as possible; they do not persist in following us, and robbing us, again and again, so long as we produce anything that they can take from us. In short, they acknowledge themselves _hostes humani generis: enemies of the human race_. They acknowledge it to be our unquestioned right and duty to kill them, if we can; that they expect nothing else, than that we will kill them, if we can; and that we are only fools and cowards, if we do not kill them, by any and every means in our power. They neither ask, nor expect, any mercy, if they should ever fall into the hands of honest men. For all these reasons, they are not only modest and sensible, but really frank, honest, and honorable villains, contrasted with these courts of injustice, and the lawmakers by whom these courts are established. Such, Mr. Cleveland, is the real character of the government, of which you are the nominal head. Such are, and have been, its lawmakers. Such are, and have been, its judges. Such have been its executives. Such is its present executive. Have you anything to say for any of them? Yours frankly, LYSANDER SPOONER. BOSTON, MAY 15, 1886. THE END. Transcriber's Notes: Text in italics was enclosed with underscores (_italics_). Text in small caps was replaced with ALL CAPS (SMALL CAPS). On page 22, there was the use of double quotation marks within double quotation marks. That usage was not changed. On page 43, "at bank" was replaced "at a bank". On page 60, "_viz._, 1," was replaced with "_viz._, 1.". On page 105, "viz." was italized. On page 65, a period as added after "indebted to". End of Project Gutenberg's A Letter to Grover Cleveland, by Lysander Spooner