The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1841-05-13

meat Of my silualion Tor your exsmina.
lion. Yau will perceive that have .
surplus OF $4,000. lhsts good SET Of
customers. and. ! believe. with . lille
indulgence. ! ssn pay I'll owe. end s,ill
keep along in my business. lIis for you.
hoseser. 70 cay what ny fate shall be.
Here 10 statement Of my affairs.
AssKrs.
Cash 0 500
Goods 5000
Bills reeeiVsble (gnodl Sc 600
Do. lsuspsnded and dosbifall 5000
DO lhadl 1000
Store, furnilure and fixtures 500
500 900
Liabilities, SO, 900
or which $4,000 will f.ll due within
sixty days.
sympathy. We have examined your
statement. and shall be pleased TO hear
any proposition YOU have 10 make.
Debtor. ! think IL I could have an
extension OF six. twelve OF eighteen
months. I could continue my business.
snd collect enough TO meet ell my par.
menis promptly 81 maturity. This course
I prefer; bu, il not acceptable 10 you. then
I will surrender ell my property TO you,
or I will pay you ffly cents 90 the dollar.
cash. and secure TO be paid twenty five
cents on the dollar more. 81 the end oil
twelve months; these twolsst propositions
are upon the condition ihs, you give me
Q full discharge.
RGrd heart. DO not know how OH.
or gentlemen feel in this matter. bui for
myself. ! am not going 10 be humbugged
in this way ~ oil; pay for The goods
buy. and am determined 10 be paid for
those | sell.
Reuengsfui. That 10 right. | have
worked for other people long enough. and
! will do i,no longer. This debt shall be
paid in full, and that, too, 81 maturity, or
| will "pui on the screws" 10 The full
extent Of the lsw-yss. and until paid,
! will keep them on. and will make IL .
condition Of my will. tha. my heirs shall
do the same. until The latest gsnersiion.
Justice. ! cannot see any occasion
for the indulgence Of 90 much bitterness
Of feeling towards this man. Ills previous
character and business habits are 100 well
known TO ell, to justify such treatment;
either Of bis propositions is sufficient 10
satisfy me Of his disposition 10 do oil be
can TO promote our interests: and I am
con6dsn. that 10 endssvoring 10 carry os,
the latter one, he will even involve his
friends by 90 doing.
Sympathy. No doub. Of that Q, ell.
! am sure his offers arc better than his
estate will justify him in making. Al
oil events. ! am willing 10 accep, Of either
OF them; yes. ! will do even bslisr-I
will take fifty cents on the dollar for my
claim. and give full and 6nal discharge.
! feel that the times through which We
have recently passed. should sdmopish US
10 be liberal-one towards smother; The
proper inquiry 10 not who has failed
but il 10, who has been so fortunate a. 10
escape The general calamity.
Small Soul. don't want 10 be hard
With the man. (rskes the debtor aside.
Now il | will agree 10 come into the
measures, Won't you Try to secure the
balance some wsyi You can do j, secret.
iy you know. Ell! There is Hard heart
and Rsvsngeful. are old scquaintances Of
mine. and ! think ! can influence them to
come into the arrangement; only see how
much 10 your interest il will DO.
Debtor. Am | TO infer then, from
what has been said, that no sellle men,
can be efIselsdi feel very anxious tina.
something definite should be done; | am
,oo young 10 give up all hopes of ever
lettering my condition; the misfortune
which has oyenaken me has no, been
brought about by exusvagance, specula.
ton and neglect Of business; | have
INDUCED in none Of these. IL 10 owing
only TO those disappoinlmen.s in business
10 which all who give crcdi, are liable,
and agains, which the most pruden, can.
no, wholly guard.
SJW' ~ you are 80 very anx-
iou' to settle. 4" lie. your friends come
forward and assist you."
Debtor. My father gave me 100000
with which commenced business. That
he will loose rather than my creditors
shall suffer; but he 10 unable to do more.
My only brother will havo TO mortgage
his property TO enable me 10 fulfil the
proposition made TO you this day; and
will have 10 rely solely on my future
success in business for his recompense
and reward. Gan won AK morel
Hard heart. Well. Sympathy and
Justice are willing 10 compromise their
claims. why no, do so, You and your
friends can then pay US in full.
Debtor. M! sir. What do for one
J do for all. Cruelty shall never have
oecssinn through me 10 triumph over
g. Dear as freedom is, and in
my hearts just estimation priced sbove
all price. ] had rather be myself the slave. |