The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1873-03-13
RANDOM THOUGHTS.
MI THE EDITOR.

people as free as you possibly can,
CONSTANT with the general welfare This
is the true theory in the government OF
families and schools, and men and NO
men are only children advanced in years.
1t is said that many years ago there were
laws in some of the New England States
making it a punishable offense for a man
to kiss his wife ON Sunday, and so on.
In making new constitution for our
State, each would want his particular
hobby incorporated in that instrument
For instance, DR.. J. T. would want dogs
prohibited, because they might injure his
sheep. A fanatica1 temperance man
would desire the manufacture or sale of
intoxicating liquors prohibited. To this
my friend l. T. would no doubt strenu-
ously object, as it might interfere with
has rights, when he wants to make mon
ey by selling liquors in his drug store, or
in the saloon" under his drug store. But
he does not consider that the poor man
who owns no sheep may yet enjoy the
ownership of dog. 1t is a lamentable
fact that in this enlightened and Chris
tian country, poor man does not gem
eraIly have too many friends, who stand
by him under all circumstances. But his
dog will do this. No matter how poor,
how degraded, how cruel he may be, his
faithful dog never forsakes him-never
leaves him during life, and if he dies, 1t
may be out of doors-a drunkard' death,
loathed and kicked out by his fellow
man, yet his faithful dog will guard his
dead body to the sacrifice of his own life
The poor man loves his dog. Why may
he not exercise that love, as well as DR.. /.
T. his love of money made by selling
drugs and pure liquors? Yet the DIR.
would have a clause in the new constitu-
ton leveled at the canine species.
Nv hobby would be the prohibition of
the use of tobacco What right has a
filthy drunken hog to run me out OF
court room, a public car, or public of
fee, by filling my lungs with the poison
GUS smoke coming from whisky blistered
mouth, filed with rotten, sinking teethl
You see that if each had his hobby in
corporated into the State constitution it
would be worse than the old Connecticut
Blue Laws.
Those who have raised children ol
taught school, know that there is no one
error more fatal TO all government thar
a lot of rules and laws which are con
stantly violated. / once saw fathel
who appeared to be terribly enraged a
his boy. He threatened dire vengeance
and made at the boy. ! was really alarm
ed for the safety of the little fellow; bu
the boy did not appear in the least fright
lened, and when the father got near him
with a large stick in his hand, the matte
lust ended there And he had no con
troll whatever over the boy, because hi
commands were never enforced. just S
with constitutions and laws. When the
remain a dead letter they soon becom
contemplate. We have too many cor
stitutions, and too many laws. They ar
all treated with deserved contempt. Th
DIR. complains of repeated violations c
the constitution. 1t should be SO. Whe
J an attempt is made to bind the peopl
not to do that which is for the good c
} all, these prohibitions should be disr'
garded. The DR.. talks about inalienabl
rights, &C., yet he has acted with ths
party which got judge to decide ths
: the constitution of the United State
, guaranteed to one-sixth of the Popul
ton of the United States no rights whic
the other five-sixths were bound to r
; spect. Talk about the rights of minor
| i l.. e
iticians held to the damnable theory
t "squatter sovereignty" only few yea
t ago And what was that? They he
: that majority in a territory of the Un
/ ted States had right to make consi
i tuition for the new State to be made ol
), of such territory, which would guarant'
!. to such majority the right in all futu
time. to make absolute slaves-chatte
personal. of a minority. A pretty fello
r to talk about fundamental and we
It known natural rights
r Another matter which brings our co
d stitutions into utter contempt. Here '
e have State constitution saying that v
n ters shall be white men, and Unit
n States constitution saying that white a
e black men may vote. When DR.. /.
took the oath Of Office last spring as Co
stable, and when 1 took the oath of {
fee as Notary Public, we swore that '
,e would support both of these confictil
Il instruments. That is simply impossib
f. Now it might be asked, what would
ID have, by way of constitution We
es this: Have very few, and very simI
IT provisions. As bill of rights, try al
v. avert that dangerous heresy, now so CO
n monty seen in the newspapers, that VIII
o man is accused of crime he is requ
"a ed to prove himself innocent. Try sol
ra way to beat it into the minds of the p,
a. pie that no mans life, liberty or proper
m is safe, unless he is presumed to be I'M
ev cent until proven guilty. would enlaI
Mt the liberties and privileges of the peop
ID not restrict them. / would provide ii
rs all actual residents of a township, ov
ia the age of twenty-one years, and all W
To serve in the army in defense of our col
h try, no matter what age, should be vote
No And that is about all would put in
us new constitution. Why l think t
al would be the best kind of constitute
a will try to demonstrate next week.
at- On last Wednesday we were visited
to another one of those street swindle