Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1846-04-21
RACINE ApvocArr.-W have here.

i.ements for the 'srgLxoa,pH.'
RACINE ADyocATE.- We have here
tolore omitted 10 notice tie change which
has ken place in the propreiorship and
ediioria; department Of this paper. Col
White has given place TO Messrs Bun
ner and Stafford who ere now proprietors
and editors. Tie mailer is called TO our
mind by the marked favorable cb ange
with Nil respect and good feeling to the
late editor) which characteristics The edito-
rails, and particularly by a couple Of ar
iicies in the Inst number. which please US
much. They arc after our own heart. and
we acquire in reading them new coursg !,
topersevere in The effort for radical reform
The articles we allude to are, one in favor
oithe repeal Of laws for the collection Of
small debts, and another, under the head Of
the '.wcal;h of n state" which advocates n
plain and simple constitution, and n gen
"ral non IN erlerence on the parl oil legs
ln,ive authority in The aft IRIS Of the people
We shall find room for both the articles in.
tme. w uh regard to the first Of these ques-
iions, il is probably less a matter for The
ground work of cur laws and insttut ons
than for subsequent legislation. We are
glnd to see The public attention aroused to
these matters with he confidence that few
such workers in the field as our friends
north of US, the good will soon be attained.
1t lis notion very prevalent, but mis-.
taken one in our opinion, that people dc,
pend for their prosperity, upon iheir legsla.
ton; and from this notion has sprung an
Interference on The part OF legi' latiol in
all the business of life. Government
at. best is but necessary evil, and should
be made jus, as simple, and with as few
powers and duties as he intellectual and
moral condition of The people will admit.
Indeed it seems TO US, that it has nothing
whatever 10 do, except 10 guard and pro.
tcct the governed against crime. We
can conceive Of none Of the business Of
men in which it is called upon to, or can
Interfere with any profit. 1t is plain to
us. that every man is the best Judge Of his
own business; the best calculated himself
10 conduct il; and when such is the case,
all business will maintain permanent and
healthy condition. All of the fluctuations
of business and the innumerable evils which
hive grown out OF them may be directly
traced fo The Interference Of government in
matters of which it knew nothing and
could effect nothing but evil. How is i,
possible, for Legislation Which has a perma-
hence 10 regulate and control those matters
which for healthy action and condition,
depend upon circumstances which are cen
ilnualy huctuating aud changing. Our
business depends mainly upon seasons and
crops; they are changing and uncertain,
and our business nuctuatas and changes
naturally, 10 correspon'; yet legislation
would srek by general rules TO interfere in
and regulate such matters. Perhaps many
will fail 10 see wherein Legislation has in
terfered 10 these matters in our midst. Ii
has not to SO great an extent rs in some
other communities, hut evey interference
IN busfncss however indirectly it m7y seem
mas It's Influence throughout all jamItica
lions. Or such nature are the coll, C..
ton laws, the usury laws, Banking priv.
leges, and in short oil legislation, a.
side from tie matter we mentioned, the
protection Of ocie y against the violence
of depraved passions. There is not one
Instance in thousand where a state, can
prohiabIy construct railroad or canal, or
undertake. any public Improvement; nor do
we believe !, is ever proper for state TO do it.
When The business Of the country demands
IT, il will lie done, and until that time j,
should not be done; and when i, is done il
will be done chcapy and economically
and be 10 It's projectors, what i, never is 70
state, source of profit; ana again we
have doubts of the proprle'y OF max ng any
Han IA state responsible and in effect
mor,gaging his property for matters to
which from he frs, be drssenied. And in
another view OF il, and the most importan,
one,lo The masses. The whole history or the
world shows. that legislation invariably re.
suits 10 The advantage of the C pilalists and
the idle in community, against The produ
cling class. The laborer wants no egisla.
ton 10 project him. He is wor by of his
hlle, and the The toll aud products OF his
hands would never fail in healthy condi'
ton TO bring him ,heir full reward. Blu,
what is the condition now. One half the
world toll not, neither do they spin Except
street yarn) yet do they fare luxuriously
overy day and are clothed in sumptuous
raiment and fine lnea. The secre, Of their
success is in the innume'able protection
laws, which cover the whole face Of sccie'