came here as exiles from a tyrant king. Their
birthright of liberty was denied them Arbitrary
arrests were made, and judges, aspiring to the smile of the prince, refused by 'pitiful evasion* the writ of habeas corpus. Our people were banished; they were denied trial by jury; they were deported for trial for pretended offenses ; and they
finsdly resolved to suffer wrong no more But, if the
law is as this Court has declared, then our vaunted priceless heritage is a sham, and our fathers stood 'between their loved homes and the war's desolation in vain.'"
Thus dissented Judge Steele.
Let us make a brief analysis of the court's decision, as our doing so may possibly shed more light on the question in controversy. Judge Gabbert bases his opinion, he tells us, on the fundamental laws of the State of Colorado, which say that