And why?
Lacedaemon did not need it.

Oligarchy is an ostracism of itself,--an ostracism not occasional, but permanent,--not dubious, but certain.

Her laws prevented the development of merit instead of attacking its maturity.

They did not cut down the plant in its high and palmy state, but cursed the soil with eternal sterility.

In spite of the law of ostracism, Athens produced, within a hundred and fifty years, the greatest public men that ever existed.