Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1842-06-30

szistsHrs, who can and 10 sld nvihing and whose
iEeiae and gambling are fkedrctire Bof nothing
puk mischief can see TIE "psiisYa 81 auY
law which would foster ana sneonrage ihose xhS
false wheat, and eimirisa the nAmber ana sup
press ihese who arc engaged il pu2xlIng and per-
Picking money matters II UsuFeE does nbl
view lhings ID ne same lsh,, Lean leiAlhim III
she people 80 bsgin' scaView them and ghat tlie1
beeln g sse.ia Brokerage and shaving fosl
plague spots ard can hers on the beantilal hoSesn
Of productive weslsh- Has he rot heasd If the
resolution passed ~ ala-se meeting OF he peot
PIE IN Peaasy dIfeeIins theis legislature ID
impose TAX of ! miilicn pf doliArson every hrti
kerr Surely Ehen there s 50 much srr oke ,hele
must Be some hfe, and The people nlusi feel OBJ
pressed who ccald pass such a resolution.
would desire bis partieuiar asIEntien, leo, to the
late niobla New Ofleaas, and The causes which
led g ~ lis pregnant chapter for those tn
doubtlhe peFnicio1s effects thar br0sert have On
he money and credit Of lie eonnsrr The COT
potation Il M q had issued a tat1e n4tniitv ~
municipal Rper: id notTecelieci tie amount,
bat presume milEbn al least for one wand
fand there were four was responsible for $780,
QVD. The paper was al par, aud hsd'bsen laid
mp bylthe poorer classes, as The best paper they
conld have; ard il was good, for The city was
be,.nG for il. The Ranks, this being the state gf
ma seTs. resumed sPeciefpaymen;s,a and Tie BRO
ksrss sakina advantage ~ lhe pressure, 10 one
day, andsby coordination undoubtedly, con,nyed
10 knock down and.dspreeiaEe This paper forty
per cent, They would soon. by the same pro-.
cessesi have reduced i still lower. This the
people would BOT stand bui rose, en- nasse, de-
molished two or three shaving shops, and the
very next day The paper rase 10 par. Il is true,
that there we're ward meetings, and The paper
was funded; but this, but for The moo, would
never haveibeen done The brokers and their
whether in The Banks, or fn he city
authorities, were given 10 understand that the
people would not suffer themselves 10 be plum
dered,. and The spectators gave itup for a bad
Job FIJI
Will Usnrer now say that ! Justify mobs, and that
say 10 the mob else where q gusnldo Likewise p,,
deny il; buy would Say 60 The Legislative power,
protect thepeopit agsiptt ouch ontrages and there
will be no pubs" hasen0desire 10 see 9'erisisr
IS Usnrer fnsinuates, but 10 anticipate and prevent
it. lbelie.e that, without egislstnp, there will be
a crisis Y. There is small class of men, who in o
single day can depress million ofnunieipsI paper
forty per cent, and yen usurer thinks no dangeris
90 be- feared from thtms snd would persuade me
ihs without their gooh Ekees, g my bed ortIinRer
pot might pc sold, anil that Icould not travel from
my home tp New York or Boston Virginia aotes,
hs says, would not take out ef the limits Of my
own parish MY answer 10 this,will be. hre al,
that the acme Poirer tiat could depseciate New Or
leans paper forty per cents may produce the same
effect on Nifgins psTIer, and doubtless has and
that, II the power OF the people at New Orleans
could raise the paper 70 par BY striking atthe edse
Of depreciation, the legislatures Of the Land. by
law, mays and will, have the same effect. i have
now done with The eIiisodical nine sections 81 au-
dations, bestowed BY us9rer sn the brokers. There
IL little closing scebe, TO be sure, in which be
asks my Eynpathies for his s'feow eli zens I'M
der similar stircumStahcss and for. their simplo-
ring viyes and children" should they ..swinE IL
halters," or be "thro$n into horse ppnds" This
is certainly touching appesl will answer him As
frankly as can, snd thu best answer can give is
this. that shonld feel fally s-...s fr
aud children Of the holders ofpsper in any city, OF
elsewhere, who should be reduced to Seggsry and
suffering BY such r.. ii as waa attempted on the
poor people OF New Orleans.
