The Labor enquirer., 1883-09-01
: COLORADO O.9sATURDAY, sEPTEMBER /, 1883

Art. - No part of the people can ex.
ercise III power Of the whole people
but the Wish it expresses ought to be
respected is wish Of part Of the people
which Is concur in forming the gener.
al will Zach section of the sovereign
assembly ought to enjoy the right Of
expressing It's will with perfect liberty;
it is essentially independent of all CON
stituted authorities and competent To
regulats its own policy and delibera-
tions.
AYseg All the citizens are equally
adrnaSfp fpss to all public functions,
witfro my other distinction than those
ofyisSue and talents without any other
the sb the confidence ef the people.
AZ. a'S ll the citizens have %
eqaa ht b tsntur IN tho nomipation
|of y y dsatss af ths people, and ii
the Formation q the. .lsx--..-s
WRr q. In order thst these rights Be
not illusory. and equality ehimerical, So
iciety ought to pay the public function
aries, and to provide that the citizens
who live by their labor may be able to
assist at the public assemblies to which
the law calls them, without compromis4
ing their means of existence, or that of
their families.
ART. "a. Every citizen ought religious
B to obey the magistrates and agents Of
the government, whilst they ara the
organs and executors of the law. Il
= ART. 25. But every act against the
liberty, the safety, or against the prop
erty of a manly whomsoeyer exercised,
even in the name of the law itself, and
within the forms its prescrlbes- every
act is arbitrary and null. The very re-
spect due to the law forbids submission
to it, and if the attempt bssmade to ex-
ecute such act by violence It IS permitted
to repel force by force.
ART. 26. The right of presenting petit
tions to the repositories of the public
authority belongs to every individual.
Those to whom they are addressed
ought to determine upon the points
which constitute the object of them;
but they can never either interdict, or
restrict, or condem the exercise of the
right.
ART. q. Resistance to oppression is
the consequence of the other rights of
man and fsthe citizen.
ART 2S There is oppression against
the social body whenever one alone of
its members is oppressed. There is OPP
preston against every member of it
when the social body is oppressed. /
-App %. When the government vio-
lates the rights Of the -pvvpi~, -insnrrec-
ton is for the people, and for every por-
ton of the people the most sacred of
rights, and the most indispensable of
duties. ..'s- ~
ART. 80. When the social guarantee or
fails toproteet a=+eitizen, he re-
sumes his natural right to defend per-
sonally all his rights.
ART. 81. In either Of the two preced7
ing cases, to subject to legal forms the
resistance to oppression, is the last re-
finement of tyranny.
ART. 32. Public functions cannot be
considered as distinctions, nor as rec
ompenses, but as, public duties.
ART. SO. The crimes of the delegates
of The people ought to be severely pun
ished. No one has the right of pretend
ing that he is more inviola BILE than
other citizens.
ART. "a. The people has a right to
Know all the operations of its delegates.
1t is the duty of the latter to render to
the people faithful account of their be-
hayior and to submit to its judgment
with respect.
ART. 35. Men of all countries are
brothers, and the people ofeach ought to
Weld one to another mutual aid, accord
ing to their abilities, like citizens of the
same state. .-.
ART. SO. He who opposes one nation
alone is the declared enemy ofall.
ART. 81. Those who make war on a
people, to arrest the progress OF liberty,
and to annlhilate the rights of man
ought to be pursued everywhere, not az
ordinary persons, but as assassins and
brigand rebels.
ART. 3S. Kings, aristocrats, tyrants O
every description, are slaves in revolt
against eyerv sovereign of the earth
which Is the human race, and agains
the legislator of the universe, which i
nature. -. ..r l-.<z-,.
| 4 ~. MAxIMILLIEN RoBEsPIERRE.
For Sale-C Cheap-14O lots, situated II
the first addition to Swansea. Apply T
Stephen Vinot, room 8, 1858 Larime
street. upstairs.