The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-07-29

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gro, take a thousand dollars of AS
money, and give it to D., to console
him for the loss of his wife or Of, alas
alas his negro. TO rob Peter to con-
sole Paul, shows kind heart perhaps
Paul at least will think and say so,
and considerable sympathy, com
passion, charity, love, and other vir-
tuous atTcctions-for Paul; but if Pc
ter don't feel revolutionary at least, if
not positively rcbcllious, he isn't the
man We have always supposed him.
And yet this is exactly the work ing of
a retrospective Homestead cxcmpti ion
act. 1t gives to the dcbtor property
which belongs to the creditor, under
existing laws, and makes the creditor
no compensation. 1t is simple robbie
ry, justified by bcnc vol,ncc Just so.
Iif we arc not mistaken, every tllicf
justiiics his conduct on the principle
that charity begins at home. "Am
not hungry z" says he, "Isnt my
wife starving and compelled to do me.
nial work Won't I be embarrassed,
if continue honest 7 The laws were
never made for Il poor man, but al.
ways favor the rich, hcartless, &C.,
&c' And 50 he steuls.
Now if sympathy for As losses
whether Of child, wife, or more scri.
hons yet, negro, isto justify thc hegis-
Nature in taking property from B be-
fcausc he hasn't lost it by the war, and
giving it, under some such cnphoni-
I Gus name as II homestead to A., then
the principle Of cxprndng other pco
plc's money and property, and not our
own, in works Of charity, is establish
ed. a young Divinity Student, now
in the Asylum, was not SO very wrong,
then, i'll cntcrimga II large dry goods cs-
tablishmcnt Of IL Charleston merchant,
followed by adozcn ncgros he had col
lcctcd, and distributing to them gratis
the calicocs, blankets, shawls and
handicrchicls of his brother in the
faith, until said brother being inform
cd by clerk Of this charitable work
coming on, found it necessary to call
in u policeman to bring it to q close
IIc (thc mrachant,) had not so read
the prophets and Saint Paul.
1t is, indeed, amasing how pccunia.
ry distress will bccloud the mind Of a
sufferer, and darkcn the very first
principles of morality. The ridicu
lous picture we have drawn above
would be a rich treat to a planter who
had just dincd on ham and turkey and
drank his wine, but to one who is com.
PEELED to look at the haggard features
Of u qucrulous wife across table
Observation-Disclosures, iss'Tisfn is Ttsffnafbss tfss FS'SSeSS
like adding insult to injury.
Let charity to sufferers, at the
expense of others, or cxpedicncy ire
spcctivc of indirect consequences, and
not simply justice, equal Justice to
each and all, he once adopted as the
rule of Legislation, and tho flood
gates of tyranny arc immediately let
loose. The taxing power will be per-
vcrtcd to a hundred purposes other
than tho protection of person and pro-
perty. One thing will be more taxed
than another, one man, and ono class
moro burdcncd than another, and all
upon tho most plausible prctcxts.
Much more money will be raised than
necessary because it is, in their own
opinion, benevolent to support tho of
ficcrs Of tho government. Jobs will
be undertaken, because they ought to
be done, and ought to be handsomely
paid for. The beginning is fair pre-
iudc to the middle and the end of the
legislation of our General Assembly
pro. tenn. This law, which IS their
first effort, at law-making and which
will be upset by the courts, has cost
them many days labor, and tho State
as many thousands of dollars. Montes
pdrtartunt-a appard rid,culns mus.--
We wait for act number two.