CHAPTER III. 



APPLIED IN CIVIL GOVERNMENT. 



HE second department of the discussion per- 

 tains t<> the power of the state or nation; and 

 is properly known as Civil Government. 



"The sovereign of a nation governs the people 

 of whom it is constituted. No nation could ex- 

 ist, as such, for a single month without orga- 

 nized government in some form or other. 



t; No citizen could enforce his rights to security* 

 of property and personal safety against the at- 

 tacks of the vicious and depraved. He would 

 not be safe under his own roof, but would be in- 

 constant danger while sleeping in his own bed,, 

 and reposing on his own pillow. 



This would be a condition of fearful anarchy.. 

 Under such a state of things, no person could 

 feel the least interest in the accumulation of pro- 

 perty; for it would be sure to be wrested from him 

 by the hands of thieves and robbers. He could 

 feel no incentive to the cultivation of fields and 

 gardens; for they would be despoiled by ruthless 

 vandals and reckless marauders. Without the 

 power of government in some organized form,. 



