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WESTERN MERcHANrs.-The following IS a
communication in the Journal of Commerce. ex-
cept the last three words which we are told were
stricken from the article as sent, by the EDITOR
to suit his own purposes He falsihes testimony.
as he has done a thousand times before, to lnlure
the cause of American Industry:


.Messrs. Editors: The following extract OF q
letter from an eminent lawyer IN kentucky, dated
November 10th, may be interesting and useful 10
your me; camille readers 1t may serve as a eau
ton to merchants to open general credits until
the times are more propitious.


"Tel your friends that the time has not yet
come when they again, with safety, open
credits with Western merchants. Our condition
and laws are now such as offer the debtor eXenp-
ton from trouble, and the temptation Is SO great
that the debtors strive 10 forget the Moral Law,
and are satisfied to keep within the limits OF legal
honesty In Indiana and Illinois, the collection OF
debts by law is quite of the question. in OHIO
the case is nearly as bad. In Tennessee the Le-
pis)a,ure, now in session. will probably enact any
relief law required by the debtors. Possibly the
Same NAV be done in Kentucky, in January next.
Our only relief, and your safety, is IN contraction
Of credits. economy and industry, and Domestic
Manufactures


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learn German with great facility ard II is eddee
tha, his discourses produced slight Sensation


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nave no hitherto shown much affection to fhre
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