The object of the bribe could have been no other than the abduction and murder of the conductor of the paper--his trial and conviction under Georgia laws being a mere pretence: the Georgia courts have as much jurisdiction over the Press in Paris as in Boston.
Tappan critiques the Georgia legislature's actions as a thinly veiled attempt to abduct and murder an abolitionist, exposing the brutality of the system.
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