The so-called taxes or duties, which the government levies upon imports, are a practical violation both of men's natural right of property, and of their natural right to make their own contracts.
Spooner claims that taxes on imports violate individuals' natural rights to property and contract.
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Yet the codes of the most celebrated kings are very small, and were little more than compilations of immemorial customs.
That the legislation of the king was of no authority over a jury, is further proved by the oath taken by the kings at their coronation.
The will, or the pretended will, of the majority, is the last lurking place of tyranny at the present day.
Why should they not have such an administration of justice as they desire, and can understand?