The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-03-20


had the constitutional right TO come Into and
abide In any county In the state Of Missouri.
In ancient times. when q man had the eprosY
alone was considered accursed he alone was
considered az suitten By the Christening rod VI
wrathiu God hs alone ~. wore th9 oadxe q A.
his parshed lips ii the waters oi brooke used by
s aono non as af hs Shes III
tiers, HE cousins and hia aunts."
Some time aRo, when torture was practieed 70
human fieeh. mems nails were torn FROM their
fingers, and their toes we're twisted out 81
shape to inculcate q certain religious belief.
saasive appll anees q, religious ediacation.
we're not employed indiscrimlnately. agaipata
Tacs but sa, ,hs ayaSs hey
tured and damned although hcreey was con-
eilered very contagious disease. Until the az.
pnss war q thas tho Citizens he
that they loae their individual identity and this
II II not necessary to enumcrate al! the eases
Of outrage committed against our citizens,
Seope should BE- aroused II senss q danger
In 1899 were taken from the Trent by an Amer
lean captain, the Bri.,ah government, though
they we're aliens, apent 81. COO 600 IN sendine am
consent to nothing less than the immediate re-
turn ot those passengers 70 Biittsh ship, -
tnRE Iney could commune 10 tFNvel unWOlPBVeU.
i viii select one Of many occurrences whicn
illustrates without exaGReration the acts Of vio-
lenee and restraint. this guerrilla warfare. to
which our citizens are exposed.
In the latter part or October. 1878. d gentle
man left THE c!ty. to attend 70 the hneinaaa Of
his sugar plantation. knowing that IN exercis-
United States or u th!s State. In the evening
he discovered that hiH sugar house wns sur
nnasd ~ sEss q II m pem R Mn
Orleans; he pleaded guilty to that accusation.
Hs was informed that he must leave instantly.
vain that be pleaded that he was an American
citizen and had q right to be- on the plantation
that be- owned: II was Ia vain that he protested
OF peetience,. no disseminator OF disease. no
peddlcr III yellow fever germs. that he was ac-
eltmated. having had the yellow fever, that BIO
years. that they might Inspect and iumIgate
him. and they would discover TINT he was af.
ntcted with no other disease than old age.
tious thouahivery disagreeahle.. II was all to
no purpose: these constitutional and scientific
enS no s Ssao5 q
citizen was.Py violence banished from his own
estate.
II we have civil government during cpl.
inquire under what authority was this military
his sodsry W. 10. Hni,ed states tS s.s ,reHps
son going to his plantation. There is no law Of
the State authorizing these rowing military
bands to regulate this great question OF inter-
course. Though often repeated Mnd generally
acuuiesced III. II IL u monstrous violation or In
dividual right and Individual liberty. and With
is increasing abuses. unless checked. Will drive
population. capitalist and laborar from our
midst and relegate NJ, to the condition Of = 80
etety BY law When n old times mes
cartei back to the place OF his abode and settle-
mont, the. treatment. though harsh. had the
Poiiee iuries are authorized to ienaet ordl-
thelaws and constitutions OF the United States
against the Introduction of disease.
Does this authorizes Military arrests. military
duress. military campsisns ana ~ .. military , ban
can adopt any theory whimsical Of scientific.
AZ II chooses. and issue its edict against com.
commerce ana the great rights OF intercourse.
which have been secured at such cost. to be
decided by n jurisdiction. 50 Inferior. By q
magistracy 80 instgnitlcAntf
| The rights Of commercial Intercourse have a
history whose traditions do not fade BY the side
| Of even those memorable struggles Tor per-
with a reverence that no lapse Of time can
efface.
In England the right Of commercial inter:
eerg
were wrested from kinxly power. In Magma
Charta u2l5 the twenty fourth section reads:
Duct to 90 out Of and come Into England and
to stay there and to pass as we'll by land as by
water, TO buy and sell BY the ancient and 81.
lowed customs without any heavy tolls except
In time Of war. or when they shalt be OF any ma
| ton ut war with us
In this country the right Of intercourse is a
constitutional right No licenre can Na, 6e re-
4 every ones passport Is the constitution Of the
United States. Notwithstanding this general
erai Hesitation to remedy these wrongs Or es-
pect. so long as We preserve our present form
If government. that Federal system Of quar-
ap pn s II is Federal system that shall
superseda and wipe out state guarantees and
Sta 9 health laws; am not touching the qu-s-
impress on you the conviction that have. that
the hope Of Federal aid and Federal interior
to solve ss is
mote our efforts ii certain directions; but Sc
long as States continue to be sep:
the aae'0 e o 'Oi Viii not By afirma.
tive Federal legislation regulate this
question OF Intercourse: and II this be go. as
yond our reach. i not beyond our desires: II.
pe sase q aasb saa sha
eress and eersss to and from any other State,
aud It is singular fact that II this article had
would have had the right. to establish AMI
quarantine regulations against another State
as the police power now exercised AND conceded
was completely surrendered. It Is because this
article was modified and the police power was
not surrendered. that every law passed by Con
grees from the earliest date May n. 1896. 10 the
latest law OF 1879. during q period Of eighty.
three years. has been enacted In aid and suppor
of State quarantine laws ard in corroborattor
and recognition Of the health laws OF the State
Il Such was the second law passed February IS
1899. Such was the third law passed July ls
1882 and such was the law OF 1879. though IRE
eentine new features. ret distinctly coznizine
I the supremacy Of the State quarantine laws
and ths principle of obedience OF Federal ON.
GERS ID the execution OF the quarantine laws Of
the State.
Two strenuous efforts after the epidemics o.
1898 and 1878 were made 10 influence Oon&ress
subject OF State guarantees remains to- Day az
practically unaffected By the assertions OF Fede-
In l79s New York city Was visited By q terrible
yellow fever Epidemic. The exolfemeAt and