The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-01-07

nature, the fact that the business anu SOCIAL |
worlds, as well as the physical have a
natural system of laws governing and con-
trolling all their operations, seems never to
have been learned by the average legisla'
tors. In legislation, as in the case OF in-
reference with the healthy work OF the
natural functions of the human body, any
tampering, any violent
changes, any enforced artificial operation
cannot but be injurious A wise
physician will attempt first and
foremost to get nature TO-
work in any diseased organism. He will
never resort to strong artificial methods
until satisfied that the usual operations aud
conditions of the body cannot be expected.
The public is but an organism on larger
scale. 1t, too, has its functions, develop
ments, conditions, and when the legislator
would act wisely he should pursue the pol
icy of the physician in a more obscure
sphere. Let nature do its work first. As
far as possible throw the business and
social worlds back upon the natural laws
which govern them. Take away artificial
restraints rather than impose them, and let
as little medicine be administered as the
nature of the case will admit. The evils
of modern legislation arise princi-
pally from forgetlulness of the
true province of government. Men mag
inc that it is the duty of government not
only to look after all the various depart
ments of business, but .he affairs of indi-
viduals also, and hence make of 1t u parent
They forget that in reality it is necessary
evil to great extent, an Arrangement of
natural liberty. II the fact were kept al
ways uppermost i'll the minds of legislators
that properly government is but police
establishment, much greater progress
would be experienced by society. We are
too much governed, by far too much. The
businessworld society IN matters of Gus
tom and conscience, and men generally, in
their private conduct, should be left en-
ti.ely to themselves, except in so
far as they could not EN-
croach upon the natural rights OF
Others This is the secret of good govern
ment and wise legislation. Instead of reach
ing out and undertaking to control all the
varied conduct of life let laws, made before
legislative bodies, govern the majority o
these cases, and let the lawmakers address
themselves to matters pertaining to the
preservation simply OF peace, order ant
Justice through the community. Thu
!. scr the approach of legislation to thi
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3 50 81 ter the government and tn,
has y, yople. At this particula
time tEsss . aus legislative mills of the
country havi ( again commenced 20 grin,
out statutes by the hundred touching upor
almost every conceivable topic, and
in nine cases out OF ten
in direct opposition to reason
and natural law, it would be doubly appro
pirate to remember and reflect upon til
few simple truths which we have called at
tention to. Rather than, as usual hereto
fore, pile up thousands Of laws, withou
which the community would be better of
) it would be wiser to repeal half of tn os
now in existence and permit nature to d
its own work, an agent, by the way, tina
works with more unerring certainty in it
different directions than can man. Their
is nothing of extraordinary Importance t
engage the attention of our Texas legisls
ture, and we trust that they will do just q
little as they consistently can in the matte
OF enlarging the already ponderous volum
of our statutes.