Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-02-01

tongue, they soon would wind themselves
into his confidence, by paying promptly
the first week or two, soon run up
balance of many dollars. When knowing
he would shut down on them, they would
altogether fall to put 10 an appearance on
paw night.
Now, sir, these men, whom our city
numbers by the hundreds, would work
nowhere except for incorporated compa-
MES and they were full of them. They
had reduced to bankruptcy many a poor
widow. who in order to maintain her
little family, had starred a provision and
grocery store on the corner. She had
trusted her goods to these seamps until
she had neither goods or credit, when the
constable closed her store for rent, aud the
iobber who furnished her goods lost his
bill. The stress, so far, is all on the side
Of the dealers who have been reduced to
want.
The attachment law went into effect,
judgments were obtained, and attachments
laid against the workmen. Their pay was
stopped and not until then did they rea-
lie the fact that we had Il law which gave
every man his dues. Then they made
haste to call upon the merchant, and In a
humble manner ask 10 make an arrange
iNtlN 10 AtNNt 81 NUN u MNth Mlltll wv
claim was paid. The merchant, IN ninety
nine eases out OF a hundred, agrees TO take
whatever he can spare. and valves the
attachment, often paying the cost.
Incorporated companies will testify to
4 the truth Of what | say, and the 'squircs
docket hear me out. Only where the
| debtor still persisted In his determination
to evade the law, through false answers,
was the attachment pefscvered 10 and
now comes the hardship, If there is any,
| hut no, he has full and plenty, for he has
| paid no store bill for ears If on the con-
! irary, he depends upon his weeks wages
| to buy the necessaries Of life, Tor he has
exhausted his credit, be makes the arrange
ment before spoken Of, and there is 10
suffering.
If man is unfortunate through sick
ness, not merchant in town but what
will wait upon him if he Will only show a
disposition to pay. An unfortunate young
mechanic owed me thirty four dollars, he
has been paying promptly fifty cents pei
week for two years. All such men as that
fear not the law. The honest worlmer
favor It. He can obtain credit when
driven TO the wall, but repeal the law, lei
sickness overtske him and where Is hi,
credit He can obtain none, and must beg
or seek lNc ullhs mouse, iUf the mcrcn0ul
has no surety that he will ever obtain hi,
bin, having learned through experienc,
that trusting alone to honor with no law
to back him up is poor security. You who
pratc about honor let him try 1t on, ans
see how soon the tune will be turned
This talk of hardship, suffering and takin.
the last loaf of bread IS al bosh, there il
nothing i'm 1t. Att ichments are hecomin!
rare TO what they were at first, for th'
rOgues are finding out that they must pay
aud keep their store bills paid up, tn,
fear of the law acts like an emetc. Hun
dreds of laboring men have signed tn
remonstrance against the repeal Of tn
law. It is q good wholesome law, repea
il and our merchants lose thousands o
dollars, and men who are good pay to-da
relax Into their cid h hits and bankrup
the meicharts. It is impossible to have
strictly cash system, and until that ]
brought about We have proper law 70
all-uo hardship, no suffering, for nearl
all pay mp.
| Years, JUSTICE,
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