Constitution of the United States.—“Congress shall have power to raise and support armies.” “To provide and maintain a navy.”
Declaration of Independence.—“For transporting us beyond seas to be tried for pretended offenses.”
Constitution of the United States.—“Such trial shall be held in the state where said crime shall have been committed.”
Declaration of Independence.—“For depriving us, in many cases, of the right of trial by jury.”
Constitution of the United States.—“The trial of all crimes, except in case of impeachment, shall be by jury.”
Declaration of Independence.—“For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us.”
Constitution of the United States.—“No soldier shall in time of peace, be quartered in any house without the consent of the owner.”
Declaration of Independence.—“For imposing taxes on us without our consent.”
Constitution of the United States.—“Congress shall have power to levy and collect taxes.”
On December 2, 1917, in New York City, in a meeting of men who called themselves Bolshevists and I. W. W.'s, the following paragraph was an introduction to a set of resolutions drawn up: “We are the Bolshevists of America. We denounce governments, institutions and society; we hail social revolution and the destruction of the existing order of things.”