Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-02-28

be benefited Repcal-its purpose serted :,
end accomplishments certain Euuay c,r' =
is il the law was passed simply i,r par,v oaI
and as an electionccring >c:.er.c Hear >''
tiluouy OF that no!ed Republican,, C,L. P,nI.,>
In his speech before the committee at ,l %'.m'
ference of the bondholdcrs, IN nichmopd /.
ruary l9th, he alluded to the actouoi C'r,. .'-
upon the hankru law. ard saw in !, ;.
means b. which his party was to drive the G. ~.
servativrs from power in Virginia" Sa;i /
had no faith in the Conference and WASHED /
hands of the affair. Col. P9pham rcpyr>.n.>
one hundred and Sixty->ix thousand d Lar. -.
State bonds Do you doutt, can ycu iopi.,;
Again. exemption laws vary: 10 no two Sig,.,
is it identical aud the sans. BY the law, a.
Connecticut the property exempt from exec.
ton is >mall-a few hualrcd dollars; in D.,
ware about 5000, in Georgia about 81 Pow +:
nois, 81 POO; Louisiana 81 900; Arkansas, !;
900, homestead aud personal property inym.
about 81 900; Maine. $500: Maryllnl. wear.
appare! and property III value 800. 10 il. >.,
lected; Massachusetts. $500: Peun>y yan.a$.sr
Rhode Island, $3.50; Virginia. -. 5DD l..
mont, $500, and West Virginia, $22oo. l. i.
amended law ;tJrm in it working? po.,
not discriminate TO the prejudice Of 5.nh.,..
who are ci izen> of Maryland. C.narcir.
Delaware. Munc. Massachusetts am p.a,..
vaua? The amended law viii override s..
laws ate State DECISIONS, bur will i. sand i.
scrutiny OF the Supreme Court Of III, [, :,
| Tested thcrc-put in that al4mb!c wi! ,rYr.
GU, Il metal or be- fused. and pass into rla,.
be declared null aud void? 1t must r,r;...
cannot stand. 1t is fraud cheat an ;, j..
tended In the words OF LAGOON:
Et procul o miscrl quac tauta ln>4hia rig,,.
Equo ne ere lite Icucrl.
Ou duuid III eSt, tiueo Da"a>. e. lnna icr.g,.
Another argument IN ilvo. ~ III" law
SpcclnuS bur unSound. 1t is til" m"a',> o! ,-.,,r
Ing IIrigtujn to Iuuyinj,,ns. l. will mo-. rh.~
who avail themselves OF i; res assured vi.
as lost to honesty an to principle as ton.r..
itself. Two of its members have been c ,rs,.
ed of high crimes. and resolutions II r,n.g.
passed; yet high officials have ben passed l..
iu fact as guilty as the unfortunate convlrrs.
The amended law will be the utter and r,.
plctc destruction Of credit very >uh'n.,
of prosperous cou4ti'> AMI the butwar,
society. Who can You trust? What avail !.
State Court? or wh,' u.s. legal prorreir.,
The Baukrupt's exemption Is Overland atorr.,.
DIV -ldEC uI VI ti'ISltf ''N'' - W.
through, ut the Union. Who can you ;us
The most solemn manner in which pr'ge~.
can be dedicated 10 another and charged V
debt-the judgmrn: and decree Of 4 rm;
competent .urSiiction-t though "ttrinc.! yy...
ago. and from kindness and mercy. not cuta
eds brush 1t away as Il bwcb aui annuly
by the scratch of u pen. Who can y'u 'rg%
The mpn to whom you loaned your hard earn
money or supplied with mrrrha dis, 80
pledged you his property voluntarily or Uni.
coerion of Court, by the oricranl decree
T. S. Bankrupl Court will discharge y"nr j
and hold his property which N F
equity ard honesty is yuu:> AN! belongs 10
Surely with Mark Antony ", mus; cay
judgment thou art fled 10 british beats.
men have lost their reason. Heaven sr
that the people OF Virginia. in the ages -
renowned for truth, honesty and vir'u" be-,
tempted may not fall from their high -.
but stand erect. If so il must he am'd,, nj
Virginia. February -, l>71%%.