The Life of William Henry Harrison (Of Ohio,): the People's Candidate for ...
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The night before the battle, a negro man belonging to the camp, who had been missing, was ar- rested under the governor's marquee, under very suspicious circumstances. He was tried by a court-martial for desertion to the enemy, and for an attempt to assassinate the governor.
Sufficient evidence was found to convict him, and he was sentenced to death ; yet such were the humane feelings of Harrison, that he could not induce himself to sign the order for4iis execution. As the criminal atten)pt had... been made against his own life, he felt himself pri- vileged to exercise his benevolence towards the offender, and the misguided wretch was sufiered to escape the just punishment of his Digitized by VjOOQIC 103 LIFE OF crime. It would have been more in accord- ance with the principles of strict justice, had the law been permitted to take its own course in this instance — but the circumstances of the case were very peculiar, and Governor Hai^ rison's conduct evinced a ms(gnanimity and humanity of heart rarely equalled.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
The night before the battle, a negro man belonging to the camp, who had been missing, was ar- rested under the governor's marquee, under very suspicious circumstances. He was tried by a court-martial for desertion to the enemy, and for an attempt to assassinate the governor.
Sufficient evidence was found to convict him, and he was sentenced to death ; yet such were the humane feelings of Harrison, that he could not induce himself to sign the order for4iis execution. As the criminal atten)pt had... been made against his own life, he felt himself pri- vileged to exercise his benevolence towards the offender, and the misguided wretch was sufiered to escape the just punishment of his Digitized by VjOOQIC 103 LIFE OF crime. It would have been more in accord- ance with the principles of strict justice, had the law been permitted to take its own course in this instance — but the circumstances of the case were very peculiar, and Governor Hai^ rison's conduct evinced a ms(gnanimity and humanity of heart rarely equalled.
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