Our authorities leave us no doubt that the trust lodged with the oligarchy was sometimes abused but it certainly ought not to be regarded as a mere usurpation or engine of tyranny.

Power acquired by violence is only a usurpation and lasts only as long as the force of him who commands prevails over that of those who obey.

The great constitutional corrective in the hands of the people against usurpation of power or corruption by their agents is the right of suffrage and this when used with calmness and deliberation will prove strong enough.

Above all we should not forget that government is an evil a usurpation upon the private judgement and individual conscience of mankind.

I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.