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If you are able to punish it, do so and
every thing is set to rights again. If you are
unable it is a sign that the rebellion was
formed upon just grounds]
If any the smallest act of violence is done by
any member or members of the association, punish it just
as you would if committed by any body
else. If you find yourself unable, it is a
sign that the association has got to such a head
as it could never have got to without just
cause: so that either it is no evil or it is a
necessary one. I suppose all along an army
of regulars: if then [without any act of violence
committed (which is part of the supposition)]
the associations have got to such a head
as to be looked upon as an overmatch for
this army of regulars added to whatever counter
associations if any may happen to have
taken place, and this without any act of violence,
I look upon it as a conclusive sign
that the cool and deliberate sense of the nation is
against the government: after which, what reason
there should be why the government should
continue unchanged I must acknowledge confess myself
unable
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