The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1892-10-26

the employment Of mercenSry troops by
great corporations, or "the employs may
dictate to bis employers the terms of his
employment" etc. The "citizen soldier"
Is becoming an uncertain reliance ln such
cases. Congress, as 1t will be constituted,
cannot be relied upon to increase the
regular army so that any force Of conse-
quence can be spared from the duty of
protecting cattle thieves and rascally
Indian agents. OF late, even policemen
have been lukeWarm in,the sport Of club
bing hungry people during strike.
There is but one course open-the plu-
tocracy must be allowed to raise and
control it's own armies, and these armies
must be protected by the courts! That
can be done only by declaring it to be
treason to resist the employers troops,
the same as IL they were the states own
military forces I hope no one Ia too
stupid to see the chief Justices motive.
He was brought there to make the pre-
determined proclamation to workpeople
more imposing and awe-inspirlng. Said
one Of the little judges: "Charges Of
treason having been made against GER
tain persons, 1t seemed meet for the
county court to request the highest judi
dial officer Of the state to deliver the
charge" And with this awe-insplring
Introduction of "the highest judicial
officer of the state" the little Judge and
his four associate little jurists subslded
into natural insigniAcsnce-voluntarlly
extlngulshed by the dazzling effulgence
Of the aforesaid "highest judicial" luml-
nary. 1t was show expressly designed
to paraly2e the worklngmen of the land.
But will they paralyzeP We shall see.
What is treason under the claws of
Pennsylvania AS there were no public
enemies to whom to give said and COM
fort," treason could be committed only
by levylng war against the state. Here
is the Pennsylvania statute, omitting
only the giving aid to public, enemies,
which has here no application:
If any person owing allegiance to the common.
wealth OF Pennsylvania, shall levy war against
the same, such person shall, on con-
Weldon, be adjudged guilty Cf treason agalnat
the commonwealth Of PENNSYLVANIA. and bo
aAnfnnpPd nav q Ana NOT 20 mn ond
undergo imprisonment, by separate and solitary
confinement at labor. not exceeding twelve years.
II Brightly'S PurdOn'S Digest, page 4OO.)
Not only must the accused "levy war;"
but that war must be levied against the
state. Now, compare the chief Justices
definition with that given in this statute.
The justice defined as treason the Organlza-
ton OF q large number Of men In common
purpose to defy the law, resist Its officers and
TO deprive any portion OF their fellow citizens Of
tneir rights under the constitution and laws
(Nel0 York Herdld's RepOTt)
Every lawyer acquainted with the sub
ject knows that no such definition Of
treason as this finds justification in any
precedent to be found in England or In
America, not even In the Infamous,
odious decisions which have loaded with
obloquy the memory of the corrupt tool
Is that pronounced them. No previous
judge has ever dsredto hold that ''the or
gsnlzation of large number Of men In q
common purpose" though that purpose
should be to actually Subvert the govern
ment, constitutes levying war against the
state. "To constitute this crime," says
the supreme court of the United States,
constituting a precisely similar statute, "War
must be actually levied against the
United States. However ARgitlous may
be the crime of consplrlng 10 subyert bv