Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1859-07-07
The Exemption Laws,

/ u ~ NloVu'ticu ttidtS Ht tile lHob scS
sion of the Legislature, the exenp
tion laws were passed, aud that y fev
Democrats voted against them !
This is the truth of the matter:
AT the last session Of the Legisla
ture the judiciary Committee repor
ted 81 bill (No. l0) to amend auJ
reduce into one the several acts on
the subject of the exemption of prop
erty from execution and attach
mont" The bill was stated by Mr.
. Bullock, member of the COMMITTEES
"to be, with the exception Of extend.
ing the exemption to one gun ia he
h1pas Of eee1y man eper eighteen
gears Of age, nearly ide enIicai with
the laws now in force. II WAS the
object OF the ootnmittee (slil Mr.
Bullock, 10 coudeuse and bring to-
gether he Nh9la law upnn this sub
.iect; and there is no eb4pg5 except as
have stated, and in extending the
.pr tectou alike 10 ali heads of flni-
lies, whether engag j 10 agriculture
OF not" See Legislature Union and
,4msrican, Pqge jd.
The effect @! vote fgaits' the bill,
continues the Union, was TO let the
lex mption laws remain as they were,
without amendment. In the House
81 Democrats voted for the bill, and
e against it, II passed the Senate,
Ireceiving the VOTES of 9 Democrats
and 5 know nothings; 4 democrats
Iand = know nothiugs voting against
| it, prelerring the laws as they stand
! Such are the facts of thl case
There was no attempt 90 repeal those
beneiceut exemption laws, against
which Mr. Netherland had Voted
The object WAS to condense all the
exemption laWsinto one net; and some
slight changes having been mate,
and some additional exemptions bav-
ing been vcted down, - few Demo
Gratis and n ttw know notbings vote Il
against any alteration of the laws,
aud to let them stand as they were
II there was any merit in the act,
as he Erqnirer contends. and as We
do not deny, it belongs to Democrats;
fQr both in the Senate aud House, a
majority of ali Whe voted for it were
ID mocrats. On the ether hand,
those who voted against tho bill did
not vote against the exemption laws,
but simply ngliust any change in
those laws.
Such are The devices by which it
is hoped to shield Mr. Netheriinl
from the effects of his vote against
tho exemption laws, He voted a
gains, exempling the last rIow, hoe,
horse, etc, of the farmer, being the
head Of a family, from execution, or
| the tools of the mechanic Aud
when, In spite of his vote, bill pass
ed exemptiug those articles, he voted
to repeal 50 much of the law as ex-
empted the mechanics tools Our
business is with him, for these votes.
If the Enquirer thinks it can jusii-
~ these votes by showing that, at
tho last session, six Democrats vol-
ed against extending the exemption
laws TO gun iu the hare of a boy
of eighteen years, why it is greatly
mistaken. When either Of the gen
tlemen who gave that vote is a candi-
date fr Governor, We will discuss
that question. In the mean time
our dealing is with john Netherland
and his votes, - MeHph8AppcGi.
nee ..-.-
SCENE l.-"Wile," said Mr. Ban
tom, I'm going to swap of this
horse; he aiut worth n cent, won
> pull, is subject to lamoness; almost
: blind, aud growing very old
: SCENE 1.-Two men trading
, horses) Mr.. Barton sp aks--"I
} give you my word that mine is I
> splendid horse, pulls we'll IN single o
double harness; is perfectly sount
r never knew him to be lame, ha'
5 got good eyes, and is comparatively
J young--a prime animal, sir"
8 An old member of the pennsy lyani
!, Legislature, who maintained his sen
!. aud popularity for number Of years
Q always voted no, when veto wa
|, recorded. FOR, said hp, when aske
n his reason, "when good law passe
IS no one looks fol the yeas and nays, ,bt
It when bad one does, they alwaJ
dol'