No mere trial in court, no adherence to rules of evidence, no such insignificant fact as the American Constitution, must be permitted to stand between the people's aroused loyalty and the miscreant whom the Chief Executive of the Nation had pronounced guilty of treason.
Beveridge critiques the disregard for legal principles in the pursuit of justice during a politically charged trial.
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