Excerpt from Right and Wrong: Relating to Literal Ethics and a Popular Form of Government Showing
It is a thankless task to suggest any reform that reflects upon the authority of the literally learned, but the reward for performing a duty is the consciousness of doing it. Therefore, in this defense of the rights of humanity, the favor of the learned is neither courted, or their power feared. Methods are always subordinate to the right of expression, and without the recognition of a free expression of opinion the theory of popular government would be a farce. Also for the learned to claim credit for the American idea of government, is for the master to proclaim he civilized his fellow-men by enslaving them. The fact that knowledge rules, will not justify the assertion, "the literally learned rules," because they in literal terms can exclaim, "the men of knowledge rule."
The suffrage system of modern governments is a reproach to literal authority as derived from Webster's dictionary, for this book is biased in the interest of human oppression. It protects the traditions of the past, and while the theory of the divine rights of Kings and supreme authority of masters over their slaves has been exploded by the success of American Independence, the dictionary of the English language maintains a justification of this exploded theory.
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