I want to say further that it is well known to the country that justice has been effectively administered in those courts which have heretofore held this jurisdiction. and that they have afforded protection to life and property. Great transcontinental lines of railway traverse this Territory. It has been made a harbor and a resort of criminals and refugees from justice from all over the country. and it seems that these crimes are committed by these classes more than by the residents of the Territory. They have to be tried by jury. and the juries trying them in the Indian Territory would be under terrorism of the confederates of those criminals. The days of martyrdom have passed. and it is no reflection upon the integrity of any man who sits as a juror to say that he would be unwilling to return a verdict of guilty when he knew that assassination or destruction of his property was impending over him.
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Criminals and refugees from justice are committing crimes more than residents of the territory.