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high, but they may be brought low; let him remember 

 that there is One higher than he, who feeds the young 

 ravens when they cry; and let him remember also, that 

 there are thousands and millions of the human race, who, 

 by a wrong system of legislation — aye, by the very sys- 

 tem that made him nabob, are deprived of even the abso- 

 lute necessaries of existence. 



Only think of that system of legislation which subjects 

 one portion of the community to the misery of destitution, 

 merely to pamper and aggrandize another. It is so, and 

 yet grave legislators close their eyes upon it ! 



Well, the time has come when such evils may be ar- 

 rested. Then let it be done before these evils become so 

 deeply rooted that they can be torn up or destroyed only 

 by a disastrous convulsion. Let it be done now. If the 

 Legislature will not act, and that quickly, let the fiat of 

 the people come up in thunder tones until they do act. 

 Several of the old States have set us a noble example on 

 this subject. 



We have recently seen the great State of New York 

 enact a law exempting the Homestead of every family of 

 two or more persons from execution or sale for any debt 

 or obligation contracted after the passage of the law, 

 where the homestead does not exceed $1,000 in value. 

 Besides this, the laws of New York make an exemption 

 of a necessary amount of personal property. 



The law of Georgia on this subject, enacted in 1841, is 

 still more liberal. It exempts from execution founded on 

 contracts, in favor of families, real estate not to exceed 

 in value $1,200, and also a considerable amount of per- 

 sonal property. 



The law of Connecticut, enacted at the last session of 

 the Legislature of that State, exempts the Homestead 

 when it does not exceed in value $300 and the necessary 

 articles of personal property to meet the real wants of 

 families. 



The statute of Alabama, enacted in 1832, is also very 

 liberal on this subject. It exempts from "all legal" proc- 



