The law makes a felon of the rascal with the bogus gold brick, but that
clumsy worker in the field of robbery does not get the returns which the
scienced work of his brother professional brings in; therefore, when
outraged law gives this petty malefactor the knock-out blow, the satisfied
spectators, chattering about the majesty of something, depart and the
curtain is rung down on another exhibition of what the American people are
said to like - namely, humbug. Let us say in passing, that the American
does not like humbug. Take the average of him as he is found in the little
world in which the routine work of his life is done and you will find him
alert and close enough to deal with, and that in all things in which he
has his experience to rely on humbug (swindling) is practically
impossible.
But when he gets outside of that experience, then, like the experienced
traveler, he patiently submits to imposition when resistance might mean a
loss greater than the original. But even the traveler must have enough to
continue on with, and when imposition reaches that stage resistance
begins.
So it will be with the man who is said to like humbug (robbery), when he
finds humbug (slavery) closing in on him. He too will resist. He did
before
and the rightful owners gained possession, as this same man, who is said
to
like humbug, will again recover possession of what is being so stealthily
taken from him.

When outraged law is asked to administer justice to the scoundrel who
has deluded thousands into buying worthless mining shares or some such
swindling bait, the victims are told that the whole swindle has been
legitimized by the great seal of the state, and that their loss is the
profits of a business conducted by a licensed trader.