The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-03-13
1o,,- 70 Produce Disturbance.

49,, r,.,An,x,,nd what they call the laws o
$500, .o,, cno,,rh to dispose themselves II
t,o;r lives to avoid danger and derive ao''''
.,,..s from, the operations of those laws. MAI
,.,,r.e f',a. their movements ere regular ans
a,,.avs INC same. and he can proceed Win III
own industry and in his own ealing WIZ
n,r.tc. rc;iaacc upon them. Suppose ''N
rho cuo,cme Ruler should Interrupt 'hos'
)avs-changc the nature Of some ''''"aS y,
.l.c- thr motions Of Inc cari!i-w!'t "''''
peoplc do: Gcnc.ni confusion ana c', '
nation would follow. \ yer! S'lS"' any,"
tto, :, Come Of the laws would be ia'at 10
NO, p,,.i: i fortunate for h!S "ci!a'e LA
those hrrelcant laws arc never c'f'h@'''' A''
- ,.ou ,.e consequence OF G!>rt-t!dli.S
them, and he knows wei! the oehcN' Oh ~
way, respecting them; but were ''".
changed or suspended moment nc "oui"
lie lost.
!, NAV moi &c exactly appropriate to Ora"
ocor,nar;son between these divine dispense
t;ons an,, tic laws Of man. but ii viii AFFORD
striking illustration. For the regulation
cnd conservation of society, and for the pro-
lection Of the rights of men, laws are adopt
I'd which time has approved, and whose
oocr,tion has secured as nearly as may be
the objects they were intended to accom-
nlish. Now, then, when the law-makin2
mower s;;sDcnds these laws for a spc-
c;al purpose, or, hy temporary enactment,
illustrates their regular course, disturb
ancc Is produced which may in some
sort be compared to that of change
In tic natural law. Men arc pcrplcxed.
They do not know how to proceed. They
are Ike the farmer under sudden revusion
Of the seasons. Distvust and uncertainty af-
tlict them, and the whole economy Of socict.
Is IN. out of order.
Such is tic effect on the community When
ever o,r lawmakers undertake to favor 5
class Of society Ivy iatcrrurting those genera!
laws under which men have learned to con
duct their avocations and all their dealings
with one another. Disturbance ensucs-
faith is put to Highland business Of all
kinds is injured. There isa temporary socia
anarchy. \ part OF society is irritated l.!
the reflection that it is put under the ban 0:
the Legislature, and another put has its
energy, its independence, and manhood in!-
paired by the favoritiSin of the legislative
power which protects it in apatlly-in many
instances protects it for having done nothing
and fer continuing to do nothing.
When we see how in this way men arc so
often bringing tic worst consequences upol
the state, we cannot but feel an increase c;
reverence for those physical laws whici
never change, and which give us life, sup
port, and all the comforts Of existence. WIZ
if man had anything to do with them? What
would become of lis all under his capriciou
and hayward control:
We may well derive Il grand lesson from
the steadiness OF tie natural laws. The.
know no interruption. Men DO what the.
NAV sometimes TO disturb and mar the fac
of the earth. War scars tie surface an!
denUGcs it of all things that grow, yet 4 few
Seasons clothc the earth in renewed
beauty, and time sooE wears away the trace
of strife and vinlictiycncSs. If we coui,
adhere to our laws with more faith il
them and leave difficulties to work out the
own solution under those laws, we shoul,
have more peaceful and more SucccsSfI
society. Every attempt to nerd the stat
of the country by exceptional and class lcgi,
]ation only promotes discomfort and H.
crcases the ruin and despair that such iutcl.
ference was designed to alleviate.