Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-01-29
From the Boston Palladium.

I
Ia" OF Usury, treat The subject with reference
| 10 borrowers from necessity or inr the nav
| ment OF debts Tor which they possess no other
| means. ms may have been formerly fair
we" OF me subject, but is not | app,ehend
| at this day.
biohieo institutions are now multiplied,
auu money negotiations so extended that no
! person of fair credit can be at a loss on any
eWeTsency-and tor one Instance in which
money Is borrowed from necessity for nav
ment OF debt occasiOned bv accident or dis
| appointment. hive loans, at least, are made for
purposes OF Proht. The interest or price of
| the use OF money, will always be proportioned
| TO the advantages of the use of it, Ii this is
| the case, why should MOI the borrower nav The
marker price or full value of its use Ii ex-
| trdVaGdnt spectators involve themselves I'm
| obligations beyond their means and create
| an artificial demand FOR capital beyond the
iaIr and actual wants OF the community there
seems 10 be no injustice iii imposing upon them
the penalty.
III is maintained by the editor of the phiIa-
ucIphla Aurora, who APP ears 10 have bestowed
some attention upon the subject, that the stan
dard value of money he'ng fixed, the value of
us use Is naturally determined preby-but
have been unable To discover the reasonin~
that leads TO this conclusion. And il appears
10 me equally just TO say, government having
by law, established the tonnage of slips. t,e
rate of Freight or Charter Der ION ig H. a.
fixed.
certain quantity of human labor produ.
ces ION of shipping, and also Dollar from
the tarth-the cost of both is varied nv cir
cuIhstdDces, and tile hire or value of HE use
OF both varies also.
The privilege conferred on money of dis.
Charging debts, renders variations in It's Valne
OF great Imporiauce-but this variation is
found by experience TO be less in the preciouS
metals Than ~ auS substitute yet discovered
AS il is found necessary to restrain mer, In
society ~ the use OF thai which Is their own
may DE advisable T. admit contracts for an
lhterest 10 SPECIFIC term of three Or five
YeaiS-and would submit for consideration
whether this is not in the present state of
the civilized world ali the regulation required
upon the subject, M
MARYLAND.--Tbe following act has
passed both houses, and il will astonisb
many that such laws should have existed
80 long IN the free state of MARYLAND
Whipping on Tie bare back for swearing.
you nave no cash-barlug the tongue
ana branding the forehead, if YOU do moi
Deh'Ve III certain doctrines, are reliques
OF tyranny aud prIcstcrait.
An act to repeal parts of the acts OF Assembly.
BE henGcted, &c. That all such parts of The
act OF Assembly, passed at April session, sew
Gnteen hundred aud fifteen. chaDier twenty
scVCu, which directs puulsinmeni Nv Whip,,iny
ana All such paris OF the act OF Assembly,. pass
cd ~ september session, seventeen hundred
d"u iWebtA-lnTtt, which directs puai>amput
by boring through The tongue burning, i'm tbe
forehead, aad whipping, be, aud the same are
hereby repealed.
EDITORS CORRESPONDENTS.
" Annapolis, January 10. 1920.
Jhe resolution REQUESTING our Senator'S and
Representatives. TO oppose restrictions ON Mia
sour has just passed the Senate MIR. Uar.
per spoke at length on Yesterday and this dav
ON Tie subject He was opposed TO the restric.
ton.
mr. Carmichael opposed the resolution. al
'hough against the restriction, but he does not
approve OF the doctrine Of Instruction"
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