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terest of tie public gencrally, as di,, tinguished from that of a class, .m whelier tile means are reasonlabl, nleceVSsalYryor. thle accomplishimenit o file publie object. and not ulilly of pressive in ii vidula li lo a1 Leg"i latiure c init holer lie nise of pro ((eet inl the puliv inierest imlpisv unl u suat)l :)Ildi m ), -.e-; ry rs rictI ionI 11p4,n inld;vidliwl (w larwhio ()(' eiiptionws. The.' uprm Coiut. i1 Allg.ever s I. Ltisanna. 1115 U. S. 5Sf in eonsiderin al. sa A1tatute claimed to b a violation of the Porilteeith Aimend ment, sysa': "Tie liberty nientione inl Ihat amendment means not onl, the righlIt of the citizen to be fre from the mere physical restraint o hisi person. as by incarceration, )hu tle tern is deemed to embrace th ri'lt of Ile vitizeln to be free in th1( employment ' all his flelities; to b< free to use hei in all lawful ways to jiv.'e al work where he will; to ear'n his livelilhood by any lawfu ei i." eiin siiilatr expr1essions il easvs 1'n-vi'usly devidted. Thle -right11 of everv eit iw::: to wellrk Where t( will aniid f,0r whom he will, to select not mnlv his employer, but his asso eiates: it I''n :mi'-ay oft thle eommnon calt.s..t III" I%i :m. i 111v vmlu oe avocations- ii, lihe, is onef or thol), i!:alienablle Iri-Ots lrm-11i1.alted inl the Deelaratii if' ImIleieeniiev. amtl ii ti' hill (f ri.rlIs. whihel privides that "tall 14 . 11r e p1 es1-e d Ill e't1n l a1d iwili' a.l11atit :Il r I'lts. alen' lo ' hi li'. Ii ''c o il t il l rii-si lit .1 1 lin Se.' This i, n1.,w a 1parit at (le holy a:il lett i'f the m law tI he R epu b1liv, n:141 i-z e(Io sistnt 1 Ii I lIt I le n''l- t alld piritl 1 4Vl' its femth-r's. .1n1'e 'Imle v on Torts, p:ww. 27. snv, 1t is a part 4f every mian1's vivil ri.h 111:1 he he left at libert v to refu 4ise bies, re)a 'lt) ions with an y pers,1n1 whollmei:i--:ver. Wheth1 er the refisal rests u1pon reas1Oll, or .4 Ile result of whim. eaprive. prejIdice eor m1ali'e." and the same author in his work onl cons,t it itt ional law, page 237, inl speakin- of the Thirteenth Aiement1, salys: "It is, therefore, a jlisi collellis l tt Itlat any r il iimila iI.n1 whieb nar'ws Ii ole ilass. while lealiw'r 1ilv's1riedei to oilliel's.; (lie frl'(.t Im o) I' Ilwi ce ill emplyI)I)vItnnts, mu11st h 'erardevd as (le establisl l1lf%1l of ilv'lientar0 1 sv "ervillide. anld, (lit''ei're, forbe'iileleni.'' Tilv "411 r11- i'f C inr1 III t!%v I'litedl s ;tmvs inllit Ow 8 itllier II011SP 17ase,0 11; Wali. 36. snvs: "Tho \vwrd servi tde is o0' laierl mniin tii slav ''y, ais the ler is la)r11:11'ly uiele'r steelmll tils *'e t rv, w111 t1 I llviils hlllv'lvW.!- -hlve< 1ll 1:IIOllti ei I ' \I'ie.9 W ;1-'' i. I . wan. 4-V\ u 'II t . Li , -1 . e- t b4 th ''-e liv ae.je"1lie ve' f4 rl.I' eieis as it had'e':ie'p:tede . h'' W4 In-.tei Oli 1I1v e- ' Ill' O v - tit'le Iiwlle. v hvvl evallel1 it' tillIv the wilrd slave*v 1ad . II 'e't 1t'.I el , a I ll ,Ir. .Illst ice lehd, ini his lissenut in' ee1ilioll ill (lie s:iune case, says : "It is, hoeweve,. cleari tlhat tlie weorels 'inivolullttav set' vi Itide,' inelnide soemethli ng more tha tn slaverty ini the siruie't sense of thle lermn. Th'lev iniehlie a lso sertfago, v'assalag'e, eel e'4mplerev sertvie'e t''er the bi'efit or ph'lteueel' othiers." lIn the c'ivil i-ihts 'a wes. 1001 1'. 8., '3, Mir. .htisti:'e 1 hiih-y,' V r'eferr'i'k toe a foreriiie dle'is 1i4n eel the samie Curit , wich'l lead c'ont v'ileae's antd immunieiti es eol i'it i'zens, whliebi e'nn1111 i ht~ ulenly ne' abrided'ee by- stail" laws,. says: '"A longi' list of' hardienis antd d isablil it ies of' a serv'iil e chi 1 aa'ter1 incieidenit to feuid alI vassalage ini Franciee, aned wich et werie abiotlihed by (lie deetees of (lie Natijonal As semibly, wasl4 preent eed fer the pur p~'ose of' shoiwk:g tat all ineiualit ies andi c observances exacted by one1 man fromi, aniother* was$ ser v'i iudlt' ori bades of slavery, whih a great -naitionr in its effort toc est ablishi universal liberty, made haste teo wipe out and destroy, but old law, eor by' lom'r cutstom~ whieb hiae thie force eof law, aind exactedl by~ one man14 fromt another withbout thei lat ter's econtsenlt.' Shiould anly suel1 s(ievI iudes hce imuposeid by a stalt law there c'an b:e no donhl't that (lhe law would he recpniesant to (ho e'eour teenth Amiiendet, tn l ess than tieI the TPhirit eenth A mendme t'lI, nlor an. gretIeed dloubt thaet congress'P~ hadl tide qualte power'ci to forbid any suchl ser v'itutde Croim beinig exaeoted."' Mr. Tiedman, in state and Federa Control of Persons and Property Volume 2, Section 204I, says: "EvWera man, has a natural right to hire hil services to anyone lie pleases, or t< refr'aini fromi sneh hiring, and so like wise it is tN right of every one te determine wvh e services he will hire ** The Government therefore, can, not exert any restraint upon the aec tions of the parties.'" Ini Ritehie v: People, 155 Ill, 98, the court says:'T an ownler can.not be deprived of hi: property w ithout due process of lay he cannot be deprived of any of the essential attributes which belong t the right of property without du Il process of law. Labor is property v the laborer has the same right to se f his labor and to contract with refe - enee thereto as any other propert., - OwINer. The right of property invol - NVes as one (of its essential attribute . Ithe ri-ht not only to coltr(a'ct, but al - vi%e' of what has been said it canno 1 het'Pv4 dnt tlit the plaintiff in er , Iror, Ciles Glillespie, had a right t I terminate his contract, if Ie had ont - With Ritchie, subject to civil liabilit; I l'or. any termination which should b tunwarranted. One citizen cannot b 3 compelled to give employment to an. f otier citizou, nor ca) any one be coni t pelled to be employed against his will '1The Act of 1893, now under consider ation, deprives the employer of the i(t to terminate his contract with his eiiyloyee. 'The rght to terminl ate such a contiract is gut raniteed by ilit or-nanie law of the state. The Legishature is forbidden to depriv< the employer o. employee of the ex ereise ot that right. Tlie Lislatulre hadt4 1nIo aithority to pronounce the perform 111anlce of, anl innloce,'nt act eriml inal wNhoen the puldiv he.alth, saifety. cmf41114t1 or welfa'o is n101t interfered it I. 'Thie stitute inl qullestion saYs 1hat1 it' a1 mani exervises his Constitil timnallrgh to termIliinate I collntc Nl"I :Il vi.. l lpil,ihiN."q h 'o 1.1. lp ml hIarinl , I hi I) heI Ilvd. a- '.1 i ti com msIll If crimeit.'' .\dam Smith inl hi Wvoihh ol' Nntios. h. 1. ch. 10, paro 2. says: 'The property which evrTYlonlP Is inl his own lIbor, as it i the ori1ina.1 foluldatiqion of all other PI,#hter0lY. s4j it is tile Ilwst sak-red anI invi(dable. The pa):trIimonIly oft thle po4r ian lies in th sItenth and dex. ttvrity of' his ownt liands, aInd to hin dier him Io lemp111 yi:l this strengtl ami dexteritv in what mannrCI he thinks proper vithout injury to his neighbor, is a plain violation of this most sacred property.'' To empel one person to labor for anolther against his will is legalized IIIi.-aldom. It WOUld searcely be con 'iih el Iiha let Clemeliold by force or irats compel tese petitioners to w0rk Ifor hiit -I.niinst their will in payilent of their iFndebtedness. Any suc'h aittempt mi his part woul be a di-ect vilati f1 m t I he Aet of( o CIn rs o1 Alirch 2, IS67, whtitl forbids ainy attllpt, di I l 4)ly ' im lilreet ly, to enoc InvoluntaIIry seric or habor. in liiiiidatimn 41' anIy debt. and would subject hilim to a erimlitnal pr-oseeution aMil Io t penaltits enmmetd i that .\ 11'. : llh snmw .\ct IIIC-lar1es nn111 :11 i v id the l Idws ;f n- t- r Tvr rin.-r -d * r m bv l thv en11 1-ln' r he 1' n--I ct: - Naa !E ignihul ' il'1 d bS. T- sn-utinl Ih' validity (W this sta l'!e il i,(.I' ll(eildeI tHaIt Ile vio ltimn of li 4itfr:nt' eoie the eetatued lit :-1h l a Hlu ', Iic tlk. e I n il ll no- ~ laid a \%- wit hi Iie polive 4 weri'' ol' te statie. 