Bisbee daily review., 1917-07-19
THE COMMON LAW-THE PEOPLES WILL.

Writing to the Douglas International, W. P Miller presents following mastery review and endorsement of the deportation of the w. W. agitators by Bisbee citizens, July 12:
 In addition to nonsenscal articles emanating from socaled labor leaders concerning the alleged outrage" perpetrated by and in the deportation awless from Arizona, there appears in the Fl Paso Morn ing Times issue of the 6th nst the farccal and idle of the intention of the exies to bring suit against persons damages Any truthful complaint it possible to frame in behalf of these men could possibly any of action If how ever by conceang the fact of action could be stated the answer the defendants susceptible of undeniable and overwhelming proof would undoubtedly defeat any such action.
 Inasmuch there people, otherwise generally well informed, who to doubt the legality of the deportation of these lawless exes, deem it advisable timely make this statement of the law governing the matter involved in such deportation.
 In order to understand and judge of this matter it is to have conception of the facts involved
 The indisputable facts, which led to and caused the people the county deport these men was that they were each and all members of widespread con spracy bring about shutdown of mines of Bisbee and incidentally the smelters of Douglas in order to try their demands the mine owners of Bisbee.
 That in pursuit of said conspiracy, they had assaulted abused and in many ways ntimidated, law abiding workmen and employees of the mining com panies.
 Threats had also been made to immediately wreck and destroy mining property
 The Law.
 Each member of such unlawful conspiracy is fully liable under the law for any and all acts of his cocon sprators done in pursuance of the common intent
 The common intent here prevent the working of these mines.
 There was no plain speedy, adequate remedy for this condition of affairs, open to the aggrieved public through or by the process of our statutory courts
 What law then authorized the action?
 It was fully authorized by the common law.
 The lex non scrpta or the unwrtting law, called also the common law heritage and legacy from our colonial ancestors who brought with them and incorpo- rated into our law, the common law of England.
 In this state this common law is expressly adopted, so far as is consistant with our conditions and not consistent with statute law.
 The common law is founded general customs, among other things.
 general custom is one which has existed so long that the memory runneth the contrary says that law writer Blackstone.
 So any custom that is immemorial is law.
 It is the immemorial custom of all nations and peo pes threatened public peril internal or ex terna with such the matter seemingly de mands.
 If any state have perfect legal right under the law, to abort prevent and frustrae any and all such unaW fu conspraces involved in the activities of the so-caled strikers, and their co-consprators
 Such activities constituted such unlawful menace and danger not only the people of Cochise county but to the national welfare that it was the duty of all lawabding men to put awless out of action by whatever means necessary
 It is the same law under which the militia is fire quenty called to put down lawess bodies Of SO called strikers who in awless methods to accom- plish what may be proper and just demand
 It would be idle and ineffective to try the ordinary process of the courts remedy such situation as con fronted the people of the county the actions of these men who deported.
 To deny any sovereignty the right to protect itse except through it's established courts would be to deny | it the benefit of the law. There are and always have been remedies for wrongs by operation of law and by act of the party wronged Of course these violators of law and their sympa I thsers cry out against what they call an outrage
 The only outrage that truly involved in the matte the treason outrage against the nation and state
 The Highest Court in the State
 The highest court in this state is the will Of thu people In this these agitators were tried ant | convicted