This is something that is heavily touched upon in Civil Disobedience. While the police may have attempted to stop the protest, Thoreau says this is a normal occurrence when a company attempts to ignore the government's wishes. «Men serve the State even with their conscience, and so it necessarily rests for the most part; and are commonly treated as enemies” (3). It gives light to the idea that rebelling and waging unrest when you are unhappy with your government can often bring a negative light to you. Regardless of the consequences, Thoreau speaks in Civil Disobedience about the importance of acting on one's right to revolution. “All men recognize the right of resolution; that is, the right to refuse allegiance and to resist government, when its tyranny or inefficiency is great and unbearable" (4) and goes on to state that "A wise man will not leave law to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the majority”