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Show THE (ONKIbCATlON WlltilK. In Tallin? tlic ri-optrljr or tlii I llr-dijr llr-dijr fialnl, tin" lloierniiieiit Hf mill to tl i 01 1 lEoumii Hc;iotlc I.an aul 1'iacr, Tho tlncl3a of novrrolRiily and. atcrnallsm nunc unrl lor tlw Unltiil Htatrs gimrunirnt Ly lira Binircrao court hi Hi doiltlon In llin lino of llio l.attnr-elsy Hatnta' church iroportjr, which rnaille.urseil lut week, nr of morii tHK-U(inoo to the American )i lent thU lima limn arfiean In Hid mini inuiichtion of thu irlnclilos, though In Hint, a we liavo ccn, tluru It nccotnplIiliHl, its far a the court cnti go, a total revolution In the rlticlrili-s ofitoteriinirnt which vtcrinitaMlsliid by the miikr m of tlw American Union TM can Lu nioro clearly Illustrated by t following thu lead sucnifteil hy the court. It will be rrmomUred Hint the court cited I brio a 0110 of the aui) orl-tleaj orl-tleaj for the pmkloii which i taken lu thu ileclsltn', nnd ly n I tkf examination ex-amination of the Itoiiiiiu governmental viti ai, In II vtlncljilu nnd In Hi workings, work-ings, In conuecllun with ctrtalu tlaluunud niovinii-nti which nro be-ruining be-ruining iiultn tioiiular In llil country, thufull mcanlijtof that diclilon eu ho mora ilrarlv elliceruwl. Iiitlie Ituuuin )ilira the pvjvorn-mint pvjvorn-mint asii remit, absolute, )uternnl nnd divine. "1 ho Idrn of thu Htnto v, as tholiUliutldiAofethlct; nnd within that m lueludod nil aetual reallta-Hon reallta-Hon of the Ills; licit Rood, lieiico the do. vtloinientol nil other coodi pertaining pertain-ing to htiinantty wai niade det, endent in thin." Ai miter. Man with nil that ho hn I vra ulordlnatil tu thu Male, lie muut have no higher aim than to l a ncrrnnt of the riute; lie liluit nek no hither good than Hut which the HUtu could buttow, "Hie lint principle! of thtlr law wai the lariuiounlrlgalof the Htatu over thu i itUen. liether a In a 1 of a family, or ai ) ropnutor, hn had no natural right of bin own, hUlprlTlhgci wore tn audit the, law u will a deflnetl by It. rim Slate, In the plenitude of hiriiower, duV-kated a portion of her ox u Im-sionsit lilty to thu cltlu u, who Mllallcd thu condition! ihu riiilri-d, InordirtoUioiiin the larent of her clillJnntliitulUieinimi time iliude windrd of liliu the durltlru of lili free aRieiey toiler own rudu Idea or political politi-cal exiilkucjr." Mcrtidle. It I vi ry evident that In such a svsteiu tin re wai no i laie for Individ-ualltv. Individ-ualltv. The Individual wain irt of thu citato, rin.ro wai noiuch tnlngai the rlhti of tho peoi le. Thu right of thu Mate, only wai to be romldrrrd and that I u bo couldircd ntoolute. IhemorudlatlnKulilieil a Itomaii Im-mine, Im-mine, the Km n hu n free man. Tho nmilhoteuco Of the law, tho Ueltlam of thu nilu drovo him Into n narrow clriloof thouirl t nnd aellon, nnd (ill credit nnd Intliiencu deiiendeil on Hie at austerity lr III! Hie- The win la duty of man, with thu humblest nnd gnjlibtofliin lloniam, wu to kiep Fill bourn In order, nnd l the obedient servant of thu Htate." Mommun. Thui evry Human citizen was n luljtct nnd every Itomaii seitjeet woa asUve ltwtuld Iwdirtlcult to con-e con-e el u of n 1 ti in of government w liosei tirlncli leu win more radically tipHi-d ! , ItioMi of thu United Htatu, than Meru these, Ai tho Htatu win internal tho I'm-in I'm-in rur w lath rr of the peo h , and m ucll hu ga to thu pro lo land, ho frit thim, he gai them money, In fhort Iih ih-alt w llh them m n father with hi ihllJriMi. Hill evtn Ixforu there nni muinpirortlili prlnclpln wai the rln-ilt rln-ilt tu of tho govirnmeut Thu only chauje from thntlmenbfuru the million, mi-llion, to thu Hiuu ol tho utiorori, wnv that lu the lmirlil authority thiro wai mergid In one man that which luforo pertnlniil to theg(iern-mi theg(iern-mi nt conn mud of the icnatu, con-auhte, con-auhte, nnd trlcuuati. In tho d,i) of Tlbcrhu (Irnc-chui, (Irnc-chui, II. t. I1", thu iihllo lundi wtro Iran 1 by tho guvi rn-meut rn-meut to cnrltllllt' An I although there wiuu Ibw which forbadeauy lu-glu lu-glu holding nf moro than three hundred hun-dred nnd thlrtj three ncru, the lw u an or nntlrnt itandlug an I had In t n gradually illiMtardcd iinlll ractlcally It nni forgotun, nnd tho cailUllnti lul (iiltrely nioiiopollied tho puhllo laud which tiny cultivated 1 ilavu lal or, nnd tho cltlMnn without cnpltnl being lllialle towmpile with ci Ital lu controlof atavu labor, were virtually crowded oil Uiu laud, ritierlui de-Icrmlnod de-Icrmlnod tbotxjm iiioiiopnlh ihould lie broken nnd that tho uhllo laudi ihould I required to tho iltlium. It WHClnti., nnd within two jiiir the oomuiliAloneri nriluted to dbtril uto thu laud had iiltled forty thouMiud lainlllii' iion lulllc laudi which tho moiioiulUi hsd betn ubllgid to iur-rendir. iur-rendir. Hut the conimlwloiu ri loon lucamo unpopular. Thow who were compiled to resign their laudi wore nruierateil,of rouno On tho other bnnl, thufco to whom tho land wai clvm were not In all coiei atlnflcd It mji certain that wune Wouli bo glvoit lietter pltciiof land than othern, mid that of itu.irfriilid luiloiiiy nnd dlicoutont Hut the greatrit trouble n ai, Hint In the gnat malorlty ot caien It wai not land that tin ywnnUd, In fact It wai mone Hint lley wantid flret of nil, and nllhouKh' tho land wai virtually given to them and will lra roved nt Hint, they i ould not get money out of It without work. It had to Iw H.roual work, too, biHamo to hire ilaui u agahikt thu very law. by virtue of which they have roocled tho land, and to hire freimon win Impowlble, (Illieiauraiio freeman would work for ttluve'iii.ei that, In hli eitlmato, would Iw to unt Iilnuitlf no better ihnu a ilave, nnd (2), the uow lauded 1 roprlolor coulil not nirord tn 1 ay the wogiediaiaiidW by free labor, betnuM hu hadtnimot thuooniilltluu of the wmlthy lindoivneri who worked thelt land with Uvu' labor. The only nlUrnatho wni fur the new landholder! to work Iholr land Ihemitlvwi, mi 1 do tt brit thoy could t It. Hut m Alio money did not come fatai tlnr wl.hed nnd m what did coma wai mil by hard work nnd i.ononili.al living, many ol tlieui aearttly wl.heil thomielvra bmk amid ho itlr and buitlu of thebuiytowni t wotklngfor ilall wirei, thoiieh tho Hn might lo imtll. Tho dlicuii tented ctlei noon grew lou 1 inou.th to glvo tho Heiutu Iti deilreil eliuiitu ucnl Ihu commlloniri nnd Hun quietly toripetllholnw. Tin ian nib rwar I thu rame thing hnl to bo d no ovir ngjln. Thu time It wai nLConii II lied un ler thu Icmlcrihln of ('ului