Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1843-06-28
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A Voluntary Political GoVernment

Str:-Having, by your liberal permission,
said so much publicly on the above subject,
it will be required that should bling my
| observations 10 some practical point, and
probably TO a conclusion. Surprising any
light to have been thrown on the subject,
and a conviction to have been produced that
the present forceful order of things is incon-
sistent with The principles we know and
acknowledge to be true, the question will
naturally arise, what are we TO do 2" As
the religious teacher would answer when
such question Is put Oh the deepest ground,
so reply, do nothing" Whenever events
turn out unhappiy we have TO adopt this
course. 1t is the best medicine, whether the
mind or the body, the Church or the Slate,
be sick. Sometimes there may Sc some Oh
noxious result Of human activity in the way,
which human activity may remove, but gen
orally human passivlty is the preferable prin-
ciple. In this case, at all events, there can
be no hesitation in presenting the medicine
of passivily. "Leave it alone" is our best
treatment. Like all our enemies, state op-
preston will die of itself if we NEEDLE not
with it. If there be voter in the land who
knows not how 10 take moral care Of HIM
self and family, am sure the State will not
help him in that respect; SO that he gains
nothing by contact with it. So far as he
does know how TO exercise such moral pro-
vision, let him do it with all diligence, and
in that act acquire more ability. Let every
one exPend his energies within doors, and,
by moral means, perfect domestic and fami-
ly order. No argument is required to show
| that if ibis Iwere done in crery house, no
state legislation, and scarcely any township
legislation would remain 10 b. done. But
| the remark will be made that erry house
! and ertry person is not thus morally regu-
laled; SO that it is absolutely necessary to
introduce The Influence offorce. Does ,then,
ibis introduction OF force pleasantly and eff
fecluaIly settle the matter? Indeed not 3
il is just seconding The immoral beginning,
and multiplying il exceedingly. Now, l
submit that This is the true way Of looking
al the mailer. The bad subjects Of The Stale
are amongst our neighbors, they are very
few, one in Eve hundred perhaps originally,
whom our iDiudclous treatment aug Hents
fourfoll; whereas if we net them al once
on moral grounds we could manage al a
much smaller cost, with very much better
result. Why should We make this public
and consregative noise about such an event
as robbery or quarrel II person
should fall IL to the river We all run TO hep
him out, and not man Of Us but would be
GLAD TO lose the whole dag in his restoration
We should do SO Sinety with JOY, and never
thiGk of calling town meeting to debate
the subject. Why not then when a neigh
Dor has fallen by bad education, or unhappy
organization, into the food of immoralitv,
should We mol willingly and spontaneously
make the same sacrifices to help him out
By so much as The soul is more precious
than the body we should fy TO submit still
greater offerings.
This is the yers piih and heart Of the
suojec.. IL the evil elements in society
were thus encountered al their sources there
would be DO occupation left for the consla-
ble, the jailer and the exeeutioner. Much
cheaper TOO such system would be. Men
appear 10 think they are gamers BY making
these public officers TO DO The business which