# No Treason — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for No Treason by Lysander Spooner.

- [Introductory](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/no_treason_se/chapters/introductory.md): The chapter distinguishes the question of treason from that of slavery, arguing that the North's war principle—that men may be compelled to support a government they do not want—is self-evidently false and fatal to polit
- [No Treason](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/no_treason_se/chapters/no-treason.md): The chapter argues that the concept of treason, as applied to the Southern states, is invalid because the Constitution was a voluntary compact among individuals, not states, and that the federal government's actions agai
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/no_treason_se/chapters/i.md): The chapter argues that the U.S. Constitution was a voluntary compact among individuals, not states, and that with the death of the original signers, the contract died. It contends that the North's war against the South 
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/no_treason_se/chapters/i.md): The chapter argues that the American Civil War revealed the U.S. government's true foundation on force rather than consent, despite its professed principles. It condemns the North for waging war to compel submission, spe
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/no_treason_se/chapters/ii.md): The chapter argues that majority rule does not legitimize government, as it reduces governance to a contest for mastery and slavery. It asserts that consent of the strongest or most numerous party is no justification for

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- [Chapter III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/no_treason_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/no_treason_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [II: The Constitution](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/no_treason_se/chapters/ii-the-constitution.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/no_treason_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/no_treason_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [Chapter III: Treason, Allegiance, and the Constitution](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/no_treason_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/no_treason_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/no_treason_se/chapters/v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/no_treason_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/no_treason_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/no_treason_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/no_treason_se/chapters/ix.md)
- [The Treason Swindle and the War for Slavery](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/no_treason_se/chapters/x.md)
- [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/no_treason_se/chapters/xi.md)
- [VI: The Constitution of No Authority](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/no_treason_se/chapters/vi-the-constitution-of-no-authority.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/no_treason_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/no_treason_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [Chapter III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/no_treason_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/no_treason_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [Chapter V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/no_treason_se/chapters/v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/no_treason_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/no_treason_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/no_treason_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/no_treason_se/chapters/ix.md)
- [Chapter X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/no_treason_se/chapters/x.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/no_treason_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/no_treason_se/chapters/xii.md)
- [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/no_treason_se/chapters/xii.md)
- [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/no_treason_se/chapters/xiv.md)
- [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/no_treason_se/chapters/xv.md)
- [Chapter XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/no_treason_se/chapters/xvi.md)
- [XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/no_treason_se/chapters/xvii.md)
- [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/no_treason_se/chapters/xviii.md)
- [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/no_treason_se/chapters/xix.md)
- [Appendix](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/no_treason_se/chapters/appendix.md)
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/no_treason_se/chapters/endnotes.md)

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