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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Democracy In America, Volume 1 by Alexis de Toqueville: tempted to accuse me of falsehood or of ignorance. It frequently
happened before the Revolution that a Parliament issued a warrant
against a public officer who had committed an offence, and
sometimes the proceedings were stopped by the authority of the
Crown, which enforced compliance with its absolute and despotic
will. It is painful to perceive how much lower we are sunk than
our forefathers, since we allow things to pass under the color of
justice and the sanction of the law which violence alone could
impose upon them.
Chapter VII: Political Jurisdiction In The United States
Chapter Summary
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