The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1885-09-03
POSTED LAND.

the rights OF the people We will say to the
gentleman of Lost Mountain that we are
quite grateful for the compliment of the cpl
thet Pauldingite, and will ask him if the
Creator does not furnish the wild game of
this earth free of cost to any man and for
the free benefit of all men, and, if so, to
please tell US how the non-land owner is to
get his interest if our lands are too precious
for him to hunt upon? Shall we force the
kind Maker to the necessity of preparing
another country for him?
Now as the law under consideration pro-
hibits Internationally the right of hunting
on posted lands let us ask for its repeal and
be gwen in its stead wise and discriminat
ing laws that will make all classes of people
responsible for all real damage done by
them as hunters and fishermen to the prop
erty of others and yet secure to us the right
to hunt. The present law debars the hire
ling or tenant employed by or residing on
the lands of a man who is enforcing this
measure of not only enjoying the benefits of
game or the recreation of the sport Of hunt
ing, but it debars them of hunting even in
protection of their crops or poultry, neither
is the labor-worn, sun-bronZed, bare footed
children of the hireling or tenant permitted
to catch bird or fish or any of the various
kinds of game that our country is blessed
with, and if the only son and earthly pro
wider Of widowed mother who hath sever
al small children should in chasing the YER
min from his mother's hen roosthappen to get
on posted land this law requires him for this
offence to be brought to the courts, convict
ed and fined fifty dollars and on not being
able to pay it, said law demands, regardless
of the helpless condition of his mother and
little orphan sisters, that he should be lock-
ed up IN lonely prison tor the full time of
30 days My friend. you claim that you
cannot see any tyranical features in this law
nor see that man condescends in enforc-
ing It, nor see why tenant should feel em-
barrassed under its enforcement. Oh, how
lamentable is the case and gross is the dark
ness whom the gods of this world aflct.
Now, sir, the probability is that you are
telling the truth and that you cannot see
those defects, yet We are consoled to think
that they are quite visible to an honest and
intelligent public.
Please bear with us. 1t is for the reason
of our assailants appearing to be so much
interested and exceedingly dull of under
standing that we are trying to be so explicit
in Analysing and detailing as we see them
the oppressive features of this statue.
Now for his further information we will
Illustrate Suppose you were running a
crop on the halves with "A man who was rig
orously enforcing this law aud you should
find that while it protects the landlords in
terests in the crop from damage by you or
your children and dogs as hunters it expos
es your interest in said crop to all the dam
age your landlord may cause to it while
hunting Can you see nothing oppressive
in this law yet? DO you still believe that a
man can bore his neighbors with harsh
measures delegated to him by unjust laws
and conscientiously claim that he does not
wrong them, and do you further think we
should use our property as we please even if
we encroach seriously on the rights of others
in so doing We agree with you, that PEG
pie of good breeding and calibre will not
likely be found hunting on a mans land af-
ter he has condescended to enforce this law
and that there is only a very few of class
that you term equal to "turnips' that will
be caught on it, are you yet of the opinion
that you could enforce such measures
against your neighbors and then have the
cheek to ask one of them for a favor? If
so, we would not be surprised if you had not
as well carry your case to Jesus of Nazareth
for your conscience may need repairing
We think that it is time the people should
begin to see after this matter of class legs-
latlon or legislation that is in favor of the
stronger at the expense Of the weak five,
in order to humble the labOrers and make
them more submissive to our control, con
tinue to tolerate and enforce these class
measures, our superiors will carry them be-
yond our expectation and to the extent of
producing the effect upon us that we aim
them to produce upon our interiors and if
this curse is continued it will ere long trans
fer our liberty and property into the hands
OF few financial sharks and our helpless
posterity will be only their tenants and ser.
wants as in the case with the people Of Eng
land ana ireland to-day. 1t is said that we
are opposed to progress, which is "A mistake
We are in favor Of it, but we want it in "A
humane and christian direction We will
here relate circumstance that was related
to us as having actually occurred with one of
those enthusiastic adherents to this law. who
latel y posted his lands, and in few nights
thereafter there came to his poultry rpost
voraclous animal and proceeded to kill 30
or 40 of his fowls This aroused the land
lords ire so much that he went out next day,
got all the boys and dogs that he could con.
and hunted the largest part of
next night. perusing his and several of his
lands He chased the animal, whooping
and yelling, and at last caught him by cut
ting tree, without permission, on posted
land, not his own Some claim that while
their post forhids all, that they only aim it
for professional hunters and negroes Is
that tar2 Does the hunter use any means
for capturing game that they are not free to
use? Does he not bear his own expenses?
But you may say that he gets more than his
share Of the game while he might object to
your acquiring so much land and say YOU
were getting more than your share, and yet
you may be employing only such means as
he has right to use. As to the pcxr0 DO
they suppose that kind providence would
have put him into such a world as this with
out a soul and not even given him a tale to
paddle through with and that his rights should
not be respected?
Allow us to digress that we may accommo-
date the foreman or scribe of the Mars Hill
Club. We must confess that The professor
Of worm physic is such "A peculiar fellow and
made such quaint assault upon us that we
hardly know how to handle him, but for fear
he might think he was sighted fhe should
fail to attract attention, we will do the best
we can under the existing circumstances.
The physician in speaking Of Nero Dives
and Lazarus makes It appear that he does
not care much for historical facts or know
but very little Of scriptural ones, though he
appears to be an expert in the practice of
yermifuge and to thoroughly understand the
effects produced by eating green fruit. 1t
was not our intention TO locate any club in
our former article, though the guilty needeth
no accuser. He says we made heavy at
tack on his club Does he think that our
calling the attention of the public to their
action was heavy attack? Win the thing
not bear exposing to the light2 The doctor
in wanting to physic us reminds us Of
doctor that we heard Of lady calling to he,
sick husband The doctor failed to dag
nose the case but told the lady that he could
manage it by throwing the patient into fits
Why so, asked the lady. why, says he,
81 am the deuce on fits So the club doctor
seems to think he is the deuce on worms.
We see in the physician reply that he has
a brother in black We suppose that he
electioneered with his club for the position
of defender of their pet hobby and looked
so full that the brethren supposed that there
was something substantial about him and