Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-11-26
! Question 81 Personal Liberty.

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British r.,". and TIE class ">l.n'-
tuuS it establishes ana MAINTAINS.
Prominent among tn" guarded
rights from entertainment OF the So
ra',.d bcttcr-c'uS~c%, was the ac-
c,tl! of the widest individual. iI2rtN
consistent with the imposition O.. Jaw
ful restraint from acts that might
infringe upon the general public wei
fare. TO protect them, and get IL
near thu individual life a. possible.
certain rights were delegated 10 the
State Governments. among which
were the rejection Of >o-callcd sump-
tuary laws regulating the quality and
kinds Of food and drink, which the oId
PARTY then in control rejected in OPP
position to the tories. Their contcn-
zion was that the best government
for the people was that which gov
erned the least. and an early issue
arose between them and the royalists
or tories. based upon the ariStOcratic
fcrlino which formulated class dis
tirctions and n contention that the
hetter-class composed of prOfeS
sionol mcn-now finding its counter
mart in the class we call tax eaters
whose ambition is always directed
towards holding salaricd offices with
short hours and fat salaries in con
tradiStinction to lorg hours Of tot
for a low. uncertain. and often made
ouatc wace-rate.
It is doubtless this line of thought
and the change in some places ap
parcnt in desertion of these time.
Eonored cardinal principles. that has
led the C;nc;nnati Eaqui,4r to note
in its issue of Sept. 24th. in connec-
ton with the fanatcal wave of Pro
Libition which has lately swept over
the South, a degree of tyrannical
government which can hardly be
equaled under any autocracy. 1t in
stances Alabama, where the law for
bids al. citizens to have wines OF
liquors in their homes. and author
ICES the invasion of their domicile
by search warrants to discover hid
den spirits. Lately posse of Sher-
ifs entered the home of Mr. Mel
son in that State, and searched from
garrett to cellar, for articles made
contraband by law that strikes a
the root of the tree of Liberty
Here are Mrs. Nelson's own words
"The deputies turned our beds up
side-down, rarsacked bureau drawers
writing desks, side boards, finally go
ing into bedrooms of my daughter.
and demanded that their trunks b.
opened. Nv husband told them the,
would have to be broken open. i
they persisted in their unlawful
work. FINALLY unlocked the trunk
and the girls had to take their cloth
inc out and submit it to inspection
Of these naul-nrv inuuisitors. Thu
only liuuOr they found was a half
mint bottle in n sideboard drawer
which the deputies carried away will
them" Another Mace in the Stat
father was refused permission I,
have wine at the marr;aoe feast n
his daughter, notwithstanding tn
sanction given by the Master at tn
marriage feast in Cana of Gallile
for precedent (See ST John IT, +,
lo) The Euou;;re, continues.
"Could there he q greater ontrao
of liberty in free America IF Eh
erty is to be DESTROYED and tyraun,
To sit in the hioh nloceS of ,bo land
what difference does it make ,bctbe
it is concentrated in one man or !
many-headed ? The sincle tvrant !
the more Tkc)v of tho two 70 M,
t;co What omnho.i.os .ho fau,' -
spcb leo;s,at;o, and ,nol.os :, -
more dpn,orable is ,bo+;t i nroot;
callv cortain 70 bo evadod IN n l;t,l
while and nIt;matelr 70 hr;no -,