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

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wrong lu other wgsds under grgs
Fnseulatlye fogm II government the
real law maasuE poser ls pable
npiaiHp Whoever. therefore naa
most ~ a. wita the formation pf
public opinion has most 10 do ~iiA
the making Interpreting and exc
eating - ouF Laws The most lnfiuen
tiat maa ia thv community h ihe
educated nau and be has The meet
~ do with the formation af public
opinion The educated man Is most
the people as expressed In thelr
laws. This would be true in a meas
ure under any form Of government,
but is especially true under repub-
lican form of government where
those who make. interpret and exc
pie. The officers OF the Law are the
servants of the people They repre-
sent the opinions OF the people They
are the agents OF the people who are
to carry out their wishes, and II they
fail In any OF these particulars the
people are under binding obligation
To choose other officers. or servants,
or representatives, or agents. who
will carry out their wishes In these
particulars.
There are three particulars In
which public opinion needs TO be In
OF the law.
/. Every citizen should render
strict obedience to the law in every
particular, not merely when 1t suits
his convenience to do so, but always
and under all circumstances.
No man has a right to decide that
he will obey certain laws and disre-
gard certain others. The law in its
entirety and In every particular re-
quirement is binding upon the con-
science of every citizen. We recog-
nize, OF course, that there Is dis
tinction which obtains between what
is legally right and what Is morally
right What is legally right may be
morally wrong, and vice versa. And
no man ought to obey the law In op-
position to the dictates Of his con-
science. but Is justified IN deciarine
with Peter I'VE ought to obey Goe
rather than man" But In SO Tar a.
There Is no such variance between
that which is legal and that wh1c
lis right, the law, which is 'vox popu
H." is also "vox Del" Paul tells
THAT the "Powers that be are ordaine'
Of Cod" and that we are to "submi
ourselves unto every ordinance O.
man for the Lords sake With the
exception Of cases or conscience
which in this enlightened Christian
| country will rarely or never occur,
| no man has a right to violate any
law. If he were justified in viHlatlng
one law he would be justified in
violating any law or all laws. IN oth-
er words he would be 1ustlfled III
being. an anarchist, and enemy or all
law and government. And II one
man were thus justified in disobey-
ing the law, all lHeh "ouiu oS "'
justified in disobeying the law, ana
all the foundations Of government
and society would be undermined
and anarchy and confusion would be
the result. This principle that all
men must obey the law is true not
only of the humblest citizen but also
of the highest Officers of the state.
For example. when the homestead OF
General Robert f. Lee was coniis-
Gated during the dark days of recon
structiOn in this country, the mems
of General Lee appealed the case 10
the supreme court Of the United
States. The supreme court decided
that. under the law, the estate De
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