 | Paul A. Gilje - History - 1996 - 262 pages
...Regulators of northern Indiana declared allegiance to the "doctrine of popular sovereignty." They asserted "that the people of this country are the real sovereigns,...to their protection, it is the right of the people to take the protection of their property into their own hands, and deal with these villains according... | |
 | Charles Doyle - Militia movements - 2002 - 88 pages
...Publications, 1989. vol. 2, p. 37-38. Also see Brown, Strain of Violence, p. 96. WHAT ARE VIGILANTES? " We are believers in the doctrine of popular sovereignty;...to their protection, it is the right of the people to take the protection of their property into their own hands, and deal with these villains according... | |
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We are believers in the doctrine of popular sovereignty; that the people of this country are the real sovereigns, and that whenever the laws, made by those to whom they have delegated their authority, are found inadequate to their protection, it is the... 