The Arkansas advocate., 1835-11-27
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goes, the Tule or iStts---"oa 'eS s""SetJ must not be invaded. The rlch and the poor must alike pay ii homage. The in- nocent and the guilty must alike be permit ted and compelled to prove its majesty. The substitution of force for law Is the epoch of revolution. It snaps asunder the bonds of socieiv,--it restores to every one the right which he had lacitly reliequished, while 1t strips him of the advantages by which he had been thousand-fod repaid, and says to bim Defend thyself,--l let thy hand be against every man, for every mans hand will be against thee.' Horrible coii- dltioni Gin, iet the good sense and 4Ylse foresight of the people save our country, ID all its cities and villages, within It's ancient borders and through is widest settlements, from such catastrophe Ias iale must Dc yespecfed. Let this be the American senti- ment. Let 1t infilse its spirit into the pull sation of every heart. Illegal measures, for whatever purposes, must not be thought Of. Be the occasion ever So urgent, or the grievance ever so oppressive, the resort must be to the law, and to nothing else. Complain of laws delay, or of its injustice, as any may, submit to is restraints and ob- serve its forms, all must, unless where one can plead conscientious difficulties. Then the individual appeals from the legislation of earth earth tto the ss.sg e:ses n heaven; and prefers to endure the consequences ot dis- obedience to the former, that he may retain the favor of the latter. Such case Is a- together peculiar but even here the law must be enforced, while tine sufferer antcl- pates his compensation in another world. For if we would enjoy the blessings of. civilization we must live in subjeciion 10 the law. Ii matters not what be the excuse, nor who the perpetrators. They who take justice into their own hands, III despite of legal impedimcnts, take guilt upon their souls, and should be accounted dangerous citizens, from participation in whose acts every good man should shrink as from the breath of pestilence.
 In one way only can this reverence for law be maintained, through the efficacy of that intelligence and moral principle which we have eudeavored to describe. On what but this can we relyl A constitution as perfect as could be composed by the col lected wisdom of a land, and laws as just as could be formed by the most clearslght- ed judgment, are of no avail, where passion governs instead of principle, or where prin- cipie is sacrificed to persuasions Of interest. The point of the bayonet, or a sentiment controlling wiihin,--this is tho alternative ! Can there be doubt which wise and good men will prefer9
 Before we leave this subject. we would bring it fpossibln yet nearer 10 our readers. The licentioasness whose nature, origin, and remedies we have been considering, is bat the abuse of liberty.--the neglect Of that self-goverament which every one should exercise. Whoever. therefore, fails in this respect, proceeds so far toward the commission of that social crime which all must depreeate. There IS palpable ln- consistency in our condemnlng the excess ses into which others are hurried, by their pseiatdees ar=thasir fears while VIC hold an unequal rein over ourselves. The spirit of lawiessness is the same, whether il break out in public disorder, or make secret havoc of the better affections. What is indulgence of an impatient temper, or a selfish humor, but violation of that self-discpline on which depend the quiet and beauty of social life2 We may be kept from iranpling on the laws, with infuriate otitcry, by q stronger sense of propriety, and a keener perception of our own interests, and by habits of great ser outward restraint, than belong 10 tbase who are active in scenes of riot. But fl still we neglect the control of our feelings, our desires, our propensities, our hopes, so that to the eye which reals our hearts we pre- sent spectacle closeay resembling in it's moral features that which passes under our censure, we arc not free, Or if free, we abuse our liberty. And be 1t considered, earnest ly and solemnly considered, that society can never be in healthful condition. while its members are the prey of inward passion. The supremacy of that law which requires the snbjection of every thought to truth,-a supremacy higher than that of human law, must be recognized by every one, be age, sex, condition what they may, before the land can repese in perfect peace. Be- side, the example of uncontrolled selfish :ss ;..s these who are the objects of natee, and envy, and imitation, by the multitHdes who, in respect to wealth or knowledge, arc below them, Is a provoeasion to con tempt of just restraint. to which it is not strange that they sometimes yield. It opens before their eyes lesson which they must be stupid indeed not to comprehend, and which VIC must not be surprised if they put in practice. under the different circum- stances of their lot. The rich think little, we fear, how much they are accountable for tho excesses of the poor.
 But farther: While we teach ourselves d1hifs of caIf p,r,nfs sha,,l1 al