The Yazoo Democrat. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-01-21
lands oxemp. from execution for

LUmWa exempt hEOAA AsAHGWeAOhA AVA
Debt.
The following extract from the message Of
Gov. Hammond, " South Carolina, 10 attracting
some notice. Whether right or wrong, his roa-
soning is, perhaps, the best that could be em-
plOyed:-
81 know of no measure better calculated to
improve our agriculture than one that has been
heretofore suggested-the exemption OF land
from execution oT debt, other than that con-
traoted for its purchase. IL law was passed
10 that effect TO go into operation at gwen
time hereafter, can perceive but little INJURY
or inconvenience that would be likely to result
from it, while the advantages to be derived are
numerous and important. 1t would enhance
the value Of land, induce investments in it, and
insure substantial and extensive improvements Of
every kind. Il would probably check emig1a-
ton, diminish speculation and in many ways
conduce TO the stability and peTmaneOce Of oil
our institutions The subject is at least worthy
OF our attention"
And not only worthy the attention Of the
State OF South Carolina alone, but also Of every
State in the confederacy. To the industrious
application Of the Agrioultufalist is our country
indebted for every blessing that she it in possess
sion Of. To the products Of the farmer do we
owe all our wealth, comfort and happiness. His
industry has provided for our wants, and the
barter in distant lands Of the fruits OF that in
dustry has ninistered 10 our wishes-pampered
our desires--and Furnished us as means Of ex'
change that representative of value which must
exist in the intercourse and dealing of nation
with nation. There is nothing that desire longs
for the possession of, or vanity signs after, but
has been got by the manly application of his
sturdy arms. And where laws may benefit his
ccndi,iOA. they should be framed for his relief
His industry, to enhauve its alue, calls for no
protection obtained at the expense or Other puF-
suits. Give him free access to the various marts
of the gobe--free to buy and sell-and the ma
ton with himself makes still further progress to
competence and content. From ancient as
well as modern history it is proved that he'never
yet has occupied that proud pre'emineEce to
which his pursuits SO Justly entitle him. But a
better Gay is at hand, and the future will not
only confute and put down the false theory and
unjust practice of the past, but will also advance
to his proper place among mankind-the agri-
cuturalist.
That laws should be framed to protect him in
the possession of that which from wilderness
he has converttd to garden, teeming with plen'
ty and prosperity-is no more than he has a
right to exact. No more than government
] should mete out to the creator Of all its wealth.
No greater reward than his honest ind ustry is en-
titled to. Sever not by process Of law the fond
remembrance that must ever blaze in his heart
for the familiar scenes which his energy has
placed around him-creating wealth where once
existed but lonely and reproductive Wild
Let the hearts Of those who follow him beat with
the same wild, FaPturOus extacy that animntes
his own when he gazes upon scene that sprang
into being under the directing impulses of his
own mind We hope to see the legislature Of
South Carolina act upon the suggestion Of Gov
Hammond, and that the same noble impulse may
extend itself in the work of reform through every
State in the Union.