Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1847-02-20


can veto her husbands arrangements,
or not. as she deems most advisable
Why should not the same principle ex-
tend to articles Of personal property
which are exempt, and the statutes be
changed accordingly? Suppose some
mechanic, having his all Of fortune IN
vested in house and lot, in village,
worth one thousand dollars, wishes to
sell out, in order to increase his STOCK
in trade, or because his business Is
poor and he wishes TO remove TO an,
other town, having most favorable
opportunity to SILL, he contracts his
place; and going home, announces
with great satisfaction, to his wife
what he is about to do, whereupon she
says, mo, I like my neighbors here,
and | shall not go away. Mrs. eau
die and myself have talked this matter
over, and we have determined to stay
here. Woman's rights have been
greatly infringed upon ever since Ad-
ANS time, until the Fouri rites in Par
is. and Fanny Wright, investigated
this matter" Bat tie husband re-
monslrates, and says, at the time OF
our marriage you promised to obey
me and St. Paul says. "wives be sub
iect 10 your husbands in all things
To which she replies, that these are
antiquated notions, entirely unhltcd
for this progressive age. Whereupon'
the man leaves Immediately for Cali
fornia, Oregon, or some other distant
region, where he hopes never 20 hear
from his dear again. Is this constitu-
tional, or some other kind OF govern
ment!
If one s. lis another horse on al
months credit. and the purchaser can
not pay for it, he ought at least TO be
willing TO return the horse. II one
lends another hundred dollars, with
which he buys property, and he isl
finally unable to pay, he ought certain
tainly to give up the property bought
with his creditors money. The gen
eral rule is, that the debtors property
shall BIO liable to pay his debts, and il
is Just. The exemption law is an ex-
ception to this rule, and wearing ap.
parel, beds, certain portion of furn'
lure, and other property, are exempt
ed, for the sake Of dccency and hui
manity, and because they would be of
little worth 10 the creditor. But this
section excmpts more productive capi-
,el .lAan Gaur- 6fths az the voiers of the
Territory, sevorally own. and by what
rule can it be defended Why limit
Il TO ono thousand dollars, why to one
kind of capital onlyf
Until nearly the close Of the consen.
ton, no part OF their labors met with
so much opposition from the people. as
the sixth section Of the Bank Article.
voted for that section, because tho't
il abstractly right then, and ! think SO
still, all the while, however doubling
the expediency Of placing il in the con-
stituiion. As soon as | had so voted,
wrote to several Of my constituents
particularly on Iii subject, saying II
il was seriously Of Iectionable 10 thc
people, would do all that | could to
get it struck out yet they uniformly
wrote me not TO change my vote !
doubted, because the subject was en-.
tirely n new one-it had never been
discussed before the people---the pro-
vision was not contained in the origin
al report Of the commitlee--it came
upon us Unexpectedly by an amend
ment offered in the convention --
and il was not necessary 10 have Il IN
the constitution A constitution should
constitute or organize the great depart
ments Of government, and prescribe
their powers and duties, and fl such
limitations to them as may be neces-
sary. This section was to act only
upon individuals, and the object might
as well be left to the Legislature, OF
accomplished by public opinion, as il
has been done in the western part Of
The Territory. The provision, too, Is
one OF that character which depends
entirely upon public opinion for its el-
fcacy. II A, b, and @, will take for
eign bills, who else will know it, and
how will your law reach thcmF II d
is opposed TO taking them, lat 4 owes
him one hundred dollars, for which he
can get nothing but eastern bills, and
he owes b the same amount, be will
take the bills aud pay his debt. Con-
fden,ly hoping at that time, that we
should frame good constitution, | did
not wish 10 endanger Is adoption BY
inserting this provision, aud thus lose
all by grasping too much. Entertain