Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1842-11-17

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s. rlsd. ttls ysi ,Aitd 81 - a Is 4 sesi<i re-
ses etdint 1ntto bcEi1 eSaia.
mol 50 IS lie Fartisn dets ehsch e.siiss "a
bodily M c1illc FtIue uhich esabf4ces, AID
dimisfshes. Il is ak6ls exltn4 he eeneftI
lsean1 II lsyibz 81 oiher du<s
Nor, VAat q Amount. IS 1oi hers 81 any
great coaetln y 1hr present pnfpas ife have.
lekt nov eaiy q in4pifs u eausss. Thes4 IN
nefssoods j 3 tnnecesssry . arrive minaleII Al
NE elieet afd is degree since Ns Eno4 thar,
ghesher gisaltE g snalieE, i as5s from lkis
soqset
The Faszsa de5s Of cbantry--i,s habiiual
spfrisn fsSi--terepds chilly % lis Jsrik-nasd-
nsps-~its tabit u .epssusus6e r. mn errsteF.
FaL1e 81 efcisn eommoiliies .th,t il. paya or,
wilh - aNs. Ilb snaagh lo.slf 81. ths, stHal
We q ihel Planting SAFES are vefy impIogsaenl
c1ns1tst4 nao4 cbnsuulpt i6u Is 1tnallf about
year q adFancs % IhsiF pfetacliba- We
psua9ig a4e. lhai i - ssy. about fae amountpf
mai keilfs susrlps ol pFstuelicns Which &c send
abFued, ri xdhangs 1nr foseisp egnimtIIlies.
These fain prop 5siiioos vii efkibis Dol only
ne FACT Ut 4 j. unrdebt ahfos y hirh is pfess-
ins d. I'D ihat this iehl i e al aln9enfI large
enaesh q prnjlace 4 great extent Of distress
Every tkiEg else that We aisk 70 infef follows
easily ssd even irfesisliely. This siEese view
s ~ Epagtilude en6pgh 10 settle The whole qaes.
ton u Say laws and their policy.
Fer uhtt foll1uss The remedy vou propose
for he efdbaHasssbrni viii only insolfe inffesh
eniangemenIs yEsur HONG 0blIgalons; xhic4.
as>we ha4e seen, are Eexef the soafce Of Inc
trouble AM the resl cause, NE foreign din
ealty. 4 dtass dovn upon youf heads, - 10 one
crushing heaps
Since 4 STAY Law Is nothing bni enaciiag
aeeefai Stspessian 81 ali debts except thuse
WHICH so4t legislation capast bsr-- SUSPENSION
u AZ haI ofega Debts--itis 10 reality EthoAgh
not 50 lirtee certainly j law p give NE Fo-
reign dei5of The exclusive preference. The
Megchant VI -stahds feiWeen him and the
fsouscEheS. can collect nofhfhg d ihcse who
owe him II 6pd, ~ law passed for fhtir case
alone, Is Eiaeea Il The mercy 81 BIS Foreign cre-
tikl, wisiEa lie alarm and The disheaoFsof such
asAw brings al once upon bis head Every note
q bis mdsl Be protested: be fails Asflts from
the Uasseii States Court issue against him
iudgmens4 are gsl-eosls are piled upon him
his entire kipck must BE gold under executions
his rersash properly must felloE 10 make good
The sacfilce d SO large q quantity Of goods
thrown uHenIlie market for esshs and probably
the very sben Who GIVE him viii buyep bis pio-.
perry or BIS n9tes with Inc very money whichs
his aagiiisas ID enables them 10 wilhholdircm
hinp&s
oucl LIE M is&iN ii1di UtesSiAb - u this SUI
Of IesissStjbn.'
