876 Sheet – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document

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President of the United States, with his (meaning the said President) twenty-five thousand dollars a year, with the petty parade of his (meaning the said President) birthday, with the importance of his (meaning the said President) name sticking in every other page of the statute book. Alas! he (meaning the said President of the United States) is not an object of envy, but of compassion and horror. With Connecticut more than half undeceived, with Pennsylvania disgusted, with Virginia alarmed, with Kentucky holding him (meaning the said President) in defiance, having renounced all his original principles (meaning the said President of the United States) and affronted all his (meaning the said President) honest friends, he (meaning the said President of the United States) cannot enjoy the sweet slumbers of innocence. He (meaning the said President of the United States) cannot hope to feel the most exquisitely delightful sensation that ever warmed a human breast, the conscientiousness of being universally and deservedly beloved.

And also the false, scandalous, and malicious words, of the tenor and effect following, that is to say, "It is happy for Mr. Adams himself (meaning the said President) as well as for his (meaning the said President) country, that he (meaning the said President of the United States) asserted an untruth."

And also the false, scandalous, and malicious words, of the tenor and effect following, that is to say, "In the midst of such a scene of profligacy, and of usury, the President (meaning the said President of the United States) has persisted as long as he dared (meaning the said President) in making his (meaning the said President) utmost efforts for provoking a French war."

And also the false, scandalous, and malicious words, of the tenor and effect following, that is to say, "For although Mr. Adams (meaning the said President of the United States) were to make a treaty with France, yet such is the grossness of his (meaning the said President) prejudice, and so great is the violence of his (meaning the said President) passions, that under his (meaning the said President's) administration, America (meaning the United States of America) would be in constant danger of a second quarrel."

And also the false, scandalous, and malicious words of the tenor and effect following, that is to say—"When a chief magistrate (meaning the said President of the United States) is, both in his (meaning the said President) speeches, and (meaning the said President) newspapers, constantly reviling France, he (meaning the said President) can neither expect nor desire to live long in peace with her. Take your choice then between Adams (meaning the said President), war and beggary, and Jefferson, peace and competency."

To the great scandal of the President of the United States, to the evil and pernicious examples of all others, in the like case offending, against the form of the act of Congress of the United States, in such case made and provided, and against the peace and dignity of the said United States of America.

And the grand inquest aforesaid, upon their respective oaths, do further present that the said James Thompson Callender, on the said 1st day of February, in the same year of our Lord 1800, and of...