Show NOT AS CRIMINALS it is to be regretted that in ili this land ei liberty on oil this the tiny lay of may inlay a large number mil liber of american citizens ar arc 0 on uc stay nay from their peaceful homes to the detroit penitentiary for behig acin true irue to their consciences and r god it is hard to believe that hint such is true in this tho the nineteenth century but the sorrowing hearts of many innocent child children today to day deprived of a fathers care and presence attest tile facts it is indeed cruel to imprison ir men for obeying 0 the commands ands of their god but it is doubly so to banish and imprison them so 60 far from their homes and friends as some of citizens ire arc being b banished today to day thue these men tire arc sufferers lit in the cause of reli religious tous fre freddow edow the they ire are comp oed cd of antl kind of nia material matei ial in humanity which has c glorified lori fied certain historical histo lical epochs ils in tile the past if they continue to remain true to their cou con fictions their names wilt will ile be recorded on oil the pages of history with willi the noble ones of earth we vc admire their moral courage 0 slid and appreciate tile the fact that the alicy y are arc riot not convicted of any crime in ili the eyes of god or intelligent telli tell igent ent man mail they RO go to tile the penitentiary tent iary iry not as t it in the true tense sense of the term liny c go there at tile the bidding of a tyrant which h has is sur surged a cd multitudes and rocked as it were nation 9 ignorant t prejudice it was this tyrant 1 that made it possible for courts lit in this enlightened century to sentence honorable virtuous and honest men to a fel felons coll we sorrow to that such a tyrant has wielded so great it a power in ili this day of science art and wonderful meet mechanism aniam this tyrant will in ili tile the 1 nature I of things 0 be throttled but aaa i li j what a slark dark page axt c he will iralu on a fair history tile the history his lii tory lory of the lie great reat american republic |