Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-03-06


measure OF Indulgence TO secA : man se
yon gite to one vito, iniiie idis ana uS,n.i
prosecution OF las business. ,titA.,,t Inc
impeachment OF fraud. perhaps moi en-
OF iInprudence, finds himself siripo a Of
all his property, aud uuail'a 10 saf:s g. fi,c
demands Of bis creditors ?he tnsoi,,pt
Jaws make no distinction in Tie cas-, .
while The ball on your iabie puts II IN Inc
power of The creditors 10 makca ,jiscrin,-
NATION so essential 10 justice and po)icv.
In the ease of the honest urEarlu,:,ia
dehior, The law is rs much too r:rororsy
IN the Other case il is TOO miii. ~ Nb.t
condition DO you place lim He hecores
iae eterna! slave of iiis creditors. without
yIeiding 10 them the profits OF q slave.
lie Is dead to every eXertioD: heis lost 10
All usefulness he has no means 10 earn
iailhihg no lnduccmenl to make The vt
tempt: When er,harrassmenls distract
ms efforts, and difficulties crowd upon
MN, ne eNiianSis himself ~ uHavaliirg
struggles TO the last, because We, ;, es t;,at,
whenever he ceases 10 do 50, he must he
forced TO a gaOl. This is The cer.ai,
end of his career He Is put there 10
starvc AMI perish within It's walls. whje
his miserable wife and children slarve and
perish without. And why is this done
Does not the voice of humanity cry out
against IT Does moi the policy of society
condemn IT IS not every sound sa;Iii-
mcni oil justice outraged SVhy will Won
permit cruel and HerciIess man 10 i'm
PRISON another az i'is pil! TO shut Hmm
from the fair light OF Heaven TO deprive
bin Of the sweet air we breathe 10 nalsv
his limbs, and break his heart Fer some
dangerous crime No, unless misfortune
be crime. For some losihsone vice
No, unless poverty be alua.s vice. 10
what Use, for what good purpose, is this
pesmliied and done, 10 the creditor o. 10
the community To The creditor. r.-sl---
ing 8; for gold is not found in The vaults 81
gaoi, and debts are ne paid by sigbsand
groans. the community, " ogSe iiia,l m
lhing: lasting, serious injury; iheloss of
tie labor, the industry, the talents of marv
useful citizen often the charge or rg.xin-
tanning ms family, made desitn,e and mi
serab!e. mir. II. remarked thar another
unfortunate effect OF the nsoivpTi system
was TO put II entirely out of flsf po,y.r ~
the insolveni ever 10 retrieve his affairs
HIS trends are driven from lim-kno,y.
ing that, should he afterwards. aprear IN
business, even with their u, ans sed as
slsfance, q suspicion Of fraud, in vh,cl,
hey might be implicated, would arise. II
would be supposed the insoiveni had So
GREETED TIE finds with which ie again an
pears, and that iis Ciarirai,t= friends Rad
lent themselves TO the fraud BESIDES as
whatevermlgi,i be found in bis possession
woald be liable 10 the grasp ofhis credit
Ors, II IS obvious there is no induceDent
to his friends 10 furnish him with their a..
sisiance and funds, nor for the insoIyenf
10 desire that they should. lie therefore
drags on, living partly on miserable, and
often dishonest expedienfs, aud tie cliari-
ty of those who do not become weafy az
hls wants. If the insolvent laws, sa.id MIR.
Ii. are so pernicious i'm their effects rpop
the debtor, let us see how much better
they are IN relation to- the rights OF the
creditor. They subject him 10 the gross
est frauds ~ every shape, an,i from every
quarter. They place him in a position
with his debtor, which offers every teplnl-
atIon 10 the latter To cheat him, and fur
nlshes him amply with lie means Of do
ing so. The fTst right OF a crcdliorwumi
seem TO be fol! aud fair opportunity of
enquiry into the affairs If the insojVppt
OF knowing how he became unnble TO nav
his debts what property remains 70 be
applied TO them and what las become
ct the rest. This never is afforded. and
never can be, under the administration of
an insolvent law. The nature a. the pro
ceeding IorbIds 1.-THE tribunal hef-ye
which the examination taxes place Is rot
calculated forit, and the w!ieir affair has
become mere mOckerv, which iiie vtiipar
attend Tor their amusement, and nobody
looks TO TOR ANY advantage. The notice
gwen To creditors is such as canu0t reach
onc-halt ct them; tile means of defecfir1
fraud are so incompetent, that II is idlr 10
resort 10 them f; The discoveries 10 be
made must depend so entirely on The ax-
animation Of tIe insoIvent himself vho
has been taught, by the experience of
thousands, how to pass tie ordeal. t,..
court considering this business as q sort
OF intrusion on their more imporianl do
ties; IN short, the whole proceeds r from
ITS commencement TO It's termination. is a
mockery so contemplate IL lis progress.
and 80 inefficient 10 any one good rosUif.
that creditors submit 10 be dptraudcd IA
Their Than appear as parties in such iao-
cecdlrg, with fall knowledge llr,t jhri.
! opposition will be eficCiual neither to dis
cover the frauds Of their debtor, nor pre-.
vent lls discharge. What Cals BE- tac
amount or utility Of tie examinations
which fake place under these iaas. Wl.rn
the court VIII appoint one or two GAGS ior
one or two hundred casrs, and vii rent
rally IND iho time amply sufficient f.r al
| the enquiry 10 be madei Sir. "A. earf hr
had known ~ many rs one luudlMt ip-
solvents discharged IN one morning lad
seen them sworn off by SIX and p!ght 40 a
time each struggling to ret hls band
upon the book repeating the oath CT "a.
ther parts OF II, altogether and rxbil,a.
ing a scene OF confusion equal, fIseus {.
ing and iniqultOus. But Use mon,iIou'
evils Of these Iusolveni s,stcms ntr forrr
not so much IN what is wror .ir j, dou,
under them, rs IN that which nat herirtf