Narrative of Riots At Alton : in Connection With the Death of Rev. Elijah P. Lovejoy
Narrative of Riots At Alton : in Connection With the Death of Rev. Elijah P. Lovejoy
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y( 2. As to the pledge said to have been given byy.
Mr. Lovejoy. ^ 3. As to the use of force to sustain law.
On the first point, I stated it as my opinion that it was a fundamental principle in our government, that there were but two ways of checking the pro- gress of sentiments deemed erroneous, and injurious to the public good: by law, or by argument: and j whatever these would not reach, it was useless and criminal to attempt to suppress by force; that I should feel myself called upon to pro...tect an infidel or Mahometan paper, if assailed; or to re-establishl Digitized by CjOOQIC ALTON RIOTS. 47 It, if destroyed; as much as a paper designed to .^dvocate the truths of Christianity. To do other- ^ wise would imply a consciousness of error on my y own part, or a distrust of the power of Grod and the X truth to defeat error in fair discussion. And that, to allow a mob discretionary power in any case without law, without argument, to prostrate by brute force a public paper, was a virtual surrender *of the foundations of our civil government and of ^all religious toleration.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
y( 2. As to the pledge said to have been given byy.
Mr. Lovejoy. ^ 3. As to the use of force to sustain law.
On the first point, I stated it as my opinion that it was a fundamental principle in our government, that there were but two ways of checking the pro- gress of sentiments deemed erroneous, and injurious to the public good: by law, or by argument: and j whatever these would not reach, it was useless and criminal to attempt to suppress by force; that I should feel myself called upon to pro...tect an infidel or Mahometan paper, if assailed; or to re-establishl Digitized by CjOOQIC ALTON RIOTS. 47 It, if destroyed; as much as a paper designed to .^dvocate the truths of Christianity. To do other- ^ wise would imply a consciousness of error on my y own part, or a distrust of the power of Grod and the X truth to defeat error in fair discussion. And that, to allow a mob discretionary power in any case without law, without argument, to prostrate by brute force a public paper, was a virtual surrender *of the foundations of our civil government and of ^all religious toleration.
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