Uunhiii brother of riberliii. but It win not t ik ugh that ho ihoull ritoro tho land law that had brill tecurvd ly bli brotbi r. That liw, cvni while It wl litliu wolkid ut It brat, wa talli-factory talli-factory to tutfiw of 1U binerlclarlra. tho Uw wni natored, It I ttm, tut the roect of ilraMng Home, nnd going jurhnpi Id aomudlitant Art of Italy tumgngo In haul work, wai not much or n lenii ti.llnu lo mi n who had ijentnny leugtlior (Imoln ltjine, In-olvid In-olvid lull iiollllcal Htlfi !, mid whom irlnclpaldeilteha to obtain mine an I the meaiii or lubniilutice with it little woik ai wltk. It riiulreil w lurthlni; mote than tho rotoruilon of Hie land law tuiallirvtbeie.nliJ Calui granted It. Willi llio " ntliuiUutls clapping" of eviry ilr uf poor liandi InJtomi.he lecureit tho aia,(o ol n law di creilug Hint there ihould be otUbllihld In Homo lubllo grauarlii to be lilted an I maintained at thu coit of the HLitu, nnd that from there tho wheat ihould U nld tu tho .r clllieiK, nt a uurily nominal j rice. 1 hit Uw ! lied ouly to lb inn, hecauie III ltome tho election! wile held, rhetllictwoi to i athir Into tho city n mob of needy, unerai loyed volen. living on the iiiarlty of thn Htnti, t) crowd the cltctii an I ti clamor nt Hie ilectloui, nvallillo no doultlninudlately to itringthm thu handiofthe ii!u trlltinc, but ctr-Inliilu ctr-Inliilu thu long mn to xdl Hiinnrlvii to llionu who could bl J highlit furthclr olcn.M Jhtwlc, lhliiamethlu,; wai rebate I ovir nndovir biforu tho govirnmeut became be-came mi rgod In nu emjeror. In fact It Iwnuw necewitry to rejieut It; because, be-cause, although It wu i uy inougli to dlilrlbutu the lull !, it wai nut ku iniy to keep It distributed. Thoeo hi whom the laul wai given lived fir bcyonl thtlr meaiii an I a the lubllo grauarleo were opui and (ho poor citizen could get tho main part of hli living ror nothing those who rtceltod the land for nothing eru not likely to cultivate hul Its or economy. Their lands were soon mortgagi d nnd nt lait forfeited, falling 1 aik loto tho liandi of tho ca 1-tslltts 1-tslltts who. In thu nature nt HiIimi, at lach suicetilvo turn bicnino mono- lUllltl. rimi nt lost the distribution of tho land lurnmo nn ol I storj, thudNtrllu-tlouofgrnln thudNtrllu-tlouofgrnln still rimilued n fixture nndrumoniyhad to In pall by the government In urdir to glvu tu the iltlren eltlnr land or grain, there mxt nnlurolly greir up tho diiiiaul Hint the money should be klven direi t to the cltUen, mid In tho eyes or demagogy, political netesslly Justified thlistep. Cie-ar guvu to jurh sollhr about nno thoutnnd dollars, and to each citizen about twenty dollini Willi home rent freu fornyiar. I ii a Idltlon to this hu I rovldcda magnificent magni-ficent fcrut for tho cltlimi who wire sii wrti d by tho puhllo grant of grain. Twint)-tnu thousand tnllei wero Iiprcnd with Hie richest vlaudi from which the two huulrod thousand htate lutri fei-Ud, while from liogihonda mo iiuoji wiuu lion en fleily. Tl Jncnmo Augustus, thu J'miieror In whom wni merged nit Hint t tUlnvl to thu Htnto an 1 the people, lie wni jarcm putrur. Ho loog ni llomu wni lu thu full tldo of conn mt subduing sub-duing iioiuloua nnd wmlthy countries, coun-tries, iuIii upon Hum mor-moui mor-moui trlbutis, rotting