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The nation will judge both the offender & judges for themselves ... the people ... will see ... & amend the error in our Constitution, which makes any branch independent of the nation....
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gutenberg.orgAlbert Beveridge: “The nation will judge both the offender & judges for themselves ... the people ... will see ... & amend the error in our…”
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Beveridge emphasizes the importance of accountability in the judicial system and the role of the people in correcting constitutional errors.
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In the excitement produced by ardent controversy, gentlemen view the same object through such different media that minds, not infrequently receive therefrom precisely opposite impressions.
That time, however, is unquestionably arrived, and every oppression now exercised on a helpless people depending on our magnanimity and justice for the preservation of their existence impresses a deep stain on the American character.
No! but snatched from time, To bloom afresh in yonder sphere sublime.
What a gloom will spread over the nation when he is gone!
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