Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1838-11-20

ATE ehsmesr. vh,ic ! made .ame rsnafks "a Opposition
to the Bll' 'ad, I ~sspps-r, he hesta the shove goo~
him na,, bat, fo' ssghtis no- b.. nsy a,r. dresn.s
the sl"se fsma'ts a. 'ailv psIsossI. ,ns. sa~r com.
'nuhtnr s"hds wi,h Ii. elements Of ~mapruiiy within
hs oun bosom, h. had the ,feosfuv 10 torture .aris 10
en- import Il hs 80 e~oaiuviug
"a, however, oppose he Bin and ae following
ar, ssus q the reasons. which constrained zoe taa. O.
Dc.
htve ever considered that the right o. feAaia ne
rsissnai tbstty and iaoaicerts tie body n . prfsoh
isi . mere hfsaeh % contract. barb,foes in h odsn.
and ,he law, vliea conferred .ira RIGHT. a,lrs, sra,.
u'fy. snd hence ! b's- slvsys bsen aysla-3 &C. is-rs
oamfeifv a,ai ia prime pie
The laws regulating the collection or --b;. iu this
state, provide. 10 Substance. that nu person shaWhr i~.
rfisonfd fur Ga, un'rss 10 consea's - vthb..ls h,
propcry hom Die h5ntst c%-,dtof so4 believe. NJ
Editor, there az honest creditors a. sell as bon-.,
debtts and while ,he iaite- rta4l1 mot be oppressed.
the iofmer Should not be- dsimuIed TIC mln.pt1 With
holds hs property fo,o ,hr payment OF Die ias' drha
de!ruts h' n~eighb3r, aa4 should be- compelled Boy Jaw
60 be honest.
Under te existing system, every man wb' chooses,
ran sssien t, property, and relieve his person from
dstrs, far civil drtts. Instances Of oppression con
scarcely occur, if debtors slc honest mcn. and wal DO,
hFHH hl|Hfe NhH' fENN l.FhNHFA NN iWr
Change our system IA this particular, aud no debts
con be collected uule.s The debtor has visible property .
~ unless he chooses to pay Men ,orh thousands oi
dollars in casa and obligations might and m%.shtnot pay
their deb,s at maturity The Consequence of such &,
state OF things 10 a community Ike ours, where mutu.
al credit. az, the lite nud soul Of bushes. and ,a'er
Prise, would, in my opinion, prove tsa.tr"1' beyond
conception. TheSe evils were, Of course ;orcsrcu oud
appreciated ly the friend. OF the Bal, which passed the
Legislature - Is last sr.si. . and, asa remedy ia part
the trustee process Is i~utcrp,sed aud d'ne,tcatcd, f
may SO speak By this process, the creditor ma, rcaeh
and appropriate 10 himself, debts due and owing TO h.,
debtor but h. cannot reach cash iu lhe band Of Boo.
debtor. The industrious poor man, who has earned five
dollars. D., the sweat Of bs brow ID exposed to have iu,
unpaid svails OF MS weeks wrses seized by @ hand nc
ed, or d~lssflecicd creator. T. whom be may be indebted
in the sum OF fay cents, and two lncidrntba,s Of COS
will relieve the poor man, at once, from the trouble -"
looking after his snail esrni"e1. rms rfi1fa"f process
applies too, il | do not misaprrehsut IT, TO The c"i'cc
ton Of existing debts, as well as those contacted a0e
the hrstof January nsAt. / thought, aud lithink tina
the law Of the last session with its nppendoge Of the
trustee. process, viii increase litigation, multiply cost
have a tendency 70 impair, jr not destroy the custom c
small credits among mechanics and the poorer class ,an'
be found 10 be altogether more oppressive than our pre-
sent system. Besides the most odiols aud The wors
feature Of this system is not reached by the provision
OF the late la@ to wit imprisonment for "aat oil bal
on mesne process.
These, sir. are q few Of the reasons, Tor which wa
opposed 10 the Bill, which passed the Senate, last ses
sion, % abolish Imprisonment for debt. They can b
/, easily multiplied. Bat these reasons. It duly spprecia
ted, as ! am sure they will be, can, ! think scarcely ia
to satisfy most rejecting minds, that the change in ou
p. presru: system Of collecting debts, introduced by th
law or las, session, is, to say the least, Of very dou5tlt
O eSpediency.
Respectfully youss,
WM c. kuIEEDGE.