Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1858-07-17

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retired with the mosffavornble rcri'uiscengrs
of himself, OF his eiearnatunl intelligence, HE
obvious carncstness aud fhirh indscoygfy. lni
Interpretation of the kindness, een'icuess and
farhen rance wbirh he never fae'j ihcGlcBia
ias'he t5ep! r1ilrg rhamcerislcS Of his
sche5l.
uoyine the session Of Texas 4egj.ia:a,5 10
I 1851 -52 ,As judcarf comm lee WAS ia,
sBecf'd % laT"uratr lha eNfsdpnty II
90 N'0n reltD u', Avs t0f tie Collection
10. ns.ss The following report mois o. .".
s. l-rJ and /, our uodars sh1n'dS ,ro'a l's e'.
.Gle'arur, "a led o. igua, aUshentcay "t
refer q en- IN me iT.h page Of tie laws and
journal oiune Legislature .. icSa. q! ieat
session. Br0,r',srHe Flag.
hr. Merrilnnn made the iollowi :ePo,,;
Toths President Of The Senate :
| The Judiciary committee, TO w'em vRa ts-
'trred the resolution requiring sal comau'tse
to investigate the expcdiency Of 1sa!!ne all
laws for the collection OF debts herguiler 90.
,rncied in this STATE, and to repor ,Aa eesJ,G
Of their investigation 10 the Sena hnge .aj
! the same unde:' consideration, pad ind thu
subject mnttrr thereof very Subtle, exceedingly
mctaphy sicnl and troublesome ol solution
The brief time given your comm tee o. .n.a
late p'riod Of the session, TO investigate he
question, amounts to a prohibition, o! aeHaH.
slraive conclusions unless, us our rusi!E.n
beautifully expressed bimself, eacl membor of
the committee could save all his tuolglt ID,
dinner, and dreams al night, upon tae subject,
and string them upon stick, as a 1oy s.rlags
a catfish, and present them in a Pile 70 i5g
Seiia;e.
Da1;cplt as he task hgs been, you .omni,,
Zee i!ave cnleavored 10 dive heneah liz $40,
marine depths and soar above the hea ss-
ing heights Of the vast problem contained in
the resolution. They have endeavor1a 70 cJ.
tract the iuunescent eff1orescence OF the :eso.
luton, and by the Artesian thought, ,u sflhs
he fountain Of rejuvenescence embo~e'. a l1
the primary STRATA on which the dub mos ,yi,o-
oism is based. II the language of The aesoa.
ion had been encumbered by the amendment,
rhe good ha, wou!t have fesnled to tn Sue
from n law comprehending its provisions.
would have been apparent 10 all. 4 aeagy
nnd enormous debt which has attachgd irs,,f
% individuals by divers ways and dmeaus, ,oa.
ncct,d with tlie fall Of cotton and The rise of
putty, would have been wiped out by An aylls.
tic act of a single section, and the elevated
heads of depressed and down.troddei llbO]-s
wc y hlr" turned to the capitol, ano blessed
he tiameT Of tie resolution that called iouh
law TO burst their shackIes. Alasi for buug7
good, the amendment cuts OIL this ,.lla.
source Of inquiry, and sends your committee
al al Oh a sea Of incerttude, with 1utrj,d
pcrils booming up in the distance, with1ota
hart to distinguish the channei from the ,Gcsa
and quicksands. The earlier and perb rs ,ho
only law analogous to the one asked r af
the resolution, was enacted By Captain Ri
a sor, Of military justice Of The peace and aw,
maker for people called israeli,es, wi o Ia
borrowed, and otherwise Obtained, from pso-
pie called Egyptians, large amopni Of gslrN
ry ,oa credit and by virtue of this iay a,
n"7tr did pay for it. as will be seen BY sereff
cases tired where this law was given ay,.
dencc und@r The general issue, and su. Aimed
by the court Your committee. ftlu,d tbs .q,7
aud the decisions under it, in the frs, volume
Of Noses Reports, riintei d few years ario,
10 tie revolution of Texas, and to wfica :hay
refer the Senh'c FOR further ,,articn.a!s
In presenting the inquiry to asceraiH the
results Of such law on the future destiniss at
'fe&as, yclr. committee have gone chronoioeie-
ally bacl: 10 the time when Adam and Evc
formed co partnership in the fruit trade, and
Cain and Able were only shirt.tail toys mar
ming at large in the garden of Eden. Ths
few remaining records of the time show, con.
that no law then existed 10 enforce
the collection OF debts, and the peopI. ,gg,s,<
hugely happy. Before the bait ci San .'a.
cin,o, there. existed public calcd Spar4.
where the c6,rcton Of debts could aot ra en-.
forced by the courts, although money vas nlta-
~ but difficult 10 make small charge elcyp,
at blacksmih's. Fin the opinion ot he SEN
ate, an evil e&iats in the frequen, Ell or-eutn.
Of laws tor the collection Of debts, zen b.
adopting the Spartan coin and standard Q;
value for the pigeon-rcost currency now Giigat,
and making ita legal tender the sane rssG Z
viii BE cbtainel that would follow the re7sal
Of the laws named in the resolution. Sasa
nre The investigations Of your committee.
which they Instructed me 10 report ba:l, 70 iae
Senate fer their Consideration.
+. Fl. MsaFctAN
One Of the Ceam;ses