Show I v 0 o. o S I r Lawless Laws I I o S 5 4 d di i t MO TORE TV E and more mor the complications s of f legislation legisla- legisla r tion are tending to upset the dignity of the I 1 v 4 law Jurists and civic leaders are beginning to 5 realize that Ihal the law may eventually destroy itself A I The strength of f law is upon dependent the respect I I S f accorded by the people it governs L Laws w which f are e not generally favored or laws which a are are r r t. t founded on the will of a very slight majority tend to weaken rather than str strengthen the hold of the government upon upon the people I S The great success success of the American public is i. i l dle more to the uniform o objects attending its j tf founding than any other ther element Life liberty and nd the pursuit of were things in which every human be being ng was vas vitally concerned Laws to this end could be universally supported Ii t and d a preponderance of public opinion made mage S. S enforcement oe certain But the American government govern govern- ment was founded many years ago and we have i p b been en passing laws by thousands thousand ever since I Laws L-aws for th the most part are restrictive The f simple declarations of o our r forefathers were more mor t of a guarantee of freedom than all the laws on I iV S rc f the bo books ks today We have now reach reached d the I point where we have so many laws which are sectional in in character that we are lare losing th the com common i mon viewpoint t and the universal purpose which 1 r f attend attended d the founding of our government nt r Many states ignore the big things to play with S' S t. trifles Laws are p passed which can never be enforced enforced en en- forced because they their are arc contrary to r the general generalS generali S i S SI t 10 I f It i S 4 I f i. i I 5 c St L Sf W intelligence ce and Uk morality j. j l t of f the the communities miti In ln many ny section section one body o of at t the th i citizenship in ens ip thinking one way attempts to interfere with the private conduct of another body thinking g another way Lawlessness is is bound to follow th these se types of law Any affront Any affront to law law lawis is lawless lawless' and if we would preserve the dignity of the law we must mai maintain tain its respect V We can do this only ty by adhering to legislative lines which are essentially s American and gener generally acceptable A c. c |