creation of such hot-beds of disease a trespass ? May not the individual claim protection? Now, my friends, the conclusion that I come to from an examination of these cases, is that the traffic does trespass upon the rights of the man seeking to reform; it does trespass upon the rights of wives of drunkards and drunken men and of their children ; it does trespass upon the rights of parents endeavor- ing to bring up their children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord ; it does trespass upon the financial rights of every taxpayer; it does trespass upon the rights of the community to health. The rights of the whole community are invaded in these respects. There is a trespass here. Those men seeking to reform, those wives and mothers, those parents, those taxpayers, the whole people seeking to be free from the contagion of disease, have a right to go before the government, not asking it as a favor merely, but demanding protection. Can there be any question about this? As certainly as 192 A Busy Life. any man has a right to go before the government and demand protection against any infringement upon his rights, so certainly has he a right to de- mand this. And instead, therefore, my friends, of those who are engaged in this business being at liberty to do as they please, and no man meddling