Daily gazette and comet. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1856-186?, 1860-02-16
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As ths world is not finished, aud
society must make an advance step
ffom its present unsoeioi social eendi
ton, the experiment Of abellshing oil
law fot the collection Of debt, II worth
a trial. We argue thus from the pat
ent fact that although The statute
books are now gtoaning with q bur.
then Of very heavy snsetmspts for
the collection Of debt a man need
not pay unless he likes, and gfea.
majority Of Christian people act on
the principle Of sif Jack Falssad's
AneientzMf. Pistol, aud eselsin
when asked 10 pay what they owe,
"l.sse is the slave that pays" From
the New York News we take the fol
loving article on the subject and en-
dofss Il word for word
II affords us great satisfaction 10
see that The proposition with which
we head this article, Is gradually, bat
surely working its way, aud the I'm.
peftaat truth II carries with IL, IN the
minds Of the community. AT first
sight there appears 10 be, We know,
says the huston Ifefaif, something too
radical IN II. We are too much the
slaves Of old custom 10 throw of, NJ
once, our reverence for, and faith in,
"geod old laws for the collection Of
debts" We ask, IN amassment, what
We should do without them 7 how
shall we epfofes payioentsf what go,
eurity shall we have In using the
credit system. unless We can have,
too, the system Of laws We are asked
10 abolish, 10 intefpose for the safety
and security Of creditors agaipst IN
willing or tricky dsbtorsY hut "a We
ponder over the proposition, these oh
jsotiops disappear, The bugbears van
isb, aud We sec IN the abolition Of law
for the collection Of debts, the hrst
step taken towards placing the credit
system, and the relation between
debtor and creditor, on a iirm and
sure foundation.
A writer In the New York Ereu,ug
Poa re.oommenees the discussion Of
our proposition by obafaeterisipg the
law for the collection Of debts, as the
prominent. absurdity Of tho nineteenth
century. It's continuance 10 surprisi
ing, when IL IL considered that among
mercantile men Of the largest and
longest experience, nearly oil agree,
that during forty years, the law has
cost them more than IL has ever savgd
The prominent and obvious argu
mepts for tho repeal Of these laws, are
stated by this correspondent. II
! would tend 10 purge the business
, community Of the roguss who now 10
fest II. II would mske all debts debit
! Of honor, aud would thus make char
aoter 30 valuable, man who find
, himself unable TO pay, would deem !
T his highest privilege TO prove to BIZ
creditors, and 10 tho world, his entire
p inability, Men would not, then, .sbel
tor themselves under tho law, &c
judgment ut an enormous expense
aud after n long delay, only 10 find II
: tho end that tho debtor has no effects
|. The debtor law should DO abolisl,
d. ed, foe tho protection Of the creditor
!. Debts could be collected far bette
!. without, than they have ever bee
|, with tho law. Honest mon would b
. relieved from ruipous competition
@ with rogues. II there was no law ;
o collect debts, any man who did No
o pay his merchant, mechanic, butcher
}. or baker, 30, would be sbunned nm
i avoided, unless be could show goo
T. reason for not paying. Iis would b
g marked man, with u character irr'
g trievably lost, who undertook TO shir
s. payment, the pledge for which WI
|. his honor. As the case now stand
Y the man who can "do" bis credit,
4 out Of honest payments by n lawsui
Ia law expenses, aud the laws delays,
10 considered sbrewd, cute chap, wi
n. has bja cve-teeth cut.