Biographical Notice of Stephen J Field Taken Partly From the Records of the F
Biographical Notice of Stephen J Field Taken Partly From the Records of the F
George Congdon Gorham
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upon him a great deal of abuse, particularly from the Democratic party. Their papers were filled with denun- ciations of him, which were especially fierce and gross "The Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution, in declaring that no State shall deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal pro- tection of the laws, imposes a limitation upon the exercise of all the powers of the State, which can touch the individual or his property, in- cluding among them that of taxation. Whatever the St...ate may do, it cannot deprive any one within its jurisdiction of the equal protection of the laws, and by equal protection of the laws is meant equal security under them to every one on similar terms, in his life, his liberty, his property, and in the pursuit of happiness. It not only implies the right of each to resort, on the same terms with others, to the courts of the country for the security of his person and property, the prevention and redress of wrongs and the enforcement of contracts, but also his exemp- tion from any greater burdens or charges than such as are equally im- posed upon all others under like circumstances.
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