FOR THE LIrCRFIELD ENQUIRER.

 THE POOR.
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Mr. EditOr-In the communication signed N. D. it was the object ofihe writer show in what an unleel ing manner the poor liable to be treated rather than to write a comment upon the law passed by our

 last Legislature, respecting their disposal after deat

 It then insisted upon that they had right to pass such law; and ii is still claimed that in doing they osersiepped the limits of their authority. Be. cause they have just the power say that the bodies of the rich, of any other class Of citizens, shall may beEven up for fhe purpose therein mem

 toned. as to coAine the operaioa of the act to the poor solely. li is infringement upon their natural make will previous to his decease that will is bind-

 ing, and not be violated afier he is laid in his grave. Bur the poor have will o make, it may be answered. They certainly have a right to bequsa,h their bodies fhe grave oGen done in the last will and iestameu. the wealthy. and that beques. one can ientfousiy violate. Men aislueDce n

 too many instances, are prone io regard the children Of poverty as beings possessed of no privilege, and scarcely unworthy to breathe the vital air. They citizens in lhe sense 1.-the term, others They are entitled to the exercise ofthe elective fran chise, as we'll as the rich. Whatever, therefore, has tendency .o oppress them in any shape, wears the appearance Of tyranny. And the people of free public or be strictly dpon their guard against injustice or oppression.

 correspondent in the IAst number Of the Enqui- rer" who esinces spirit of eandOr and moderation, in reply N D. takes view of the milder features of the law. s tr6e az he says, that the body of the poor caaDot be given uP without the consent of the selectmen of the town in which ihe indsidua dies.- We cannot perceive how this alters the nature of the law iiselE The selectmen are empowered 10 ex. ecute h if they piease and it makes very Iile dier- ence whether sach authority be entrusted in their hands, or in the hands of the sheriff. his depu,ies or constables. It is further remarked by C. H. that the 'bodies of respectable paupers. such have friends and acquaintances. whose feelings may be wounded, will is no case be surrendered Cor dissection" This may be the case, or it may It depends aIiogeth CT upon the characieI of the selectmeD who have the bodies of the poor their disposal The law s still the same, notwithstanding. It is hard to draw line of dislnctioa between ihoss who deemed the re- spectobls poor and those who are not respeciabIe- Humaaiiy would dictate that they should all be pro- iecied alike and when inquiry s instituted iaio the cause of their poverty aad mislOriunes apt lead to an unchartabIe and censorious spirit.

 IL s sSbsci that oaght so be treated with farness aad deberaiion. HIhe law be zaniesaly n9jssi and grinding Ghe poor. by woundiag their feelings, the" can any one claim ahai iu should stand am aware that men who sEseagagsd in the laBdabls asA bensv. ole ni practice Of As healing arr, view he esct 'ha'