Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1823-11-20

cy and Justice; the lawyers hobby, is
fat clients and Fat fees.
But and my friends, sir, happen
10 belong to another class--the agri-
cultural class of community. We are
neither few IN NUMBER, Or despicabl:
in character; we are not, sir, the dregs
of society. We also have our rights
and cur hobbies; we not only coniri.
bu;e. bot contribute largely. to Gil Inc
| pubiic chest Our interest and Que
hobby, sir, stimulate us 10 raise the
best hogs, the best sheep. the best car.
tie, and the best horses, that most no.
bic and useful OF ouc domestic ANNA ;;
and | allow that somc of us are ex
iravagantly fond Of seeing tAeir speed
tried.
Is this crime, SIT? Ii isour right
/ believe, sir, that every Kingdom Of
| Europe, and almost every state III A
merica allow it; and even ut the seat
of cur national government, IN the dis.
tricl Of Columbia, it is not merely al
lowed, but encouraged, and patronzrd
/ by the first mcl: in our government -
| Indeed, sirs SO extremely fond arc
thy of sports, that If am rot nista-
l,Sell, most of them, dacing the late war,
beca ne their own riders.
Shall we pass this h,il, sir, with
suci, examples, AMI authorities betofe
u? hope pot. 1t would be. SIR, hike
a second edition oil he old bloc laws OF
Connecticut, where they whipped he
cask, il The beer Or cider worked on
Sunday.
| Pass this bill. sir, anil we Danish
good horses from ihl,.s'ase, and ] fear,
uiany VINO are fond Of them will Mi
CRATE viii them Tor a land gilmore
| liberty. Our horses, sr, viii OWN
I die into mere jscks Highly esteem,
and almost reverence tie gentlemen
| who head the petition, and who bFo's
in this bill, for tic good they have
done; bat, sir, they are most al them
in the wane Of life; they arc far ad-
vanccl. 1 hope. in the road 10, hea
| ven They, perhaps, have 10 terIes.
trial enjoy nient:-itt tl'em depart IN
peacc--bui, sir. 1 30 hope this bill
will not pass. Is this the boasted land
of freedom? Pass this bill, sir, and VIC
strike dagger in the bosom OF LII
berty, herself
tfhe motion 10 dismiss was lost
yeas g, nays III; and the bill ordered
10 lie or the table.
i M 81 IT, l. - Ino.csA,1 &c III,
Court of Appeals Of Kentucky, threat
ems to produce a great deal Of lidga-
i ton in that state. The whole Court a
greed that the endorsement and replsrsn
laws, SO far as it respected all contracts
arising prior to the date Of their passage,
were unconstitutional and void--but
binding on all subsequent transactions.
Judge Mills MISUNDERSTANDING ALL
lreplev;n Laws 10 be unconstitutional and
nul
| Creditors have taken the alarm
They thinlk it certain that every re-
pieyin bond made for two years, in vir-
tue Of an execution predicated on a
contract entered into previous to the
/ passage OF the law, is either void, in
which case the security is exonerated, or
that the bonds are valid as common law
bonds, and subject to be sued and reco-
vered upon as such.n They conceive
that EVERY three months replevy bond,
taken in consequence of the endorse
ilnent law was passed, must share SINH
lar fate" Every sale, made upon two
years credit, in obedience to these lass,
III the enforcement of prior contract,
is rold-tAe purchaser may be turned
out of possession--,he officer lose his
fees and commission, and is liable to be
Itreated as a trespasser. Fears, also, are
expressed, lest some Of TIE old debts,
not yet put into suit, may be recovered
in specie, and thus subject the debtor TO
ruin, aud the paper currency to still
more deplorable depreciation.
Such are the melancholy effects of
excessive banking, and Of this pretended
remedial system. It operates ike OPT
UNI upon tie patient--alleyiating ds-
ease for moment, to make death more
certain.
The Legislature of Tennessee are al
so seriously engaged in the discussion of
her remedial tous. The two Houses met
on the 10th, 18th, and I4th of October,
in conlnjttee.of fle aoAole, for the pur-
pose of discussing the propriety of pass !
ing the biz to amend the endorsement
laws Of the state. They rose without
coming to any decision On the 10Th,
Mir. Grundy submitted to the House OF
! Rom. a row hill a.tp amend