New-York tribune., 1876-05-19

limit; and hack to this point they como IN a tneir
processes like the quack to his one simple ior he"s
Legislative interference TO be among the earl est
instincts Of social organization II comes ot mnreon ~
Bile and hasty gcneriliZltions; OF natural aversion 10
patient and phlOsOphc study and Investigation nu ~ a
equally natural ondness for shortcut processes &
ing found legislation effective for one purpose thcY
eagerly apply IL to ALL and disappointment never cus
them OF their belief in its universal efficacy Is nnruy
given the subject serious thought that the mass OF eggs
atOD is rubbish, aud that In tue very large mgory @ o
cases OF governmental interference tncro mas pecn
nothing but failure Your laws restricting trace, laying
duties on imports and exports oSiins Dot.s 70 70 ,, %
courage branch of industry ana laying taxes 90 re-
strict another laws regulating wages hours OF labor
prices ana profits the interest 10 be paid on money ana
all the thousand things that have been ana are thc SUP
cts Of legislative experiment are none OF them 50 Dcnc
cent in their operation 10 compensate Tor the eNac
lions and resson they and the untold chain o
nschicYOus effects they entail. 49,.
The system of special cgslaton-or shall call II
habit rather than systeteuds from its very nature
10 raise M ohhes Ia your Legislatures 10 iake 9o%l %
legislators who called upon to make laws for the
pot of individuals aud corporations venal and greedy
1t weakens- individual responsibility, lowers tue t9e
aud degades the moral sense Of the people ana Iahy
fills the air with infection. "DeveOp thc resources oi
the cOuny has been the cry OF the demdgOgues ann
SPECTATORS and tney have developed them very much
as the man dcvclOped his taste for arct cral adoi
ment By covering his house with mortgages The tnkeIefs
with public laws enforcing morality, ana the manu-
fdcturors private acts developing resources ana
both dong infinite mischief. History teaches ara our
own experience in the past % years has amply Nus
tlated IL, that Government cannot enforce morality or
attempt TO, without the sacrifice OF morality and tie de
terOration of public aud private morals Also thal
cannot develop material resources without extravaganza
and and The sacrifice of public credit and private
fortunes. Whenever and wherever Government mas
turned ITS hand undertakings that belong naturally TO
the domain OF ndl ,tua enterprise, there has been m
competence. cCruptUD, extravaganza, waste ana III the
end failure. .
Ii that there is something worthy of nlita
ton in TIE studied simplicity OF our organic acts our
State Constitutions The most part compact Dodes
OF wellestab>hod principles which serve as the iouu
ton upon which the supcstructurcs Of state codes are
built. Tne Constitution is the base OF what might &c
Grecian temple combining and beauty IN tno lnOst
simple and symmetrical o. forms. Bat When The temple
is reared its beauty is never see for the hea!odnss
never come down. Unlike SOOmOn's Temple, winch
up without SOUND of hammer AK here Is always
the blow OF the hammer and the grinding OF the ak
Upon simple proportions all The orders ana
OF the disorders of architecture are IN
grated Successive generations CI surface-Woikefs
add TO with point ana putty, stucco and plaster ana
not seldom with wAitcwas, uni the adornDents con-
the original work aud the whole has appearance
like that many capitals, court houses ana other
buildings undertaken by goVeinmtnt-ecraply, tawdy,
loud and unfinished. And the jargOn OF It's exterior IS III
pcrftc keeping with the tufmOn ara cOnins.ou the
bustng and pushing OF the m0ncy-chanGers ana dove
sellers who occupy courts ana porcnes ana maze
marts OF igs ataTs. And all the time ae very proud
enterprise ana activity and Of the noise we make
the world. Ali this accumulation OF statutes We the
people have made, and point to them with pride. We
say know how 10 IIakc laws. Let us b. wiser ana
learn not 10 make them.