Du Buque visitor. [volume] (Dubuque, Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1836-1837, 1836-08-10
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WEDNESDAY !. AZ IGUST 10, 1886.
TfIE ELECTION.

ever Oe Iequlted 70 dc4 ana 10 make your
r lies and responsibilities greater and more
7 emn than upon ordinary occasions Of exer-
hing the high trust Of the elective franchise.
IN considering the paramount importance Of
be approaching canvass, perhaps the first idea
rhich will occur TO you, is that the members
elected this season must locate the Seat Of
Government. But momentous as is the ques-
hon Of the location Of the Capital--and not
outstanding it lis SO immediately interesting
o ourselves in particulas---we cannot assign
holt the first nor even the second place in the
|fportant matters which will dcvolye upon. the
& Lesisississ Assembly. Tradition to the
binary duties Of Legislation, that bsdy must
nact . Code Of Laws for the future govern
hent' Of this people. and much Of the welfare,
Ne peace, happiness and glory Of this country,
pst forever depend upon the wisdom and in
gritty with which that high and difficult trust
perfOrmed. The Legislation Of atleasttwo,
nd possibly Of three, independent States,
aust, in time to come, receive its coloring in
Pat degree from the action Of the body whom
will SO soon be your prerogatiye 10 elect
illions upon millions Of human beings arc to
w and die upon the vast domain which is just
anized as the Territory Of Wisconsin, each
Rticular one Of whom must be affected for
bod or for evil b tho course Of our first le-
Eslaturc! Perhaps this position---broad and
artling we acknowledge it is--may not be
pdily admitted by the reader; but we think
can be made plain, to demonstration.
Laws for the prevention and punishment Of
fime in all its varieties, must be made by the
pdy Of whose action We are speaking. Just
proportion, then, as each individual is affec-
ID by the suppression or prevalence ofacrime
pd its perpetrators, will the efficiency or inc
cheney Of these laws operate upon him.
me preservation Of public order, or the pro-
elton Of the life, liberty and property Of in.l
|yiduals, will properly come under this class.
laws; and in proportion as feeling Of Sc
rity IN these three essentials is necessary to
cir enjoyment, is it requisite that the laws
ould answer to the fullest degree the ends Of
elr enactment On the other hand, sangui-
ry and inequitable laws are destructive of
yate tranquility and happiness. Alarm and
ssust must prevail in each breast under ter
k-strikingy and arbitrary government. Either
IRENE in the provisions Of the penal code
niicts with individual happiness.
The laws for the collection Of debts. How
Feat is the bearing Of these upon individual
kppiness! How difficult to make their opera
y equitable and just. In providing for the
hts Of the creditor, how hard to maintain
tice and mercy to the debtor; and Dice versa.
most---perhaps we may say qnite---every one
both creditor and debtor. II is necessary,
en, for the enterprise, success and happiness
each, that he should feel that the law will
We his outstanding property easily available,
at the same time secure him from useless
preston and embarrassment by his creditors.
e good or bad formation of these laws must
Ee groat weight upon tile sum Of individual
Pspcrity and enjoyment.
Again. Lavish and improvidentlegislation
y saddle people with the interest and
ncipal Of enormous debts. Look at the
fish government! How must the burthens
her debt restrain even the giant and active
rgies Of her people. With every article
produce and consumption. Of export and
port, in its original shape, and in every adj
onal va'ne given 70 it BY labor, subject to