A government of the whole, therefore, must necessarily confine itself to the administration of such principles of law as all the people, who contribute to the support of the government, can comprehend and see the justice of.
He argues that a government must operate on principles that are comprehensible and just to all its supporters.
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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.
All other laws, it is optional with each man to obey, or not, as he may choose.
It was simply, that they would neither convict the innocent, nor acquit the guilty.
In that case the trial is really a trial by the government, and not by the jury.