Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1843-05-17
V OIL. XIV. NO. So.

s'ea' OBJECTS are mol attained, the nan.
Ple aaVe right to alter the povernr...
and TO take measures necessary for ,b,i,
safety, prosperity, and happiness. -
How the government can furnish ind;v;t
uals with any poloer of enjoymen, c,nno.
very easily divine. That the goverpn.n.
can and does in the most arbitrary MANN.
'dRe o'oay the means Of enjoying life wo
know 10 be an indisputable fact in The ror.
world as well as in the old. And a, such
result we cannot be surprised when We seo
PLAINLY avowed that its first obiec, is self
maintenance, and TO DO something for ;,E
V'duals is but secondary. That frs, ot;
too Is cruel reality; while the second i
latse assumption. Fight Goritselrit can ,o3
uoes' 10 the cost, oppression, and if cpeJ J..
inc annihIlation of individuals; but - -
furnishing any one in return with any nor,
er oil enjoyment, it is difficult problem
unless Is thereby meant the Distribute, IS
patronage and public wealth amopg<, j.,
corrupt members.
Let Us look at the first clause in the ms,
favorable manner; let US give to il even
partial construction, such as politician,
could not decent!y 60 beyond, sill how i.
iosiVe are these state pre,ensions. How
does the state give US the means or ",ho
power Of enjoying in safety and TRANQUILITY
our natural tights, and The blessings OF llrnl
The power of enjoyment which the >tata
conters it would be difficult TO discover
That it neither gives Us " our natoraI rioLr>u
nor 1.-THE blessings of life" will I~srpnose
be confessed by its warmest advocates
Our natural rights, whatsoever :hey are, ara
antecedent 10 all written constitutions, and
In TACT presume the making of consru.
lion is the exercise Of one of our natural
rights. AS to the blessings Of life the state
has not yet pretended to confer health,
! strength, vigor Of mind, moral character
religious vitality, though in soure of these
| latter points it inlerferes as much as it can
and has assumed much more than it can
ever maintain. Perhaps The only reason
| why the SIate,in its extraneous benevoleDce
does not interfere in the pursarion of our
bodies, as we'll as of our souls, is, that man.
kind have ever been found ready enough in
that particular 10 take care of themselves
But that arose in the very circumstance that
| they were permitted to do So As soon as
men were allowed to build their own church.
es, they did so more plentifulIy than ever,
as the eyes of any one in this land can ties.
tlty. Thus, too would it happen with all
social affairs. The necessity for Sale
| rests solely upon its own existence. like
many other such facts. If il had ha2rpned
that the State had undertaken 10 plrysic or
bodies, as ii preends 10 secure cur worltv
wealth. | AN sure it could have found as
good reasons for the continuance of such
junction, as il can for the maintenance Of
many, if not all of its present occupations
So long as there were laws to punish sor-
| Gerry and wiIchcraft, sorcerers and witches
were plentiful enough. These crimes end
ed, because the law was repealed and the
| law was not repealed because The crimes
ceased. For we very we'll know that sor-
Gerry and wiichcraft abound now just as much
as ever they did, But because these foolish
and wicked laws are repealed, do not 1t Us
fancy that We are rid Of every legal or poLI,-
lcal phantom. The cry that "lhieYes are
coming" would perhaps turn out TO be as
orr hI,n
coming" If we had but the courage TO make
the experiment; as am sure that of "the
pirates are coming" or "the enemy is COM
lns," already is. And let it be reccllected,
that upon phantoms and phaniasies, no 9th.
er than these, all this dit 6l machinery Of
political government is based.
But lei US recur 10 this frs, clause. As
II Is clearly impossible the State can give
any enjoyment or power of erioyment 10
any one, we must beg on its behalf thai it
enables the people to enjoy " in safety and
tranquility" the blessings Of life, and so Oh.
II is the safety and tranquility for which we
are indebted TO this beautiful apparatus.
called government, which we have con,
strucied, and which we keep in repair at so
prlncely cost. Safety aud tranquility"
Where are :hey? Who are safe AID IRAN
gull Are the government fuuclionaries
themselves in the enjoyment Of either #
these blessings They say rot. They
are in ous'le from morning ill niobr, and
nervous all night too, living by eEciremeDs
and stimulants. Where, then, is their iran
quillty2 They are perperuaIIy engaged in
straIagems and devices to maintain or
strengthen their political position, which
another party is equally strenuous to over
/ throw Where then. is their safely