The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-10-11


crop, aud the factor is indebted to the
bank for the money loaned tJ the plan
ter, and has put up, with the bank, his
collateralc to raise the money advanced.
The factor owes tho bank aud the plan.
ter owes the factor, and has the sotton
to pay the debt. Nov what is commcn
law aud sommOa honestly Why, clear
ly, shat the pl.nter shcaA send his ens-
tor forward to pay the debt when it be-
comes due. What is, the advice which
Mr.. Aiken giveS7 TO hold it, aud
"to resist the execution cf"tke Ecn BY any
Means al aahd." EWs give Il in his own
words; for nothing lsss can render 8,
shocking proposition credible. The
factor, asking only that the planter
should perform what he has promised, is
according to Mt. Aiken, "a Shy "lsck
who knows 40 one but hiasolf," but th 9
planter, according TO Mr.. Aiken, is to
BE- at liberty to break his promise.
Whom would the planter, in such case,
consider but himself! Does he not do
that very thing which Mr.. Aiken 30
indignantly condemns in Jay Cooke &
CO.-suspend, with their pockets
fullw
Moral laws are general in their pplica.
ton; there is nothing which exempts a
planter from their influence, or ronders
that, innocent in him, which would be
culpable in merchant. Yet Mr
Aiksns advice is. that the planter, with
the means Of payment in his hands,
should break his promise and "resist BY
any means at hand"-which of course
means violenco--"the execution Of the
lien" Faith is to be broken, the law
de6cd, violence rssorted 20, and the
whole framework of society, which rests
on Lay aad Justice, rent aud shattered
as By tempest, and for what To
enable planter 70 avoid che payment Of
bis just debt. We have too high
respect for the intelligence and charac-
ter Of the planters OF this State to
believe it possible that they could be
'pausnced by eouRsels SO weak and
vicious.
It Ia u little curious that Mr.. Aiken
seems never to have considered that if
his remedy was possible, aud was ap-
Piled. The only result would be frs, to
ruin the factor and then the platter. The
factor would be protested br The bauk,
and his eOllatcrals sold out; the planter
W1uld eventually have TO pay his debt,
Ind we fancy would find himself ut loas
% raise the a5tancS for the nex. crop.
But ie is q waste Of time seriously to
.riticise a remedy so utterly imprActie
able, which begins 10 bad faith, ends in
Fiolsnce, and can have but one result,
he utter ruin Of every ono affected by
Il. ~ aF
TO the extent OF his ability aud in
a"ence Mr. Aiken has made mischief.
Ho has 'shdeavorcd to aryary one inter.
'st against another, when q cordial uu
Op and harmony Is essential to tbs pre-
srvatioa Of each aud the property Of
he State. At acritical period, whom
'onidoucs is needed, he has sought to
low distrust and excite suspicion. And
he means suggested are as Objectionable
10 the end. Wears all mutually and
'oeipEOcaIly depsndsbt, snd are bound
% each other for the Observance of che
'ure's good faith. Whoever, by teach.
ng or eHample, breaks down our rever.
'Rcs for honor and honesty, or tcmpts
IS, however sabtly, tO evtade the obliga
lions they impose, merits ths promp. 70
ouke of all who have at heart the char
lctsr and future Of the State. We have
est much, but We have not get had 10
,lush for the loss
All the evils Of which Mr.. Aiken
'oWplaibS ari'e from the planters want
# capital. The true remedy, then, is
rot TO add TO the want ofcapitAl the
Mt Of credit, but. BY puuctuality and
to increase both. Thus, in
ruth, wfllthe planter be independent
free to hold or sell IS Judgment dictates.
Il 10 the position he ought to occupy,
md which We hope no will soou roach,
or with his prosperity shO interests Of
III are indissolubly connected but, to
's durable and bonfcial, it must be the
'oSult of his own honest efforts, aud not
he fruit Of injustiCO to others-1Neo &
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