That decision must be carried into effect and acquiesced in — or else it must be resisted by force. There is no other alternative. Nothing but force, open rebellion, can successfully oppose the enforcement of the Court's decision in this case.
Original passage & context
"That decision must be carried into effect -- that interpretation must be acquiesced in and acted upon, or else it must be resisted by force. There is no other alternative. [...] nothing but force, open rebellion, can successfully oppose the practical application and enforcement of the decision of the court in this case."
Franklin Pierce's home-state Democratic organ, meaning it as a warning to Republicans. Read forward instead of back, it is one of the plainest sentences in this feed: a Northern paper stating in March 1857 that the only remaining alternatives are submission or force.
Read it in the original — Daily Patriot (Concord), Mar 18, 1857 ↗