The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-05-01

Sln9 DlrdS OF the air. In klndredl
focks, greet the mornings dawn with
q thousand notes of beautiful melody;
butterflies in sportive groups toss and
frolic about upon the sunbeams; the
bees and the ants under systematic
forms of government are busily en-
gagged in the pursuit Of industry and
.man-analogY, history and tradition
have always presented him}in some
phase of social existence. Why are
these things thus, were it not that the
design had it's inception in nature,
with the intention that it be followed
as model after which should be
framed the arts Of society?l 1t. seems
quite plain that the principles which
apply TO the government and conse-I
quent uniform growth Of every power
OF the individual, should not differ
materially from those applicable to
the same end in, society,since society.
in one sense, in the sum total of it's
individuals and, again, since nature
holds man amenable for his acts,
what reason have we to suppose that
society should founditself on asystem
of exemptions p? Or, in other words,
is it reasonable to conclude, that it
is presumed in the constitution of
things, that man can transgress the
rights of his neighbor with impunity,
when his acts contravene the proper
use Of his own functions?
The grand old principle of recip-
rocity in the relation of man to man,
which teaches that man may do just
as he pleases, provided he does not
interfere with the rights of his fellow,
contains in it's proViso the implica-
ton, that in case of transgression
nothing short of retribution can salts
| fly justice. ...
Viewed from a standpoint of ex-
Ipediency, rewards and punishments
appear to be no less essential elements
in the means of economical govern
ment.
DR.. Watts in his reply to the excel
lency and beauty of the virtues of
human nature, as portrayed in the
rhapsodical philosophy of the heather
moralists, puts all in nutshell in the
following paragraph: eco dress up
all the virtues of human nature in all
the beauties Of your oratory, and de-
claim aloud on the praiseof social vir-
tue, and the amiable qualities of good
ness, till your heart and lungs ache,
among the looser herds of mankind.
and you will ever find that the wild
passions and appetites Of men are too
violent to be restrained by such mild
and silken language. You may as
well build up a fence of straw and
feathers to resist a cannon ball, or
try to quench a flaming granada with
"a shellsof fair water, as hope to sue
coed in these attempts"
With these data before us society
may. be viewed asnatural or artificial,
or both without detracting one iota
from the conclusion, that punishment
for the transgression of law is Just,
expedient and absolutely essential.
1t follows then, that man should be
taught subordination to legally consti-
tuted authority; and we know of no
better time and place for this disci-
pine than that offered in the school
room. In cases of manifest and per-
sistent disobedience, we know of no
remedy that can supersede the eff
cheney of a well directed and judic-
iousIy applied Preserve force of cor
porol punishment and moral sua-
SION. But this like all other social
Questions must poise on a "golden
mean"whieh in view of circumstances
can only be determined in every case
by good Judgment. All this sophist-
Iry which is so prone to picture corpo-