The Northern star, and constitutionalist. [volume] (Warren, R.I.) 1834-1837, 1835-09-12
Warren.
BEING IN DEBT.

From GA Fathers Confession" in {
late number of Frazer's Magazine, VIC
make the following extract -
Believe me my son, that Of .all the
kinds Of tyranny by which the spirit o
man is bowed down and crushed, and all
his energies, moral and physical, are pa
raysed and withered, there is none 50 ac-
tive in its oppression, and so bitter in its
torture, as that which creditor exercises
over his debtor. 1t is II tyranny which
can even quell the springing elasticity oI
youths sarguine ambition. Observe, too,
that its existence does not merely depend
upon the disposition or acts ofthe master.
The latter may be the mildest mad most
long suffering man upon earth, and so far
from cndeavoring roughly 70 enforce his
claims may even refrain from asserting
them. Still by the very nature Of the re-
lation which subsists between the parties,
is the debtor reduced to the condition OF
his bondsman or serle, for the real intensi-
ty Of the tyranny consists in this s-that the
creditor has ever in his service an oilic-
ious and indefatigablc agent, who acts
not only without his orders, but often in
spite oil his expires ,ed wishes, and that a.
gent is the memory OF the indebted party.
The master may be willing TO give time
to his slave he may even desire him not
to be disquieted by the apprehension of
violence but can the latter forget the
existence of an obligation which may be
forced upon his memory by the slightest
circumstance Of the passing moment r
Can he forget, too, that, however humane
his present lord may be, his rights and
claims, may, after his death, puss to ano-
ther OF an imperous and violent temper.
Such are some ofthe considerations which
make the mere existence Of a debt with
out any other aggrava,ing circumstance,
in itself tyranny, Of the most loathsome
description. The parish pauper, despi-
cable as his lot may appear, enjoys n
higher degree ofliberty and independence
than the man who has put it into the pow
er Of another to como up to him, and say,
"pay me what thou owest." Think not
tha, my description is overcharged. The
fool and tho proAigate would laugh ut the
picture which have displayed to you
the one owing to his mental iniirmity not
being able to understand true liberty-the
other from the baseness of his nature, be-
ing dead to the degradation of servitude.
But the man of an ingenious and sensitive
disposition, will readily allow that there
are letters for the mind as well as the bo-
dy and that in order to be apprised Of a
subjcction to bondage, it is not necessary
that one should actually hear the clank of
the iron chain.
"Another circumstance which tends to
make the debtors constraint still more in
tolerable, is, that in most cases the inflc-
ton of it 10 either occasioned or expedited
by his own weakness and folly. A weak
submission to the imperative yet trihing
mandates Of fashion, a vain competition
in the rcce Of extravagance with more
wealthy compeers, and shameful com
pliance with the suggestions Of unhealthy
and artificial appetites,-those are some
Of tho principal causes, which sometimes
separately, but more frequently in close
league together, entangle the young man
ia the tolls Of debt"
INTERESTING TO TRAVELLERS. The
proprietors Of the principal Hotels in New
York-Cty, American, Franklin, ClIn-
ton, Mansion, Atlantic, Congrs sss, and
Mrs. Mann's- have given public notice
"that as the expenses Of their establish
ments and the prices Of every article ofI
domestic produce in the markets have
advanced so much above all former pro-
cedent--leaving no prospect of change
in their favor-their charges for Board
and Lodging, from the lst September,
will be advanced from 81 so to So per
diem, and from $40 to Sl2 per week; and
for Board only, from 10 cents to 81 per
diem, and from So to Sc per week. Din
ners only, from 80 cepts to 75 cents
each"
Judge Wright Of Ohio, declines dellv-
ering an oration on Chief Justice Mar
shall, for want Of 'leisure and ta,en,s'- |
This is degree Of modesty which, though
unealled for in the case in question, we
should wish TO see initiated by many 9TH
srs whose estimate Of their own powers
too often far exceeds that to which they