Parsons. who died on the gallows on November 11. 1887. was not only born in America. but. if my memory serves me right. in Alabama. and I have no doubt could trace his lineage back to Americanborn ancestors as far as ever the gentleman from Massachusetts can. Yet who would think of making nativeborn Americans responsible as a class for his acts or opinions? It is as unjust to charge to the naturalized citizens the faults. the failings. the crimes of isolated individuals as it would be to condemn the population of Massachusetts for the crimes of a Jesse Pomeroy or of Dr. Webster. Who would condemn Christianity because one of the apostles had proved himself a traitor?
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