If the jury have no right to judge of the justice of a law of the government they plainly can do nothing to protect the people against the oppressions of the government for there are no oppressions which the government may not authorize by law.

If the jury have no right to judge of the justice of a law of the government they plainly can do nothing to protect the people against the oppressions of the government for there are no oppressions which the government may not authorize by law.

That no government so called can reasonably be trusted or reasonably be supposed to have honest purposes in view any longer than it depends wholly upon voluntary support.

That no government so called can reasonably be trusted or reasonably be supposed to have honest purposes in view any longer than it depends wholly upon voluntary support.

But whether the Constitution really be one thing or another this much is certain – that it has either authorized such a government as we have had or has been powerless to prevent it. In either case it is unfit to exist.

But whether the Constitution really be one thing or another this much is certain – that it has either authorized such a government as we have had or has been powerless to prevent it. In either case it is unfit to exist.