Our fathers would not tolerate the tyrannical sway
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of a crowned head. The Supreme Court of Colorado declares a worse tyranny, an even more hateful despotism, and a much more pernicious and dangerous assault on human liberty, to be in conformity with the Constitution of the United States and the State of Colorado, and advises the people to accept THIS DECISION in place of the Hberty our fathers established for us!
The Moyer decision is a striking sign of the change of the times, and illustrates how the nation has drifted from the teachings of our fathers.
During the Revolutionary War, there were men in our country who held that the King of England was justified in his acts against the thirteen colonies. Those men were called Tories, and were cordially hated by the patriots.
Nowadays, the roles are inverted. Newspapers which champion the cause of liberty and the interests of the people are called "yellow journals" by our statesmen and wealthy citizens, and those who wish to follow in the footsteps of our liberty-loving sires are denounced as "anarchists," and persecuted. The Tory of the Revolution to-day controls the destiny of America.
At the present time, in the whole civilized world, only three great countries are governed by absolute monarchs, namely, Russia, Turkey and China. In each of these countries the ruler can, at his pleasure, imprison, deport or kill as many of his subjects as he may desire. The rulers of these countries owe the Supreme Court of the State of