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

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838 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS

Obscurity or shine in want, ask Mr. Adams (meaning the said President of the United States) whether it was proper to heap so many myriads of dollars upon William Smith, a paper jobber, who next to Hamilton and himself (meaning the said President of the United States) is perhaps the most detested character on the continent (meaning the United States of America).

And also the false, scandalous, and malicious words of the tenor and effect following: "You (meaning the people of the United States) will then take your choice between innocence and guilt; between freedom and slavery—between paradise and perdition. You will then choose between the man who has deserted and reversed all his principles (meaning the said President) and that man whose own examples strengthen all his laws—that man, whose predictions, like those of Henry, have been converted into history. You will choose between that man whose life is unspotted by a crime, and that man (meaning the said President of the United States) whose hands are reeking with the blood of the poor, friendless Connecticut sailor. I see the tear of indignation standing on your cheeks! You (meaning the people of the United States) anticipate the name of John Adams (meaning the said President of the United States)."

And also the false, scandalous, and malicious words of the tenor and effect following, that is to say, "Every feature of the conduct of Mr. Adams (meaning the said President of the United States) forms a distinct and additional evidence that he was determined, at all events, to embroil this country with France."

And also the false and scandalous words of the tenor and effect following, that is to say, "Mr. Adams (meaning the said President of the United States) has only completed the scene of ignominy which Mr. Washington began."

And also the false, scandalous, and malicious words of the tenor and effect following, that is to say, "This last presidential (meaning the said President of the United States) felony will be buried by Congress in the same criminal silence as its predecessors."

And also the words of the false, scandalous, and malicious tenor and effect following, that is to say, "Foremost in whatever is detestable, Mr. Adams (meaning the said President of the United States) feels anxiety to curb the frontier population."

And also the false, scandalous, and malicious words of the tenor and effect following, that is to say, "He (meaning the said President of the United States) was a professed aristocrat; he (meaning the said President of the United States) had proved faithful and serviceable to the British interest (innuendo) against the interest and welfare of the United States of America."

And also the false, scandalous, and malicious words of the tenor and effect following, that is to say, "Thus we see the genuine character of the President (meaning the said President of the United States) when in but a secondary station, he (meaning the said President of the United States) censured the funding system, when at the head of affairs, he (meaning the said President of the United States) reverses all his former principles. He [meaning the said President of the United States] exerts himself (meaning the said President of the United States)."

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