Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1841-10-07

The bill proposes 10 restore this numerous
class to active and useful employment
ful to themselves and families, and useful to
their country. Sir, is this not desirable =
Will it not benefit the whole community p
Will il not breathe new life into the business
and productive labor Of the country! Sure
ly there can be but one answer to these
Questions. These men will spring into &C.
ton and life they will feel ennObled, dis
Cntangled and dsCnthralled; many of them
will profit by their past errors; and will be-
come useful and highly valuable members OF
community, contributing their full share to
our national greatness and wealth. Turn
them loose! Knock off their chains! Let
them go free and feel the reverence for the
institutions of their country and the gratitude
that their deliverafiCe must inspire! Am
told that this may discharge some unworthy
man! / answer; will you therefore hold
honest ones in chains! The rains of heaven
fall on the evil and the good, on the just and
on the unjust; and some tares are permitted
to grow rather than the wheat should be
rooted up. If a rogue now and then escapes,
let him 90; there is tribunal whose judy
ment he cannot evade. 1t is our business to
legislate for society, and we can only control
the outward conduct of men the secret mo-
tivcs and wicked cOncealments of the heart,
must be left to that final justice which will
be pronounced by higher and holier tri-
bunal.
But, sir, there is one effect that will be
produced by the passage of this bill that has
thrilling interest in its contemplation. 1t
is the Joy that this measure will diffuse into
more than million Of aching hearts. The
bankruptS in the United States, and those de-
pendant on them, whose hearts will leap
with Joy at the announcement of their deli.
verance, will not number less than million.
The number is usually estimated much lar
ger. Now, sir, if these could all be brought
together, not only the unhappy bankruPts
themselves but their wives, their children,
and all who, by ties of nature and affection,
have claims on them for support, and you
could see the solemn sadness that reigns
throughout this vast multitude, and you could
then hear the sound oftheir deliverance, and
witness the thrilling effect, what would be
swell with unutterable rapture in view of this
happy scene! Would you not see sorrow
turned into Joy, and witness the overfl"wing
waves of an ocean of happiness?
ST., this measure is calculated to give more
relief to more human beings than any you
could pass The deliverance that this mea-
sure will bring will be consecrated by tears
and gratitude. Memory will dwell on it, and
in all time to come it will be held in atfec-
tionate remembrance. 1t will be new era
in our history, from which q million of
human beings will date their deliverance.-
II will be q new era in our history, from
which our commercial policy will date its
most important improvement. 1t will be a
new era in our history, from which the ad-
vancement OF our social condition and the
morals of the country will receive new inn
pulse. And it will be an era in our history
TO which we may look with pride and satis-
faction, and dwell on it as one deur to- the
honor and glory Of the Republic.