their tnav urhi,nud rilling tin Ir tiui!ei thiru wni nlwnji mumy In the lloiiinu Iri astiri to furnish tho lands, tho grain. oretcnlhoriaJ) uioue,wlikli oicasloii might diiniud. Hut win tho ernufcouiuist censed, ni It illl with Augustus, then nlsoceasid the nbun I-nutiul) I-nutiul) of money, Ho far from I ho demands i taslng, however, tin y wi nt on m lioforo. Ae thu demands were Imiiratlve, the monoy lml to ho secured se-cured from some sourn , nnd n now It could no longer be si cured t y oougucst, It had to bu secured 1 y other niuim nnd other mtam wiru imploded. During tho reign if Autuslui there wni need of money ly many riant s. ThoreKu'nrnnd leal sjiUm of tain. Hon ill I not furnhli inough, nnd logloilly enough loutlscatlon wni thn next step. And why not? Mm not the 1 mporor tho futhir nf tho jeo-lie? jeo-lie? And may not Ihu father dlvllo up tho latrlmony nmoucst theihll-drill.' theihll-drill.' If some of Hie ihlldren havu nbuudanio and others liaMi ll'tleor none, may not Ihu fitlur see that Hicro I an eiiuablu distribution? It 1 Hiufalher'ioniditocnro for tho ihll druii Tboeniiirrur lu IheixerLlseof hholllcoorpareiujialrlcr.dhl Just tho thing. Accordingly, snji Huetonlus, 'Ah oftm ni largo luiui of money camo into hli jwessIon, by means of conlliiatloiis, ho would lend It frio of Intircst, for n llxed term tuiuch n i ould give ii c.ulty for double of what wai.lorrowud." Ilhurluicontlnueiltho same irnctlce, for, saya tho author, alterlheixniiiplo of Auguitui and tollhl the tlanion of thu peo le, he loaned money without Intercut for llino j can to nil w ho w anted to hjrrou ," Hut thu jtarcnt juitrto had not enough iiioiuy to upy nil wlm wmiiimI tu borron: aicordluizly. "hu first compillel nil inoney.lemli r to usance two thirds or thtlr ca) Ital on Ian I, nnd tho debtors lo ayonnt once tho samo prortlou or their del U. And itlll there wero many who wanted to borrow. 1' Ire million dollar! waiyit required, mil lu urdir to obtain ob-tain It he turned hli ml nil to iheer rnluery. It Ii oertaln that C'uilu Lentiilui, the nugur, man of vajt enlati, wi io tirrlflidb hli threat mid Imiioitunlllii that he wni obliged to make lilui hi lulr. . . . .' Hovenl ieroni likewise, of the first distinction In Haul, Hln, Hrla mid (lnece,had their ulalia ennflscateil upon audi dcsilcnbly Irllllng nud ihameles j retciiilons, that ngalmt nnm of them ro other charge wai prefirred than Hint they held largo turns of ready money ni art of their prorty." mi wni Home buih wni tho syi. tun of govirnmeut towhlih thu Hu-i Hu-i renin Court uf tho Unltwl Hlatea ai- inle J for gullaiico lu the decision whlih wo have cnnildercd, And luch wni the exirclso f tho dignity of Burciil natrkt ty the govsrillnent which orkluated It, nud from which, through the llrltl'h rory.Hiiiillgnlt) lii now been nloptucl rundl-llmt feature or thu govitnmcnt uf thu linlt id HI ilia. o have stileil, however, that there Ii Involved In this mnllir, Hilt which Is otgreiter Importance than shnt ly lu ndo thin by tho H if remo court. These very iirlncli 1 nru lielng ndvocatiil by cirpilii claiMM In Hill co ititrj. Home there nn who ill mnn I thnt nil the laud slisll be luMnssrd, or rnthir hilJ In trust, by tho gowrnmaut for tho icoilunm! ilMillutcil for their giiod