It becomes, then, the chief duty of the State to prevent the recurrence of wrong by putting such restraint upon those who are inclined to it as will effectually prevent their inclinations finding expression.
Woodhull emphasizes the state's duty to prevent future wrongs by restraining those inclined to commit them.
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At no time since the close of the Revolutionary War has there been a time more fitting and inviting for such a work.
And this is no more true of the pauper laborers of Europe and the slave laborers of Asia than it is of the free labor of America.
How has it been possible thus long for leaders to control the masses, except that the masses have permitted others to act for them, and that without rendering any account for such action?
Or will they sell their birthright for less than a “mess of pottage?” Is it necessary that some great calamity come before an awakening to the reality of the condition will occur?