Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1870-06-10

cent. of his dues, though he has sacri-
feed the last dollars worth of his
neighbours property. Certainly the
long term should meet with the appro-
val of every creditor throughout the
state; they are the very class of men
that ought to urge it's adoption, because
| by preventing the sacrifice of the debt
or's property they guarantee TO them
setocs thousands Of dollars that ,Cuold
Otherwise pass into the hands of the
country, and for q trjae. Then let
those of us who entertain doubts as to
the propriety of allowing the long term
| give the people the benefit of those
| doubts by voting for the time specified
| by the Senate. The question, then,
for us to consider, and the one that
must determine the constitioEality of
| this amendment is the difference be-
| tween the obligation and the remedy
in the contract of parties and the pow
err 80 enforce it.
An obligation, as recognized by the
law, is an agreement made and enter
ed into by distinct parties. 1t is the
binding power of the moral as well as
of civil law, and the evidence of q
| complete but uneXecuted contract
And while the creditor may look to
the law for the power of enforcing the
| obligation, the debtor certainly looks
with eqal confidence to its impartiali-
ty, and claims its protection amid I'M
forsecn misfOrtunes and unavoidable
and calamitous revolutions. Now, TO
admit that the remedy Is part of the
obligation itself, is to say that the law
that existed when the obligation was
entered into is the only one that can
| make it valid, it matters not how many
yeaIs nav elapscu OF "nat laws nave
peeh enac'eu slhce lhe contract
was iiiaue' ~ they are ihsePeraoly
cphhecteul ule law OF virginia
,huV cHuoies the cieuilor 70 3 COL
iecC MS uepO Woulu pe III Iull force
III any otiler government 10 when the
ueouor ihlBhI iloNe'
Tor instance me constitution grants
an exemption OF Two thousand dollars;
under that protection the debtor can
WlIholu llom SAFE properly TO that
amount suppose ne moves 10 anotn-
er oIale Whele tne homestead Is only
llNe hunuTeu uoIiars now ii the oDL-
gatloh ana tne remedy are lilseparable,
oI course supremacy must be gwen TO
70 the Virginia law, Notwithstanding
~ Wouiu DC ulrecI ana palpaDle VIOLA
eloI ol the Jaw OF thaI otate' Ana,
fiuureherhl0re, IL inc opliSaIloh ana
.le remedy are llseperaDle, Oh course
supremacy must pe gwen 10 tne lrgln-
Ia Jaw, MISUNDERSTANDING IL would be
ulrecI anu palpaple violation OF the
Jaw ol tnaC fotaUe' Ana, furthermore,
IL Ihe opllgatloll ana remedy are one
anu tne same, Il law III force at the time
tne oOIlgatlol was made cannot posi-
ply nc rescIhueu without virtually IN
VallualihS the opllSation ltsell. Ii II
Is enforced III must he done III ac-
colualce WIN tlle PROVISIONS Oh me
theh ensuing Jaw 30 you readily
perceive ,nG laiiacy vi such an arSu-
meht, WHICH, IL SUSTAINED, would lead
70 tlie WliuesV CONFUSION anu uIter dis
oI6i'hiHa'loh vi tle SoVeiielG llselI'
Obligations are suos taiitlaily the same
uhe Woilu over, "niic tic reileuies are
| as ulVelsileu as tle governments 10
Wnicll they peiohg'
buI IL may pe cohtehued that sale
Oh persolal properly upon Twelve
hlollhs tllhe Woulu impair THESE oDll-
Satioils, anu Consequently must nc I'M
cohs'i0utloial, WINE ~ Is cohceued
liiaU saie on siA hiohlils VIII DE Ie-
elJillate' MS eNluehtIy Is an lhcOn-
s.sJency. Inc prlhciple Is aumltted,
ana tne Oiiiie Oh SAFE aIolle IS question:
81. ii IL Is repnSuallt 10 tlle constltu-
.'oh III one c'isei certainty IL must be
III the oIlier, iof IL Is equally appllca-
Die 10 pCth; he uellled ina, the Leg
lslalurc had Tie riSht 10 extend To the
debtor moments rellel, or TO the
purchaser the credit OF an hour. But
| II they be separate certainly We have
rlehI 10 clallSe OF INQUIRY the law so
aus 10 meet the necessities oil a prostra-
tea people. ne opinion Is that n
much shorter time lhan we propose
might deleaI inc great olJect we desire.
| w me slN months, III lew instances,
Woulu pe suHiclellt time, YET III The
| great majority OF sales IL would be too
| limited iof Tie purchaser, and the in
cVitable consequence must be the ruin
Gus sacrlhce oil the pittAnce accumula-
tea by the strlctest economy ana most
trying selfdenial that ever noble PEG.
pie endured.
| Inc question: then, arises, what
would be reasonable time? In con-
sidering this question we must look at
! the peculiar condition OF the country.
viewing 1t rom a standpoint prior TO
the war, we Wlll come to quite DIFF
icTent conclusion from the one that
must suggest itself now; Ihen we
looked out upon lahd that groaned
beneath the weight or IT'S iuNurles.
FROM every mountain ana valley OF
the oid Commonwealth was carried
the hllShty PRODUCTIONS OF prosper
Gus people Opon hcf lerlile plitihs
We're seen IN multltudlhous groves her
beautliul hooks ana leeolhg herus, 10
be carried TO me opuleht cities OF ire
Nofth ana west, ana peace was the
inmate Oh every nome, DC III ever &c
huiiip'e or o,acu1e' nu' Mno uoes nor
reallHs INC cll''lse 'llaI mas plc'Hreu
aho'ller SSelio upon our pSioNou r'
gina Inc raVages OF INC ulioflu'
nae "at lNo INC pSsoIii Vl instructor
nave sWep' from her inc earning OF
tBeS past ne hreau OF uInlles ll'''
i"iu w"ste nor luA lux Ielus aiu
turned OUT many 81 her once Nerlaill
mus anu Na''eHs 20 uIeali,ie9s anu y
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