The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-11
under the form of State law, or by the violence of private individuals


 under the form of state law, or by the 'oiesce os private Individuals : It IS, therefore, a new and startling aoctrine to proclaim among free men, court in this country the settlement of controversy for which that court was provlded by the law of the land. that ne ne tnereny defies the authority of the penalzed to prevent his securing the protection which the law of the land eSSmmands .S the court to afford him in the particular case.
 Some who reck little of the real well fare Of the people. insist that the ben- efieent principle that the court which nrst obtained Jurisdiction of a case should maintain it to the end and make all proper orders therein, and that no other court can rightfully interfere, should now be. broken down, and that the courts of the State should be used, although a Federal Court has first ob- tained Jurisdiction, to undermine and nullify the remedies which that court may give for the protection of a right
 Such contention leads to nothing but anarchy. and has been repeatedly condemned by that august tribunal which Is the final .arbiter of every right which can be asserted under the Constitution and laws of the United States.
 It is a wicked thing to excite the
 
 thority of the courts. and whatever the end sought to be obtained thereby, if procured by overawing them or pre- venting the execution of their orders. . cost and infiicts a fatal stab upon the liberties of the people.
 No one with any sense of responsi- bility for their utterances. will deny that this complainant had the right under the Constitution and laws to ap- neal to this court for the protection of that its bin presented case in equity of which the court had undoubted ju- risdiction under the Constitution and laws. Yet some have urged. to fan great principle of equity should be bent to the pressure of the hour, and that in this case. at least. court of nos sns shqIid not the s.a5rs while the final right is being ascer- tained. as well as adjudging that right when. ascesrtained. .I
 One word more. As a citizen and judge. I have been pained at the threats which hs9e filled the air to turn the our citizen soldiery. for the protection of the flag and the execution of the laws of the United States. as well as the preservation of order at home, attempt to execute the process which 1t is the sworn duty of this court. under the Constitution and laws of the Uni ted States. to issue in cases of this kind. ~
 The court must believe. whatever may appear in the press to theNcon- trary. that no such thought has en- tered the mind of any one charged With responsibility. No man need be urged to pause and think what the execu- tion of such threat would mean. The simplest child knows what 1t would portend.
 I think I know enough of the people of Alabama to affirm that they would not tolerate the idea, or give any sup port to 1t. If that day should come, greatest treason that a court of the United States could commit against the liberties of the people of Alabama. as well as the citizens of our common country. would be to quail from the is- sue and abdicate its plain, sworn and of the law in eases properly brought
 The court would have exhausted all | the power the law gives for the exc cution of it's process if you had in- | sisted on the protection of its writs. l mains but to grant the order that you | ask, and to direct that these remarks be spread upon the minutes.
 Governor Conner and his radical leaders. like Mir. Lusk. will not enjoy these ringing paragraphs, and may try to answer them But there is a vast deal of force in them, and they will carry conviction to many citizen who has not heretofore carefully consid- cred the legal questions at issue.