The Nevada journal., 1858-04-09

Proof Brick, opposite the Express Offices
of Wells, Fargo & Co. and Langton &
Co.
EXEMPTION LAws.-The defeat of
the bill to exempt printing offices from
forced sale in certain cases is made a
theme of congratulation by the Sacra-
mento Union and few other presses.
We are at loss whether in the case of
the Union to attribute this course most
to pecuniary considerations or the purest
demagogism. 1t cannot arise from an
ignorance of facts. A paper that as
sumes to tell one hundred and fifteen
Legislators what ought to be done and
what not, daily, through a long session,
certainly is posted on facts as well as
law. That paper talks of justice and
equality when occasion requires as sem
sibly as any. 1t does not seriously OBJ
iect to the execution Of a constitutional
requirement, or at least, we know of no
glaring effort that way, except when
printers are in the ease. Then, It puts
on its gloves and comes from the shoul-
der.
A bill was introduced into the Assem-
bly, by Mr.. King of Amador, to put print
ers ON an equality with some other clas-
ses already protected by law. There
has not been the shadow of reason ad-
vanced why printers should be deprived
of such protection. We took occasion
to say, when the bill of Mr.. King made
its appearance, that we favored putting
all classes alike on the same footing
Either have no exemption laws or allow
every head of family certain amount
ofproperty. We also suggested the pro-
priesy of so amending the bill that every
class not already protected by law might
be made recipients of its benign inAu-
ences We advocated the carrying out
of the constitution in its true spirit and
intent. Section Is of Article eleven,
says:
"The Legislature shall protect by law,
from forced sale, a certain portion of the
homestead and other property of all heads
of families"
1t will not be said this provision has
been carried out. All that has been
done has been to favor a few and neg
lect the many. A lawyer, under our ex-
emption laws as they now stand, can
have S50,000 in books, exempt from
forced sale; willie the editor and minis
ter are not secured in the possession of
a dozen volumes which are as necessary
to their professions as the library of
lawyer is to him. BY the "sole trader"
Law woman can own $4,000 in property.
Her husband can be possessed at the
same time Of $4,000 more as home
stead. The teamster is secured in the
possession of a team worth thousand
dollars or more. The tools of mechan.
ics are exempt. But the printer who is
too poor TO own a homestead is not pro-
tected by law to the extent of one dol
lar. He is at the mercy Of shylocks and
subject to the rapacity of creditors. 9th
er classes are in the same condition.
The constitution, if it intended any
thing, designed not to favor one class
over another. but TO protect all alike
1t says in effect the Legislature shall
preserve to every head of family a
certain portion of property. The design
is to provide for the family and not its
head; and we would most respectfully
ask. of the Union especially, if the wife
and children of printer or editor, are
less worthy CT protection than the family
Of teamster The constitution only
takes eognizansc of heads of families in
this partieular. How can the Union suf-
fer bachelor lawyer to have fifty thou
sand dollars in books exempt ard not in
weigh against it, willie the scanty libra