come now 10 sections IS and Ia, which will
take together; submitting, as is stated BY Usurer,
what supposed the whole world knew, that the ca
pitsl stock OF Banks, well as the endorsed paper
they hold, is answerable for their debts. will en-
deavor to explain to him, too, how $50 coo employ
ed in shaving may very probably displace credits to
the amount Of 500, 600. He seems 10 imagine that
this could only BE dong BY buying $2o0 for $780,
COO; which be says would he s'deep cut" will
suggest another way ill., which this might be Effected
and il be MIlpermt me viii state the sum accord
ing 10 the told rules Of reasoning, thns$ goo,
employed nshaying al thirty -three and a-tird wall
buy a certain amount Of credits When tie shaver
disturbs those who niue, pay these sredit they must
disturb their debtors, Ind in the conclusion don't
think il forced snpposition that the disturbed circle
would extend to $40 GOO the Demonstration rrqni-
red 10 passing, TOO, gust lei settle The question
Of who is 20 be blsmesl for this displacement, and
IFS consequences say the man ho il shaving with
So, 900 be is the author Of the troubles l will
explain, and with case from the law books, with
which, aiterRll, doubt not, Usursr is quite fani-
H. = L.. e..f. ItnHe a
squib ]. apdaigers j. Who casts ii of, when ii
strikes and puts oet the eye Of G." Nov the Law
holds him who first threw The squib to be the author
Of the mischief. Usufer. ia these same sections,
has committed ANOTHER blunder, aud big one il u.s.
Il reduced him 8gsn to tie r8eessity Of rrsortfng
10 the rold rulfs Of reasoniyg''to prove that the
debtor paid bQ more 10 the shaver than was due to
the originsl creditor Now the complaint is, thai
The orisiDsK creditor does not get the money, and
that he is minus his 10 the full of the shayers
psufts lselhis careful reader il at fault again.
In the sext Eve sections. IS, E6, III, Is and 10. We
have the remainder ofAhe points commented onlhy
Usurer, and those pre- sented5y him. It's tedious,
to be sure, 10 yade through the Whole Of them. but
willveRiuret :. brief examination though that
should onee more lie The cause Of loud elRm6r ID
Usurer He parpdes the arguments that put into
The monlh OF the shaver to the embarrassed man,
and nj 9 riefsxaminalionn Of il. And he seems
TO be particularly annoyed, thai Should point the
embarrassed inan, who should think Of taking this
deadly poison, No. ssh, 10 the walking skeletons
in society who have Il ken The dose before him. -
This "skrletonnis Without he ssys, tone psrti-
Gle of flesh and bleed ID ii - vet il haunis him III
spectre il will ndt - down st his bidding, =
though hejabbersati, through two tnortsl sections
Like Barquo's ghost. il sill shakes At Him the
.sgery locks. nniil tIink be fairly calls On Fair
Play % ridhiIn of th4 appariiian. Hear him: -
s.Iie> Lmeaning Fair lisy5 Bever vas embarrassed
with debt lHnself, or lie would surely have found
out, before this time,athAI ii might be better for
him to sell bond or hole al discount Of ssh thar
band oui Of Ills field, br horse Cit 81 bis plough
orrerhaps zip OF bis land, and that too Al 3,
crest, perhaps grealer sacrifice" Now, this is the
afgumentlm % hoibinrn--a close personal appeal
HutI Insst tell Usur{r still. that II should b
placed IN The highest 81 al tight places would r.
Their kase-a Law prohibaing brokerage and shaving
and, thus compelling money 70 my use 1t SIX fei
per cent, OF iiFmy property was under The hammer
giving me the benefit OF that competition arnons
monied men that must occur il they can't shave
than 10 take this deadly dose No. SIS 10 enirl
the wide door thst leads 70 shasrri shop, rres
ture Of hekh End blood, snd 10 take ny depafluf'
through tie nstrow doof that Leads out Of H. spec
ire Oh skeleton. 1Lete are TOO mArs tracks 70 ID.
liop's den, aid TOO few lfomit.
Ny fespsc els 10 one little remssaing syllogisH
OF Utuser, and have done, II is directed,
suppose, sgAinstfbe main question We have beer
HdiEcassing whether IS money IVES original,
intended 70 exchange property, i should nos 2
coninsd tofitai purpose. TIE ssllqgsm = 4
he words following, y wit Axes NsTe oEi
esnslls intznded Is cut wood therefore, !
would 81 IL outrage sipoa he rights NJ society
10 cut orr meat with axss, ard Jhe Legislature
ought 10 ~ instructed 70 prohibh suehese I
ID reply u this4iranortsl sYllogisn, WI
;n,i ~ Ussirar ansslion shaths would think
for INSTANCE. sr ) man uhofgonid use one ax
a cutting anaI destroy irg anotbeF he woul
probably assign hin % the naat-heuse. B
aariiy ofreasoni ing, I think the man who injnre
kpouey NH money, cghrsEts i 70 suicidaI ass'