Trial of the Twelve Spanish Pirates of the Schooner Panda, a Guinea Slaver: Consisting of Don Pedro Gibert, Captain, Bernardo de Soto, Mate ... : for Robbery and Piracy Committed on Board the Brig Mexican, 20th Sept. 1832 |
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Page 3 - When committed upon the high seas, or on any other waters within the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the United States and out of the jurisdiction of any particular State...
Page 44 - tis too horrible. The weariest and most loathed worldly life, That age, ache, penury, and imprisonment Can lay on nature, is a paradise To what we fear of death.
Page 4 - As therefore he has renounced all the benefits of society and government, and has reduced himself afresh to the savage state of nature, by declaring war against all mankind, all mankind must declare war against him : so that every community hath a right, by the rule of self-defence, to inflict that punishment upon him, which every individual would in a state of nature have been otherwise entitled to do, for any invasion of his person or personal property.
Page 4 - A pirate, who is one by the law of nations, may be tried aml punished in any country where he may be found ; for he is reputed to be out of the protection of all laws. But if the statute of any government declares an...
Page 44 - ... that is no proof that he is free. Were he a slave, he would in all probability be represented as free, and this for obvious reasons. He is in all probability a slave, and a native African, as the tattooing on his face proves beyond a doubt. At any rate, he is but a servant. Now will you make misfortune pay the penalty of guilt ? Do not, I entreat you, lightly condemn this man to death. Do not throw him in to make up the dozen. The regard for human life is one of the most prominent proofs of a...
Page 44 - You well remember the excitement produced by the abduction and death of a single individual; the convulsion which ensued, the effect of which will long be felt in our political institutions. You will ever find that the more a nation becomes civilized, the greater becomes the regard for human life. There is in the eye, the form, and heaven-directed countenance of man, something holy, that forbids he should be rudely touched. The instinct of life is great. The light of the sun, even in chains, is pleasant;...
Page 4 - Potter, then and there well knew, — against the peace and dignity of the said United States, and contrary to the form of the statute in such case made and provided.
Page 45 - ... suppose you were told that he had been executed, because his captain and officers had violated the laws of a distant land ; what would be your feelings ? I cannot tell, but I believe the feelings of all of you would be the same, and that you would exclaim, with the Hebrew, "My son! my son! would to God I had died for thee." This boy has a father; let the form of that father rise up before you and plead in your hearts for his offspring. Perhaps he has a mother, and a home. Think of the lengthened...
Page 45 - ... Death." Death is a fearful thing. The mere mention of it sometimes blanches the cheek, and sends the fearful blood to the heart. It is a solemn thing to break into the "bloody house of life." Do not, because this man is but an African, imagine that his existence is valueless. He is no drift weed on the ocean of life. There are in his bosom the same social sympathies that animate our own. He has nerves to feel pain, and a heart to throb with human affections, even as you have. His life, to establish...
Page 5 - State, or any offence which, if committed within the body of a county, would, by the laws of the United States, be punishable with death.