The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1854-04-22
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God, rs the common Rather o. "au'
kind, has created men free and equal
and the proper equality and social iree'
dom of the grea, brotherhood of the hui
man race, in view of the rights and
grants of the Creator, are TO be inferred
from all his dispensations to man. Every
man, by the charter Of his Creator, is the
equal Of his co.emporary. The essenslal
rights Of every generation are the same
Man as the child of Gods creation, con.
,inues man immutably, under all clrcum'
stances, and the rights of ancestry are
those Of pos,eri,y. .r..az
Man has rights which j, becomes his
duty to assert, in RICH, of his existence
such as the ind ,feaslble RICH, Of thinking
and acting for himself, when thought and
action do no, infringe the right OF others
as they never will when truth and justice
are made the basis of human intercourse
These rights, common 10 the great tam
Iily of man, eanno, be abolished by con.
cession, statute, precedent, or positive
institution, and when wrested or withheld
from the multitude of mankind BY the,I
rules may be reclaimed by the people
whenever they see proper to do 1t.
I'd. Man was created for society, hi:
natural rights are adapted TO the social
state, and under every form Of society
constitute properly the foundation OF his
civil rights. When man becomes mem
Der OF civil society. he submits to mod
iiiication oil some OF his natural rights, bu
he never does, he never can, rehnqulsf
them. He comedies the exercise of these
rights for his own and the general good
but does not, cannot, cast them of. III:
rights receive a new direction, but do mo-
terminate; and that government which
deprlves man of his rights justly claimed
in virtue OF his Creator, and interviewer
with the constitution of his ma ure, ant
the interest Of society, denies to him the
gifts of his Creator, and must be unjust
God can be the author Of no governnen
controvening the wisdom of his arrange
men,s in the creation OF man.
Sd. In every community there is
power which receives the denomination
Of sovereignty, power not subject Il
control, and that controls all subordinat,
powers in the government. Now wheth
err this po-cr be IN the hands OF the ma
nv or the few, it is individually certain
that those members only of the commu
nifty are free in whom the sovereign pow
er resides. The power OF a country is es
sentlal TO It's freedom, and If this powe
be confined to few, freedom must nee
essarly be confined TO the same number
All Just governments must be founded
upon the nature of man, and should con
suit alike the natural rights, civil wants
and moral interests OF his being. Al
rightful authority is founded in powel
and law; all just power is founded il
right, and as one mans natural right Il
The charter Of lawgiver is to all intent:
as good as another's, i, follows that al
legitimate law must have its origin In tn.
expressed will Of the mass Of the people
! 4. This being true, the question may
arise, who are free, the masses OF tht
PEG pie. with their representatives, IN the
great State OF New York, or the petty
tyrant who has overlooked every princi
pie of right, Of justice and humanity, anc
,rampled with IMMUNITY upon the expires
sed will OF the masses by vetc.ng a pro-
hibrory liquor law, and by his act .
power has given a new impetus to sys
TEN Of wholesale destruction OF character
property civil society and life7 | speaa
as unto wise men-ludge We.
FREE MAN.