Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1869-10-26

promotion of sound morality and re.r =.
for law.
1.-THE State is willing that Their. .h.r
be no power to enforce penalty for , u
olation of the positive prohibition e A.
parties agree that it shall not be eDto,...
that if both are asserting parties fl q.
violation without punishment, then .n.I
violation is legitimate and canpot bo ~,
lshed' 1t is better to legalize such apr,..
ment by positive Legislation; and if Il.
violation of the prohibition is contr,rr ;.
the moral sense of the Legislature tt.'
effective provision should be made f., Il,
punishment of such violation
DEVELOPMENT OF RESOURCES
The people of this State are and ,
necessarily ever remain essentially a,
ricultural community, although the D,o.
gress made in the development of the nj.
eral resources of the State, the mo,b.
slate aud iron, found in almost ipexb,n,
ible quantities, has to considerabI. A.
gree modified the original chsracts, =,
the State in this respect.
The result is, that large numbers Of an,
young men, trained to depend for tb.;,
livelihood upon the fruits of patient to,
upon the farm, attracted by the rich soil
easy cultivation and large returns of fl.
alluvial regions Of the Western State,
leave the State yearly, thereby preycntjD,
any considerable increase of our ponD,.
ton, and enriching the States, to which
they remove, with intelligent citizens brad
in the law abiding and God fearing habit,
of New England
Every new branch of industry which
introduced into the State, has tendency
to modify and control this difficulty with
which, as State, we now have to contend
anu at the same time by developing and
improving the resources of the State add,
to its capital and by enlarging the ba.i,
dccrthscs the rate of taxation, and drcc,.
, ly benefits the agriculturists Of the St,a
\ by increasing the number of home cOnsuu.
ers of agricultural products Every con.
8 siderable stream in the State affords water
power in numerous places, which has not
yet been put to use, and large amounts Of
s lumber, iron, and other material are sent
every year from the State to be manufae.
i. tured in other States, and returned in
: their manufactured form to be consuhedn
i this State, thus paying to other commun.
r ties the profits upon the manufacture,
which might and should be enjoyed byOu
, citizens.
e 1t is worthy Of serious consideration,
whether some means may not be devised
n by which the resources Of the State may
Y be developed and put to use within our
Y own limit", whether by wise and judicious
: encouragement of the various forms Of
manufacturing AMI mechanical industry,
capital may not be induced to flow into
b the State for investment, and the capita
within the State be retained for investment
: at home.
Possibly modification of the interest
laws to a certain extent, or the absolute
! exemption from taxation, for a Limited
= time, Of capital invested in new manuh:
turing or mechanical establishments, TO-
stead of leaving it, as at present, to tho
uncertain action Of towns, might have
: tendency to promote this result and ctb
= err modes of accomplishing the purPos
y may suggest themselves to the wisdom d
= the Legislature. It's subject deserving
" Of careful consideration, and the example
u set by other States, may be studied 10
i good purpose.
i '. LtdIsLATioN
Legislative law, like judicial law DE-
. rives its chief element Of value from ID
stability. A judicial body, which should
" annually modify, or overrulc, its previous
:, decisions, would be regarded as unsetlns
- the course of business and would cease 70
" command respect. Every reason, which
', requires that the course Of judicial decIs
= ions should only be varied for the mos
:. cogent reasons, which has made "aGt%
. ciSiS" one Of the maxims of the law, aP
= plies with equal force to general legSr
tive enactmcnts involving the rights ana
> :, relations Of persons and of communities
= Yet it is well understood that while cOa'S
: change their decisions, when once nal'
only with extreme reluctance, and as ~'
result Of the most deliberate ezamhaV'N,
legislative bodies feel themselves gOVep'1
:. by no such rule, but yearly repeal @'4
. fly and essentially change laws O0'A IVY
;, lative and judicial, previously existing
This constant change in the COURSE
legislative enactments, is traugh' ''
mischief; for so that a law be not pOa'"
1y mischievous, it is of full of as mu'n-