Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1847-04-07
THE TELEGRAPH.
C. L. sHoLESs EDITOR.
SOUTHPORT, WEDNESDAY. APRIL I. 1877


H. The Democratic Review says of ouI Cons t.
tuition, among other complimentary tlrings-~I 1t is
perhaps the oest yet framed to ensure the transac-
ton Of public business 10 the exclusion OF private
And III remarking upon the evils OF special legisa-
ton or "too much government" from most oflehith
in the opinion OF the Review, Wisconsin under The
operation ofthe Constitution adopted viii happily
be exempt the editor justly says
\ great source ofthe inequality in the conditions
OF men in respect OF wealth and comfort atses from
the action OF law. Too much government has
direct tendency 10 aid one man Of one set OF men in
the pursuit ol happiness and in the acquiring,
possessing, and protecting property" il not at the
expense otthe rest at least without rendering them
the like assistance. As far rs the conditions OF al
~la existence % there IS very ljltle difference in
me ability Of al men to provide for themselves
l} families; ana il all We're let without any sue.
--,4 aid from government, both land and the pro-
ducts Of industry would be t more equally distrbu-
Ted than they are. 1t is no doubt tie case, that
there are men more Industrious more shjl.ul, more
economical IN Their business and frugal in tueir hab-
ITS, than their fellows, and that men Will nat
u1ay acquire larger share Of wealth But their
proportion viii be much less il let 10 their own un-
aided eyerd0n5 and watchtulness against the ycis-
STUDIES OF life, than ii the law steps in and assists
tlen III The acqu.renentand possession OF property.
II IS, however, the case, that four ilths OF the ac
ton Of all legislation is By law, to promote the
accumulation Of property IN few hands TIA por-
ton have TOO much, others OF necessity have TOO
Lt,le. Ii the law draws from rne general mass OF
lie products o. portion, and gives ii 10 one man
without equivalent il tends 10 diminish tie yal-
ue OF labor KS an instance number Of citizens
are engaged in the production OF flour, pork leather
ashes and tobacco; the state go4cument OF New
0rk assumed that the persons who produced these
articles, and those who bug them could not appIe-
c.ale their values without it IS Intervention: that
Iialn citizen had not sense t. hole in side @.
leather, or to judge OF the quality OF porG noun;
bat as soon the executive gal that citizen bit
Of parchment authorizing HIM to receive portion
OF the produce he became mYsteriouslv endowed
with qualities that lie did not before possess. and
could now not only see ahole in a hide for himself
but !or Tie whole community also. They then
commissioned persons, Aho receive in one year, for
looking At tie five articles named. Sil2,OJU Here
the operation oil the law was directly to take from
he producers q large portion OF their goods, ana
give them to individuals without equivalent The
consequence vas that the latter became rich. more
50 than the farmers, and the national wealth was
imln.sacl by the amount OF that which those per
us would have by their own industry. had the
57w not conferred wealth upon them without eNcr-
ton. For similar purposes ate Jhe larger proper
ION Of laws passed, bat always under the plctenco
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