Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1857-05-28
because the .gcod Of. society demands it,
in each case, and equally as much in one as
the other. ao Hciiai'Ia'fl sii r t'h ii
For the Republican.
The Corporation LIQUOR Law.

The Corporation Liquor Law.
Taking it for granted that freedom of
speech is yet vouchsafed to every citizen. of
the United States and that the official acts |
Of public men are yet, as Of old, legitimate
subjects of approval or censure by those
whom they ccncern, take the privilege of
speaking word cut in meeting upon
our lately enacted Corporation Liquor Law.
I This Law, after the usual prohibition
goes on to say, "And BE 4 further enacted;
That places to sell spurious liquors not err
ceedmg tro within the corporate limits Of
said town may be authorized By license, to
be issued as fellows &c.
1st. That places net exceeding two, dc.
Upon this point permit me, with all due
Difference to the vast amount of good Dem,
tocrdfic doctrine, xnd legal acumen eoncen-
trated upon this ordinance, to suggest that
our Corporation Trustees have gone a little
too far for public good. rei a5 ili-, - /.
q Sqpposing that our legislators were, by
| .&~.
our constitution, permitted to make erclu-
sire laws, where, Task, would be the boast
ed.frecdom of the american citizena
As well might they pass an ordinance
saying that places, not exceeding two.
should not be licensedro sell Dry Goods,
Groceries, Clothing, or any other of the
mapy.articles known as merchandise and
the Legitimate subjects Of iiefchandise, in
terchsRge and sale. ei.F 'ssy 8
Now Liquor, both malt and spirituous
are aslnuch subjects Of merchantable trans
action as any of the orioles inbove men
toned. ea1 A ~ i5a4
But sey they liquor is hurtfdl to the hu-
man race. Admit it-and so is tobacco
aud hundreds of other articles daily sold in
our midst without our ''city fathers for
one moment, thinking of prohibition, or
monopoly either And lctmc.ask will the
injury bc any less seld by tvo persons then
sold by ten? oI
Those desiring to inLibe instead ofhav-
4 ing choice between several places n,ust
take Kind of "a "Hobson's choiee----thnt
or none"
! Speaking Of the foundation,of Agencies
& for the sale of liquors under our late law
our Supreme Beach says taking as text
the provision of our general constitution:
] 'All men are endowed by their Creator
with certain unalienablc rights; that AMONG
i theseare aje, Liberty, and the pursuit of
happiness
"Whcn the people Of the State (of Indi-
ana) shall have become satisfied that it is
founded in mistake, they can meet in their
sovereign capacity, strike it from their or
ganic law, and insert the contrary, that they
are without natural rights and at The mercy
of the Legislature
Then, again, they say, speaking Of ''citi-
zen rights" leach indiriduoi being especi-
ally entitled to their exercise, the rights Of
each operate as cheek upon thc;rights of
every other, compelling mutual regard for
those of each-and subjecting each to pun
ishmcnt by the judiciary under legislative
regulations for violating the equal rights OF
every other, giving the injured party in all
cases redress by law '''-
What arc these rights so reserved? To
ascertain this permit nae to refer to the
Common Law Chancellor Kent quoting
and endorsing Sir William Rlackstone,--
vol. 2, page 1. says: "Thc absolute or nat
ural rights of individuals may be resolved
into the right of personal security, the
: right of personal liberty. and the right to
acquire and enjoy property" Not some
particular kind ofproperty. but that which
the people recognize as property be it what
+ it may. Again, our Supreme Court in
|, quires, '.How much does this right en-
brace? How far does it extend? 1t un-
doubtedly extends to the rights of pursu-
ing the trades of manufacturing, buying,
selling and to the practice of using.
These acts are but means ofacquiring and
enjoying and are absolutely necessary and
: incidental to tliem.' .''ali, l. e,ei~ taia
Says Political Economy, page 1873
) says: 'fIhc right Of property isequalIy in
vaded by obstructing the free, employment
: of the means of production as by violently
depriving the proprietor Of the product O
his land'' ' 81 ns
S H. Again. in the case Of Arrowsmith VS.
g Burligim, 4th Mclean, 497, VIC have tire
+ following IN the opinion Of the Conrt::i ssA
a freeman may buy and sell at his pleasure
:, This right is not of society but from nature
e He never gave itup.s hwould be amusin,
q to see man hunting through our Law
a Books for authority to buy or sell or max,
IL 20 rl.a,, ~ 4t gas ts'Irt 14l e cDll cIt
e paream-1 fgfrs sse - 1aIlco4 sds 10 emoz
t, New that the Legislature has the powe
h to restrict orlevysa taxupon these right
y where the public good demands Il ! wo1B
Il not for one moment deny, but our consfitn