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Chapter 22

           Butwewerenothypocrites.Wedidnotcalluponpress,andpulpit,anduniversitytosanctionusinourwilfulnessofsavagery.Whatwewantedtodowewentanddid,onourlegsupstanding,andwefacedallreproofandcensureonourlegsupstanding,anddidnothidebehindtheskirtsofclassicaleconomistsandbourgeoisphilosophers,norbehindtheskirtsofsubsidizedpreachers,professors,andeditors.

           Why,goodnessme,ahundredyearsago,fiftyyearsago,fiveyearsago,intheseUnitedStates,assaultandbatterywasnotacivilcapitalcrime.Butthisyear,theyearofOurLord1913,intheStateofCalifornia,theyhangedJakeOppenheimerforsuchanoffence,andto-morrow,forthecivilcapitalcrimeofpunchingamanonthenose,theyaregoingtotakemeoutandhangme.Query:Doesn’titrequirealongtimefortheapeandthetigertodiewhensuchstatutesarespreadonthestatutebookofCaliforniainthenineteen-hundred-and-thirteenthyearafterChrist?Lord,Lord,theyonlycrucifiedChrist.TheyhavedonefarworsetoJakeOppenheimerandme....

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           AsEdMorrelloncerappedtomewithhisknuckles:“Theworstpossibleuseyoucanputamantoistohanghim.”No,Ihavelittlerespectforcapitalpunishment.Notonlyisitadirtygame,degradingtothehang-dogswhopersonallyperpetrateitforawage,butitisdegradingtothecommonwealththattoleratesit,votesforit,andpaysthetaxesforitsmaintenance.

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