The only difference between the two is, that the peers of the realm have had influence enough to preserve their constitutional rights; while the constitutional rights of the people have been trampled upon and rendered obsolete by the usurpation and corruption of the government and the courts.
Spooner critiques the disparity in the preservation of constitutional rights between the nobility and the common people.
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