The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-03-09
"T,,a EQUITIES.

,,,. Tho action Of the House o
''s'tos ~ Thursday upon the bill aiec
,i,r,te,r or atfcctcd'y styled "'ne 'I'','. ,:,
hin cscapca our notice in preparing III. ., =,
ar,;.,s which appeared in yesterdays N'
s,oh However, the article itself WAS 10
,,,.rh ont of place, Notwithstanding TIE as
misss, Of the bill itself and thr rEycc''oh o.
noion 70 reconsider the vote 50 o'>'''',,''.
il, We suspect the patrons OF TIC "'4, ,,. :,
~. ,,,.' r,s. without y further effort x
copy the Georgia fss!Iion. 49,, ,o,;s,,,,,r,
We have little doubt that the i'e .,'"I',,r
IS each div less and less disposed !" . ; ~,
=, 49,, 1l,j.,.c and complicated reE''i'i' -
sartnr and creditor. ThcreHrc rs ''''"s Wv
u,'.o' 1 ,'t suffering and starving ~
P'' Il. s,,. IN imitation Of the a12rnls'S,
w. ,he want of money that IS que 'he'"' II,
. ~. orr weighed down with the oui'hen %
lands they can't cultivate and acc"mua,'nS
;u,c-.st on debts they should have selleu D!
a.n,nrnmise or otherwise in &c and 70. The
tangled skein Of private obllsat'ohs IL Is XIII
nossillc Tor the Legislature to unra'el'
What was possible ought to have oeen
dome ST the close of the war. lime his
greatly changed the aspect OF these pr''a''
relations. Straightforward setlehlen's, liz
nr,ccss Of bankruptcy, and death, have
ela,rcd away q vast amount oil 'ne "eo''s
that vas left by the war. 4 great part OF
TINT which remains has very DUBIOUS a.
nor. II includes n variety Of cases. Ihcie
ere many. in the long delay, Of Which equity
hos had very little to do. There arc hundreds
nf c,sos intbis State in which the debtors nave
orai,cd Themselves Of the stay-ia" allNo"s'
entirely ablc to pay their debts; and III man!
tho 6altor has been shaver upon the cash
which lie had in hand, Will" those TO "hoh'
be owed money were in absolute want Oh the
necessaries OF life. Thus families have SUI
fercd for the want Of means Tor support anu
education, while the money due them was
tbrs withheld. We know it will be SAD tNa'
~the equities" would bring ell these things
out. we don't believe it. In measure DC
signed for relieving people Of honest debts
without surmndcring their propcrt? la>cali'y
is sure to have the whlp-hand.
We think, as we have before said, the pre-
sent Legislature is growing more conSerV&'
tive. and We Go not believe at This late pcrloG
Of the session it will shoulder the discrcdlt OF
passing measure which will bring so musi'
evil upon tile State as would the proposed
measure under the auspices Of the equities"
II could di,lusc no good and satisfactory
results. 1t would ill q Elrge class of people
fwho arc us much entitled 10 the favor of the
Government as any other with the deepest
discomfort, while those who might be the
bcuefciaries of the wrong done them could
not derive any real satisfaction from it. Nor
could the Government expect froh4
the men who had proftcd by such a
wrong any vigorous effort to restore
the general prosperity Of the State. They
IRE not the men for any such effort.
and if the public credit and mutual CONT
dcnce in men are never restored unit! they
are restored by the efforts of such men, there
will never Lc such restoration. The ccun-
try cannot be improved by destroying more
property. The just claims Of creditors arc
property as well as anything else. Let mel!
settle their own affairs, and things will soon
come right.