The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-06-06
THE MAJESTY
OF The Law


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I Law. and men who are guilty ~ this
ierime appeal ia Qualification Of their
conduct 80 ao-ea}led uuSritten
I law The real name ~ this crime is
murder The man or mob who takes
Ia prisoner out nf the hands of the
sheriff or the 3ailer or who ha1teTs
down a jail door in an attempt to
/ do so not only commits q crime
against the rights OF the prisoner TO
the protection of The law, hut aims
| e blow al the law itself which guar
Ianteea 10 AN citizens their rights 10
/ life. liberty. property. and the par
suit Of happiness. And In thus aim
/ ing blow at the law they strike u
! blow al all authority and threaten
! the very existence of civil govern
ment and society, neither Of which
can exist without the law. It fra one
Of the hopeful signs OF our times
that Iyuchings are becoming less
frequent. and that when they are
attempted they are frequently pre-
vented and when they do occur pub
lie opinion expresses itself in prompt
and unmeasured condemnation of
the same as murder.
The law is frequently and fla
GRAVITY violated in the matter Of the
evasion of the payment OF taxes, or
tax lodging, as il is called. Men who
are otherwise supposedly honest men
and good citizens. hide away their
property from the tax assessor,
make fraudulent returns Of their
property for taxation, and even take
oath to their fraudulent statements,
6.r.Sy solving themselves In the
tr,D,e crime of stealing, lying, and
l perjury. And, strange to say, these
crimes are committed most frequent
Ilv by those who have large property
interests. and who should certainly
be willing to pay for the protection
which the law guarantees to their
property. No government can exist
without revenue, and taxes are the
main source Of revenue. No citizen
has the right TO withhold from the
government that upon which its very
life depends. If one man has the
fright to shirk the duty Of paying his
taxes all men have the right 10 do sc
and if all did so all governments
would necessarily come TO an end.
Yet another way in which the
law is frequently violated is this: In.
Idividuals associate themselves to-
10 gether into corporations and corpor
atoms unite together into trusts, and
do. as such, things which men as in.
s dividuals would not dream OF doing
And to protect them in their yillainy
large sums Of money are expended
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officers, or periuring Witnesses. Blu
no corporation has a right 10 disre
q gard the law any more than has the
q individual And the corporation
which uses its money, or It's influence
to defeat the ends of Justice is aim
r. ing blow az that which protects ~
I money and its business sooner %
later BE- will become apparent iu thi
country that wealthy corporations %
] trusts have mo- rights under The lay
which are NOT guaranteed fu th
% poorest HHaru- man. and that th
IuV requires Hs exact au uUrdieug
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