Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-05-02
co,lectiOn Of Debts.

money; integrity Of character, when well
is better than cash capital
lust as honesty is better basis of credit
than property. There are two modes n
law anu legislation for establishing sound
.redit, as Gov. Ford says in his-history OF
illinois; "One is to let loose the full yigot
and severity Of law upon the debtor, and
thus make men afraid 70 so in debt;
the other is, by taking away all efflclen'
remedies from the creditor to recover his
debt, and thereby make him rely upon the
honor and integrity Of bis debtor for pay
.nent." In Wisconsin, we have a sort OF
half way ground. between the two modes
Our debtors are not imprisoned for debt,
and they are allowed to hold most all the
property they can get on 40 acres OF lsnd.
Creditors can, however, secure BY Mort
gage and Judgement, upon which sales
may be forced, and thereby take from the
debtor most of his property. Were this
power to Mortgage and confess judgement
abolished, crditors would seek security in
transfers by deed and contratt. Our laws
are liberal, neither the debtor nor creditor
possessing unreasonable powers by law
Debts are easily collected from honest men
and seldom collected from rogues. Evasion
is easy, even to tempt honest men to dis
honesty.
Most men who goin debt consider their
debts are debts of honor. When the cred
itor shows that he has no faith in this hon
or professed by his debtor, the latter. is
pretty sure to take advantage, and not pay
because his honor is sunk anyhow. II Is
always best for creditor to have faith in
those they trust land ifhe lose faith, it's best
to not letlit be known. Faith is one of
the best, richest and wholesomest virtues a
man is capable Of exercising. When a
creditor once loses faith inshis debtor, his
anchor is gone. The law will be evaded,
and he will lose his money. We have new
er known good collector who believed all
men to be rogues; such are always disap
pointed, because it is natural for all to help
confirm fool in his belief. s ~ ,
"a fs 1851 @g5SsG
VIGILANCE COMMITTEE IN IowA.-In
Jackson County, Iowa, the people have
formed Vigilance Committee to hang the
gamblers, counterfeiters, murderers and
thieves that turn up there. Much excite
ment exists and great loud talking. A
writer in jackson County paper says that
only those oppose the movement and pro
fess exceeding favor for the law and con-
stitution VIII o belong to the gang Of coun-
terfeiters, thieves and gamblers, their
friends, and protectors, the peace officers.
A writer in the Maquoketa Excelsior
says; M
s'There are circumstances connected with
the past history of our County, wich in
my opinion, not only justifies the acts Of
this Vigilance Committee, but demand
its support, until murderers, counterfe;ters
and thieves become satisfied that there
are people in old Jackson who are not
sworn to protect them in their crimes, and
who will not look quietly on, and see them
shed their neighbours blood, or steal his
property. .'
Those who are acquainted with the
treatment criminals have received in our
County, at the hands of those who "were
sworn to see the laws faithfully executed" u
but instead Of doing so, have used their
.lme, talents and money in evading the
laws, aud turning these desperadoes loose
upon community, will see the necessity of
this new organization" Il a#oA ts i'll
One of the rascals has been REGULAR y.
hung-others are pursued and many sus-
pected. The chief quarters Of the gang Of
rogues is at Bellevue, where, many years
ago, a simuilar centre of rogues was dis
covered and like performance to get rid
Of them. At that time many of them pro-
fessed to reform and have since become, to
appearances, good enough citizens, but are
again at their old tricks.
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i, BANKRuPrs IN PowER-A democratic
correspondent Of the Madison Patriot
says, that thus far, Buchanan's, appoint
ments to the offices of Wisconsin are all
Tor nearly all bankrupts--not one in five
of them doing business in bis own name,
but in the name of his wife or relative
Nearly all Of them are boilers. from the
abolition party and now loudest in hurrah-
ing for the nigger interest They are sew
en- fold worse and irresponsible than Pierce's
appointees. .1 III.
ELECTION RETuRss (Orr1cIAl.J THE
following are the official returns from the