The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-10-28
The Lien Law.
WlxoxA, Mss, Oct. 10, 1885.

WINONA, Mss, Oct. ~, 1889.
,..-ops ca ARIoN: Asyou solicit the dis
bpi ian Of the rereai of the Agricultural
Gus,T Gus, law | therefore beg space in your
big" I,Io naper to make a few remarks up
va UT onr lien laws as theynow stand on
Oh S.,otute books. They are the best laws
oH' 'Iat can conceive of for our people in
.Ia;r .l'a present condition, and IT matters
W with us now to go back and argue
I1;- nroprietv or necessity at the time
lIi''. assing them. They have been
OL OLir,ed and we have lived under them
el1C,e Iong that they have become so plain,
~ til and familiar to all our people
Piatb Pat tbev need no lawyer or court to
.lta-nret .na' them, and TO repeal the agri-
pI,I.ol lien law now, would cause
o.uarcby and ruin to our people.
A"'i Tbase laws secure first, the landlord
- the Iaborer, then the merchant, and
ntA',id physician, lawyer or mechanic be
oje5 tLey are paid or secured by
nse,'J n.s-e-J, d0naaiaq Il before their services
'HHFa ,ao,dered. / ask then who is left
as, and whence cOmeth the desire to
have this law or any OF the lien laws
-anealed? Ny own observation has been
hat it aaqiqiy comes from the selfish
landlords. demdgogs or commercial
f-iirrs. who are like the tabled fox who
ii bis tail cut off 1t can't be denied
1t tbe-, laws have been in many in
.a,cs- taken advantage OF by thieves,
sgtI,ars and such like, nor have your
paniteutiary walls kept men from steal
inc and committing great many crimes
that YOUR laws forbid.
Under this agricultural lein law the
,oor IA well as the rich, may have a
rradit which is something more to be
desired than money itself, (cost what
II mayJ How is poor man ever to
make a rise without it, and TO what do
onr successful men of to day owe their
fortunes except it be to their credit,
guided by good judgment, industry and
economy. There are a great many of
our peopIe that are satisfied in debt and
wouid be miserable out. You can't
leoi,late them out of debt, and if you
cnnld YOU would have to do so every
wear So / say let them rest in peace,
for a guardian they must have and a
Guardian they will have. Should, how
ever the agricultural lien law be re-
pealed these same people would have
masters and overseers, in Landlords
instead Of merchant guardians, then
which condition would be best? know
they have more liberty as they are.
luotice, Mr.. Editor, that all the talk
about the repeal is confined simply to
the repeal Of the agricultural lien law,
but / think when this law is repealed
the landlords and laborer's lien should
20 with it and | believe justice would
demand that they should, for if the
idea is to repeal and thereby put every.
body on an equal footing in the race tc
ges the crop. how can it be accomplished
With the landlord holding his lien over
it? | would also suggest that it never
will require lin our day at least) lier
ON crop for he poor man to get land tc
work If he has Che other requisites, but
he NAV have the land and often fai
even with a lien to be supplied.
Supplies and money can be taken ou
of the State but the land can't be. Bu'
for argument sake repeal the agricul
tural lien law and let the landlords lier
remain and then what? About one-tenti
of the laborers of the country would b'
hired at 50 to Sc per month by the few
land owners that might be able to ge
supplied, the other nine-tenths being
unable to get employment or sustenance
would leave the State and raid upoi
stores, cars and steamboats, in search o
provisions, would be of common occur
renee. Then again some say, but LETT
repeal it TO take effect in the future 81
the people will be prepared for it. Nov
it will only be the merchant who ha
balances out that will be prepared for 1t
and then take his money out of tn
State until its eff ct is tried FEY
years, for the very moment the LAND
lord or laborer becomes prepared to d
without the law, he, of course, would no
need it even if it was still in force.
MT Editor l may have gone t
extremes in my conclusions, but feel
repeal this agricultural lien law is takin
very dangerous leap and should b
well considered in all its bearings befor
it is done. MoNTGoMERY.