The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1889-05-23

mace at INC pJOteettOH dSSHCu. uat iS
to say. admit that we need more pro-.
lection. Mr.. Henry is correct about
that. and if my plan ia forfeiture OF
double the amount leat'') be adopted,
we viii have all the protection desired.
20 consistency thou art indeed a
jewell But the remedy he suggests
will not do. and in suggesting such
remedy he shows that he is as total a
stranger to the history of our lac on
this subject as he seems to be on the
real meaning of the parable OF the ''tal-
ents'' and ''ten pieces of silver
Previous to 1866 and again by the act
1874-5. saws billiard J. contracts tainted
with usury were invalid on plea Of Dor
rover and it was also provided tnat
there should be "a forfeiture Of double
the amount lent" Our rpresent law was
enacted in 1861.
Finding that we need better protec-
ton than we have at present, and that
his remedy has been tried i'll North
Carolina, found inadequate and repeal
ed. there remains nothing for my friend
to do. but to yield gracefully and to
concur with me, that our best and about
Our only remedy, is by Indictment. He
says, Il don't believe Mr.. Henry can
put his hand upon aman and say, thou
art the man,
I can put my hand upon many and
say, ''thou art the men," many who
would not be foolish enough to deny it,
so apparent are their violations of the
law to all men. except r. w. II?
Were it not for my high regard for
my friend. and my desire to be entirely
courteous, I would say, that l don't
believe that there is any intelligent un-
biased man s.in our midst who could
not put his hand upon many usurers
''amongst u.s. that is in North Carolina
and shout, ''Thou art the men,"
r. w. H. in his communication with
a sneer says, ''Mr. Henry, seems to
have a poetical mind.''
I am duly grateful for the compliment
he pays me though of course l know he
meant it simply as a piece of sarcasm.
I hardly thought any one would at
tempt to sneer at the poetical mind, i'll
this age of civilization and letters.
The grandest thoughts, thoughts that
have startled nations into action, have
sprung from the poetical mind; the
7 sweetest and purest memories, ano
\ hopes and joys of this transitory lift
3 owe their origin to the poetical mind
l the richest jewels of literature were
2 born of the poetical mind, and now Ii
! their caskets of gold and morocco, awai
0 to amuse, instruct and charm US witt
their matchless scintillatiOns.
e David had the poetical mind and gav'
e the world the Psalms, poems celebrat
ing the majesty and attributes of tn
most high God; Homer had it and CAV
t, us his immortal Illiad; Virgil had
d and enriched the world of literature b.
|? the beauties and sublimities of hi
y Eneid Milton drunk deep at the Foun
!, of Poesy aud with his Grand Epic wrot
his name across all the centuries; Dant
II filled all time with his Inferno; an
; Byron's Childe Harold will tell Of hi
Il genius and charm the world with il
" grandeurs as long as the heart of ma
Il throbs with one noble impulse; tn
e. works of Shelley, Keats. Wordsworth
,e Coleridge, Tennyson, Cowper, Ions
" fellow and Bryant have crowned tt
Il English language as with tiara (
diamonds.
1T "Thus pOesy arose and set at ordered time
10 And shot day-spring into distant ages
Ta EnnObling every region that she choose
an The poetical mind is expressed n
to only in verse but in every work of ma
IN that is pure and beautiful.
tn Take it out of the world, and u
would paralyze every orchestra, free:
VI all the sources Of sweet accord. al
~ petrify every song of joy; take it o
eu of the world and every masterpie
y whether on canvass or in trescOe wOu
III soon be obscured by the veil Of oblivion
np take it out of the world and the gran
r est creation of Grecian and Halli:
nc genius in marble would fall from the
" lofty inches in the Temple of Fame d
VII honored and forgotten.
al Who can afford to sneer at the poe
'sl cal mind? Can r. W. II. afford to
do so:
I'll Before closing this article desire
nES call to the attention of your readers a
'h especially r. w. II. some passae
touching the character of usurers. a
T., the manner in which they have be
'es regarded in other lands and times:
e. "Take thou no usury from him It
ms brother) nor increase but fear thy Gt
[so that thy brother, may live with thee.
~. Ler. Irc. 36.
in aye shall not affiict any widow or fat
,es erless child. If thou affiict them in a
or rise, and they cry unto me, will hear tn
- cry, and my wrath shall wax hot an
',o will kill you with the sword. .'-Er. yrii. 3;
10 1928
get sIf thou lend money to any of my P'
nd DIE that is poor By thee, thou shalt Il
rO- be to him as an Insurer, neither shalt tn
uc- lay upon him usury.-EJ. gru. %.
a "He that by usury and unjust gain,
I'D creaseth his substance, he shall gather
~ ~ for him, that will pity the poor. p
i"H rrviii 8.
las ''He thu. ta.n~th array his ecr from hear
OF the lnp euen his prayer shall be an aboningtio
-Pror. ITrun.
the Seneca and Aristotle. declared in
1us bitterest terms against Usury and l
he rers: Dante in his Inferno. in Canto
rs, makes Virgil surrounded by the fires
hat He'll. deliver Dante a lecture Oh
my subject. and point out to him those
ore dergoing punishment for the sin of L
ey. ry. Juyenal leveied all the artiller,
ad- his terrific satire against the vice
Ugh Rome in his day. and Shakespeare.
her grandest deliniator of human nature
His passion the world has produced or
the produce. portrays the true nature of