There was an unjust tax of a few pence, with the chance of amercement by a single judge without jury; but by this statute no person could be deprived of that vital right of all which is to other rights as soul to body,--the right of a man to himself.
Sumner highlights the vital right of personal autonomy, comparing it to other rights.
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Sovereignty of, belongs to the people, XVI. 28.
Women’s National League, petition of, for universal emancipation, X. 300.
Slave Power, necessity of political action against the, II. 207.
Early testimony of the Church against, I. 59.
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