Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-01-02
FOR THE NIRGtSfAS.
Repeal of the UsuTy Laws-No 4.


M,sus. Editors Edmund rke once said
'the age Of chiyalry i gone that of -oPhlst-'
| econnini,ts aud specuiatprs has succeeded. y
| Compare this truthful and well expressed sonti-
| mont with The ialsr aud sulgnr one quoted in my
last, frum IL. Dewey -''moncy is worth what IT
will ftfcd,'-and you have my idea of perfect
contrast.
THIS is nm az. of spectators and experiment
tor-. SpecuIa,ians of the widest character have
brought hard tunes" upon the country; and
now follow experiments Ia relieve II. The pa
tcnt-the ever restless public is SICK, very sick.
aud soinpbng mut nc done for lam. The com
mrreal dacipr-. Ike All nthcr doctors Disagree
a. In The treatment Ono cries, IA little civrt,
good nppihecarx, :" nuoihrr mIswrrs. "uleed him
uH h. llinis" Jeremy Bcuthnm, DR.. Dewey.
the Wv York tlIum5rr Of Commerce, aud the
LgachJurg Jirgiaila say. "Rrl"al fhe teury
Law" lot competition b. encouraged amongst
money hnldrrs-mnuoy will -non hrcuue more
plenty, aud Of course nj lower rats ot interest
This l. their pauacca tpr "hatd tunes Now,
let Us scr what Old fashioned vii informed,
Strady business mon -ay. Bring back trhie 10
the proper and legitimate channels takc at
rn-f five Of your xix IRONS out Of the fire, and
! stick Ia tie regular business that YOU know
something about II Is literally true, that many
fortune la. been nude hv attending 10 aus otCR
business don't inncv that tlIer" i IA fortune Tor
yuu III every Geographic despatch; don't leave
}onr scattered debts ulcOlltcitu, ana 20 10 Dor
rowing money from 'rc,pectahle citizens at
three per cent. month Ia; kit, lying alonr ;
don't be- in such hurry 10 MAXI sPec, that yoa
will forget 10 make YOUR entries property and at
the Iight time, that you may know what you
owe, aud who owes You.
This is sound, judeiou>, aud sensible My
word for it, Moses. Editors, that the man who
diligently pursucs this course of cuisines, viii
ucyer have ocoa,iou to inquire if there be such
A. I i Ila
therefore, to charge tue Usury Laws with hav-
ing my thing to Il, with the present distorted
stat. of things They neither hasten nor pro-
tract embarrassment ON the part OF those who
conduct their business with any degree of sys.
ten, az prudence; aud as for those who act diff
tcrcully you may repeal them to morrow aud
the same individuals viii be as hard run is ever
Ihe great difficulty III til" whole case lies
in the fact that every commercial community Is
infested with class of men, who IRE 80 greedy
of gain, that they not willing to abide by the
rood and Wholesome restriction which the law
imposes upon their transaction. They become
th, nnncd ar -toerats of the community; and
though they may even "make a jest ot Their
Illegal eXuetion, they pass with some for res
prctnble ciliz,ns.' After going on III this bold
and nnbn shing manner for IA time, they become
less vigilant and are sometimes caught IN the
clutches ot the law. Then they and their friends
raise great cutlery against the Hw-thry are
the most innocent and prosecuted people IN the
wurd-they meant it only "a an act of EiHdHeSs
10 help their ncighbors out OF hard pHcr,at the
rate of three per cent. Il month And if those
who administer the itw go firmly through thor
work. we nre tlcn told that they have been rn.
gagged in the base rork OF executing lazy which
the eommoaest moraiity desPises' -(sce Virgin
ian of 9th Nov)
With these tho lghts on Il g subject now bring
my numbers tn II clo,c, thanking YOU for the