M.Troplong uses the language of the anatomists, who apply the term SUBJECT to the human matter used in their experiments.
This error of our author is repeated farther on: "Liberty, which overcomes matter, the subject of property, &c." The SUBJECT of property is man; its OBJECT is matter.

But even this is but a slight mortification; directly we shall have some crucifixions.
Thus, according to the passage just quoted, it is in the conscience and personality of man that the principle of property must be sought.

Is there any thing new in this doctrine?
Apparently it never has occurred to those who, since the days of Cicero and Aristotle, and earlier, have maintained that THINGS BELONG TO THE FIRST OCCUPANT, that occupation may be exercised by beings devoid of conscience and personality.

The human personality, though it may be the principle or the subject of property, as matter is the object, is not the CONDITION.

Now, it is this condition which we most need to know.