You do not allow a man to perform the duties of a juryman or a Judge, if he has one dollar of interest in the matter to be decided: and will you allow a Judge to give a decision when his office may depend upon it? when his decision may offend a powerful and influential man?
Beveridge questions the integrity of judges if their decisions could be swayed by personal interests or external pressures.
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The Alien and Sedition Laws were, they asserted, the beginning of monarchy, the foundation of absolutism.
When we consult the common good, we consult our own." In such considerations were found the greatest security from an improper exercise of power.
The first duties of a good citizen--Reverence for the Laws and Respect for the Magistracy.
Indeed, he thought them only "an experiment on the American mind to see how far it will bear an avowed violation of the constitution.
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