conflicts should cease, then
our produce "G;;ia DC ds low ASH now Is. for
we now OBTAIN peace prices for cur produce.
nose who remember the prices of corn and
meal before the dre&ful conflicts in .Eurone
growing out OF the French revolution wi,
aunt the tact. They have only to turn back
TO prices from 1875 TO 1889, and they win
md us. tor corn, and SIS for wheat the ave
rage prices. Then, sir, if we are not TO nay
our debts, whilst produce is down at peace
prlces' when are we to pay thcm-nct whilst
the war continues in Europe, not after the
@ar Ceases, bocause VIC are not 10 expecr
that produce will be up except momentarilv
whist there is ar-no vet on . general
peace. The firth is, that we have been ac-
cuStomed to high prices-they have grown
out OF the war in Europe whilst we were
neutrals and drove on the most extensive
commerce. we cannot now profit by that
STATE oil trlngs, we may never again be able
so to protit, but does this discharge us from
the obligation to comply honestly with our
contracts? 1t j3sa All by the gentleman from
Orange, that the people viii net be relieved
by the substitute-they will be goaded for
three debts; the people know nothing of
your 100 days &c. But. Mr.. Speaker, the
People know well the difference between the
payment of their debts in Il, 8 and 10 months
and pay ing the whole at once. Surely he win
not say thatit is no relief to divide the debts
into three parts, making the first in four
months, the second in eight, and the balance
In twelve months. Indeed the DEBTOR would
so far from being relieved, be oppressed if he
was TO be goaded for three debts in twelve
months, each equal to what he owed but
the fact is, that by the substitute, he is to
pay only ore third OF his debt at a time,
and Is TO pay iii 10 months a debt for which
ne has already had 10 months indulgence be-
yo.d the time requisite to obtain a Judgment.
Debts ought to be paid, the low price Of pro-
duceiS only an excuse : the times are not so
hard as they are represeDtedt to be they fur.
nish no excuse. The substitute holds cut
great relief; itgoes as far asfI can got is
greatly preferable to the amendments to the
bill under consideration, and l hope it WILDE
accepted.
Remarks Of Mr.. James Robertson.
Mr.. Speakcr,-It is with considerable re
Iuctaace that / offer any remarks to the house
upon this subject ] perceiye that The debate
has already been so long continued as to have
almost exhaustedthc patience of every mem
bcr on the floor; ] perceive that the advan-
oed hour of the day has excited Il general
feeling and wish for adjournment, yet as /
have given mn attention to other gentlemen
" : have spoke before me, in my turn, |
ask Cor the attention of the house, whilst ]
promise TO detam them bat a very short
time.
Mr.. Speaker, were I tn consult either my
oty1 Judgment, OF the Judgment of The. c
Waoin nave the Jnor to represent, | be-
here that my vote upon the present occasion
would bc he same, yes hat vote would Have
been Z silent one, but for the able and un-
expected opposition wbich for the first time
hiss this day manifested itself towards the
bill 4, oct ey1s-t -, = Live. r,,, or;,;o,