Hiuator Klnufurl ha nil en ly Introduced Intro-duced n bill In (Jougrosi which I r posea tn nlllgu thu government nftir the manner of Augustus, t lent in mey not exactly free uf Intend lint at two per ti ut. for thirty ) car to nil win itnglvoieotirlty todiuhlelle nnuiintls mmel In thu samo line with this thn Inruiin' nlllime di inaudi that tho i, ivi rnnleiit shall build granaries throughout tho Ian I nud uhaiicu tuoucy ujiou thu firmers' rroiaoa well ru b) loin nutii) upon their laud, mil unon whttowr other km I of lecurity may ! oflereil. Inthetes Icuui theio Ii Involved the whole Ho nan system In It I radical radi-cal working!. If liirtu thing were dono tho government would lucvitat ly liecomopnsiiMcdora vast amount or liud nud grain; nnd with the govern-iiiintlnwsscflon govern-iiiintlnwsscflon of such coninnull tin nnd linIng obtained wsjslon ol Illy audi means, tint mxt thing nnl aciorllngco thoso prlm.li lea reason ubly enough tio.w out 1 Iw n deinanl that llio guurnmint should suly grain ntn favorable II not a nominal I rl( i , to tho poorer cltltens. Ihu tmck bfalltlueointerprltis. lu which It I t roisisod thu gnveriiim lit iliall cm-Urk, cm-Urk, them lie tho lni otlaut qui stlou, Whtro slnll tho govirnmciit obtain llio iiioni loli nd lu nil who wnut ti borrow, nnd to ndvanie iijii Hie cro of those who want to sill.' Thl mv. iritnient I not engaged In war of con-liiotaa con-liiotaa Homo was, nor hu It opportunity oppor-tunity lo liecouie soil so-il la proposed, Indeed, I y thoso who advocate thu acheme, that the govern nuntihalll'sue triasury note lo tup- ly all thu diiniuds. Hut thu more of surh uotea that the govi rnuient Issues, thn Ins any of them wllllu worth. A I romliKi of llio govirnmiut to j.iy ll worlh nn mnru than Hilt of a Orlvntu lndlvl lual, If It hai nothing which to nuke tho lromliu gocd. Tho govirr.-mentmny govirr.-mentmny pint on a piece of is.t the romlse lo 11 n dollar or even one thoiKan I dollan, but tho only llilug that make thai i lice of paper worth a dollar, or whalori r Burn Is promliu 1, I Ihu certainty that the govirumeiit ha that mm of rial money with which to make the promise good. Hut If, w Ith-outnny Ith-outnny inch ctHnlnly, tho govern-mintluUM govern-mintluUM n cortnlu amount of Siich idea lo liily thu demand if nil who want io borrow and lo all who want to till, ai tiny ilimand It, It would bo but n Utile while till none or It was worth nnylhlug, nud those who Invented the scheme voul I ills-cover ills-cover this a eooii u an body else Then they would li ready to demin I real money, nud not mere I romlse to nr. lint the govi rnmeiit would not havo real mono sulllilent lo uppl thudi-maud, thudi-maud, mil ivm Ihu gourniuiut can not raako gol 1 n-id sliver. What then? Oh, the mouojolltbi, thu millionaires, tho niouiy leiidermnud tho ilch li-oplo genirnlly. have vait humi ol rial muiiiy. The o lu nee. I niouiy, the govirnn eni 1 jmrnm kiwiu, iw iiiis lilher orthOollo cause auwiuablo dhUon among tbu chll In n. Will It be sal I that Hill would bo confiscation, and that It ennnot tosuj posed that our government woiill oer emiloy auifi means It Ii niitllclriitnuswrrtoFa thnt the govi rnnunt ha nln a ly dono It llio i.lmuildl liw, 1 thu dec! slou ol Hie Hill n mo Court of Utah, did