The weekly clarion., 1881-09-22
Section 1855 Of the Code---The Red
Flag Which Maddens The Coalition
Bull.


Its In these words mo property
shall be exempt from execution whel
the purchase money thereof forms, il
whole or in part, the debt on which th'
Judgment is founded nor shall an
property be exempt from sale for non
payment of taxes or assessments, or fo
any labor done thereon or materials
furnished therefor, or when the judgmen
is for labor performed, or upon a .toreite'
reeoqnizanee or bailbOnd, or ,chea the pro
cess is for rent"
This is assailed as being inimical t,
i the poor. On the contrary, it is wis,
contrivance IN the exclusive interest Of tn
poor, as we will proceed to show to tht
satisfaction of all who desire to arrive
at truth, and are capable of reaching
lit by the process of reasoning. "Tht
laborer is worthy of his hire" anC
he is made sure of it by this section
Nothing is exempt from his demand
For it he may have sold everything
his employer has. The exemption taa'
shall not serre as shield to proted tht
hirer from the payment Of hf'cages Of tn
lab0rer aeho has serred him.
Prior to the adoption of this section 3
large proportion of the people of this
State were not able to give bail, because
among all their friends none could com
ply with the requirement of the law, and
swear that they were worth anything
above what the law exempted from exc
cution. This section greatly increase:
the ability of the poor to give bail and
avoid Jail, whereby they are enabled tC
pursue their ordinary industry and the
public is saved from feeding them il
Jail; for now any man, no matter how
poor, is good bail for echat he IS ,corth, ane
is not hindered from standing for hi:
friend, and saving him from Jail. Be
fore this law many poor colored mar
was unable to give bail until he had solo
his liberty for a time to some one rich
enough to be worth the amount of tht
bailbond "over and above the eXemp
ton" Now the obstacle to the poel
becoming bail for their poor friends i:
removed by the section quoted above
By declaring that nothing shall be ex
empt, "eohen the process is for rent, The
way is made clear for the humblest aRt
poorest to rent as he may need. With
out this provision the landlord woulC
require prepayment or security for ren
from such as had not property beside
that exempt from execution, and thi
demand could not be met by many poo
person for want of the money or a frient
who would be accepted as security
Under this law everybody is good for rent
and no one is so poor as not to be abl
to rent what he desires, for his few ar
ticles of household necessity are ampl
security for a months rent of the hum
bic tenement the village tenant ma,
desire as home while pursuing his vo
cation. He who has property, beside
what is exempt, would under no state o
the law have any difficulty in renting
because his property not exempt woult
serve as security, and the LANDLORD
would want no other, but the poor un
fortunate, who had nothing but wha
was exempt, could not obtain what hC
wanted, without paying in advance o.
securing the rent By the present Law
the person who has no title is put on al
equality with the opulent, so far as re
lates to obtaining home equal to his
necessities, for all that.he has is by this
law made to serve him by being security
for this particular thing, and nor erery ont
can rent.
Were this not the law the landlord
would require security, as the merchant
does, of those who are not possessed OF
more than the law exempts. All who
desire to obtain supplies from merchants
have to secure them, as they may re-
qufre. The merchant who regards his
customer as ''good for his debts de-
mands of him no security, considering
his means as security, but of all others
he does require it. Il is just SO with
the owners of houses and lands to rent.
IF the tenant is good for the rent, that
is sufficient. No more is required. He
who is good for the rent can get what
he wants. This law makes every one
good for the rent of such home as he
requires for his use, and so all can rent.
To illustrate: Take day laborer in a
town. He must have house for him
self and family. The rent is three or
five dollars a month, but he is poor,
and has no money to pay rent in ad-
vance. He wants time to make it.
He has ne property heyal9 what tie
law exempts. IIe has a few articles of
household necessity, worth in all a few
dollars, but small as is their value they
are gooq see,uils fnr months rent, and
because of his, he can obtain the home
he needs, as the law now Is, and has
credit given him by this law, which
serves him most valuable purpose,
enabling him to earn his daily bread by
his daily toll This feature Of the
section was especially designed and is
particularly adapted to that large class
who reside in ciiies, towns and Villages
to pursue varions industries. Agricul-
tural tenants were provided for in the
regulations specially pertaining to them,
and it is not probable that they will
ever be affected by this particular law.
It is true it applies to all tenants, but
it is well known that landlords look tc
the crops grown on their lands for the