Excerpt from The Natural History of Secession: Or Despotism and Democracy at Necessary, Eternal, Exterminating War Some things to human view are accidents. The place they fill in any general system of things, and the assist ance they render in any general process of advancement, are not discernible to human scrutiny. To some minds almost all things, except their own in dividual existence, interests, and whims, are accidents, at least, not to say nuisances, that ought to be abated. They cry out with the same impetuous vehemence against the insect that disturbs their after-dinner repose, and against a league of traitors sworn to destroy the last rem nant of their country's government or perish in the effort. About an equal amount of plausible persuasion would be required in the case of the insects or Of the traitors, to induce this class of persons to cease their opposition to the outrage committed, and even to join in inflicting the like annoyance on their neighbors. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.