Excerpt from The Criminal: The Crime; The Penalty
Job iv. 8: "They that plough iniquity and sow wickedness reap the same."
These words were true three thousand years ago, and they are equally true to-day. It has been the concurrent experience of all ages, that wrong prevails but a little while; and, though it succeed in putting on the imperial robes of power, it shortly comes to grief. We see a new and fearful illustration of this law, - an illustration that speaks with warning eloquence to all American citizens, in the short but ignoble career of that man who is at last a captive in the hands of justice. We look back upon the rebellion which he inaugurated, and which in crumbling is likely to bury him beneath its ruins, and we search in vain for a single bright spot in all its black darkness of cruelty and crime. Generally, in a vast movement of this kind, involving the welfare of so many persons, one can find an excuse either in the motive which began it, the heroism which illustrated it, or the sublime courage, overcome but not conquered, which marked its end. But here you read the whole tragedy through with an aching heart, from the first to the last act: in the plot and in the actors, you find no single attribute of pure, high-minded, revolutionary fame.
Here is the nucleus of fact, out of which the terrible drama has been constructed.
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Paperback. Zustand: New. Print on Demand. This book explores the crime of rebellion, using the American Civil War as a case study. The author, a minister who witnessed the war's atrocities firsthand, argues that the Confederacy's leaders committed treason against the best interests of humanity. He indicts Jefferson Davis, the Confederate president, for his central role in the conflict, accusing him of ambition, greed, and a desire to establish a society based on oppression and inequality. The author maintains that Davis's actions were not only criminal but also a betrayal of the principles of liberty and democracy that America was founded upon. Through a detailed examination of Davis's public career and the events leading up to the war, this book offers a powerful condemnation of the evils of rebellion and a reminder of the importance of preserving the values of freedom and equality. Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. The digital edition of all books may be viewed on our website before purchase. print-on-demand item. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9781330021743_0
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