350 EASY LEGISLATION IN THE STATES. 



But the hope is, I fear, a foolish one. So many old 

 obstacles have gathered around every abuse, so many 

 vested interests are associated with everything as it is 

 at home, that one envies the legislators of this Capitol of 

 Washington the uncleared lands for which their laws 

 and constitutions are to be made ; through which, though 

 naturally dark and difficult, the axe readily hews out a 

 straight and open way, and where, in the most settled 

 regions, the trammels of the past hang still very lightly 

 on the hands and feet of the improver. 



