Nevada national., 1859-03-19
AItarIiInemt a Inv.

Some Of the news1npfrs get into a state o
mandlin sympathy for debtors and in n great
Is indignant state of fee.ings towards .-m.r
cilcSs creditors" Now these ncxspnner,
forget that they are the most extensive cred
iiors in existence. that they credit ont paper
ink. labor Of muscle and some Of them labor
Of brains. 10 those who neglect 10 pay for
these things They are merciless creditors,
and the fellows who take their papers and
who read ;hpir partrs and curse the proprie'
tors. are poor debtors and ought 10 have a
five thousand dallar homestead and other
property that the printer can't touch. These
poor debtors ought to get their grub from
some mercllrss merchant anc when the mer-
chant sues. the poor fellows should have am
pie time TO gct their property out Of The
way before their incrciless creditors" can
get pay.
When will public sympathy he directed in
some other channel than towards poor dcht-
ors." When will reason teach that mos;
creditors are generous men add not devils.
But we only wanted to Introduce the fol
lowing sensible article from the Democratic
Standard concerning the attachment law:
I'VE are perfectly satisfied that credit is
necessary TO commercial property. and the
stringent and rigid rules for the collection of
debt are conducive to the establishment of
confidence. which is the basis of credit.
TIL idea Of repeating all laws for the col
~ fssd
and that. too. by much higher authority than
any that attaches TO the correspondent Of
our neighhor the Bee. But the Scheme is
perfectly Uiophian: Government is estab-
lshed. amongst civilized uations for The pro-
lection Of property. aud without the means
of efTeciing that object, il would no longer
be worthy the name Of government 1t
would be Just as iniquitous and impoitc TO
refuse m the means OF recovering my from
him who owes me. as it would be to deny me
the power OF ejecting an intruder from my
land. But. say some. the repeal OF such laws
would drive to the establishment os cash
basis for the transactions OF life. Now. the
first question to he solved is this. would such
a state at things he desirable! Is the young
brakeman Nbo has made himself master of
his art. and who possessing nothing but The
will and ability 10 work. - hp kent forever
the patient drudge of wealthy hoss. or will
you give him credit Tor n small stock Of ma
terial, and so afford him All opportunity Of
himself becoming a capitalist hy the untram-
mrl.l development of his -kill and enter
urzr! Ii may ne said that If hi- industry
and hnnesty entillc him to credit. he will get
ii without laws to enforce the payment of
,lpltS. Character is. undouhiahly. A. it
ought to he ore of the elements OF credit
iui YOU ma' depend upca T. a yn1Hg man
Aiih good character Nill not hc ..-s ,TIst-d,
because the 'sw viii not romprl him 10 pay
ns d.niS { he does not do II voluntarily.
Besides take this case: suppose 4. con
tracts With b TO huild him house; either A
must trust Il for bis labor, or i must trust A
ia III, money. Win; sort ofa government
woUld that BE- in which the mechanic should
20 barefoot. without legal redress against
landed proprietor, who had dupod him into
furnishing him the dwelling IN which he Was
living in wealth and luxury. The end would
ice return to the state of nature and tue
strong arm which the law did not redress,
would redress itself.