On the record
In this cabal, the several local bands of robbers--the slaveholders of the South, the iron monopolists, the woollen monopolists, and the money monopolists, of the North--were represented.
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Lysander Spooner
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gutenberg.orgLysander Spooner: “In this cabal, the several local bands of robbers--the slaveholders of the South, the iron monopolists, the woollen…”
Editor's note · Context
Spooner identifies various factions within the government as local bands of robbers representing different interests.
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They do not tell us that we are the freest and happiest people on earth, inasmuch as each of our male adults is allowed one voice in ten millions in the choice of the men, who are to rob, enslave, and murder us.
They neither ask, nor expect, any mercy, if they should ever fall into the hands of honest men.
They do not carry their heads high, above all other men, and demand our reverence and admiration, as statesmen, patriots, and benefactors.
On the contrary, they acknowledge themselves robbers, murderers, and villains, pure and simple.