Black Legion Page #9

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Furthermore,

your idea of patriotism and Americanism...

...is hideous to all decent citizens.

It violates every protection guaranteed

by the Bill of Rights in our constitution.

The Bill of Rights, assuring to us

freedom of religious opinion...

...and security of person and property...

...against the attack of illegal

and extralegal forces...

...is the cornerstone of true Americanism.

And must be jealously guarded

if we are to remain a free people.

We cannot permit racial

or religious hatreds to be stirred up...

...so that innocent citizens become the

victims of accusations brought in secrecy.

We cannot permit unknown tribunals

to pass judgments.

Nor punishments to be inflicted

by a band of hooded terrorists.

Unless all of these illegal and extralegal

forces are ruthlessly wiped out...

...this nation may as well abandon

its constitution...

...forget its Bill of Rights,

tear down its courts of justice...

...and revert to the barbarism of government

by primitive violence.

This would mean relinquishing everything

that civilized man has won...

...by the most prodigious effort

over a course of the past five centuries.

The American people

made their choice long ago.

Their blood and their sacrifices

secured for us the basic human rights:

Life, liberty

and the pursuit of happiness.

Their wisdom built the structure

of our democratic form of government...

...expressly to keep sacred

and inviolate these same human rights.

It is our duty to guard them zealously

if we are to remain a nation of free men.

As Abraham Lincoln said:

"Our reliance is in the love of liberty

which God has planted in us.

Our defense is the spirit

that prizes liberty...

...as the heritage of all men in all lands,

everywhere.

Destroy this spirit and you have planted

the seeds of despotism at your own doors. "

All of you have been tried and convicted

of the murder of Edward Jackson.

It is the sentence of this court...

...that you be confined

in the state penitentiary...

...for the rest of your natural lives.

Come on, men, get going.

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