My motto is, “Let no guilty man escape.” But while I say this, and mean to say it strongly, I am also here to say, let no guilty man be condemned and killed by the mob, or crushed under the weight of a charge of which he is not guilty.
He emphasizes the importance of justice, insisting that no innocent person should be harmed by mob violence.
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