r other property, shall be exempt from liability
for the debts of her husband, during her life, and during the
life of any heir of her body."

Very true: we readily admit the law of which the gentleman has
given an abstract; and so long as the wife holds the property in
her hands, just as she received it, it can not be taken for the
husband's debts, but the moment she permits her husband to
convert that property into another shape, it becomes his, and may
be taken for his debts. The gentleman I presume will admit this
at once.

The next paragraph of the letter reads thus: "Also in Vol. 51,
General Laws of Ohio, page 449, the act regulating descent, etc.,
provides, that real estate, which shall have come to the wife by
descent, devise, or gift, from her ancestor, shall
descend--first, to her children, or their legal representatives.
Second, if there be no children, or their legal representatives
living, the estate shall pass to the brothers and sisters of the
intestate, who may be of the blood of the ancestor from whom the
estate came, or their legal representatives," etc. True again: So
long as the wife holds real estate in her own name, in title,
and in title only, it is hers; for her husband even then controls
its profits, and if she leave it so, it will descend to her heirs
so long as she has an heir, and so long as she can trace the
descent. But if she suffers her husband to sell that property and
receive the money, it instantly becomes his; and instead of
descending to her heirs, it descends to his heirs. This the
gentleman will not deny. Now, we readily admit, that while the
wife abides by the statutes, of which our article has given us an
abstract, her husband can not take the property from her, he can
only take the use of it. But the moment she departs from the
statute, she comes under the provisions of the common law; which,
when they do not conflict, is equally binding in Ohio, as the
statute law. And in this case the common and statute laws do not
conflict. Departing from the statute, that is, suffering her
property to be exchanged, the provision is thus: (Here follows
the common law, taken from the petition). I have nothing further
to add on this point, but will quote the last paragraphs in the
letter.

"If you would