In A Free Government Almost All Other

The Government Of The Union, Then, ... Is, Emphatically, And Truly, A Government Of The People. In Form And In Substance It Emanates From Them. Its Powers Are Granted By Them, And Are To Be Exercised Directly On Them, And For Their Benefit.

A Corporation Is An Artificial Being, Invisible, Intangible, And Existing Only In Contemplation Of Law.

It Is The Peculiar Province Of The Legislature To Prescribe General Rules For The Government Of Society; The Application Of Those Rules To Individuals In Society Would Seem To Be The Duty Of Other Departments.

A Legislative Act Contrary To The Constitution Is Not Law.

An Unlimited Power To Tax Involves, Necessarily, A Power To Destroy; Because There Is A Limit Beyond Which No Institution And No Property Can Bear Taxation.