正文 ON THE DUTY OF CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE

I heartily accept the motto, -- "That gover is best which

gover"; and I should like to see it acted up to more rapidly

and systematically. Carried out, it finally amounts to this, which

also I believe, -- "That gover is best which governs not at

all"; and when men are prepared for it, that will be the kind of

gover which they will have. Gover is at best but an

expedient; but most govers are usually, and all govers are

sometimes, inexpedient. The objes which have been brought

against a standing army, and they are many ay, and deserve

to prevail, may also at last be brought against a standing

gover. The standing army is only an arm of the standing

gover. The gover itself, which is only the mode which the

people have chosen to execute their will, is equally liable to be

abused and perverted before the people act through it. Witness

the present Mexi war, the work of paratively a few individuals

using the standing gover as their tool; for, iset, the

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