The Dorr War in Rhode Island and the struggles in Kansas, are instances of the danger of attempting to found society or to maintain social order upon an unjust or an unequal system for the distribution of political power.
Boutwell highlights the dangers of establishing a society on an unjust political power distribution, referencing historical events.
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