Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-07-01
RIGHTS
Views of Judge Murray F. Tuley,
of Chicago, ON the Subject,
AS Expressed in Letter to the
District Turner's.

The Methods of she Chicago Police
Strongly Denounced-"As an Individual
is Deprived of Personal Rights, just to
That Extent is He in slavery'-His
Opinion on Other Matters.
CHICAGO, July 1.-Ten thousand
people, assembled Sunday at the annual
games of the Turner society of Chicago,
listened to a letter which aroused de-
cided interest. The letter was read by
W. H. Dyrenfurth, the president of the
Personal Rights league, and was ad-
dressed to the Chicago district Turner's,
as members of the Personal Rights
league. 1t was from Judge Murray +.
Tuley, one of the oldest and best known
jurists in the city, and read as follows;
| regret that am unable to accept your
kind invitation to be with you today; but
permit me to say, however, that | am IN
hearty sympathy with the objects and pur-
poses of your society. regard your organ
ization as one of the most important fac
tors in the preservation of the liberties OF
the people now existing in this country
The preservation of personal rights" and
the maintenance of liberty" are con
vertible terms. Just so far as an individ
ual is deprived of his personal rights, just
to that extent is he in slavery Every law
which directly or indirectly forbids the
exercise of or abridges mans
personal rights" deprives him to
that extent Of his liberty When
such abridgment of personal rights
is not for the benefit of all the people, it
becomes unjust and tyrannical legisla-
ton But the danger to liberty is not so
much from unequal or tyrannical legisla
tion as it is from the ignoring OF written
laws. and the usurpation-by executive
officers-of powers and authority not
granted by the law. Where, as in this
city of Chicago, the police arrest on bare
Eusuicion 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 political or
economic questions; when, after 100 years
of liberty in this country, a citizen is ar
rested without warrant, consigned to
prison cell for eight days "a recent case in
connection with dynamite find at the
Haymarket monumenU) and is prevented
from communicating with his friends, de-
MED consultation with his legal ad-
ture of the accusation against him, and
when in answer to judicial mandate, the
door of his prison cell is opened and the
officers of the law required to "show cause
why this violation of the citizens per
| sAlal rightsn-the chief executive officer OF
| the police makes "return'' to this free
| mans writ of habeas corpus that he ar
| rested this citizen upon the letter of an
unknown party and detained the citizen
In prison while trying to find such un-
known party-a return" the like OF
which never before disgraced the records
of civilized country; when trial by
newspaper is substituted for illegal
| iuries;" when Original packages" of
! slander and vilifcation are hurled
1T the highest court of the
nation because of its decision
| favoYing personal rights and the
freedom of commerce; when upon almost
every article of food, of drink and of cloth
| ing. a fictitious price is made by means OF
| unlawful trusts and combinations, it is
time, say, not only to call halt, but
also to establish personal rights" leagues
| I'm every school district, in every county
In every state of this Union. Let YOU
organization proclaim it to be the first
| duty of every citizen to obey the law
whether he be an official or a private citi
| zen Demand that there shall be absolute
| aouality of every citizen before the law
| Persevere in your opposition to all sumpt
nary and other vicious legislation, anc
teach the people that if they wish to pre-
serve their liberties there must be eternal
| vigilance" in the protection of personal
| rights NJ. +. TULEY