Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-02-03

/ selves, with that candor which peculisri,
| belongs 10 their order, admit that they have
mistaken, on the point referred TO- the import
! oil general Black burns bill. That bill, IN my
| humble Judgment, by 40 means prohibits. or in
any manner inteTferes with the sale hN one
man, or purchase by another, of property of
ANY kind whatever, real or personal provided
the sal" and purchase be IN all respects honest
Is AMI Iona tide made. For eAanpie-A. h.
is worth ) 50,OOO--C. ID. is worth 5 20. 000...
They both trade TO Liverpool and the article
IN WHICH they deal is Tor the most part -four
Each has his corrcsp oitient az IiverpOsi and
the correspondent of each gives information
about the sdae time that Hour will very soon he
greatly appreciated. Neither A. Ii. nor &. ID. is
pressed Tor money. A the time when each OF
Them received his correspondeutsletter,It was
Il notorious fact that each OF them was an houest
aud Inuspondent man, and despIser OF slia-
vers and that A. Is. who wished To purchase,
wasworih twice and halt as muchaga as G.. ID.
VINO DESIRED to sell. When a. Is. proposed 10
purchase from &. ID. the price OF iiour we will
suppose was d per barrel. The information
received by each as to the probable rise ofits
value induced "A. b. TO otfeI > 80 per barrel;
ihdt Is MOre tkda per cent payable itStdater. or
il youpieaSe, in6o days-C. ID. wouidnotaccept
that ohcr, aud finally prevailed ON \. q. 10
give him 5 per barrel that is more than ij
per cent. on the chen current value of four.
TINS hypothetical contract between A. B. and
{. ID. is respectfully submitted to the couside-
ratioD OF your honorable body, and YOU are
requested 10 say whether you can seriously
think that any honest jury in Virginia would
convict either OF the parties of the crime of
usurN!
1t Is believed that the benevolent, patriotic
and honorable gentlemen commonly called sta-
Vtrs would themselves III good conscience, al.
nut thai SUCH transaCtiO would IN many cs-
sentiai points of view, dIiler materially from
fheif mode ot benehtiIng tile pubic.
Let rev more plain words upon this sub
Ject put period forever To this qniDbl ling,
pettilOHlng ana mere shaving objection.
ptli h4r-
gatis, purchases, sales. sc. which are corrupt );
not corrupt only, bat also made Z" with view
To evade the penalties" Of that bill. No honor
able man, except shaver, would in the FIRST
place make a corrupt bargain and surely none
but u shdrer wonld make corrupt or any other
sort OF bargain with view to evade the Pc
naitieS of that act
Most men, therefore the benevolent patr:o-
tic aud honorable gentlemen called siiaveys
ouly excepted, will, even after the passage of
General Black burns bill be leiijust as free to
manage all their concerns by bargain, SALE and
By every species OF contract as If that bill had
never passed. If General Black burns bill
nc eiac Jed ITS terms and its tenor Infer 80 es-
senu,ily from those OF ANY former act against
usutH, passed either ia our own or ia any other
country, that no adjudication in any court v hat
ever on any former act against uSury ought 10
be resorted 10 Tor Tie purpose of interpreting
his bal, o. .thereiOrevery wisely has il been pro
Vsded IN That bill that no foreign or domestic
precedents' should contrayene on prevent its
meaning yet that prov,sO has been objected
10 by the shaving gentlemen aud their friends
Surely. those, who are inclined to favor the
pracuce of the crime ut usury, do well in
ut giil., this any other equally friN ulous
OBJECTION (; hat every discerning Imam will
perceive the true motive from which anv
such objection may spring. No honest or
honourable mau can viii insist on any
objection of this character. fake the hiiI
all in all il II be enacted into a law, il will ne.
| yer wound the feelings or affect The reputation
or the fortune OF any one whatever, unless he
| be benevolent, honorable aud patriotic sha-
yer. Ii the bill pass, for one shall through
life, pray for the ,appiaess, health and pros
periy OF general Black burn. If the bill pass
not, hope that my fellow citizens throusio
the state of Virginia viii look TO the ayes and
noes winch am intormed, General Black burn
is determined 10 require, aud when any OF their
present representatives shall hereafter be can
ditdteS, bestow upon them according 10 their
| real merits the rewards TO which they may b.
justly entitled.
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