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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 166, 8 April 1919, Page 2

■■' The Bill of Rights declares- ' V The great authority on Liberty, John Stuart Mill, says:- William Blackstone, the eminent Jurist, lays it down as ~ ,'■ ■', ,• ■ iI- • -i. "Whenever there -is a definite damage or a definite risk of .. ■ ■ " '.. . :...•. ■■■ Government is constituted tor the protection, safety, prosperity, «, • ' •,, , • -,• -n , , .1 ~■ ~ .' •'■''■■'' "Wn mm ™- nn hmlv nf men 'hi* ridit to nmsponf-p n r-illintr . , « u,LII ■,;..'■■ , damage either to an individual or to the public the case is " INO man 01 no ooaj 01 men nab ngnc to piosecuce- a. caning ~ "and happiness; of the people, and not for. the profit or private .■ ■ « taken pmim o f LiberflJ and p i ace d in that oE < • N'hich is.. necessarily antagonistic to the, interests :of the ' ' "interests of any .one man or class of men." ■ * .-.'. "inorality or law." ■ ' , '"'".. .; "community." . . ._,. mv« ! Wi'lilH l UWtWn'liJ*ffi'itimr..«Tr IWll I'ftwiqi l "HT'T , ''ir it . . l.'f "HI HI 1 II ..... ' . ',".■' ' \ ■ . ' ■" ~'■- ~.'.;.. ■ .I.' ' ..-.:. ■ ' " • -,■■'•. .. : .". '■■' "'" _. .' ■• ■■■'.■ ■ ' ••. .'.!.". ■ ■* ' - . ■ ' ..''..: ■ ■'"'■. • ■ ..•'■.■ N - . '. : ■ ' '■ '' ' All our laws are either prohibitory or compulsory and: restrict our personal liberty in some way for the general good. Yet no voice is raised against the enactment of these laws on the grounds that they rob the individual of liberty. WhereinVwould the prohibition of the sale of liquor differ, r~ 'as regards personal liberty, from any other of our *'thou-shalt-not" laws? - a ; ! legislat{on At prphibits or . co H S, tHe ' ,liberty " I Tm going to walk ===== argument is no test as to whether prohibition is good or bad. where I like!" That the greatest democracy in the F) I'l • ' VI 11 1 1 1 J L L , \Y7'H '■" '■" .worid should prohibit within its bor- rrohiDition, like all other laws, must be tested by .mis: Will - ~~~ \. ders the use of an article of diet which ' i - t 1 ■ ' That was an apt, story which Mr. is don* a S old as to toman race it result in the uplift and happiness of the people as a whole? : o w^ a ™^S itself, certainly challenges attention, . - ■;: ... - •. • ■••'■ '■ './i ,' : - ~•.:,■ " ti .-.- ... , . rj and instead of repeating threadbare . '.. ■ ~ • ~ /. . . , ~, . ■ . ~" . •• .. A stout old lady was walking • with . phrases about "extremists," "fan- LJ pr . * fl Lu iKal- nrnvpc iV» her. basket down the middle .of a.atics," and interference with person- ' / ICiC ? d IdLL Uldl P luvCi 1L • - ■ .■■ .!. crowded road to the great confusion of :"■"•■ al liberty," it would be more profit- : ;: ' ' •'; -the traffic and with no small peril o ~ , /•• ~ ~' ■:■■;■:,,: --A.--., \ herself. It. was pointed out to her scove^ tlV ?^? - --aVWAttf-e -m N7 • - Aβ «4QO ' that the pavementwas the place for behind the present action of the United. I Otal aKTests 10 INX. B ,H, ri , . . foot-passengers, but she replied:'Tm btates. . , i .. ■ ■/ ..■•',■. , . ■ going to walk where, I like. .We've i?:'> : - •■-,„.,:■--' V-\ ..' ,' -,"•■ ■• , ' v • Equals 42 in every 1,000 of population. . >ot liberty now!" .It did not occur •• . 'A'democracy comprising about one- : .. . '■>. . ,rr. ~ to the delr old lady that if liberty N it of the entire .popu ktionoithe • \ ■ . ■ • entitled the foot-passenger to walk -•'■ ; ' globe putting itself under voluntary ..; . 