The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-06-30
A PLEA FOR LIBERTY.
Judge Tuley Writes to the Turner's on
Personal Rights

Personal Rights.
CHICAGO, June 29.-Ten thousand people
who assembled to-day to witness the annual
games Of the Turner societies of Chicago
listened to letter which aroused decided
interest. It was from Judge Murray F.
Tuley. one OF the oldest and best known
Jurists in the city. The letter was ad-
dressed: ITO the Chicago District Turner's,
as Members of the Personal Rights
League
IMPORTANCE OF THE TURNER'S.
The letter says: 81 regard your organi-
cation as one Of the most important factors
In the preservation of the liberties of the
people now existing in this country"
preservation of personal rights and
maintenance OF libertyn are convertible
terms. just so far as the individual is de-
prlved of his personal rights, just to that
extent is he in slavery. Every law which
directly OF indirectly forbids the exercise of
or abridges mans personal rights deprives
him TO that extent of his liberty. When
such abridgement of personal rights is not
for the benefit of all the people it becomes
unjust and tyrannical legislation.
LIBERTY's GREATEST DANGER.
But the danger to liberty is not so much
from unequal or tyrannical legislation as it
Is from the ignoring of written laws and
the usurpation by executive officers of
powers and authority not granted by the
laws, where las in this city, Chicago. J
police arrest on bare suspicion and without
warrant persons not found in the act of
violating the law, when the police
undertake to determine who shall
and who shall not meet in
open public assemblage to discuss po-
htical or economic questions. when after
100 years of liberty in this country citizen
is arrested without warrant, consigned to a
prison cell for eight long days "a recent
case in connection with the dynamite bomb
found at the Haymarket monument and
prevented from communicating with his
friends, denied the privilege Of consulta-
ton with his legal adviser, and not even
informed of the nature of the accusation
against him.
AN OUTRAGEOUS RETURN.
When, in answer to judicial mandate,
the door of his prison cell is opened and the
officers of the law are required to show
cause why this violation Of a citizens per-
sonal rights" the chief executive officer of
the police makes return to him, to this
free mans writ "habeas corpus" that
he arrested this citizen upon the letter
Of an unknown party and detained
the citizen in prison while trying to find
such unknown party-"a return" the like
of which never before disgraced the records
of a civilized country-when "trial by
newspaper" is substituted for trial by
jury"-when "original packages" of
SANDER and villiication are hurled
at the highest court of the ma
ton because of its decisions favoring
personal rights and freedom of commerce,
when upon almost every article of food,
drink and of clothing fictitious price is
made by means of unlawful trusts and
combinations, It is time, l say, not only
to 'call halt but also to establish per-
sonal rights leagues in every school district
in every county in every state of this union.
Let your organization proclaim it to be the
first duty of every citizen to obey the law,
whether he be an official or private citizen.
and demand that there shall be absolute
equality of every citizen before the law"