Rascally Legislation

buppose a man oí grave pmz ana character should iu distrese apply to his neighbor for the loan of 1,000 silver dollars with solemn promise on his honor and truth to repay theni in a month, and in the meantime the tender act under consideration should pass into law, and the borrower, at the month's end, should tender 1, 000 of the new paper dollars in payment. ' 'I beg leave here to propose to every member of the assembly who voted for that law and to every other man who is a member of this state what their sentiments of that action would be, and in what light thoy would view the borrower, who tendered the paper dollars - i. e., two-fifths of the debt - in payment of the silver ones he received - i. e., would they considcr him as au upright, honest man, or a shameless rascal?" - in "Political Essays" Published in 1701.