Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1882-05-17
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take benefits from each other. Our 80
ciety il sustained by n great system OF
borrow aud lruling-giving to and
taking from Mutual help and assistance
play through all the dealings and trans
actions of men with each other, or of one
class with another. Poverty and wealth
each is the servant Of the other-each
depends upon the other, and to take either
away would seriously, il not fatally,
cripple the other. Capital and labor are
mutually dependent. No one lives for "r
! by himself alone. Every man gives aud
receives assistance to numbers of his frl-
lnw-nicn. IT'S the law Of life, of COM
/ ncrc-, aud Of all the industries. The
! farmer il necessary to the merchant, the
/ merchant To the farmer, the producer tn
! the consumer, and every class IN some
way ministers to others. How simple IN
J the foolish idea that holds sway in some
minds, that every man engaged in diff
frrcnt calling is hi, natural, and, from in
tercst, his sworn enemy--is seeking his
ruin and destruction. Men can be found
who regard the merchant IA the worst
enemy they have, and # the merchant
was taken away they could not con-
venienily live. They fancy that he Is
growing rich ut their exprnse-that lie -
taking from them something of value for
which BE- il making no adequate or just
return, while, in fact, the merchant IN ~
much interested in his prosperity almost
as he is himself. The prosperity OF the
one il the prosperity of the other, aud
failure or disaster to one is equally 80 10
the other. All laws that favor e1cln-
sivrly one class are unjust and founded on
incorrect principles. There should he no
class lrgislation-no favoring of any class
all -houid stand upon platform of
equality, for all are equal and necessary
aud should be equally favored aud pro-
tcctcd
The best, wisest and most inst law is
the one that equally protects all classes
and gives nj special protection or favor Ia
favor which is denied to others These all
contribute to the support Of the State aud
to thu public wealth, and any discrimina-
tious are unfair aud unjust. IL il time
that all envy and hatred between differ
ent classes should cease. All, by this
time. shnuld have learned the lesson
Of mutual dependence. and the success o.
each ~ Identified with the prosperity o'
those engaged III other calllngs. None ar,
to become rich by making Others poorer
but all are to prosper together, adranc,
she interest Of each to the other, and rise
or fall 10y united and common excrtions.
II is not nj all strange that the editor o
local paper should frequently writ
articles that are not interesting To every
body. IL would be- indeed strange that al
he writes should hud pleased reader
Many persons think IT al easy task 4
, edit "A paper. Such persons have nevc
tried IT, Ii il easy at times To write NJ
: article, hut nm article will not I'LL news
, paper. aud when there IL nothing of IN
terrst to write about and when the edlto
has wrote about everything intcrrstin;
that he can think Of, he must still pnnl
! hi. tired brains to supply the c"aselts
l CRY of the printer for copy. Would an
} one wonder that under such Circumstance
, the editor writes something that is II"
. interesting, even something that Is dul
I foolish, and it may hc ridirulons' Tn
T only wonder Ia IL is that more foolish III
T. tlclcs do not appear in the country news
= papers. How editors manage t" write a
Il well ~ they do, is the pnzzling question t
n one Who knows something of their tTyin
g work Could anybody else do rs well
= Many who imagine they could do muc
e better would, We are inclined to think, d
j, much worse We would like to see son
!. of them Try IT y while.
. GOV. Ne EnerNs message to the leglsi
-, ,urc i a comprehensive and able documen
i and contains NJ any valuable suggestion
., which the legislature should consider car
. fully. He recommends "a careful reNi-I'
Il Of the revenue laws and the enactment
suitable provisions for the collection
, bnck-taxcs. The Governor also says tn
our Judiciary system requires revision ~
recommends that the Appeal Courts
either abolished or their jurisdiction /
h., creased. fir favnrs the abolshment
l., imprismrnt for debt aud recommends tn
the paragraph "of the arrest of the Debtor
IN the Code of Practice from Articles :
to ~ inclusive, bc repeated. Outside
III the legal profession there are few who a