It is this decision of the Judges which has been made the basis of the bill on your table--a decision shocking to every free Government, sapping the foundations of all your constitutions, and annihilating at a breath the best hope of man.
Beveridge expresses outrage over a judicial decision that he believes threatens the foundations of democracy.
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