To pursue these topics further would exclude other matters of great importance, as showing how the government acts the part of robber and tyrant in all its legislation on contracts; and that the whole purpose of all its acts is that the earnings of the many may be put into the pockets of the few.
Spooner critiques government actions that favor the wealthy at the expense of the many.
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The presumption clearly is that all were eligible.
They were even allowed to grant pardon to criminals, and to correct by their clemency the rigors of justice.
Any restriction upon the exercise of this right is a restriction upon his rightful power of providing for, and accomplishing, his own well-being.
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.