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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1891 Excerpt: ...She took from her bosom the letter of the Governor, and said it had saved her from ruin; and that she had carried it about with her ever since it brought her the welcome news of her release. Both those who solicit pardons and those who grant them are apt to look at the case of the individual sufferer, without bestowing much thought upon the interests of the community at large. Yet this is really of far more extended consequence. The habit of generalization in political study, which was always a characteristic of Seward, was not laid aside when he came to examine these cases. There is a bulky manuscript volume of his decisions. Each shows how careful was his examination, and how solicitous he was that every one should stand on the firm ground of general principle, rather than mere compassionate feeling. Some were thought stern, but none were unjust. Many were unexpected, for "influential backers " failed of effect, while the very friendlessness which seemed to shut out hope proved a passport to Executive kindness. A forger bad been convicted in Dutchess County on evidence which left no doubt of the crime. But he was a man of property, and his high standing in the community and the church had brought him the help of learned counsel and sympathizing neighbors, to whom the verdiet of the jury was a surprise. So strong was the pressure of public opinion in his behalf, that the jury recommended him to the clemency of the Executive, and the court suspended sentence in order that the application might be made. In his answer the Governor said: These circumstances furnish gratifying evidence that the court and jury have discharged their responsibilities conscientiously, as well as mercifully; but not that they entertained any doubt of the prisoner's guilt. ...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781231204443
  • Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Publisher Imprint: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 420
  • Spine Width: 22 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1231204443
  • Publisher Date: 01 May 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 744 gr


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