Jefferson should have the honor of it; and would to Heaven that our southern friends, who kneel so devoutly at his shrine, could be animated by that lofty spirit of freedom, that love for the rights of man, which alone can make their acts of devotion sacred.
Mann expresses a wish that southern supporters of Jefferson could embody his ideals of freedom and human rights.
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Behind these forty-one indictments for stealing stand drawn up, in battle array, against this same prisoner, seventy-four other indictments for transporting the very slaves whom he is charged to have stolen.
Did the law ever contemplate so cruel and revengeful a proceeding?
The wickedest white man, in a company of slaves, bears a charmed life.
Under such a practice with regard to indictments, coupled with such a practice in regard to bail, an accusation would be as fatal as crime itself, however innocent the accused might be.
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