41am't t t inae not-h as'2 th:'ei eitins have been tcin itedli'si alit ares serillg a4 iintc ao the offense~ denuncedn byite tatute as s a utmisd eeanor,li' thei cse'(i flns 5siiiit4 t I t'i'ptit . o f the Tis nii nt15 lva l 1crIme whrf thiI vle a rties was id iy n uthes argumet ipon fad iin itft theN Spreme ('Inr ik,- nt,e l):ee. pae:irei (it is, 1114: 'it thin ittne tha the motailhoet thifnt, etc the rlt ofl tserefuce wilfpay hs aI te staet h the ha toe sier. wlettc. stWa:el r i dt'uii.th' it elst ii t pruuentifor oncitine.1l1 * * *'' *) theu sate, do'isn s tt are s 'not mutems I it(11 mc ei' I.isd 'ects edtIji)'tsil a i ilwlass ofe acifti-n dui ltly is u ust maysn] is aitfraud (l !entca.''E artey " Clrk, 15 Am, De. 1a7, 3ays '(N. J.,)and it ist minc tand onehat pte ra failure t fr ae hing rleceswiled antvnes er. e ntc te esonae seviko wni'full and wit'thout. as, an l)tmlti terean the stae s dihereceht tpen alieatin toepareseeaon frudlt ptes.ut To. is umnnecisar tot con-r tider inther on istanuce thcan itt ther be misdemofealty ai gtorpad alywl Uls wthin tegaeeray por bowr oft sltat e, cfp'nor ths ttt clsso of chatpcariotr.one is direct.a or oward acgl lass of cniitas n iin th eat pnhmwhich is abtaiysnldot no - uihdfo alr o efr e - andte.Te urm or c -imposed upon others guilty of lik< delinquency, this Atatute cannot 1) 1 sustained; but arbitrary selectionl ea11 never 'be justified by calling it classi v fication. The eqiiail ' protection; de - mn11ded bY tihe Fourteenth Amend S ment f'orbid Ihis'' and clsewher-e ii Sthe Saillt, opinion, page 158, the C'murt says: 1u t a mere statute to comipel t thle paymeniivit (1m inidobtedness does" - Hot Coelle withinl hile SCOPO of pliice regulat iOnIS.'' It will be. ' obsrved that a laborer violating his contract , shall be delmed guilty of a Inisdem 3 eanor, and punished for suhle viola 3 tion. It provides in terms that any - laborer, etc., ''who shall receive ad vances either in money or supplies and thereafter wilfully and witliout just cause fail to perform the rea sonable service required of him by the terms of the said contract, shall be liable to prosecution for a mis demeanor.'' Its whole Purpose is to coerce the laborer to perforn t he service required of him by the terms of his contract uinldel plalty of pros entiion am imprisanent if he fails to work. It is a legislative judgment, enforeing involuitary servitude. Un der tle guise of police power it com pels onle personl to Coitinule agaiist his will to reinder personal services to, another. If this Act and others of colniate character is isustained fle state may by its rinilal laws C0111 pleely 11nlliyi,-v ald abroaletgaie the mail ob1Ject of' Ihe amenidmenit prohibiin sivery aid invoinltal'V servitude, an111d Stablish a coiplete system of IeOnn.e. Tit system as it existed in New Mexico is deserileil by Davi, in his hook. "' El(rinxo.'' as ''bit a mor0Ve harmin nae foi a species of' slavery as ahjeet aiid oppressivv as 11 founi1d upon the American conin1l ent. * * Among the proprietors in the country the master generally keeps a store, whiere the servant is obli.ed to puricase every article lie wants, and thus it is an easy matter to keep him always in debt. The mas ter is required to furnish the peon with goods at the market value, and may adva-!ev him two-thirds ihe aioilit of) his Ilolithly -wages, I)Iut these provisiois made for the benefit H ARTSV HARTS VI Manufacturers of Door SaHsh, Doors, Blinds, T Ornamental Wood Wor Flooring, Ceiling, Sidii the Building Material L We want your inqui grading and workman prices are right. HartsviIIe Wood N HARTSVII RICHMC May 30th 1 Rate $8.30 from Tickets on sale from points I Carolina, May 26th to June schedule'd to arrive at Richmon Final limit to leave Richmon I I th, with privilege of extensio: deposit of ticket with special ag of fee of fifty cents. Return portions of tickets re will be honored from Norfolk if portunity of visiting the Jamesti THE ATLANTI through car and train service most comfortable means of reat Wrie for beautiful illustrated Hotels, Etc. W. J. CRAIG, Pass. Traf. 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