The Foundation Of All Government Ought To Bc The Concentrate...

The foundation of all Government ought to bc the concentrated physical force of the community against the individual or individuals who viólate justice. But it must be strict justice - such as is found in the Bible. In the adminislration of hu man laws, there is no room for mercy. If one going to the gallows, orto the penitentiary, be respited, it ought to be on the presumption, honestly and wisely er.tertained, that the public good is to be promoted by it. Nations may be judged of, by the conformily of their laws to justice, and iheir execution of them. Whena people become stationary in their civilization - which cannot be long; or when they become indifferent to the laws, or disregard them,mobs prevail, and attempt to substitute their aclion for that of the Laws. - Mobs exist in defiance of the Laws - overthrow them - glut their undiscriminating vengeance against the innocent - go unpunished, generally, by human laws, but are always condemned by society subsequently - unless society be retrograding in point of civilization ; or, what is the same thing, in respect for their