guaranteed by the Constitution, we take that same right from everyone. When we say to Moyer, 'You must stay in prison, because if we discharge you, you may commit a crime,' we say that to every other citizen. When we say to one Governor, 'You have unlimited and arbitrary power,' we clothe future Governors with that same power. We cannot change the Constitution to meet conditions. We cannot deny liberty to-day, and grant it to-morrow. We cannot grant it to those theretofore above suspicion, and deny it to those suspected of crime; for the Constitution is for all men — 'for the favorite at court; for the countryman at the plow's—at all times, and under all
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circumstances. JVe cannot sow the dragon's teeth, and harvest peace and repose. We cannot sow the wind, and gather the restful calm.
"Our fathers