10 aaotasr at,icis, the Wing resumes the sub
isc5 and ;efers 10 The coarse Of Kentucky, 10
adepiingiin Iime-of peace ihs system 10 which
Virginia had resprsea in war. /. procsedss-- !
eKeniusky began with Relief Law. lmodslIed
las w hats ssid) upon lhbse Of Virginia. This
was Ieuue incapable OF adofdtng The expected
relief; ard new Provisions were added Sc,
too, they Itgan "a mi,igiie another matter OF
suffering -sAhe coahhemeal -of dsbIots witain
certain pTeon bounds. These, dies enlarged 70,
the lTlitsff lhe whole county. Presently The
debtors feand theyEwere
'CfIbapd, catiued and eonGnea, Y
by this daeAnce ofso5 miles sqaate was abso4
luieiy SUD tasting they gasred Tor sfsath and
the legislature, that they nigh. gel llle flesh
air, a,ueHEsl the l4w, aud extended the plison-
bounds 10 S;e whole State
:. When osce, 81 such laws, all Public Morality
aud all IadfsiduaI Faith are ogerthrown, what
stop, whai haIiing- place should there bea The
guard, the fence Of pubhc and II private ipiegrf-
", i bfoke5 down. The Ian, Itself has declared
that there sAall be al end OF nearly allJns,ice
10 matters qf Property, and iha; each man shall,
for a time perhaps limited al FIRST, Keep posses
sion Of whsseyer bis ne.shborr has trusted him
With. Whsn enee such laws are made, what
probability Shat ihey will not, upon a new cla.
monr, be extended; You may falsely assume
thai they fcs whose distress they were wanted,
will have fRund sufficient relief ty the close ol
the tenn 6rEt appointed. Thai. VIE have shown
cannot be, ,andsr naiusal causes.f Bnt grant Il
could be soe The pretended relief Is then for the
purpose u enabling them 10 rel&ia lhc rrofis "
Their properly, hnui they think The price Iheycan
getfor il isla fair one. Indulge men with this
sofl Of lesishtion, and when viii Ihey think the
prices high feaodgh You have taught them
that the lawtis 10 yield 10 their private conye-
nence, real Or alleged; when are hey like. after
that, lo fadll convenient % strip themselves Of
all their gScts, ia order to pay shefr debsi
Bat The nseeSsafy effect Of such Law Is, for
years, 10 dsmpfal,ke the entire society. The
mere consealonally good--shey 10 whom what
the Law sancions i always moral enough
will, Of couTss, support the new:siate OF things,
Just as IheysbeIoTe did The old. The distressed
viii want. as before, 10 better themselves IL they
hare found the law do them good; and others
viii wanlii for purposes Of fraud, or fortune,
whs had 10 sbs beginning. no distress 10 plead.'
The srtiSle concludes -
''But no other state of things Than warl can |
,def the least excuse for such peryersion, such
corruplioa oil The laws. The nation that can |
)ring herself 10 commit il, knows not and cannot
inow where sbe will stop, Wheu people have |
made up their minds 10 plunge into al open mi
lnily. no mose virtue need be expected Of them, 4
OF some sime IL ever. Here, after The ffst
violation Of ali that i correct or safe,
every thing eIs.wii Be easy 'fls bat like get
ing into tie celd bath one shoulders some time
N the brink but once in, and the first shock !
,ver, his vety tleasanl: We lrolIc about, souse I
slloser, and dire 70 thessefy bottom.
The general sfpslle 10 make aslna Of fuual--
he fobbeF pfeEensities Of the human race once
lwakeEed. no nan can tell what will be done,
my mere lhan ,he General, who gives up city |
Q The pillage Of bis soldiefy, ear sag that they \
sill not wri slaughter aud Tagish. as wetf a. i
,lnndef.n
A couespondtn, of he Whigs wiring from
buckingham, rsiers thus 10 The condi.iDa OF II
hings Ia that county
A meeting vas held BY The people az Buc...
asham upon his very subject, IA stay Law al
~ las, Septhmhef court, a. which lime they
ave thcit fOiceS &c ainst il By an eyerwhe.miag
Majority hich result ought, IN ny humble cp:n-
On, 10 Be sufficient 10 cpnripce any reasonable
nan, thar he people bf this county are opposed i,
D any such niessate Your corfes poodenl as
erts that jadsmrnts for elD9. 900 were obsained
{ The Falls Tssn Of our superior Ccnft and Thar
he sheriff kasaaeeElisea 200 negroes for sale al
November cdufl. which, according 10 his show
a.. =. II II xlS..a ~ f,nSs ftt.,fsl, II ttesk