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imprisonment for Debt.--W observe
singular Misrepresentation, on the part Of
some of our public prints, in respect to the
effect of the bill, which has passed the ,e.
nate, and is now before the House Of Re.
presentives of the United States, for abv.
fishing imprisonment for debt. 1t seems
to be supposed that the bill. if il become
law, is to be universally operative, and is
toabolsh Imprisonment for debt throughou.
the land. The leas. reflection, however,
will show, that an act Of the Congress Of
the United States, on the subject, can ap.
ply only to cases in which the courts Of
the United States have cognizance, and, Of
course, not to cases of judgments in the
courts of the several states, which must,
even should this bill pass, continue to BE-
regulated by the laws of the State. There
is good ground to believe, however, that
the example Of the general government on
this point. would be followed, at no long
distance, BY the governments Of the seve-
raj states. Nat. Int.