The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-10-17
AaR1cULTUnAE LIN Law
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kpuOns CLkHIon wish - pass s
isH eriiiciens o. ihe article in Ioax
is.ne a ssh ult.. 81 APinnn sylrnnrr.
uhish being Interpreted nsAn. ''Pl1lg
Woods. ssnlnss rsprsihg ~ lien ~.
Nor, hr. Editor. Piaus i - eEsr-grsa,
and possibly, you nay ZEE nsfous
We hass done With he ariter i1si thers
b an appropriateness in the pos df pfur.s,
but would bs sorry for hin, II hs we're
brought before Judss Mayors, On an
action q ~Iibelr for aliempfinx 70 pee.
bimsplf q. for q @cow county man.
We quote him away doun the -
column. gloriating in the praaeuf staiaa
of the farmer. "He commands his rent
-ds 200 per cant profit on advances,
and the bale u cotton fer mule hire .
Does this sentences moi denoAsfrats (''Out
q thine own mouth viii Judge thse'')
from phsncs be hailsg A Mississippi
boiion planter Of veracity told me last
year that be rented his mules @for =
bale Of cotton apiece and that the
Jew merchants" gave him 25 per cent.
on all the trade of his tenant You
guarantes payment No. They tals
al the riak and pay me 70 per cont. on
all they eoiiset." Talk to a "cow eoun-
~" tenant. white or negro, shout "a bale
Of cotton, for mule rent" and 200 per
cent. 90 advances, and he will think (if
not tell y0u) you are fool Yea, Mr.
Editor, made me read that long article
till | almost have it''hy heart" hunting
for good gl0aghts daf ireH n1ds Doiafs.
Plsass read Il again. Il was Nenschicoff
thiak, though have lately seen the lit
tie "COrsiean" credited with Il, that
.aid words are designed 10 conceal the
meaning Of treaties" II there = a
pOoaf o. thought In that two column ar
ticle, "Piney's" fortune i secured, If
be win report himself at the court Of
/ 81. Petersburg. He champions the Lien
Law, vets calls IL q "chafiei mortgage
abominafion" Chattell A ehaifei is a
thing ~ esse, a something that has an
actual existence. Is an implanted crop
a chattel3 Has II exiateneef Has not
our Legislature condemned speculatine
in futures" u stalking money on the
hop> Of thing that does not exist Iess
gambling, than betting on the future
price Of things that DO EXIST Can any
merchant, on morally legitimate prin-
eiples, afford to risk his money on such a
nonentity at fairly compensating per
cent? Again "Piney" says, Repeal the
law aud the negro goos down for he can
not mortgage his crop or stock" When,
IL ever, "Piney" comes to your Office
again please tell him " step up next
door, aud Col Nugent OF Capt. Yerger
will inform him that the right 10 mort
gage anything IN esse. is not contingent
uysn the Lien Lar, any more than is
the priority Of the landlords claim for
his rent. They will tell him that his
preference, with right Of distraint, is as
old as the feudal laws.
"Piney's' hobby, after al, is the credit
system which execrates, abuses and Of
feTs a palladium, all along through the
whole two columns, till | am tempted
t0 read it the ninth time 10 see If i can
hnd out which side he Is on. On thi.
subject, he
Wrigrle. in. aud wriggles out.
Whether the worm that made the track,
Was going In or coming back.
II "Piney" had been bona fide
Piney wOod's-man, he would have had
the brain and nerve TO tell you that Q
frus credit system was the poor mans
friend aud moral and social elevation
but that 70 be such it must be based
upon a solid foundation-A good naDis
Yet once more, aud / have done with
"Piney" for the present. He says ''ii
forces no credit on any one" Night
before last, I stood by my youngest
born, bright eight year old boy, hi,
skin was cngorged and tinged with ycl
low, tongue dry and brownish-liver anc
spleen, hard and sOre-bOwels consti
patcd, pain in the head intense, pupili
more than twice natural size. pulse $50
aud full OF nervous trepidatioh.
Was forced 10 send for a dOctorl
have or 500 acres Of open land, wife
10 take care OF, children 10 educate
; taxes and debts to pay, can't get tina
land cultivated without waving
rents. Am / forced TO do it7
Mr.. Editor, this Is long enough fOi
one communication. II Il does not find
It, way 10 the "weste basket" | vii
some time in the future sum up a few
of the conditions and results, brough
about by this Lien Law, together will
their mOdus operandi, that have re
; suited in what Major George w. Har
per said to the writer a few days ag
was the strangest phenomenon in his
tory, to-wit; Mississippi on gran'
boom and her people growing poore
1 every day" |. v, ENocHs
Terry, Miss, sept, ~, 1883.