1 . fle . '■• . M ¥ • . ovaqc down the middle of the road, it also en- . prohibition is surely an amazing spec- iWieSIS 111 nO-LilCense ai<Sa& " •"- . . "rV y ■ x * titled the cab-driver to drive on the ''■ -taclei 1 --' ' ■ ...:: :: \ .: ■ : : . - ■ . ' ' pavement, and that the end of such ;■;.'• ■." ", . ■■..,:;:;.. ■ • v Equals 19 in every 1,000 of population. . liberty would.be universal chaos. • ■•-< -. ,Th'e President of this great Republiois : .:•. ■ , ■•: -.■•■■ ..... ... '■ ' - ] . • .■..■!.. to-day one of-the. most prominent fig- ' : " •• . ~ ' v . , : " ■ ■ There is a danger of the world getting . S""o? J&uS? t' : :OW OWn eX P e " enCe is tk same aS lhat ° f ° ther lands - that P rohMon ' irSiiieWfici.couidbea f piiedtosuch reduces crime to less than half. ™" J .rSLiSMj'uiaJ a scholarly and dispassionate person- , ■■■ rule ot the load means—mat me no 1 he represents is ana- ' .:■: ■ ' > ' .'■■ ■■- ■"■■■■■■■■ ■•■■■■ ' ' .. ■• ' erty of the individual must be subord-"-tibn whose origin was a revolt against u\ ' t ,L A J t i , .' ■ f W-l fM7 ,L m ;|' • mated to the liberty of the community ■ monarchial tyranny, a nation where •" it IS lOf the general good or our people to save thousands or IN. L. tamilies When the traffic policeman at one of all men are equal and free, where'rail r lL v r\ ' ''i ' U i: . oJfi.U w. : our busy corners puts up his hand he splitters and barge boys have risen to "Om the disgrace ot an arrest, then .We have no Tight to. a Selnsn VOte, Cast e is the symbol, not of tyranny, but of supreme authority-such a nation is ;'. • . W r i ■ ■•■• i. . ,r = Af - XKrA _.• • f i i . . liberty may not think so. Being. ' not likely to cherish erroneous views . m our own interests. We have only a right, to the Vote :We Cast in the best ; j n a hurry, you may feel that your hb- • fllimif"nprtsnTifll lihprtv" Tt mav he ; . <• - n ' i i • T a IT l . • erty has been outraged. How dare, interests of all, no matter what the cost to ourselves.- ■ A selfish vote, is an W at fellow interfere with your free , > revise our definition, it may be that our' - : ■''.•.• '. • • ■ . ' ~ use of the public highway 1 • ' ideaS of "personal liberty" (on Prohi- . UnpatHOtlC VOte. . , ' ....... .■■•./ ~'... U1 ■ r :- bition at least) are out of date. :' ■ :■ ■ . ■ • ~ Then,!, you are a reasonable person, ....■■■:i-r ■■ '■':■.:■. :.-,•■• . '..::V ;■: : ; ; . ■..J ...-.■, . . . you will reflect that if he, did not mcidfAmerican democracy believes, in the 'In manV elections it might be easy to deceive oneself on the issue. But in this ent - all y interfere with you he would inutmost freedom of individual action, • ■:::-. J•■ , . 5 / ...... - y ~ .^.,.. : ~.,,,_ . . terf ere with no one, and the .result. u * "- provided it is consistent with the wel- election there can be no doubt; , the issue is crystal clear. , .'. ' would be utter confusion at our busy .::•..:■ fare of the whole nation, but when in .. . - "• ",'.'-'.. intersections. •••; ;; ■ the opinion iof the maiority, either a .' • ; " ' ■ ■-■■'■■ ■ ■-._.. ... . ; .■■■■,'. ,> ~ A f •„ r.v :-■ :: personal habit or an indivMual trade: ' '■ *»^——— - , \ ~,. ,-.- \ • Civi isatron is:largely a matter of m- "■■ must give way before the good of; the : ' . • .■■■■ ' .■■ / ' ; venting,a rule and seeing .whole community. America believes. ° . '■ . e . - ' ■ ■ • that.it is observed. The greatest good •:- that Euclid's axiom, "the whole is .•.. TIIPFP : W 'Ofllv OHfi WS¥ - : ' ' to tiie-greateet number must be the : : P rpater than the nart" isaODlicable , .. 1 I© Uliiy *UMC V¥€SJ fundamental principal that governs ...,e2r,S*lC ,S : aPpllOable ■ : -,■;: ■ ...*..• ~:;■.;, pel ,o» a l liberty withm a commmuty. ...... 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