The trial of Theodore Parker, for the misdemeanor of a speech in Faneuil hall against kidnapping, before the Circuit court of the United States at ... 1855. With the defence, by Theodore Parker. - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 1425520766 ISBN 13: 9781425520762

Publisher: Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library, 2006

Synopsis

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1855. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... The trial of Theodore Parker for the "misdemeanor" of a speech in Faneuil Hall against kidnapping Theodore Parker PREFACE. To The People Of The Feee States Of America. Fellow-Citizens And Friends,-- If it were a merely personal matter for which I was arraigned before the United States Court, after the trial was over I should trouble the public no further with that matter; and hitherto indeed, though often attacked, nay, almost continually for the last fourteen years, I have never returned a word in defence. But now, as this case is one of such vast and far-reaching importance, involving the great Human Right to Freedom of Speech, and as the actual question before the court was never brought to trial, I cannot let the occasion pass by without making further use of it. When Judge Curtis delivered his charge to the Grand-Jury, June 7th, 1854, I made ready for trial, and in three or four days my line of defence was marked out -- the fortifications sketched, the place of the batteries determined; I began to collect arms, and was soon ready fof his attack. When that Grand-Jury, summoned with no special reference to me, refused to find a bill and were discharged, I took public notice of the conduct of Judge Curtis, in a Sermon for the Fourth of July.1 But I knew the friends of the fugitive slave bill at Boston and Washington too well to think they would let the matter sleep; I knew what arts could be used to pack a jury and 1 2 Parker's Additional Speeches, 178 - 283. a* procure a bill. So I was not at all surprised when I heard of the efforts making by the Slave Power in Boston to obtain an indictment by another grand-jury summoned for that purpose. It need not be supposed that I was wholly ignorant of their doings...

About this edition

• Publisher: Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1425520766
• ISBN 13: 9781425520762
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 244