The law perverted! The law and in its wake all the collective forces of the nation. The law I say not only diverted from its proper direction but made to pursue one entirely contrary! The law becomes the tool of every kind of avarice instead of being its check! The law guilty of that very inequity which it was its mission to punish! Truly this is a serious fact if it exists and one to which I feel bound to call the attention of my fellow-citizens.- Frédéric Bastiat -