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Chapter 19:
Just Judgment
General Prentiss in close confinement
Northern peace men
bear story
in the hospital
old Aunt Susie
sold children
without bread, and satisfied
what our fathers thought
an untrammeled Pulpit
Clay-eaters
commissioners to Washington
homeward bound
an Irate Southron
my yellow angel
our journey
an accident
Jeff Davis' Coffin
Don't know myself
safe at home
conclusion.
Is it not passing strange that enlightened Americans can be thus so barbarous?
It is related of a certain English judge, that a criminal was brought before him, whom, for certain offences, he sentenced to seven years transportation.
The prisoner's friends immediately sent a petition to the judge, stating that he was a well-informed man, and if he had an opportunity, might yet be a useful member of society.
The judge forthwith sent for the criminal, and thus addressed him:
I understand, sir, that you are a man of knowledge, and well-informed, and might be a u