ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS eli stay Laws.
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A case cane before Hon. Ellis Lewis al
he present jane Term OF the Court at Lancas'er,
Pa. in which the Judge decided that the act
II tie Legislature Of that State, requiring al
property taken in execution to be appraised, anc
that 10 sale should take place for one year after
he return of the execution, unless the property
could be sold for two-thrds Of its appraised value
sas v.id and unconstitutional, at least as against
contracts entered into before the passage OF The
law. In delivering this opinion Judge Lewis
commented very freely on the imPoilcy anu oa'
tendency Of all stop-laws, and insisted with sIea


,,,rcc upon the importance of maintaining, at
hazards and under all circumstances, the inVlo!a-
,il;ty Of contracts. The State Of Pcnnsylvania
$ greatly indebted to this same Judge for many
bold and Independent opinions which nc has
,.;vcn from time to time, whereby the strong
.,nards of the law of The land have been throw
round the hts and irlmunliles OF her citizens
which have been wrestedan retrieved from popular
prejudice and political demagogulsrn In re!e'-
cncc to the opinion above mentioned, the Ian
caster Democrat says it was delivered orally,
and VIC regret that it was not reduced to writing
n order that copy nigh, be obtained orPubl'ca-
ton Few things have done more TO lnluFc the
cred. Of our citizens than these same stay-laws'
Repudiation of individual debts is as degrading
TO ,hc character Of people as reputation OF The
public debt But there is a bright day opening
tor good old Pennsylvania. The virtue and III.
,cllgence Of her pe"ple, and her public servants
and amongst the latter her honest and fearless u.
dietary, will be a sure protection against the de-
pradation of public or private repudation.