Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-11-26

Iers of the miserable shager whose occupation dis
qualities him for any human sympathy whatever
save such as originates in self aud cent per cent.
Men of Tennessee, who are your shGveTs and
money lenders? What sympathy or feeling IN
common, have they with their fellow mani what
public charity have they created, endowed or CIV
en- to? Have you ever heard of or knew Elk
pence to stray from its legitimate connection, 10
benefit single human helm? II public enter
prise is to be helped by voluntary contribution, 90
you ever think of them in that connection New
er! Do they contribute to Church or State more
than the Lqs forces out of then! Mol Who are
they? Look around you and judge for yourselves
They distinct class TO themselves and the more
distinct their peculiariics the certain are they
Of success Sometimes gentleman, by the force
of association, or come other way, suffers hlmseii
to be misied into pass two in the way OF mon
ey lending, but having the soul Of gentleman ne
soon goes through his money. The real shGVer'
eztortioner, or no ey lender, more euphoneousiy
termed broker as naturally thrives and prospers IN
such times these preying upon the scterngs'
disresses and necessities of his feowman, as toes
the carbon crow fatten upon the accumulated car
tiou much in keeping and sympathy with each
other, affords most striking feature for the Illus
tration.
The question fret presented, is money worth
over six per cent? The answer will be found by
calculating the nett profits of your farm your shop,
your manufactures, ETC., etc. How many farmers
in Davidson county, even With the exorbitant pri-
ces of everything for some years past, make over
6 per cent on the farm and labor investment 1t
then follows if business will not pay over that
per cent, borrower can't afford to promise pay
it. But you say money is property, and should be
regulated by supply and demand, provision, or
any other property All We grant you the ar
gument of supply and demand, as a principle Of
commercial philosophy, but the value of money
unlike other property, does not stand in the same
relation to the community that other property does
1t derives ats value from positive LaU. Congress
has a right to fix the value of gold and silver, or
even to destroy their value entirely, if they see
proper and attach similar value brass, Iron, tin,
or anything else. The policy of using such power
is another question. If Congress then fixes its
dollar and cent value it right ard proper for the
States to fix valu- for its use, which value should
be uniform and founded upon the real worth. U.s.
ury should not be tolerated all by law, for its eff
feet is put the entire debt of the country,
usurious rate of interest for no man will take 6
per cent. for his money when the law gives him 10
or u, any more than you or would take 2 cents
for pork, when every body else gets or 6. Elk.
tortion in provision is nearly culpable in mo-
ney, with this difference that monopoly to keep
up the price of provision, sugar, salt what not,
affects the entire community, those that able to
pay and those that are not whilst money monop-
oily affects that portion only who unable to pay
for its use. We hope to see the time when there
will not be broker money Insurer in Tennessee.
They are curse to the whole community and a
benefit only to themselves The little tax or in
come to the State, paid by such a class, is small
item compared to the misery and suffering they in
hict. It is the price of boOa and sUeat, and tears
of the poor and needy. MOI Others pay it. The
State should scorn to touch at such cost Rath-
er let her tax all directly to meet any deficiency
and honor and humanity would sooner pay it than
witness the prosperity of the s.lfsh broker and
money lender. Away with brokers, shavers and
money lenders at usurioas rates of interest Let
them seek more respectable calling, and one that
appeals more to natural and kindly feelings. TIE
Legislature should look to it now and abolish such
moral monsters from among
A VOICE FROM THE COUNTRY.