You will find that all the arguments in favour of kingcraft were of this class; they always bestrode the necks of the people,--not that they wanted to do it, but because the people were better off for being ridden.
Lincoln explains that arguments for monarchy, like those for racial subjugation, always claimed that the people were better off being ruled by a superior power.
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As a general rule I abstain from reading the reports of attacks upon myself, wishing not to be provoked by that to which I cannot properly offer an answer.
Unlike a case of war between independent nations, there is no organized organ for us to treat with,--no one man has authority to give up the rebellion for any other man.
The question is, will it be wiser to take it as it is and help to improve it, or to reject and disperse it?
If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business.
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