2 Aug 1812

Evidence Introd

Introd

Ch. 26 Imprisonment for debt

' Errors of Abolitionists

Of such universal indistinctness of vision or rather of such blindness - the result of brow beating /awe-striking/ effrontery on their part /on the part of lawyers/, and awe struck ignorance and timidity on the other on the part of the [...?] [...?] among the non-lawyers the result has been that inconsistency which pervades the whole mass of the wretched piece of legislative patchwork which has bankruptcy for its subject.

The inconsistency though with so little point has found even lawyers more than [...?] to notice it.

By [...?] /[...?]/ every bankrupt is considered as a criminal: and out comes a law to squeeze /grind/ and punish him. By a

By [...?] [...?] every bankrupt is considered as the blameless child of misfortune: and out comes the law for his relief: In the eyes of Severin the interest of the Creditor is every thing: he is at all times as deserving /[...?]/ as he is injured what the wicked Debtor may suffer is not worth a thought. In the eyes of [...?] [...?] every creditor is on [...?] [...?] is the material of which his heart is made if it breaks where is the damage?