Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-08-06

! ne precepts OF THIS great man have
been interpreted, even By ca>uls,. them.
selves, IN their just and proper sense. We
behold the sacred prophet, speaking i'm
'ne desert, aud Tor tie last hue. 10 a
wandering people, of whom he had long
had The charge and guidance: aud rci-
giouSiy euiOinins upon them All. a Sp,,ii
OF nmioa, charity, and mniHl s-ood Officer as
The surest means OF trlumphiuy a, lasi
over their enemies the HcoIkeMS. l,y whom
the unhappy l>raslites, hloa,ed with pride,
and at variance with each other, mad been
4 prosecuted and DESTROYED without mercy.
from SER even 10 Hormah."
MOSES was abont To leave them. he
knew The secret of their errors. and their
faults lac wished to bapsi, all that might
create uiscord among them : " alone
can no longer sustain tie bur'heil of YOUR
business ana your broils." a. Non ya,eo
solus nesotia vestra suslinere, et pondus
AT Jurgia;"
In order TO render them firmly united.
what could he then do better than 10 re-
commend, and enioin upon them, cha,1tv.
Cie purest, mildest virtue at The soul
mol on as sentiment, but as dtty
The law of Moses, as YOU have Justly
observed. sir, was certainly rolling more
Than political precepl or, TO speak
more correctly, palriarcilal statute.
The words OF The venerable Legislator
are, think, sufficiently lcar: '.Tbou
shat lend Ia Thy brOiht" ,.,at he may
nave need OF, wiihoui .~ng any inieres,
,nereoh; III lat the Lord, Inv
Hhd, may bless bee in ali thou shalt do
IN The land which thou art going io TAX.
possession OIL"
Is Il not evident, that Moses intended
TO deliver, IL this, merely palprnal man.
date, aud one adapted 10 particular cir
cumslanccs!
lie was addressing himself 10 peopIe
Wandering III quest u! country and a
nome, ant armc,! IN their own defence.
lie was speaking 10 the iuen who were all
brethFen, all children OF Abraham and
whose duty /, was moi only 10 love. but To
assist each other, IN The j0m,meg Of trial
which conducted them TO The land nrom
ised la their fnrefalIirrs.
- Under such circumstances, how could
he express himself Otherwise Ouch, no,
The last views OF this great man Ia have
been directed 10 that Union, that charity.
which alone could, IN ilIc wilderness
give them strength. and insure The tri
umph OF the people Oi God
Useful and ludicious as such a preccD,
was al Time when the Hebrew family
was III danger, and exposed To all the
Jury OF the Amortes would Moses. ifhe
iiah designed fora general and immutable
law, have SAID, "yoD shall lend upon IT,
sury, ntiller money nor cictna(s, nor any
otter MiNg mhMere;!"
ask every man ofscnsc, if This were
to be considered the law of God. how
could house or d field be leased or let.
or The benefit oi hiring in am pay,
(c6GpfH) be enjoyed Since 10 person
could lend on usurNieither money or vict,laGs
or o., any other tang Gchaterer 9 nee guam
Tibet allan rem"
Moses delivered TO The Tsraeli,es, pre-
cepi extremely simple and wise: his first
commentators IN their ignorance and I'm.
discreet zeal wished To pryyeit il INFO AN
lmpraciicabie law.
Heaven grant that The law of Noses be
every where well understood. and piously
obeyed (4) II is indeed our duty 10 lend
!" our brother, (and the Dooy a,,, i onr
brothe'), what he has pressing need OF
al q"0 a"diSef-bHt a state of need is nor
one OF profitable enjoyment aud wien
give my moneyio him vino NAV derive
rom II profi and advantage for himself
ior MS family, II is AT least Just, thai we
share the benefit ; and thar receive
compensation for the service which |
render, aud iIIe risk which run.
Nothing In this transaction seems con-
trary 10 n0tUrai hw i; and il is an act in
ptrieci harmony with the law of the Cos
pei, since, " do unto another mhat ,rouH
rash linn, an SiM,iiqr circumstances. to do Nyto
nae"
Inc first, and perhaps, The greatest
"Iifc"iiy seems thus overcome.
mOhey Is now lent at Rome, lust as il
is Al Paris. and at Washington No per-
son mas any apprehension of mourning
'heanger "i Heaven, by employing 10 his
advantage the funds he possesses.
bui u the law OF God may be thus e.
pidined Tor Tie benefit of man; il is by
80 means the same case with Tie law of
society.
shall not dwell, SIR, on a nuisance.
prejudice, "hIch, with equal precision
ana strength, you have so Justly exposed.
could only repeat your own arguments;
You have SAID all that can or that should
be SAID on the subject.
Money is property and property,
whether personal or real, ought 10 be
"iSp"sch OF according TO The will and
pleasure OF The owner.
Lei The law fix the rate Of interest on
money, when !he parties concerned have
peeh silent OF thai head nothing is more
'hipie or more consistent with morality
O"i I'D an oibef cases let us icave men
perfectly free III their Transactions. proyi.
ned these have nothing in them injurious
to social order.(5)
simple iaborrr knows better how TO
render his farm productive, and TO adj.
vance, IA obacnriIy, the prosperity Of Irs
family, lhan all the orators of the ;os-
rum, all the economists of tie drawing
room.
Let us leave to The poor fisherman The
care OF his bnais and his neis II men Of