And if a man, in our own country--either from motives of profit to himself, or from motives of pity towards the pauper laborers of other countries--chooses to buy the products of the foreign pauper labor, rather than the products of the laborers of his own country, he has a perfect legal right to do so.
Spooner defends the right of individuals to choose foreign products over domestic ones.
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But there is no reason why a judge should have the power of punishing, for contempt, any more than for any other offence.
They were even allowed to grant pardon to criminals, and to correct by their clemency the rigors of justice.
The people considered their jurisprudence as a part of their inheritance.
All other laws, it is optional with each man to obey, or not, as he may choose.