Project Gutenberg 2011-05-17 Public domain in the USA. 59 Spooner, Lysander 1808 1887 A Letter to Thomas F. Bayard Produced by Katie Hernandez, Susan Goble, Curtis Weyant and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "A Letter to Thomas F. Bayard" by Lysander Spooner is a critical political treatise written during the late 19th century. This book challenges the legitimacy of congressional power over the citizens of the United States, arguing that the legislators' authority is a usurpation rather than a legitimate delegation of power by the people. Spooner confronts the notion that it is possible for a legislator to exercise authority honestly under the existing constitutional framework. In this letter, Spooner systematically dissects the concept of delegated legislative power, claiming that no individual can rightfully assign arbitrary dominion over themselves or others. He contends that the U.S. Constitution was enacted without genuine consent from the populace and serves primarily to empower a select group of individuals to enact laws that infringe upon the natural rights of citizens. Spooner urges Senator Bayard to recognize the absurdity of the legislative system, encouraging him to acknowledge that no law created under such arbitrary authority can be considered just. Ultimately, the letter serves as a call for reflection on the nature of government and individual rights, inviting readers to reconsider the foundations of authority in their society. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Legislative power -- United States KF Text Browsing: Law & Criminology Browsing: Politics 44034 44043 2024-09-15T10:15:55.050669 2023-09-16T04:10:13.263927 text/html text/html 40537 2021-01-07T18:41:02 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 14539 2021-01-07T18:41:02 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 67025 2024-09-15T10:15:58.028651 application/epub+zip 65927 2024-09-15T10:15:56.237776 application/epub+zip 65927 2024-09-15T10:15:55.453672 application/epub+zip 142031 2024-09-15T10:15:59.518635 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 134687 2024-09-15T10:15:57.572660 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 134707 2022-09-16T13:49:23.622546 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 38087 37962 2024-09-15T10:15:54.870663 2023-09-16T04:10:13.099927 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 37871 2021-01-07T18:41:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 13447 2021-01-07T18:41:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 17987 2024-09-15T10:15:59.656657 application/rdf+xml 13376 2024-09-15T10:15:55.847683 image/jpeg 3374 2024-09-15T10:15:55.681651 image/jpeg 66497 2024-09-15T10:15:55.055695 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia