Hem! A popular folly in Tortirra is the selection of representatives in
the Councils from among that class of men who live by the law, whose
sole income is derived from its uncertainties and perplexities.
Obviously, it is to the interest of these men to make laws which shall
be uncertain and perplexing--to confuse and darken legislation as much
as they can. Yet in nearly all the Councils these men are the most
influential and active element, and it is not uncommon to find them in a
numerical majority. It is evident that the only check upon their
ill-doing lies in the certainty of their disagreement as to the
particular kind of confusion which they may think it expedient to
create. Some will wish to accomplish their common object by one kind of
verbal ambiguity, some by another; some by laws clearly enough (to them)
unconstitutional, others by contradictory statutes, or statutes secretly
repealing wholesome ones already existing. A clear, simple and just code
would deprive