The constitutions of New Hampshire and Tennessee also declare that "The doctrine of non-resistance against arbitrary power and oppression is absurd, slavish, and destructive of the good and happiness of mankind.
Spooner references the constitutions of New Hampshire and Tennessee, which reject non-resistance to oppression.
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But there is no reason why a judge should have the power of punishing, for contempt, any more than for any other offence.
The people considered their jurisprudence as a part of their inheritance.
Proud from victory, and with their swords in their hands, would they surrender their liberties to a private man?
The will, or the pretended will, of the majority, is the last lurking place of tyranny at the present day.