I have no desire to save from the proper and just consequences of their great crime those who engaged in rebellion against the Government, but as a mode of punishment the measures under consideration are the most unreasonable that could be invented.
He expresses his belief that punishment for rebellion should be just and reasonable, rather than excessive.
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