Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1842-04-13
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eTefg GOOD eiIf1sn b p.li s;sa 70: ihe.ecn+
siaaEJ practice 9sl 4 p0fs IN d our country
sssaa, 81 1sElsisgs psaef Certain are
we thai Il ii q foisss Sc yin us nature,
sc rsssls ard d egssnnert like ours,
fslnsls seqGsres az .tido,e all powerful TO
gsgsss is Sv effects. Thot aniidoie
ssaat s cpinion. and public opinion,
SO sloss innss and will, control the ac-
sien ools lawmakers. Abroad, wehrcver
sssagy ~ any extent has been practiced,
s tss gain has it no. broush, upon its vic
stltas And at home, in our own country,
YES, iu our own State, what desoldtion,
mas !, no, produced! All classes of our
ciiiZcns have been, and are now The suffer-
ers by practice condemned by the laws
OF man aud ruquali6edly condemned by
the word of God. Eyen the note shaver
i,imsclf-he who though, himself twelve
month ago, beyond the reach ofits evil ef-
fecis. now tremblcs at the position in which
he stands. Goaded 10 madness almost
by the heartless exaclions Of some one
of those modern Shylocks, who could
have the pound Of ilcsh, even though blood
should accompany the peualty, one here
resisted, aud another there has resisted.
even to the reputation Of a contract. which,
morally. and by every principle of homer,
they were bound 10 fulfil. The courts
have sustained their pleas, aud The faer
that others with whom they dea!r, aud 10
whom but iiu!e mercy was shown. should
i,a;.a'c the example, makes them tremble
nt The thought. Sec then 10 what The prac-
ticc leads. The borrowers have been ruin
cd, and the lenders may be. Blu, nolwi,h-
standing the truIh Of all this, wc would
hope otherwise. Our objec, is nol 10 ad-
wise iha, wrons be done, 10 remedy or TO
cure IN OWL lf 4 man make contract,
no mater with whom. let him. il he be able,
e,ana up 70 MS cob rac', though. in 40 do.
ias, be par, with his last cent. To the
utcrmosi fa!ihing let him abide by lis bar
gaiu. But lct the ruin oi ,a, man hr
warning TO others, and let them avoid the
rock upon which he aud thousands of 9th
crs have been so fatally wrecked. The
practice is curse TO the land-to The hor-
rover. i, is undoubtedly so. and 10 the sha.
yer, who knows what j; may no, he J.
That which TO pursue as diaiy advoca
,ion. tends 10 dry up The milk OF human
kindness--so blum, the affec,ion'-Io bar
den the hcuri--,o make Mammon the God
OF their idoli,ary in this world-and 10 look
upon human misery withou, 4 tear TO
rnoisien the eye, or the liberal hand ex,en
ded TO relieve; that we say, which has the
c4ec, Of producing all this, ought it not TO
bo abandoned aud AT once?
Men argue strangely. Some sny. my
money is worth TO me all that il will bring
me. WE'LL SO nigh. they os we'll say that
auy thing else which they have is wGrliio
them all that it would hiring them. And
yet, ir a neishbos's necessities drove him 10
another to procure bushel Of corn, wha,
man possessed Of any thing like lhera!
spirit, would think, for moment, Of cx-
acting what would be generally confessed.
under all the circumstances. 10 be an enor.
,nnus prico for the article !-But even adj
mitiins tha, there is great r'ansihili'y IN
the assertion tina. mans money Is worth
10 tim all that be can &c, for II, does not
the position como in immediate conflict
with those pure und holy doctrines taught
as in the Bible! Most assuredly ii does.
Men may say what they please. but we
doubt very much il one confirmed, note sha-
yer can he found, who, when he commen-
ced his profession. did mt feel that he had
be,,er lc; i, a!crc, and follow some lauda-
bio calling.
A moderate rate ofiu;ercst for tho use
Of money is just and proper and is a poll
cy encouraged by all Governments. Usnry.
nm the contrary. has heen, and is looked
upon as an odious system, injurious TO the
neople, US well as To national welfare
., /, he encouraged by our laws, or even
hv public opinion, and its practice has the
tendency OF diverting capital from other
and better employments. so long as The
mechauic, merchant, ur manufacturer fails
10 realise upon his capital the same per
ren,umn ,ha, The usurer does. unless rcs-
trained hv conscience, mha: is there TO
nreyen, his becomming member Of the
fraternity Of Shylo;ks, and thus adding an
other, nud lrp'hcT, 10 p"Hu "tc""y 'oo
numerous for The good Of the country!
And then, there is tho ASriculiurali>l.
Inc Farmer--he who tolls in ,ic hot sun.
and in the winters cold-why should he
continue TO I'LL tho soil, when his reshsor
wi,hou, scarcely an effort, aud with half
the capital employed. makes treble The per
cen, ,ha, he doesl These nrc not idle
oueries. We knotc tina, the practice Of
nsury has had the effcc, Of which we speak.
We knop individuals who were engaged
in merchandising. and who have abandon.
81 !, TO practice usury. We know, ofsev-
eral who we're engaged in farroins-and
whose fathers we're farmers before them
,ba, arc now confirmed usurers. Yes, we
know Them who have parted with Tho last
fsm;lu scrvan, TO the stranger. and the
nrocceds derived from The sale. from now
nar, Of q capital wherewi!h they shave
,I,rir ncighbor. The house in which they
were born--,he lands which their fathers
,;lIei-,he hill side upon which they played
in their youthful days-the streams, the