The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-01-07

when such charters shall be cancelled,
and for the sake of the argument, We
have supposed that the popular de-
mand for such cancellation shall be ex-
pressed through legislatures or city
councils.
If vested rights are inalienable, how
can the masses of England ever obtain
any portion of the soil The monopo-
list says, the remedy is worse than the
cure; it is revolutionary. When
cure is long withheld it is ad-
ministered by the red hand OF
revolution, as in the distribution
of land in France, and the seculariza
tion of church property in Italy and
Mexico, but that is necessity of the
case.
"Vested rights certainly can mean
no more than that the grantor conveys
to the grantee all the rights which ne
himself enjoyed. Between intelligent
private citizens sole,nnly executed
contract CdDIlOL UC dAhuASUs
whatever of hardship it may bring to
either party, it is better that ne should
suffer than thai the contract should DC
annulled, thereby setting precedent
tibet would destroy all confidence IN all
contracts.
When the agents of the people-the
Legislature or Council-makes con-
tract. vested rights have the same
meaning. but more limited apphca'
ton. That agent, as grantor, can only
rive the corporation the grantee) the
rights with which he himself is in
vested. What are those rights! Sim
DIV those of a trustee. To so bestow
his trust estate that the people will be
benefited by his actions. If in future
years it appears that he bestowed
it to the injury rather than the
benefit of the people, then shall the
people suffer loss, but the contract may
be annulled that that loss shall not he
perpetuated. Whoever receives gift,
from the people does so at peculiar per-
il. The principle Of eminent domain
the right to repeal thatgift, is piled
upon it. If the best interests of the
city, of the State, or Of the Nation, de-
mands its surrender, it must be giver
up. 1t was really received as loan o
a portion of sovereignty, with the ex
pectation that the public welfare woule
be more enhanced by Destowing it upor
certain grantees than by its remaining
in the hands of it's owners-the people
They say sovereignty, for sovereignty
applies not merely to persons but a's'
to property. Whenever the people o
a city or State are satisfied that tn
continuance of a grant is public inju
nv or oppression, then it is their right
their duty, to annul that grant, and un
der the process Of condemnation, pa
the grantee the just value thereof, an
resume their complete ownership to tn
property or privilege involved.
However much the monopolist ma
dislike this new gospel of deliveranc,
it will ultimately receive the popula
endorsement. Why should it no.: :
this law of condemnation be just whe
dDDllCu w CdSA ollC VI tVCASy Au0AvAAt
ais, why not to them when aggregate
as corporation! We have veste
right to quietly look upon the progress
of fire, yet, thoughtt may ruin GU
clothes and injure our health, at tt
command of mere fire-warden WI
imagines there is necessity for OF
services, that right is condemned wit
out any remuneration. and we al
compelled to assist the firemen. "
have vested right to walk the stree
in quiet, but at the command Of Il
sheriff we are compelled to assist hi
in the capture of desperate, at Il
peril of our life and limb. We have
vested right to enjoy the peace al
safety of our home, but q rebelli'
breaks out and we are drafted into 4
service, perchance to fall an early "
tim to rebel shot or she'll. The
are vested rights, as valuable
us. and secured to us
fully by Jaw, as any rights corpor
ton ever enjoyed yet what bscom
of them when the public welfare, t
greatest number is concerned! linn
diately they are annulled.
We build us home; there o
children are raised, perchance die, al
alike by the baptism of joy and SC
row, it is to us really . home. T
city decides to open new street, a
receiving the price fixed by the boa
of condemnation, we sorrowfully lea,
again learning that there are
inalienable vested rights as against t
people. We by farm from t
United States; surely we are safe nc
for who can surpass in solvency =
strength our grantor but just SIS
have built US a home of beauty I
State of Minnesota authorizes r,
road to run its track right throu
that home, and where then are Q
vested rights If every day the vest
rights Of private individuals are sac
feed for the public good. who shall S
the vested rights Of corporations sh
be inalienable, however strongly . s
fering people may demand their 81.
flee on their receiving the amo,
awarded them by jury of condemn
ton. p
(From the Redwood Gazes,e-Rep.l
The efforts that are being made
implicate Mr.. King. the member of C
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