, 1873-08-16

no tlBllt 10 ellarH0 Tor itH nerVlcca moro tslAn
toaAo',aho price, n'l II in legal principle that t
There ia not n man hi thia audience who hsn
ever shipped q bullock or blRhel OF
charges or unjust diaoriminaIons, and yot not
ono Of you las had tho courage to appeal to
TIE LAWS THAT NOW Ex1Br
for his ron,ody. Why? Simply leca,lso wc arc
afraid Of those groat corporations. It Ia pretty
are afraia of anybody but confess that + havo
on,lure,| these ilnpositlons myBolf, because WAS
afraid to fight theso big corporatioup. So nro
you al1. Why, then, do you want moro laws ur-
loss YOU onforco thono yon havoc It ia idlo for
you TO discuss measures Of reform until
will enforce at Nil hazards whatever
measures. YOU adopt. [AppIauso.] Until you
hnva ronchod that determination, tits usccsB to
talk nbout new laws aud now regulations. Tho
will Of frce tooplo that they will not submit to
outrage and wrong.
But lot us nnpposo that tho pooplo l,avo aotor-
minod they will submit no longer, what can VIC
cauHe bo!ievo that from thih time forward tho
people will look to tho correction Of thoso abuses.
Coy Beverllgo Justly Baid,
VIOLENCE CoNnEors NO EVIL.
It is un-Amercan to talk about violence. Bo-
si1es, the moro study tho framework OF onr ~
Government, the moro convinced I am Of itH
snflciency for tho protection Of tho
rights Of tho people, from :. whatovor
quarter injury may DO thrcatoned' "a
md stanil by its principles. It Is moro import
aut to know what tho Inv is thon to make new
laws, and want to vtntlicato our gyste1n Of gov
or1ln,ont from tho popular misunderstanding,
that railroads have any right to intlict these
vested rights TINT wo hayo become tho Victims
OF dclusions created by ourselves. Dnt tue rail
roads ox1st., They ero part Of or,r social and
busincsa syston,, md it thoy inflicted double tho
selves aro fixol, aud will mover be disturbed.
It la not necessary for Mo to engage iu tho
discussion Of any Of tho controvortod theories
which have boon advanced in respect to tho
porations under what aro called their charters.
admit tho law to bo as decided by the Supreme
Court Of tho United States in tho cnsc Of "Tho
Trustees Of
bgainst Woodward
I havo no Doubt that tho Supreme Court hold
correctly, TINT tho ohartor granted by tho British
Grown to tho TryBtooB OF Dartmouth College, In
Tho year 1860, is contract, within tho moaning
Of tint clause Of tho Constitution Of tho Unitol
any law impairing the obligation Of contracts,
and a1n quito as clear, upon principles that aro
vol understood and eminontiy JUST that tho
acts Of tho General Assembly of Now Hampshire
py Wlt4Eu IL Nl4H pEuHQEUu L0 EIlA1lE0 LA1O UuUlG
and essentially modify tho powors of thnt corpo-
ration, and also to seize the property md uBurp
tho government Of tho institution, worc in viola-
tion of tho Constitution, and atil prepared also
to assent to tho lortrino of tho Supreme Court Of
Illinois TINT tho charters Of privato corporations
arc contracts Which aro fnTiolable, and decided
by tile uanlo court III tho caseB OF" Neustadt aud
others against Tho 1l'inois Central Railroad Com.
pany," and Of the "IllinoiB Contral Railrona
the act incorporating tho Illinois Central
Railroad Company, which declares certain
exemptions Of tho property Of the Company
from taxation is contlact botwoen tho State
md tho Company, which cannot bo changed or
amended without tho consent of both parties.
Indeed. coneede 1t to DO too we'll established
to bo Hhnken or questioned that tho State can
not, by tho actiol, Of any Of the departments Of
lila government, inlpnir tho charters Of private
corporations in any material respect
Having made these concessions, no ono will
expect nc either to nttnck the claim Of corpora
tons to
VESTED R1o111B
or to complain Of those decisions Of tho courts
That rocoSuizo such rights mud vindicato them
against every attempt to impair thcm.
Marry perAolls who arc under tho influence Of
Tho dolualons for Which the representatives, Of
That admit all TINT las boon decided by tho
Courts IN respect to tho naturo and inyiolablity
Of tho rights Of corporations will DO roady to
conclude that llavo, by my concoasions, already
delnoa the rights and obligations Of railway car~
grounds upon Which the correction of tho nbusoa
which nro known to exist in the railway carrying
Byston can be aomnutod, but hope to lo1non-
strato that tho principles which recognize (tho
invioability Of tho contracts betwoon tho atats
Tying tho pretonHionB Of railway cnrriorS 70 DO
"a Law INTO TnEMsELyEg
to tho extont that they are retsyoht to the sub,
nrasont M ~ maintain in regard to tho
louol extent ce sIeir dutios and obligations.
CARRIERS
- among tho earliest agencies Of tho inter-
course Of mankind. Ono OF tic earliest recorls u
tile human race preserves the fact that "Jonal,
wont down to Joppa, aud found ship 70
ing to Tarhhsh, and paid thc fare there
r. md went down into It to 70 with
,ient refer to tho freighting of ships will,
tho products of tho industry md skill Of tho old
oat Of the nations. In all ages tho Office or em-
ploymcnt Of carrier has bor,lo an important re-
lation to tho commerce and business OF tho world,
and thoir obligations and liabilities, as well Oh
ncrciul codoH Of nil civilized nations.
All over tho world their business ia treated
aAa
PUBLIC OFFICE OR EMPLOYMENT.
md their rights and duties nre hold to result
from the relation They voluntarily assume to the
public. Wllorayer the English language il
spoken they arc called "common carrors," terrna
which Indicate the general nature Of their h,,Bi-
lioBB, and at tho snme timo describe tho extent OF
their legal obligations.
Tho distinguishing feature OF the Office OF en-
ploymcnt implied III the term Common Car
rlor " it, that it's obligations and liabilities aro
not dependent upon contract, but arc imposed by
law.
I will only aBk you to attend NO. while onl-
1norato fow OF the duties and obligations which
tho law llnA imposed upon common carriers, and
will contine myself to those which arc loast dis
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