coiiflicato thrm million dollars' worth of pmperly brlooglng b the Mormons rhoHiirinioi ourt of the Unttid Htalia luilalnul thu diclilon and confirmed Ihojudgineut. Aulnt Ihu samo time, the court an-nouueed an-nouueed thu doctrine, that It Ii not imcssary for u corporation to violate Its chartir to Justify tho legislature lu dissolving the coriiratlon, but tlul ' (Jniigresi lor good mi 1 lulllcleut re sun if 111 own In lr en hut if Hut limitation and of any violation of It, ha a full, a perfect right to repoil Hi charltrunl nhrognto Ha corporate ox-IsUnii, ox-IsUnii, which of course di.nJs Un Iticharter " I et that doctrine bu adopted adopt-ed by tho Htatu n will n ly the Unltiil Hlatea nn I what corporation can over count Itsrll secure? AH Hint I niceiwiry lo lUdlssnluilonlsthat tho legislature may have good and tultl-ch tultl-ch nt rinsoui ol It own, In Ii pendent of limitations delliml b Uw, to rieal any charli r nnd nl rogato tho exlitcnce nf nny corporation. And If It lie a labile lab-ile rorionitlou llio money Is nt unco confiscated Hy the vi ry factor the ills, solution the property Is forfeltcdau Iw-chuited Iw-chuited to the govt rnuient as tKirem titUrUt. And a this Is acroni llshed by the n llcallou ot tho nuclint lustea lof the modern dotlrlnef what Ii to hinder the ulo lion nnl Hie n ; llcstlou IH u. wise of thu ancient iloilrlne lu the tue of I rlvalo corporations If It ihoul I be, then rlvato pfoperty n well n puhllo, would, upon Ihu dissolution ortuacorporatloti, tie confiscated Initio government a parent palrift. And, Indeeet why should not thu ancient doctrine bunppllcd In thoso Instance ca will n In the othel? If Ituman nnd 1 ugllih kovcrimii ntal I rlnclj les shall le followed In ono set of case, why not In the othel? 1-veryhoily knowa that theso demands de-mands from flrit ti laitarenlrinl lielng lou Hy made by illtlerent olassisi In lull country. Ho long na tho American Ameri-can prlmlplea of goveruniont shall ruvsll nil loch wild ichimisi will amount to nothing; biitlrt thu i urope-an urope-an nud the ltomau rlncl ha or government gov-ernment supplnut tho American, tiien whnt Ii to hinder thu carrying luto full effect every Item of the dlnerent schemcil ropofed and n lvocalud? llili is why wo nay that tho Huireme Court eleulilon, uneler consideration, meani vastly morejust at thlitluie than the mere enunciation of thu principle which it haialo ted. It li itriuge enough, inlred, that there should I n any i lass of men who are lai able of thinking to any ) ur-posuot ur-posuot nil who wouli bu so sculler, brnlin d as to maki such ropmltloua ai those of Htmator Htsnford, thu cann-irs cann-irs Alliance and others tn tho saiuo lurpose. Ilut the itrnugeit of nil thl nt,s Is that the Huprimu Court of theUhll.it Htates, should by lit clslou rendered, announce nn t estal llsh n I rlne l le of this government, the very irlnrlle upon which nlono any and 1 all of then scheme! could bo made ellectlve. And that the Hiiiiemo Li urt slu'ul lillo In Its ilerl-lon that vi ry government 1 which tluio thing wire ilono In tl e practical p-lllettlon p-lllettlon of the doctrine of nrrm Kilnr which the ilei Isloii mikei a dlslhietlvu irlnelilo f 11,1. govern-unit govern-unit Isnsionlshlng A T J in V Amtrtatn Sentlnil |