The courts, or civil arrangements, which were modelled in Germany, preserved the independence of the people; aud having followed the Saxons into England, and continuing their importance, they supported the envied liberty we boast of.
Spooner reflects on the historical significance of German civil arrangements in preserving liberty.
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They do not tell us that all liberty and order would be destroyed, that society itself would go to pieces, and man go back to barbarism, if it were not for the care, and supervision, and protection, they lavish upon us.
They neither ask, nor expect, any mercy, if they should ever fall into the hands of honest men.
They do not attempt to deceive us, or mislead us, or reconcile us to their doings, by any such pretences, impostures, or insults as these.
They do not tell us that they have established infallible supreme courts, to whom they refer all questions as to the legality of their acts, and that they do nothing that is not sanctioned by these courts.