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EVILS or BROKERAGE s SHAVING
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who writes sUsprer," Is pleased to take what
he calls brief review bfths last essay Of Fair
Play, He tells US at once, in substance, thai
be does not believe WORD OF it, nor is il 10 the
least surprising that be should Do 50 prompt in
bis conclusions The Name be assumes and the
privilege be claims sin his day'' to buy and sell
bonds, explains fully ihb cline and The predica-
meut" wherein he stands certainly ibid not
expect gentlemen usareks 10 feel the .f9rce'' of
any thing eould-say agsinst their ntdfest and
prospects. II should as boon think of mskipg the
crocodile or the rhinocsros feel the "fsrce'' of
needle through their coats Of mail oA; TO fit
the figure 10 The dignity Of The csarsalefs, 10
make corssir feel the a'foree'tof the liz ", III
pationss when he runstnp the bloody Gag with
the deslhs-teadEss Gross- bones on Il, THE
,ksieioh i Usurer Plea3ss. and, al the head Of
his crew, be claims The right to PiunderA'far as
the pecan bears the billdws foam"
Promising thus muchs will now can your
attention 10 the whole spirit and character of
| the 'brief review !" When have done this, !
\ viii examine iisflogic Iths more especially As
i claims that character in an eminent degree.
Y The Usufer takes il forIgrsnted, aud endeavors,
throughout his entire reply, 10 impress il upon
his readers, that there Is no force 10 any OF the
I positions Of his opponent no logic or sense in
has ressonings. He admits there is some small
sprinkliDg Of raillery aud humoir, and raises an
incesssnt cry for "premises and logic.r or
course ae means 10 claim, for all he has written,
pre- ises and close dedbrtion, grave reasoning
and pure logic. He will surely, since he makes
such a loud cry against defamation, denan-
bciation, SMILES, and raillery, abstain from
the usesf all such ineonclusite weapons. Rea
der, is this soi Arc you to be gullsd IN this
way' Is It not maEife4t throughout the whole
production, that there ID cunning. and aftful,
and studied effort TO scatter all serious reflection
in laughter, and to draw ef aud divert your at
tentiou from subject Of the greatest magnitude
10 the humorous and lhdicrous light in which
he continually attempts 10 display Fair Play and
his opinions. If slhis IS not 50, why, with the
snseriDg cry for sense and premises and logic''
/ forever on his lips. DOES he talk about s4mere
aoGrishss," and ask you 10 Smile At the seIf-sst-
isfed vanity which he sees 10 my s'good epinion''
Of my own theoryi And why does he represent
me IS laundering Juprer, 10 my own copceit,
now shaking the four corners Of the earth, =
and anon whelming the I" usurers. shavers
and brokers in one mass Of FIRE and birthstone y
Why does be advise me TO 'sgo to bed, pull the
sheets over my eyes, and reflect, +" and make me.
noleps yolens, ''shsd briny tears at his mock
| pictures Of 'poor fellow morisls aud sinners
swinging in halisrs, Or perhaps throws into
hofse-ponds with the ersel waters gurgling over
their head, p Sc. Sc. Now all this, suppose
is"logie premises con illusions !" IT proves clear
y, and BY the ''old rules OF reasoning," what be
undertakes to prove, 10 wit. that usury In Ill
its forms is right, and entities Usurer, Of course,
TO walk like stately mathematician from The
black board with Qsod trat dsmmsfraisauin,'
4 uponhis lips. Really, really, Usurer mskqs tie
slopd eutdry, while he gives the sore blow -
He cries for alogfc. logic, logic as d lnau
with the ehelc would CRY for laudanuml; add
above are some Of the elegant specimens Of his
own. II UsureF hsa hos squinied so hsrd at Tie
gentlemen Of the. green bag might have
fanced myself at cat and thrust with one Of those
same knighisIs,in green, + been forced toguatt
lmyself at al points agsiesthis arts and ssTstsg
For, reader, f you ever baw lawyer with oad
-cacghi with case without law OF gos.
pei, proof. rhyme or reason, land no dodht yos
have often seen such chses, > bis invariabie aai
only plan is 10 ''laugh The casg out Of court
Il matters not upon whom Tie laugh is, bis orto-
4 nent, or his 'dpPpneuts client, but The laughH
I the last resort. This isl the attempt here apt
let me assure Usurer h6R far il has Succeeded
I assure him, il all good humour, that have
laughed al his humorous sallies and hits4at and
caricstures Of, FAIR Play that have laughed
at the idea Of convincing . wolf that i wa
wrong 10 eat lamb of an Insurer that II was Wrote
10 make 3s5 and lastly, that have laughed
and that 10 laugh at Ire idea, and atthe Ii,
tempt, 70 laugh the people, " ben their a.lentiSr
is once arrested, out or matter offs much mag.
lnitude ID them, as the right use or The grdal
standard Of al The property they possess II
earth. The usurer who makes his 33S re
| laugh. but epine be win have ell the fdpSts
himself; the people, out Of whom Il Is piasie
j will, perhaps. mol laugh so heartily. Laugtslel
Ia theal, think, will be tsther ssTdonie sInt&e
ment and IL he, who e1mmends 10 me the sssu
di OF human nature wislook fight clesely. y.
Will see some diS4uftiods shout tho muscles b
4 tue mouth, that i6hikats any thing but plsss,te
He has said, too, SoAelhiag about my condnini
my exprrimeststo frogb, and, by the way, / VII
4 remind him that the bo5s who pel.ed The frsss
laughed very heartily, but that the frogs RsFi
net precisely of The same hnmour The usprar
TOP, who nlakes-33t nay laugh, but, II t4is
l,take not the augnrics Of The times, the pappl.
Twill not laugh with him. ani that this irnpoftBn
difference viii be foanh between the ffazs IN
II the people. that The pedple will pslt back &c
Ter awhile, will call bis attention 10 sdEn,
Y iodieasions, beth North and South. Shich slew
4 pretty clsstly What theErooFls begin 90 think o
brokers' and shavers. Snd what Is their deter
minaiipn in regard 10 them For the present
iiftheaccount Of ssIogic premises, ralllery, allr
shes, add conelusions'' is fairly seitled. | tIl
Il surrender The musings o. if he pleases, smiSibc
s.nishi csp'' which UsArerl rccommendst . he
1.-THE ssskakinx lis four ckrners Of the earib \ liz
the .imass Of Gre and bSimslere 2. 10 him, al Ii
properly, and fsir balance IN his faFor, SIX
viii le1vs a to The people % decide who sniciA
most strongly Of ssbrihstone." the psuref 81
i Fair Play Mnsl, nsysfthe less. teii Aim llss
tat iha smoke 81 hts Ere and bfiustoas 4 sl