I saw that so firm was the conviction that the parties arrested and in the rightful custody of the sheriff, were the guilty parties, that if the populace could get hold of them they would be strung up, without examination or trial.
Jacobs expresses his concern about the mob mentality surrounding the arrested individuals, fearing they would be lynched without due process.
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Fixed religious opinions in the minds of others, especially of the old, I regard as sacred.
A Delegate, in order to wisely and intelligently, as well as promptly, discharge his duties, ought to be a lawyer, and well acquainted especially with the land-laws of the United States and other laws pertaining to Territories.
I, in fact, re-wrote the whole bill making its retained provisions full and accurate--omitting surplus statements, and embodying many new provisions.
Had I accepted this offer, it would have changed the whole course and direction of my life, and I probably would have continued in that line of work to this day.
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