The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1872-01-06
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tirfiy IN favor of capital and nothing is
le;fnndone that will give it power to
cypress the industry Of the country. For
insanee taxes are raised, interest raised.
req raised, aud not satifed with that, we
muf have another law, that will enable
thecreditor to pounce on an unfortunate
desEor at any moment. Our neighbor.
Tennessee, has all these "pretty things ,"
and she Is happy, beautiful model for
k@tueky. But how is it? that the
euigration from Tennessee to Missouri
Aaansas and Texas, is so large that
sore portions of the State are being de
poiflated. Her newspapers are eontin-
uaif mourning over it, aud begging for
emsratlon-and the emigrant won't
conf The Tennesseean don't stop in
keFueky, because he sold his land so
chez ~ Tennessee that he is not able to
buFat us NSpch in Kentucky. What
sortef a government is it? What kind
Of Klshave they, that reduces the price
i6f tesa, and drives her children from
! their a1Ative land -
We Nere conversing with a small
usurer on the above subject, he lives in
Tennessee, is sparrow hawk" now, but
will be an eagle some of these days. 1T
is the very thing said he, you ought to
have passed itwhen you passed the 10
per cent. conventional interest law. /
would like to Ind money in your State
then, for you see there Is only three I
months replevy and here IN Tennessee
there are eight months, which gives a /
man time to nike something. For in /
stance, when mney is scarce and men
come to me offGiug to cut good notes
halt in two, | c'n't afford to lave mon
ey ont at 10 PEI cent. L would sue your
Kentucky neiglbor, get judgment i'm
medately and i he could not reple7y, |
would sell him out and buy his property
for halt price. As il Is you know pre-
cisely a. what court | can get judge
men,, and you will prepare for me- -
How do yoI ike your 10 per cent
law il Tennessee? "Oh fine" said he:
"bei5re that law passed | used to dis
court note per cent and charge
per sent running interest Now | dis
coutt 10 per cent. aud charge 10 per
cent running iuterest-that Is count
fellow down Einety dollars and take his
uOtG uUniuS 4lAti AAtE lOA OuE nun
dred and ten; or one hundred with 10
per 'egt interest"
What rate of interest is that | asked
"Nohe Of your business, said he, I
Iauahipg
IL pr you can sec for your self that :
10 niN the jurisdiction Of Magistrates ,
is to DIT us at the mercy OF q our :
outs 81 creditors that bring their ,
mon ere to lend At o per cent. Notes I
wiil sade 500 on purpose, even 1t ,
the nj was thousands. l observed !
TO nil Enessee friend, That some peo ?
pie IN favor OF il because il would =
oreA 70 the lawyers I
down the devil said he,
are more lawyers in Obiou =
. ia Fulton aud Hick man +,
d &. 'Tney arc -ts9Sia. z iiyig;,s f,
: lawyers over here are halt ,
II: ,ne-haif OF you never pay /
heV 8. Read this" said be, haudiug :
ne vile paper, L read, Circuit {
C0u Xs.y busy this Ueek principally '
saga, lS trying appeals tram The .hag I
stru Courts Now you see all those
;a>es -e tried before the Magistrates I
md : GALS taken; double work for the \.
awy9# My friend, said be solemnly, |
The Nevil takes care Of his own, aud t
gon't F. hi. children starve. Never run b
gains Attorneys aud Editors, Cooks .
nd Corporations, if you 90 you will get h
nashsd up certain. Your lawyers are f
boutto starve, and that is the reason 6
hey ale holding Conventions aud want 2
o mu&dle the laws az iu.
Naff ..,fR of fha 4.
'eace give judgment on plain note C
or $500? II
"Ob yes +. If nobody objects, but do E
ou suppose any man is going to let
Judgment go against him for that amount I,
'hen he may perhaps get SIX months Il
srm by taking an appeal to The Circuit u
'ourt. Suppose it is for land, ard | II
emsBd a little back to the Common II
ealIh' each and every deed liable to be i
validated on some point of law, or "
,rm of acknowledgment "Your Mag N
trates over here are high minded gen Al
emen, but they are not SOlomOn's, Mar Ii
nails nor Taney's, and should not be I,
eld responsible for decisions which they nj
,uld only render We take appeals in "
enuessee from all such " | thank ed "a
tennessee IIl6Du IOF us lhlOiudtlOu, IT
; vent his way, and | sat ponderiug over III
hat he said al
Whatever disturbs the regular course b,
business in a country, destroys its in re
istry. produces lawsuits, war, famine, ey
stilence or great couhagration like Ci
at of Chicago, is conducive to litigation III
u everlasting, uDeeasing, changing of m
e laws, multiplies law suits. B,
Whenever the business of the country q,
d its industry have accommodated hi
emselves to the laws OF the country, ! go
y the law should not be changed for IN
trivial consideration Can a tree TO
ow if you transplant it every year? pu
d yet the legislature changes the laws co
cry year. Talk about nuisances, il IN,
5 been 40 years since the writer landed Iiy
Hickman and be thinks the Legis- he
ure Is the greatest nuisance in Ken III,
ky. III,
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