What an atrocity it would be to seize a man in the latter country, and carry him to Holland to be tried and executed for doing an act which, according to the law of the place where he had a right to be tried, may have been not only innocent, but laudable!
Mann illustrates the absurdity of extraditing someone for an act that is legal in their home jurisdiction, highlighting the moral implications of such actions.
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