White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1860-12-13
Our Dream.

V0A OASoAAs
Reader. did you ever have an unpleas.
ant drsam-something you never had
thought Of. and we're at loss to know
what made you dream it? Have you
ever dreamed that you were in . gay
company, and suddenly discovered that
you had no trowsers on? That you were
in some unaccountable way married to .
woman you had always hated. while the
girl you liked was running around
loose" willing to have you? That =
mad bull was after you. and you couldn't
run! That You felt as il you would lik.
to be where no person could see you. but
whsresosver you went, you ran afoul Of
somebody! That you were in some ter
ribls scraps. and tried to persuade your.
self it was only dream. but couldn't ?
Or of anything else to make you feel sx-
tremely disagreeable? We know you
have. We sometimes have ugly dreams
had one the other night. We dream
ed that we were the editor Of the Troy
Dispatch. and were engaged in writing .
''sockdologer" editorial for that paper
one that should exhibit the varied attain.
ments of the editor. and make the world
wonder where he got 'em ALL" Just
as We finished it, We were awakened by
the sqealing Of pig under nsighboring
shed. We had seated ourself to write,
and while endeavoring to conjure up .
subject. had fallen asleep and dreamed.
But upon looking at the paper before us.
we found, to our establishment. that we
had actually been writing in our sleep. in
the character of the editor Of tho Dispatch.
It exhibits all the characteristic marks of
the biped-being as clear as mud. and as
logical as kettle Of soft soap-oombin-
ing qualities that would put grammar to
shame. make orthograpby sneezs, and
compel common sense to "git out" We
are constrained to print it verbatim. etc..
else it would not be our dream. nor would
it be recognized BY the admirers Of the
peculiar genius of the Dispatch editor.
This is what We had written -
Liberty and Things.
There 10 no better evidence of the obtusity OF
the human mind, and the conbustible halluci.
nation under which man grovsls from the mo.
ment Of his entrance upon the sphere Of action
until he makes his disappearance from among the
living, and the cold clods Of the valley obscure
him from the msntle vision of his fellows, than
his want of comprehension of the true meaning
of the phrase Liberty" It is fundimentls .
principal of common law, that liberty means the
power to do something. Many persons miscon-
cept this to mean liberty to do a. they please.
which is highly ERRONEOUS and wrong. Every
one cannot do as he pleases, and must there.
fore do as he plcases and can. A man has not
the liberty to commit crime, because that will
conflict with the liberty of the law to punish
him for it; and wher two liberties conflicts
against each other, they compose what legle
gentlemen technically call mol prosecute. Ia.
king this view Of the premises. we defy the
world to gainsay that punishment does not con-
flict with mans liberty. The only correct mode
Of proseedure: then. is to pnnish the crime, and
not the criminal. The criminal does not COM
init the crime, but the crime commits the Grim
inal. Does any one propose to punish Grim
inal before he commits the crime7 Certainly
follows that it is not the criminal, but the crime,
that is to be punished. Hence, crime may
frequently exist, without criminal to calculate
1t. BY the same diabolixity of reasoning, a
criminal may exist without crime But some
unfortunate individual, being placed in 4 cate.
CORY of circumstances, becomes instrumental in
unconsieusly hurting and presipitating this preg.
nant crime rocking upon his fellow man, a. il
careers through the urethra Of nonsntity; and
the world, with the roracity Of q skeptic, and
as regardless of truth as Lots wife, uncharita.
bly, brands him as a criminal. This il futile
and fallacious. The crime should be severely
punished, but the criminal should be shielded
and respected. His misfortunes should thrill
the umbilical cords Of the heart, and the mag.
esty of the law should interpose, ~ it we're, .
concrset wall Of fire between him and the sac.
religious hounds Of justice. The addle-pate
who Eliminates pasquinade to the contrary,
betrsys moral and mentle celibacy which ID
as weak as it 10 puisant; he exhibits about a
extensive an idea of the rights of liberty. as q
lame mans knowledge of intelligence, and ID
ct only to wallow in the judicial ermin of hog.
pen! Is there no way to remedy this false state
of public sentiment Yea, hope, looking down
through the diagnosis Of time, into the dim ab.
scadabra Of the future, murmurs "thers is!''
And when that time does come, woe! woe unto
them that kick against the pricks!
CrscINNArr GAzErTE.-Read the pros.
psctus. in another column. of this Oldest
and best pspsr in the West. In the way
of news. it has NO equal. During the
late campaign, It published earlier and
fuller reports Of great meetings and
speeches than any other paper in the On.
ion. Its telegrsphic news is from all
parts Of the country: while at Washing.
ton it has special telegraphic correspon.
dent. who supplies accounts Of every mat
tor Of interest in full. Besides. it gives
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