Excerpt from American State Trials, Vol. 13: A Collection of the Important and Interesting Criminal Trials Which Have Taken Place in the United States, From the Beginning of Our Government to the Present Day; With Notes and Annotations Much more reprehensible than the german-ameri can treasons in the great war and absolutely without a shadow of excuse, was that class of American citi zens, not even of German descent, who, born under the Constitution of the United States, but members of Socialistic and kindred organizations, sought to over throw our Constitution and substitute a government of a class. Though they advocated force and violence to attain their ends, they tried, in our struggle against the Hun, to check and obstruct in every way possible the military operations of the government, under the pre text that their consciences would not permit them to take the lives of their fellowmen, even in war. The destruction of life and property had no horrors when directed against the United States but the use of force in the defense of our country, they declared they con scientiously objected to.' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.