Show ORGIN ORIGIN OF GOVERNMENT T I IBY BY JOHN A. A ANDERSON Thomas Paine wrote Some writers have so confounded society with government govern govern- ment meat as to leave little or no distinction distinction tion between them whereas they are not only different but have bave different ori on- on gins Society is produced by our wants and government by our wickedness the former promotes aur our happiness positively positive positive- ly by uniting our affections the latter latter lat lat- lat lat- ter negatively by restraining our vices ces The one encourages inter intercourse ourse the theother theother theother other creates distinctions The first is isa isa isa a patron the last a Here then is is the origin and rise of government government govern govern- ment namely a mode rendered necessary necessary necessary sary by the inability of moral virtue to govern overn the world here heri too too is the design and end of government viz freedom and security The excuses for government have been many but we are inclined to think that when man discovered a means by which it was possible to exchange one commodity commodity com com- for another without direct barter barter barter bar bar- ter when his mind mingled and centered centered cen cen- upon that which the whole community community com corn mingled and centered entered was i a great discovery and the dawn of the day which made it possible for mao man manto mauto to o specialize in production where his integrity could mingle with the integrity integrity integ integ- rity of the whole people in this medium of exchange which came into being by bv byall byall all the people recognizing it as such which became the central principle around which credits mingled and made the clearance Many and varied have been the modes adopted for this purpose pur pun purpose pose but finally gold old on account of its scarcity was recognized throughout the so called callea Christian world and the on only Iv way it was possible to get the whole people of a nation connected up with this metal was to get et them obligated in inthe inthe inthe the form of debt in a bonding process usually the excuse for war was the need of more bonds but we are discovering discovering discovering dis dis- dis- dis covering new methods by which this can be done Through h the bonding process process pro pro- cess ross of the nation the integrity of the whole people was connected up with gold in in the form of a future obliga obliga- tion Whatever is used as a medium of exchange ex cx- rhan change e is is the symbol or shadow of the thing exchanged ed it is is the thin thing That is is the point where the mind of man comes into play where his imagination recognizes the thing as existing outside of itself Now if this symbol is ss permitted to reproduce itself in a the hands of the individual more power is is given giyen to the symbol of the thing than to the thing itself and as a consequence that of the community community com corn which is the most alert in mind will be devoted to manipulating the symbol of the thin thing instead ot of producing pro pro- du ing the thing itself Manifold are arf the modes adopted in modern times by bv which this is accomplished All stocks bonds notes mortgages ages etc are a min mm- miniature min min- re money the shadow o at of the thin thing so by this process it makes two kinds of ownership possible one a mental ownership or ownership of the mind of the real ral owner and the owner or man manin manin manin in possession This all originates out of the central principle principle money money or spiritualized spiritualized spiritualized spir spir- substance To maintain this process of the spirit reproducing itself here on earth carth it becomes becom's necessary to keep a very strong power r intact called government and we shall shan find if man ever wakes un that tho the first spirit devil ever born was when the first piece of public money reproduced itself for fer the individual out of which fawned the necessity necessity ne- ne of sheriff bailiff court army etc Of bf course it is is impossible to have ha an imp called devil wit without out having the opT opposite so here bere then we have ha the origin orie-in of government viz iz a mode rendered necessary by which the spirit of the thing should be bo able to reproduce reproduce duce itself in the hands of the in livid livid- ual There is no evil but has its counterpart coun coun- but it is possible also for a shower of rain to continue so long that man would look for a dry spell I If our premises are correct then there is one way to continue to have o the devil with us and make him treat us usall usall all alike and that is for all the peo peo- pie plc to own and control and share and share alike aliko in in tho the opportunity of the public credits called money which would make the whole people the only means where spirit would reproduce it it- self Then the devil would at least be under control if not bound |