The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-09-26
AeRICULr6RAL LIEN LAW.


10 RaRealr !
Septesnber DIST, 1855. a
Ed tnzrS IS the question +
Lei lien law should u
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Ikats ate Contributions P
- 80 sliixidn1l csu'e
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ID show Why / sthink j
he s hols sehsiz zagther dodge TO dupe '
j. ID zisrs. and that the Iaw
i. = sd = left entirely undis-
u - examine the matter. :
| aEa ~ many, who think
81 dsrss to..pFevent discon- I
ina re tie edit system and the
ase srmers; but the soph-
slzt nhde Ing Ehis Is apparent Il Is
zing aeeidtai4l circumstances, 70 :
inyssiFy zreas Messing. Such persons,
coald, with the same FEASIBILITY con
tend that ne should never have any
frost, lecaAse forsoOth, it occasionally
destroys orr fruit II isnot the credit
system that is pinching. but the a5ase Of
that system. | am as much opposed to
the credit business as any man, do
not like It 1t all. Neither do like fire
and would substitute with something
less rcpuisiye. yet how impossible to
crafty my wishes in this as in former
inztancel The repeal of this chattel mort
gage abominatioi, win never stop credit
dealing IN the South, and intend to
show plainly and satisfactorily, think, |
that instead Of stopping. it will largely |
and Eainsasly increase it with landlords.
frat effect q d repeal. would be
is ef nteFa credit This Is
a.Is. nt .lsen + stops the negro,
si,lslI IS is tourniquet
90 lls sIlsk Repeal the Law and the
I an c. he then, cannot
i.lats e his crop or stock. His only
means d rcait stands ferevcr DESTROYED
~ Law.
b iiisileH then. pe rhaps Tor tie
ira. linae rrsSeaiS itself. SERIOUSLY. in
III IL gravity, 10 landlords. Toolate 10
recall past indinerence-th law has gone
inio operation. What must be done
ander the circumstances Lands must
not lie idle, if there are any means OF
preventing so calamitans a condition.
What theng Uader the repeal, the
y hiiss aud the negroes are deprived
/. d the privilege Of morlgaging crops
il -Nrsl,s allclas~es and color, in it;
application What i Is Be done, and
! who i to unrasel the suosty question
that landlords may realize something
from their landsg While thus weighed
{ down WITH suspense and fearful forebod
t ing, the merchant, for the first time
, under the new regime, appears upon tn,
scene with characteristic complacency
) and says ~ can point the way out o.
: the qnsgmiTe.a 1t is easy enough, t.
be sure, no one under the new law car
mortgage personally, but it does not ap
ply to real estate. So Just give me {
! Deed of Trust on your land, and / vii
| furnish all the negroes you can cram OF
| it.
I There is no alternative left the poo
;. deluded landlord. His first step mus
E be 20 secure the merchant with his Deet
of Trust, for the laborers must be sup
4 piled or no land worked. Then begin
the landlords increasing physical tot
4 and hardships. He enters upon his ney
. role of oYerseer for the merchant HI
:. must follow the hands from daylight til
I dark, from January till January, and il
: the fall ali-night work is added to tn
. day, to prevent seed cotton traffic. An'
il finally he must see his crops s2fel,
hauled and turned over to the merchan
: for supplies credited at $50 or 200 pc
' cent. No backing out! Pay up prompt
i " or away COOS the land!
h Pending this legerdemain between
p merchant and oyerseer how is it viii
i the middle man, CuHee7 We find hin
II sounding his whangdoodle of triumph
y and looking on, as he has been working
l. all the year, with perfect indifference
e What does he care? He sees no loss t
a him, one way or the other. He ha
n nothing at stake, and it may be ques
h toned whether landlord could colIec
l. anything from him, since it is propose
lie to do away with all chattel liens.
is Then this, and innumerable other III
re seen technicaIitiesand perplsxities woul
I, introduce upon the scene that othe
% partner, the lawyer, for his share q
n the spoils. He firds this new dodg
10 ON the farmer, the very thing fc
> him. Before he found the lane
3r lord SO we'll protected, that he rarel
d got case on his account No
lie he discovers openings for his bills on a
in sides. He shoyes the merchant at hil
s. with complaints; he sboves the negro {
d him with complaints; and to maxi
If the thing spicy and business brisk, /
4 picks mp the landlord and hurls b
a Icing sniieEing head against both me
Il chant and negro, and so goes the ten
is peal around the poor planter. from We.
n in Till year out, arising from the repea
" This is. indeed, woeful prospect f,
l. the planter. He has been forced
ii shoulder all the credits with all the a
e companying cares, for the privilege
ID surrendering his land to the merchal
n, ! in the end.
Now, let Us turn to the law as it is
a. present on the statute To an unbiase
eye, there is nothing materially disto
ne ted Tor once and Tor . wonder, ii
e, landlord finds it almost complete pr
Is lection of his interest There is no %
Sc in it for merchant or negro, and eve
e, the lawyer finds it q tight squeeze
le wade it. As things are, the landlol
o comes first, under all circumstance
IN and has but little trouble in colIectin
ns Then, a. there is no surety whatever
~ lettering the situation; as there is on
an empty hope running through the e
We pressions of visionary repealers, and
we all profess an interest in our agricu
tural welfare, why net let the law alo.
! As the Bess safeguards of landlorI
4 against thievery, dishonesty, petti-fo
e ging and corruption
e, Recall the awful condition of Miss
Ae sippi, before the present law came in
be force Nearly every Legislature got !
ne new law, for some years after the wa
IL and landlords should remember VIII
ne dreadful times, they underwent to ke'
&c even with merchants, and the shar
a that we're constantly preyIng upc
lie them.
Observe the faIlacy of the assertio
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