The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-09-28
RURALVIEWs OF :nIERCILEss CREDIT
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To he Ed;lOr of'Me Charleston Darn Nrlcs:
There is no subject on which it is easier to ge
up 4 good cry, and on which to win local populari
ty III tmpioridem districts, than by telling debtor
That this Is no time to pay debts"-the thn
| has such pleasant sound, particularly in
| community where nearly everybody owes some
thing, if it is only for score OF drinks at tn
village bar. Why, there was Mr.. Scroggins, VIII
by tradition is lawyer, but in reality only
member Of the Legislature who is III Jstly seen ol
the Court House steps whiting a stick ant
telling his rustic friends that this is time t.
pay debts"-it is singular how much q brie
sentence like this will do-repeated it in every chin
ney corner of his district (as treasure only YER,
recently discoyered) during every election sea OF
for the past six years, and has been every tim,
triumphantly elected ''to the House," and so i
comes about that what with 'Stay Laws" ant
"orders," some people consider that to be even
asked for their debts is a great grievance.
1t is this disreputabe state OF public opinion
which we deprecate; and even if it be true that
there are loophoes in the present orders by which
creditors might protect themselves the e,apprehen
sion is that supplemental order may close then
suddenly SOME day and place another set Of cred
itors on the shelf. ..,..,
We believe that this condition Of affairs has been
brought ebout by some few public men, who con-
scious OF their Insolvency, would Disguise it yet
little longer, in the hops that something would
turn up They persist in keeping their longing eyes
ON dame fortune for her smile, anduse unconsti-
tutional laws, or illegal orders, to gain time, bat
fba1o ob nj thar
the plow handle would help both their health and
the pockets of their creditors.
These nor-paylng debtors think that in simple
matter OF debit and credit business man il
not proper referee. They think pe.haps that the
Bench of South Carolina is made up Of ''shblimat-
ed morality men. unfit to judge between right and
wrong; and they have raised such q cloud of dust
as to obscure the vision of portion Of the press
who defend, directly indirectly, these iniquitous
proceedings, but qualify their action by the admis
sion that the end justifes tie means
1t is very pleasant to indulge in sentiment, aud
an easy matter for debtors to offer advice but SEN
timent and poctical quotations. do mob help the
starving family OF poor creditor; nor can such
thin and diluted advice as they offer he taken by
those who have struggled through, or are still
struggling in, their difficulties, and are met by
illegal proceeding, which keep them always in
penury and want. -,.--...
But the subject is too thrcad dbare to waste time
or. and we forbear. On one side is the highest
tribunal in the State, declaring the action OF the
Legislature during series oil years "unconstitu-
tional;" on the other number of persons, OF
whom Mr. j. L. ORg seems to be the spokesn an.
The one strikes down the wrong the other up
holds ii, and even appeals to tyranny to sustain it
against the right.
isinterssted parties will moi be at loss 10 de-
termine the proper course under the circuns IAN
COS. - ANTI-STAI Law.