New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-10-22
shouIa there be Legal Enforcement of
the Pnymeni of Debts.


rnonotonv of politics. you will give perhaps snail
portion of your attention and your journal to the
consideration of subject which IS, IN my opinion,
more solemn in its consequences as well as more
sacred in It's character, than partisan politics.
Some time ago the Morning Post of this City,
and. after it, the Commercial preached, as you
ma, have observed, the radical if not novel doc
,rine that all lars for the collection Of de6ts are
not only against policy; bit equity ana were
consistently of opinion that our laws OF this class
should be abolished forthwith. The PRONUNCIATION
of such principle in commercial community
and by sane men (for such | think the Editors IN
question. this symptom Notwithstanding took me,
will confess it, By surprize. The Post might
have concluded to be under the obligation Oh car
ryiDg out the peculiar Democratic theories o! us
a illustrious predecessor" previous self. ouI
how account for the hallucination OF the eom'
mercia ;,
However, addressed Jew lines to the " Post
refuting, as could, the positions and arguments
$50 10 call them Of both these papers and briefly
stating the grounds of the opposite and actual po..
si,ion W it'll profession Of my readings to verify
| az the LAWYERS have it. This the Post did not
| deem it proper to publish.
Again, a day two ago, the same prints repeats
| its Observation-Disclosures that the next Assembly
being returned Loco-F oco, honor Will be suostl-
ued as the only future guaranty tor the payment
of debts. and that the present remedies by law Will
| fall before that trenchant Democracy, which
works. il is true with the scythe, but without the
bourglass of lime. Considering the progress we
| have made recently in private and public honor III
respect TO orr debts-and made CNhig envy must
aow) under the auspices OF the Democratic parry
| and princi ples-there may, after all be some
| ground for the change, But If in ties case, why
10 thn 81
sanction for duty and substitute for law L
| should like to hear from the Morning fost TIE
principle of his exception
This is question, you perceive, Mr.. Editor,
| wherein the merchants and most other dealers III
our City have deep and direct interest-a class,
accustomed generally and justly to look to you tor
| advice The lawyers too are concerned, unless
indeed thew could contrive raise under this new
code of honor system of casuistry still more
ploriously uncertain than the common law. 1t
| NAV be your business to apprize these WHAT they
are TO expect in the premises from our Demo
cratic Delegation" Your opinion, however, Is
what request: Has a Legislature politically
and morally the right(J NOT the daty) Of MAKING
! lau 10 enforce the payment Of debts justly due
and fairly originates LIN
Remarks of the Editor.
| We had occasion some time since 10 turn oui
attention to this question of Law or No Law Tor
the collection of Debts, and our deliberate conclu
sion was that any such Legislation as Is suggested
hv the Commercial and Post would affect most dis
astrously the Business, the Prosperity, and the
| Morals of the Country. We cannot now make
room for all the considerations which impeled US
to this decision, but will make room for one-re-
lating to Trusts. We presume the widest Loco
| Focoism will hardly maintain that the specous
rascal who has got Into his hands the property OF
| the widow and orphan, as Executor, Guardian, or
| the like and who chooses to retain and not upon
instead of surrendering it, ought to be allowed
| a perfect impuni,y in so doing. In other words
| there must be law TO councract Frauds IN trusts
Well: when you have granted this, you have gwen
| up the whole ground for every debt will be made
| a Trust and every breach of 1t Fraud. In other
words you will only have the processes of securing
and collecting Debts complicated and ex-
pensve, and the Lawyer more necessary than now
thus the whole project of abolishing the legal re-
medy for the collection Of Debts will prove most
costly and mischievous failure. Ed. Tr.
! 70 The Edge6eId Is. c. Advertiser places at
The head of its columns the name OF JOHN c. CAL
HouN for President in 1874" nos subject to the
action of any Convention" The Richmond En-
qurer softly demurs.
| 90 Sarah Freeman, recently convicted at New
7! Haven of having murdered her own infant child,
has been sentenced 10 be hung the 18th day of
| June next.
| 20 Daniel Ferris, in Mobile, in fit of delir-
um trcinens, recently comnitted suicide by stab
bling himself in the abdomen and then cutting his
throat with large knife.
| a FEMALE FoRGEH.-A check for 500 was
| drawn in the name of neighboring farmer, and
| presented few days since by female, said to BE
of respectable connections, at the Bank of Chester
| County. Pa. The fraud detected, and the
woman arrested and bound over in the sum Of
| $500 When called upon by OF the officers,
the woman denied having been to the Bank. She
asked to see the check, and when it was exhibited
snatched it and tore it to pieces.
II SANDs's MISUNDERSTANDING proof oil the Supe
NEW YORK Oct. 49, 1912.
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| making it would he removed Tor OF course testimony
can strengthen relation TO the value
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But how shall begin or how describe those excruclatng
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