Things are very different in France today under a republican form of government; they are different everywhere throughout Europe and America. Despotic rule has given way to government by the people, and government by the people has brought civil liberty. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Illustration: LIBERTY, FRATERNITY, EQUALITY. By Edward Simmons _Copyright by Edward Simmons. From a Copley Print, copyright by Curtis & Cameron, Boston. Reproduced by permission._ ] LIBERTY, FRATERNITY, EQUALITY By Edward Simmons In the New York Criminal Court House. This mural decoration is placed above the pen in which the prisoners are kept. Equality, holding a globe and compasses, displays a sternness and rigor which Fraternity, with a kindly grip of the arm, is seeking to soften. Liberty, to the right, has broken the chain which held him down, in spirit as well as in body. These three words, Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité, formed the motto of the French Revolution, and they have been the slogan of militant democracy ever since. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This civil liberty, as it exists in the United States, includes the following rights: [Sidenote: The general rights of citizens.] 1. To travel freely from place to place on any lawful errand, and everywhere to be accorded the equal protection of the laws. The citizen of New York who goes to California is not an alien there. He is entitled to all the privileges which belong to an American citizen. 2. To own property, make contracts, and engage in any lawful trade or labor. 3. To enjoy freedom of worship, freedom of speech, and freedom from arbitrary arrest. 4. To have a fair trial when accused of any crime; to be protected in the enjoyment of life, liberty, and property, and not to be deprived of them without due process of law.