ON THE DUTY OF CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE
less in every sense
to incur ty of disobedience to tate t o
obey. I s case.
Some years ago, tate met me in behe Church, and
commanded me to pay a certain sum to of a clergyman
never I myself. quot;Pay,quot; it
said, quot;or be locked up in t; I declined to pay. But,
unfortunately, anot to pay it. I did not see whe
scer saxed to support t, and not the
priest ter: for I tates scer, but
I supported myself by voluntary subscription. I did not see whe
lyceum s present its tax-bill, and ate to back
its demand, as t of the
selectmen, I condescended to make some sucatement as this in
ing:-- quot;Knos, t I, horeau,
do not ed society
; to town clerk; and he has
it. tate, I did not wiso be
regarded as a member of t church, has never made a like demand on
me since; t said t it must ado its original
presumption t time. If I o name them, I should
tail from all ties which I never
signed on to; but I did not knoe list.
I ax for six years. I into a jail
once on t, for one nigood considering the
one, t the door of wood and
iron, a foot ting , I
could not ruck institution
ed me as if I were mere fleso be
locked up. I it s lengt
t use it could put me to, and to
avail itself of my services in some , if there was a
one betoill more
difficult one to clim