Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1843-05-24
VOL. XIV. NO. "a.

by delegation through constantly exist
ing executive, to which also the best con-
Iriyed republic is obliged TO resort This
again therefore is onI Y half way con,ri-
vance, and is far behind that instant and
ever present government which we should
enjoy were the supremacy Of The family,
the true authority OF man, to be duly &C.
knowledged. II affords demonstration
that North American townships or coun.
ties to the extent of 10000 persons, might
carry on with wisdom, steadiness, econo-
my and Vlgor, all and more than all the
purposes for which the town or county
now is or ever need be convened. Such
a system would relieve US from a repre-
sentative Legislature, and only leave US a
representative executive. And from the
salaries paid in this instance there is am
pie treason to believe that this executive is
amos! nominal one, and ,ha. every man
is near y as much daily administrator
ct the law as an annual maker of it.
Lightly must it sit upon their shoulders
as national burden if such are the salar-
les. Small must be its brute power if
there are 20 prisons Moderate must it be
IN flmiiy intrusion when it leaves eluca.
ton unfrttered. In fact the government
is Identical with the people and therefore
there can be for them no objection to il.
AS fast as individuals 10 this district ar.
rive at an intuiticn of real human worth
and dignity they of course cease TO parl;c-
lPate in this humble and modest mockery
OF humanlIyi as men do 10 the now costly
and ostentaIiOus mockerieS in this land
We have here a partial answer TO the cues
ton. How would a voluntary govern
meat be practicable? We see here how
easy il is TO accomplish all that is even
now deemed necessary for the people to do
.congregativeIy.> And when from that
quantity Of business we deduct whatsoever
is not absolutely required to be done COL
cctively bot may be done at home, we be.
gin to see with what facility this cunlbrous
state mac hinery nigh. be dispensed with.
Why is it that we prolong lis crime.
breeding existence? Have we no faith Ia
man? No faith in goodness in man2 Is
there no other or no better principle in the
human sonl than that of dark and brutal
fear which can alone be tanned, not SUBJ
dued, by dark aud brutal force? Forcel
force in all thin9sl No freedom! No
sponanei!y Always, you must! New
or, you may. The wild red man, the
wilder Houenot, would net maiotain a
system more subversive Of humani,y.-
Could we for a moment deude ourselves
into the sppposilion that the present force
IuI system OF government accom- plishes all
that 1t assumes 10 accomplish, sill on such
tern1s it would scarcely be worth accent
ance. 10 protect humanity at the price
of humanity is poor commerce. To Sc.
cure serenity enough for love TO speak a
word, BY the suppression OF all love as a
process, Profits US little Indeed This is
no exageeration Of the fIcts. Not those
alone who are called wicked, but those
who are admitted TO be only unfortunate
are treated barshIy. Society treats luna
tics very little better than it does criminals,
though there is now arising sensi5iIity
OF this error. We may even see It declar-
cd IN the common newspapers that The
cash expenditure for the prosecution and
punishment Of crimipals is so great that
the end scarcely countertbalance the means
and that cheaper modes of regulating hu-
, manly could easily be devised. This re.
Egards the money only. But when We
bring into the account the wear and tear
ofthe superior human feelings, civilization
must be declared bankrupt.
+ In the most serious and true sense [
think that the present mode of civilization
is bankrupt. Really it breaks down. Il
does not, cannot, fulfil its engagements.-
:. 1t cannot meet It's creditors claims, nor
will it ever. 1t has been tried and trusted
long enough, and in all decency should now
give up business. Are we so barren of
invention, SO unfertiIe Of thought, SO bound
to limitation, that, wincing daily as we DO.
we cannot project and act out better