s opened their eyes to the real danger and
shown them the only safe way out of it as is proven by election returns
in the great Democratic party the north, south, east and west is once
more and more solidly united and proudly can we prove to the nations of
the world that the spirit of 1776 is still alive and shall never die,
and that self-government is an established fact and a success.

I have been accused of having selected a state where capital punishment
is abolished. I would say that I did not know the laws of any state I
traveled through, it would be ridiculous for me to fear death after the
act, as I expected to die during the act and not live to tell the story
and if I knew that my death would have made the third term tradition
more sacred, I am sorry I could not die for my country.

Now, honorable men of the jury, I wish to say no more, in the name of
God, go and do your duty, and only countries who ask admission by
popular vote and accept the popular vote never wage a war of conquest,
murder for to steal abolishes opportunity for ambitious adventurers,
for all political adventurers and military leaders have adopted the
career of conquering heroes, wholesale murder, wholesale robbers called
national aggrandizement. Prison for me is like martyrdom to me, like
going to war.

Before me is the spirit of George Washington, behind me that of
McKinley.

CHAPTER XXI.

SCHRANK'S UNWRITTEN LAWS.

The following are John Flammang Schrank's four unwritten laws, "The
Pillars of the Republic," he calls them. They are presented exactly as
written by Schrank, and as incorporated in the report of the alienists.

BY JOHN FLAMMANG SCHRANK.

When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people
to dissolve the political bonds which have hitherto connected them with
another, due respect to mankind requires that we should declare the
cause of such action. In these modest lines our forefathers have at
once laid out the roads on which we should travel, it demonstrates
their willingness to consult the opinions of others, as well as it duly
respects the rights and feelings of others. In these critical days it
is more than necessary to call the attention of the nation to the three
wonderful documents which have established our people as an independent
nation and under their guidance laid down in these documents we have
become the most powerful nation on earth. The Declaration of
Independence; The Cons