The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1853-03-09

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particular laws applicable TO them
when they do arise. should this bin
pass into Law. before IL goes into op-
eratlon. as every one will know iss pro>
visions. he win be put IN bis guard
and extend credit no farther than the
circumstances cf the debtor will allow.
II he chooses to give CREDIT beyond this
limit. whatever motive may prompt
him To do SO, he cannot complain il ne
suffer Ioss from bis III advised act.
Such cases viii arise they occur every
day; (; men in making their bargsinsrun
great hazard ui Iuss and will continue
10 do so under any laws. The desire
Of gam urges them on. and the conf
dence they place in their fellow men
wlllalways cause them To do 50; the feel.
ingsofkindness. the prompiings ofgrati-
fude aud friendship. and the calculations
Of commerce. combined in thousand
Ways and directed in multitude Of diff
frrent channels, all lead 10 this result.
Itisa part Of the machinery Of social in
tercourse which must forever move on,
whilst society is governed By the hopes
and feelings that have always directed
its transactions.
When imprisonment for debt was
abolished from our statutes. the same
clamor for the insecurity of debts
arose, the same reckless dishonesty was
charged upon the debtor. and il Vas
predicted that no one would pay debt
II his person was freed from the terror
Of degradation. unlsss his property gave
ample security for its discharge. That
harsh feature in ourslaw icas stripped
ofits ugly lineaments and passed IRON
memory without one wish Tor return
oi its disagrreable front. Credit was
unchecked. debts were as promptly
paid. end in the bosom Of the poor man
were found sentiments of honor and
honesty. which responded as readily to
the voice Of humanity as to the horrors
of a dungeon.
/ Again, when the poor debtor was al
lowed TO retain bed for his children
and morsel of food for their support.
there was renewal Of the lamentations
over the poor creditors erpeefed losses.
Were these bitter forebodings reslizeds
Was il found that the element provi-
sions Of those enac tments chased from
the heart Of the unfortunate man the
sense Of probity and moral responsi-
! bilityf Has the credit system been
4 abridged to the inconvenience even Of
\ society have We lost confidence in the
! good faith, in the plighted word and
/ the truth Of our neighbours and friends
No such results have been consequent
! upon these charitable laws, and ven,
ture the assertion, that they have in
, creased the safety Of debts, by stimula
ting the pride Of the poor man and
, giving him an incentive to renewed
1 industry.
ii. Whoever judges that kindness and
4 protection extended to an unfortunate
i being browns in his bosom the besi
: sentlmsats Of. the soul, and arouse,
4 only the selfish and the bad. has fal
: mistaken human nature, and in his act
]; contradicts his decisiois.. DO we SCI
! a grateful return from our Fellow mel
r. by harshness, by cruelty andky op
,fl preston? DO We expect to reach th
j. heart by suspicion and distrustl w
u act no such senseless part, howeve
: much we may deride the imperlection
s OF our nature. As children, we ar,
t taught TO love and reverence our pro
5 tectors because they are kind and goo,
e to us; as creatures, we are commando,
: to return the incense Of grateful heart
: to merciful and bounteous Create
o who surrounds us with unnumbere
5 blessings, and as men, wise and prac
= tical men, experience shows US, tina
F. the garb, at least. Of virtue and kind
,f ness can alone draw to US the affec tio
!. and gratitude Of others and cause then
!. to render to us our dues. To sustain
e the argument that this bill will i,npai i
e the security Of debts, we must sssnm
e that men are more disposed 10 ku3ver
S than to honesty position deny
IT Sir, remove from men the pressure AM
r alleviate the ills Of poverty. place th
y poor man upon basls u independen
/ action, and my word tor il. As gene
is raj thing. you vii faS lstta1hsne<l. J
v human nature is SO corrupt that esel
, by the publicity u Legislation We de
clare that knasery governs our actions
| what fanciiuI lie do we publish. wher
to we enlarge upon the happy effects o
n education, aud the manifold good tina
results from the teachings OF religion
" Why educate, why admonish to moral
4. ty and piety, if these seeds Of good
i produce only harvest Of evils Ii ou'
C. morals are ON the retrograde under tn,
N appliances Of civilization spd the les
d sons OF religion. it we're as well at ono,
l. to abolish our schools, bar the approach
,e to the sacred pulpit. revive the rack
a arganize the inqalsition with1 1Iinnti1i
i. tortures, double bar our iails
,e more try the tutelage OF thf1
n upon the morals oi nanki}
OF This is no new ohj<l
- against tAis measure, y