id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt 13987 Hossack, John Speech of John Hossack, Convicted of a Violation of the Fugitive Slave Law Before Judge Drummond, Of The United States District Court, Chicago, Ill. .txt text/plain 4194 190 76 Again, Sir, I ought not to be sentenced, because the Fugitive Slave man, I hold up the Constitution of my adopted country as clear from Constitution of my country: the word slave is not to be found. Can it be, Sir, that these great men, under But, sir, the law under which you may sentence me violates both the Slave Law is designed to carry out. The law, Sir, under which I No sir; in a Court of the United States, where the Constitution liberty and life-long toil without due process of law, without trial Sir, this, law tramples so flagrantly upon the spirit and Sir, under a Constitution unstained by the word slave, we have a law Sir, the partiality of this law is so great, that it stands opposed to Sir, no law can be enacted so Others may have their doubts as to their duty under this law; I, Sir, ./cache/13987.txt ./txt/13987.txt