The Vein Law Debate Split by Farmers and Merchants
The piece examines opposition to re enactment of the usury or harvest law affecting loans and rents, with voices from McDullie Townard and Monroy Advertiser arguing supply and demand, market liberty, and restrictions on capital. It notes farmers face ruinous prices and debt, while merchants and feeders gain from current constraints. References to Georgia politics, Toombs, and local incidents follow.
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Fiyor
Fice Woney
Diel Dusinees
Wewry
Monroy Advertiser
Ulorf
Lin
Han
Atfiins
Georgia
Tarnmont
Tom Paine
Sheridan
Fox
Tripsey Bole Jers
Appling
Views on money, farming, and homestead laws in Georgia
A lengthily argued speech pleads for pro-producer policy, criticizing usury laws and urging Georgia to keep credit local through production. It attacks speculative finance, calls for cheaper money, and warns that harsher homestead restrictions depress credit. urges lawmakers to reduce burden on farmers and expand producer wealth with broader banking and fiscal reform.
Fragmented remarks mix politics and personal jests in brief notices
The passage blends a Governor Whitman encounter with a social jest and a political analysis of proposed civil rights bill compromises. It mentions the idea of using public fund proceeds to create a literacy based distribution among states, with southern states favored, and warns of potential corruption in funding schemes tied to education and the Freedman’s issues. It also notes representatives at Berlin and a Polsdan artesian well claim.
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Caleb Elrong
Mr. Whitman
Rios Cospnostise
Washington
Congress
South
United States
Savannah
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