The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-05-29

result Of all this is that the sCnti-
ment is advanced that there are
things that can be restrained or
punished only by mob. This con.
ditiOn Of things is one OF the most
alarming things in cur land. Any
one can see that if this sentiment is
suffered to advance. the period is
not far distant when I'll cur instiCu-
tiOns shall be held at ;he disposal OF
a mob; and when our JUDGES shall
hold their offices, and our ministers
preach the Gospel, and affairs Of our
banks shall he administered, and
everything pertaining to the public
welfare shall be conducted at the
discretion and under the control Of
those who set at detiunce all law
ard all restraint
Under these cumsfances, il is
important that the whole subject
should receive the profound attcn-
tion Of every mciuher Of this com
manity who prizes oar civi! and re
Iiginus Institutions. and who has any
regard for GEe supremacy Of the laws.
In the further consideration of this
subject, therefore, pr"lo5c---
!. To show the necessity and inl
portance of the supremacy Of the
laws, or ola government of law; aud,
II. The way in which this may be
secured.
These are the three following
kinds Of government among men:
a. The Will OF single deposit,
Of one absolute SOY creign holding
his office, either by hereditary title,
or by usurpation. His VIII is law.
His caprice is law. His passion IS
law. OF course, in such case there
can be no security OF lights. There
can he no pernancy in any plans
for public improvement. NO man
has any security Of his life, lis prop
erty; no security that his plans can
be consummated. The Will of the
dcspot may change or the whole af-
fairs of a State may be changed in a
moment by the accession of Il tlgant
of different Yet equally caplicious
character
The reader of history will recall a
full ilI,et,o,;or ~ ,l;o IN thu amid
,urcos,;nn ,t In. I,.no,u that has.
tened tha t,ll of the roman emnire
from Tiberius to DDmiLau. An il
ustfalion is furnished now in the
Turkish dominions whore the seen.
fro nf . Jnsnot i swoyol over what
vas once the fa:rp.t nortion of the
world, and where dpsoIation now
cu,itirs of life and propcrtv. such as
is furnished nv an administration of
law. are Unknown. And fine world has
.r,rcelv rernvunoJ from ;hn horror
which was produced Ly the reirn Of
drpo,;sm in the I'll ,ody scenes OF the
French revolution.
(2l The second kind of Govern.
mcnt is the will of Il mob. This dt-
frrs from the former only in the fact
that there are many dr>n,;s instead
of one, and that the desuot;sm is
more in,oIerahle There are MANY
canririous minds instead of one j..
There are many undrr the influence
of fnassion ;uslead of one. there is
all the evil of n wf nj of stability and
of nrinciule in a multitude instead
of an indiv;GusI An indiyiduol
however lost to yirtue he NAV be-
feels some sense of responsibility to
his tpllowman or has some desire to
transInit his name to posterity. AS
not anonU the most abandoned of
the race. a mob has none. An in.
diyidual however capricious he may
be- has same stabiliry of character,
or sometime which NAV be the basis
of n calculation A mob mas none
However wicked and u,ryerted NAV
he the nrincinles of sucb men as
Nero. or Rohespicrre. or the Sultan
Of Turkey. it is no,sibIc to learn
how they will ort in oivrn cir,um-
stoncrs: but no one can determine
on tho fnturo movement of a moh.
An attack on gamblers. or on a CON
vant or y churrh is no evidence that
-,he ahhorrenco of gamblers. and
conyonts and churches will have
anv permpenacy. or that the fury OF
mobs will NOT sncnd itself on banks,
or collcuos or nrivote dwelIinos. II
may ha added th,t when 1his suirit