The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-02-17
personal liberty

rights before the going down Of 70 NOR
ross 5 sun.
What is personal liberty do not
know that can give a better definition Of
ii than the foliowin
..PrsoAal Hberfy & tls dfpiae fig1f 70 qef
uissoaa interference arifhfn tie i'aiits q ne
lac"
Yoa can't beat that. fer it takes in the
whole matter in very brief and co'npre-
hensiye way.
Tie farmer has not tie liberty to sell
olsomargarine for butter, simply because
the Law saws he must not. The oieomar-
garine may be more Wholesome than tie
butter. bat that has nothing to do with it;
The lawmakers have laid dean the rule
and be must obey.
A man cannot dress in woInans clothes,
whatever may be his personal views as 10
how he would look 10 them. Law regu-
laies his attire-lor reasons which the peo-
pie have decided 10 be sufficient lie has
no personal sight to do What be thinks Is
right. even in clothing his own body
A.few evenings since saw policeman
taking a man to the station hnuse for sing
ing. lie lad good voice; but he had no
risl,t 10 sing at tile hour lie was trying to
make lively with bis vocal attempts to
please himself. The fact .as. his neigh
bors did not thiak as he did as 10 the con
yenIent hour for wafbling.
some people think it is right to kick
their horses when they do not Do exactly
what they want. But up steps one Of Mr.
Bergh's men. ard To Jail goes the kicker or
be PAYS fine. Men nave % personal
rights to abuse even their own horses.
some men think. As they ard their wiFes
are one. it is their right to Do IS they
please with them. But that day has gone
by. ard they soon find out that Law has
something to say as to what kind q treat
mcnt wives must receive.
A gentleman buys lot Of ground in
New York city. p by 100. and ereots On it
sl2uehtcr-honsc Ii it is in a certain
district he cannot use it for the purpose for
which it was erected. 1he law has some
thing 10 say about where animals shall and
shall not be slaughtered.
There arc lois Of things illat men aud
women cannot do simply because society
has otherw ise willed it. and the only way
To do Is to submit
.sWi,hin the limits Of the las " means you
must not keep saloon when prohibition
is adopted a. tile l2n o. the STAT That's
exactly the state 81 things want Ia bring
aboat in this country
II a mans rights arc 70 b r. guiated and
eireumscribed by law, don't you see the
imperative importance Of having law lat
il should be. Hlthoat any law there is
iree rum; with high-Iicense law. enough
saloons TO sell all the intoxieants the pop
ulation OF town can drink: local option,
10 liquor in the township, bu; all you want
10 purchase ia the towns adjacent; prohi-
bition. the annihilation Of the traffic
Tie Inhabitants # n torn are edot lts'
makes Than. They have only tie liberty
Of doing Uhat the law does not prohibit
them. II is lie distinction between civil
izarion and barbarian What is conceded
to be right in Germany may be wrong in
Ameriea-if the law so declares.
According 10 MormonisEn. man may
have half.a-dozen wives. IN New York
state. whatever may be his personal views
on the question. if lie las nore than one
wifi. the Law holds him guilty Of bigamy.
Society regulates him in that matter.
III lived in DatoI:a could 90 ont shoot
ing game every day ia the year. On Long
Island / can 60 cunning Only during Ger
tain seasons Of the year. My personal iib-
erty has been restricted hy ihe legislature
| for Tie sake 81 the many
cannot 20 begging froin door to door
in the State Of New Jersey, eeen il ! felt
50 disposed. The people Of that State
would put me down for tramp. and the
officers Of the law wonld arrest nee for hay-
ing no visible means Of existence.
All these things are brought about by
law. aud represen, the result Of t6e i'm
proved condition Of society
Personal liberty, 10 = great extent,
went out Of date v hen the people nassed
themselves together in towns and cities.
! One Of the modern improvements IS the
right Of three men 70 say box the other
| two men shall act. in view of the recent
decision Of the Supreme Court iherc viii
hereafter be less nonsense and more com
mon sense talk abont Personal Liberty"
George r. Scott.