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ANING THE HOUSE — BY B. J. PALMER

And at common law, the citizen has common law right that you refuse to
always possessed these rights unchal­ have anybody interpret for you. And
lenged. it is common law that the sick have a
right to get well with Chiropractic if,
But now the people find, to their sor­ in their opinion, it will. And third, the
row , and in defiance of God’s laws, and chiropractor has a right to give Chiro­
in defiance of the common law, that practic if the sick want it; that is com­
legislatures, through statutory enact­ mon law; and fourth, providing the chi­
ments, have taken or tried to take, these ropractor is competent and qualified, he
inalienable rights away from them— has a right under common law to give
these God-given rights— these common adjustments to the sick if the sick want
law rights. How abominable! his services. These are four fixed funda­
mentals in common law. I repeat them
There exists at “ law” two divisions. because they are fixed principles, not
First, common law. Previous to 1776 subject to b e i n g modified, amended,
abridged or changed by statutes at statu­
we were suffering from the statutes of tory law. Have you, as an individual, a
right to get well, and if that is a right
England. Those restrictions drove many YOU possess, who gave you this right?
to America where such did not exist. The Does your neighbor extend this right to
Declaration of Independence is common you ? Does somebody in a courthouse
law. T h e Constitution of the United give you this right? Does somebody in
States was written by common men in the legislature give you the right to get
the interests of a mass of common people. well ? If it is YOUR right, whence comes
Later, when questions arose (and as the this right ? Who gives that right to a
United States grew, more states were sick individual? If so, who is he; where
added, more issues arose) a few of the is he, that extends this right to you?
people saw fit to go before the legisla­
tures and attempted to interpret this HAVE YOU AND I, WHEN SICK,
common law for, and in behalf of the
mass of people, under the Constitution ANY RIGHTS?
or the Declaration of Independence, out
of which have grown hundreds of thou­ T HE sick have a r i g h t to get well
sands of statutory regulations. WITH CHIROPRACTIC if they want
it. Have YOU that right to get well with
There is only one law, that is the law Chiropractic if you want it? If so, who
of God. Then we have common law and gives you this right? Who extends to
statutory interpretations, and regulations you this courtesy ? Who, in his righteous
of common law. The result is a terrific position, says to you: “ I give to you the
mass of conflicting and contradictory right to get adjustments if you want to
statutory regulations attempting to in­ get well!”
terpret one common law. Common law
is the mass opinion of what is right and The sick person has a right to get
wrong to do. Common law always in­ well, via Chiropractic adjustments from
terprets statutory law. Statutory law the chiropractor, if he is convinced that
never interprets common law. the chiropractor will accomplish that end.
Has he ? If he has, who says he has that
Common law is the common opinion right? Who extends to him the right to
of a common people on a common sub­ extend this service to the sick upon the
ject. Common law is common sense. The request of he who is sick ?
right that is common is common law.
Where is there anything common or un­ The sick person has a right to get
common in the o p i n i o n s OF THE well, via Chiropractic adjustments from
PEOPLE of this state on a common sub­ the chiropractor, provided the sick is
ject as written upon your statute books satisfied that the chiropractor is compe­
or of any other state, when it comes to tent and qualified to do the thing he holds
the great mass of contradictory regula­ himself out to do. And who is to say
tory statutes? that the chiropractor is competent and
qualified? Where is that individual, or
The four common-law fundamentals
laid down are clear— the people who are
sick have a right to get well. That is a

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