The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1840-06-11

mtnal law kA'Fnusn& " al prftnH<s -
veil Is irsdsrs. Bui rhsngss had l-ken
place before 1850. and other changes.
and sefy Important changes. haze taken
place sincr. The system Is nos great
" simel,ied and imPsosed. and ,,js also
male much more ~ ensise. AZ 20 those
whYm il embraces. II ia hardly GOO much
% sag that il is prepns;efans % contend.
thai we are 10 refuse 20 Ourselves NOT only
ihe light III Der oan expensnee. and oil
regard 20 our own peculiar situation. bni
thar we are also 20 exclude fram nur re-
gard and n0lire slI mndrrn Engl'sh ian
provemenls. and cpnfne ourselves 60 tie
English bankrupt lsws as hey existed 10
1853. The power Of Congress j. given
IN lie fslless manner. and BY The largesi
snd masi comprehensive terms and inrms
al expresson: and IL cannot be iami.ed BY
vague prescriptions Of reference 10 9th
er existing codes. OF loose esnjrc'ufes
about Inc inirnis OF IL Trainers, nowhere
expressed or iniimaled 10 the instrument
ilself. or any conlemPolsneous exPosi-
linn.
/ ,hiak. then. that Congress may pass
law which shall inelude persons NOT
lraJers, and which shall include ,olun-
iary cases only. Aud ] think further,
that The amendment proposed BY The ho-
nnrable member from New Jersey is. in
effect. ex-eliy against hi. own argument.
| ihiuk il admits ell lha. he contends
against. II The FIRST place, he admils vo-
Iunlary bankruptcies. and there we're
none such in England In 1889. THIS i
clear. AID in The next place. he admits
any one who vii say that he has been
concerned IN trade; and be maintains, aud
has Asserted. that IN this country any DO
dy may say that. Any body. then. may
come in under The bill. The only older
ence il. lie mus, come 10 under dis.
guise. or in an assumed character. What
ever be his employment, occupation. or
pursuits. he must come in as trailer, OF
a. one who has been concerned or enga-
ged in trade. The honorable member al
lempts Distinction belsseen traders and
those Who can say thai they have been
engaged 10 trade Icsnno, see ,hedihrr
ence. ., isioo 6ne Cor me. A trader u one
concerned IN trade. and TO be concerned
, in trade is la be Trader. What Is sI.s
JiiTerencei But IL persons may be con
! cerned in trade, and yel nnt be iraders
4 sill such persons were net embraced Il
. The English statutes. which apply ,olita
III iefs by name; snd, iherefare. The gentle
(. mans bin would embrace Persons no
within those statutes IS. they Stood d
I7S9.
/ The eeniIeman's real object il not d
! equine tie bali 10 rsbe,s. bu, 60 embrac,
. every body; aud yel he deems itneees
d ssry Cor every person. APPLYING % sisie
E and 10 swear, thai he has been engaged
!. in trade. This seems 20 me 90 be bcsli 50
i perIluous aud objectionable; sapeIaaous
. because, if We have rigb. 10 bfing ia per
& sous under one name. We may bring i
{ The same persons under another name. o
/. by general description; Objectionable. be
skcsnse itteqaires men 10 stase what ma,
: yefy much resemble a falsehood !. and !,
u make oatt nit. Suppose sfsrmer or
!. merIlanie 10 falI. can lleaake an oali lha
he hasbsen Engaged ia lraleg IL The objec,
: ton. "a bring 10 others tI,an traders is,wel
!, founded IN esCshsti,uiisn, surely mere
|. tform cannolsemove il. Words canaota Al
i ter things The constitution SAYS pothiQs
!. about traders. Ye,ihe hpnorable gentle
/ mans sinendneai requires all apple anu
20 declare Observation-Disclosures; and, u ,he5
! will bu, saw 50. and swear 50, il shall b,
h soreceived and npbody shall conlrsd,c
y ii. In other words. 3 fiction. not yery
4 innocent. shah be allowed 10 oge,co,ne =
|, cons,iavsinnal objection. The gentleman
/, has been misled by false snalogy. lie
4 has adopted an example which does moi
] apply 10 The case. aud which he ye, does
II moi follow on,. The British sstutes are
Il confined 10 traders. but then they con-
. tain long list of persons who il IS de
I clareti shall be deemed aud taken 40 be
!. traders within the acis, THIS lis, they ex-
!, Tend, from iime tstime; aud whenever any
i one within il becomes 4 voluntary bank
y rupi. he AYERS. IN substance. thai he is .
|. trader. wiihin Che &C, 0f PssItaneal II
!. II hail beea necessary. as II is not, 10 iol.
!, law this exapple 4, all. the gentleman
bill should have declared ar persons IRA
siers. Tor the purposes Of tins act, aud
!. then every body could have nade ths
deslaralioa ~lthom isnpraptieiy. as, N
/ England. Eihe Aprlicaua only states tla'
i which the law has made Wue. lie de-
clates himself radero because the las
has already declared that he shall be con
|, sidrred a trader. HIS conscience. there
i fore. is projected. lie s~ears only ac-
carding the aclni Pa ri,smeni, i be swear
: al all. Bar. ss the provision stands here.
!, calls on every os1Ao declare himself .
-fader, or that he has. been engaged ~
trade. not wi,hnahe particular meaning
+ or sense ol any &C, OF Congress, bu. u
/ The usual and popular accepsaton Of M
, word.
n Suppose. sir. cotton planter. BY 10
evi,sbls misfortune. by ere or tlaod. OF b,
/ epidemics among his hands. is ruined u
, his affairs. Suppose he desires To max