Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-04-01
UNLAWFUL LAW.

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man in any relationship in life the
right or power to make wrong right,
to legitimatize a moral evil, anything
that is not in conformity to his moral
law; and to carry on business that
is dangerous to public health, public
morals and public safety" is undoubt-
eddy wrong, is undoubtedly "not in
conformity unto" but "a transgression
of that moral law, and God never
endowed man with the "right' to
transgress his law. AS we have
above shown, he could not do it.
Such, as l understand it, is Judge
Artman's position, although, as have
done herein, he has not by analysis
traced it back to its firm foundation,
and I certainly feel confident that
he is sustained therein by all true
political philosophy as it ia revealed
in the divine law and founded therein.
1 have never seen anything in the
shape of a judicial deliverance which
so squarely and invincibly meets the
case. It certainly rests on "bed-
rock" foundation, as I think I have
herein shown, and is invulnerable TO
every assault. We believe it lUil haze
to be sustained by the superior courts
for we cannot see how, in the light of
the above established fundamental
truths, it can be otherwise than in
conformity with our constitutional
law. The United States Constitution,
which is really part Of the constitu-
ton of every state in the Union and
is supreme law to said states, GER
tainly does not c0ufer on any citizen
"rights' or privileges which are not
comprehended in toe inherent, in
alienable common law rights or priyi-
leges of citizenship" as above. 1t
certainly does not protect the citizens
in any fright" (so-called) which is
found to be outside of such limit
Surely it does not, in such manner.
strike at the foundations OF all just
government, the logical outgrowth OF
; which attitude or action would be
anarchy. 1t will be amazing to me il
that Constitution can noa0 since the
; insertion of the thirteenth and four
teenth amendments be justly inter
preted as guaranteeing to the either
the sright'' to do that which is "dan
gerous to public health, public morals
, and public safety" protecting him il
1 the enjoyment of said fright" ;
. "right'' which from all the above i
/ certainly shown to be entirely outsid'
, of the "inherent, inalienable common
=; law rights and privileges of citizen
; ship" our God-given rights an
privileges as citizens-and conse
quently NON e1istent. If it can b
\ Justly so construed constitutions
amendment should be the first orde
of the day, and that Immediately,
Y we would, as a nation, retain our self
9 respect or the respect of our neigh
>: bors.
' All honor to the brave judge who
|, knowing the storm of opposition an
enmity it would bring upon him, ia
done SO nobly his duty to God an
' his country in giving such deliver
v ance against this mighty evil. LIE
a every loyal temperance man an
c: woman in the land stand by him an
sustain him in it, for it is the positio
is which eventually will carry US to vic
e. tory over this accursed thing; which
e alas! is not even "hidden in the cart
I in the midst of our (nationaD tent
" (see John Z: 21), but in its insolel
: arrogance stalks boldly through tt
=. land 10 the destruction of all that
- pure and beautiful and true therei
& intrenched behind and protected
III not the law, but legislative enac
ments in the garb of law, which, as
OF have shown herein, have no true cha
q aeter of law, have no foundation {
= which to rest and are therefo
.. purely anarchic in their characte
~ And this aso, am sorry TO say,
beautiful Vermont, where the ter